Most Overrated Actor?

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Most Overrated Actor?#0

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:36pm

My pet peeve is when good actors give a great performance and are stuck in a rut of playing that same character over and over and over again for years and, as a result, become very limited in range and ability due to their unwillingness to spread their wings.

Probably the most notable of this happening is with Denzel Washington who has played his character from Glory in every movie he has made since. I would love to see him do something different because he definitely has talent. I'd love to see him play a Woody Allen-type role or try his hand at light comedy or something.

Sean Penn is also starting to get stuck in playing the same character over and over again from Mystic River, although I've never really bought the hype on him that he had before that due to his limited range to begin with.

[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#1

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:37pm

BAH! NO NOT SEAN! Have you seen I Am Sam?

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Guido Contini]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#2

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:38pm

I have 2 that I just don't get the hype on, one past and one present.

past: nick nolte. if someone could site me a reference that would change my mind, i'd appreciate it.

present: josh hartnett. aside from him being attractive, i just don't get it.

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[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#3

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:39pm

OO I agree about Josh Hartnett. I liked him in Pearl Harbor but he had that same LOOK in all his other movies..even Black Hawk Down and that 40 Days and 40 Nights one.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Unknown User]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#4

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:40pm

Helen Hayes - I mean really....

[Cruel_Sandwich]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#5

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:42pm

I'm not denying that Penn has talent. I'm just saying that he's not the GREATEST. ACTOR. ALIVE. reputation that he has. He does stretch his wings occaisionally but he's always the same guy...all the time. There is a reason why his most famous character is Spicoli from Fast Times...even moreso than his Oscar-winning performance in Mystic River.

[gymman]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#6

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:56pm

Denzel certainly did not play the Glory character in Training Day...

[ally_kay_on_broadway]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#7

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:58pm

keanu reeves

"talent is wanting something hard enough to work for it" - my drama teacher :)

[cturtle]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#8

Posted: 9/8/05 at 6:59pm

voice, that comment deserves a slap in the face!

::slap::

RIP glebby <3

[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#9

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:01pm

ahh ok cruel I understand.




For some reason, Julia Roberts never came acorss to me as the OH MY GOOOD AMAZING! actress that everyone says she is.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Borstalboy]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#10

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:15pm

This country's fascination with Adam Sandler is something that will always mystify me. I didn't even like him in PUNCH DRUNK LOVE.
Oh, and that phony Kate Beckinsale. What is up with that?

I think Nolte is brilliant, especially in "Life Lessons" from NEW YORK STORIES and his violent, closet-case bad cop in Q&A.

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Updated On: 9/8/05 at 07:15 PM

[BSoBW2]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#11

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:19pm

David Spade

Michael Myers

[Link Larkin Wanabe]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#12

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:19pm

I find that these things have to do more with the roles they get more than anything. I love it when actors who are alawys typecast finally convince a studio to cast them in a role that shows they can actaully, gasp...ACT, rather than play the same role over and over again, which is how Hollywood likes it now. I think if they randomly picked actor's names out of a hat to cast, lots of movies would become brilliant because of the unique casting that would keep them fresh.

Akiva

[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#13

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:33pm

Link- that's what my mom said about Nicole Kidman. She always couldn't stand watching one of her movies (bummer since I buy them like..all) until she watched The Hours.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#14

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:40pm

Jude Law. I like him as an actor and I know he can do very well, but he's always playing the same kind of character. Only a few times is he actually playing someone with more depth than a good-looking womanizer.

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."

[Aigoo]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#15

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:40pm

Will Ferrell. Sorry, I just don't get it.

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[GirlforTartaglia]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#16

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:49pm

Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellwegger, Colin Ferrell (sp?), all the OC people

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[BroadwayBettini2]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#17

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:55pm

Keanu is one of the worst actors I have ever seen!!!

And Sean Penn is an asshole!

"You gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?" -Bernadette Peters SUPPORT ALL SHOOK UP!!!

[brdlwyr]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#18

Posted: 9/8/05 at 7:59pm

This is easy - RobbieJ.

[MisterRussell]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#19

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:03pm

Jim Dale...the man cannot sing.

[Unknown User]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#20

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:15pm

Do I have to be the first to say it? TOM CRUISE! He was good in Risky Business but everything after that is just crap.

And I love Nicole.

and Keanu Reeves should go back to bed. The same goes for Will Ferrel and Adam Sandler, although I like him in 50 First Dates...

[South Fl Marc]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#21

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:20pm

Adam Sandler
Tom Cruise

[BroadwayBettini2]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#22

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:22pm

Adam was great in 50 first dates, I love that movie, not as much as I love Wedding Singer though, so those are the only Adam Sandler movies I like him in.

Tom cruise is such a weirdo IMO. His relationship with Katie Holmes is such a farce. Plus, he's a okay actor. Not really amazing acting wise.

And Nicole is AMAZING!

"You gotta be original, because if you're like someone else, what do they need you for?" -Bernadette Peters SUPPORT ALL SHOOK UP!!!

[Unknown User]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#23

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:25pm

Right now I'd say that Will Ferrel is the most overrated. He was funny on SNL.. but it doesn't really carry into the big screen.

[SallyBrown]

re: Most Overrated Actor?#24

Posted: 9/8/05 at 8:31pm

TOM CRUISE IS AN AWFUL ACTOR. He really is. IMO

So is Brad Pitt.



p.s. I LOVE NICOLE KIDMAN TOO. sorry spaz moment


And aww what don't you like about Renee? I love her!

"It's a great feeling of power to be naked in front of people. We're happy to watch actual incredible graphic violence and gore, but as soon as somebody's naked it seems like the public goes a bit bananas about the whole thing."