Posted on 02/04/2005 6:16:56 AM PST by pissant
I must concur 1000% on Al Pacino, particularly as words cannot adequately express how much I detest that movie, "Scent of a Woman."
However, there is one person who deserves to be #1 and is on the list:
Julia Roberts
Without a doubt the most overrated actress in Hollywood. Her Oscar was a fraud. I think she elicits absolutely no emotion on the screen from the viewers and her characters are all unconvincing.
She was OK in Mystic Pizza, acting as an uneducated, stupid chick. Hmmmm.
I had little respect for Johnny Depp until I saw Pirates of the Caribbean. He was great as Jack Sparrow.
Julia Roberts and Jack Nicholson tie for number one.
I'm really surprised that Tom Hanks is not on the list. He should have been #1. (Although I did like him in "The Ladykillers" ...he is good when he is not trying to be a serious actor or trying to make you love him. His problem is that these occasions are EXTREMELY rare.)
Two movies I thought he was good in: The Witches of Eastwick" and "As Good As It Gets"
"5. Marlon Brando. His only good role was as Vito Corleone; everything else was self-absorbed, pretentious crap."
He was great in the Freshman!
"2. Jack Lemmon. Used to be first on my list. I am still agog when this guy is spoken of so highly. If you were watching a Jack Lemmon movie, you could be sure at least one character (his) would be supremely annoying and unfunny, especially in his incredibly depressing so-called "comedies". Just want to heave a brick through the screen anytime he's on it. EXCEPTION: His role as Jack Godell in China Syndrome was the best part of the movie."
He was awesome in Glengarry GlenRoss...
Amen on Johnny Depp, all he did the "Pirates of the Caribbean" was do a Keith Richards imitation.
Glengarry Glenn Ross was great, I even liked Alec Baldwin's small role in it. Of course he is good playing a-holes since he is one in real life.
If he'd ever seen "The Lady Eve" he wouldn't put Barbara Stanwyck on the list.
Barbra Streisand YES, Barbara Stanwyck NO.
Johnny Depp really stunk in this movie about the devil that was based in Paris. Don't remember the name but it & he was awful!
I liked Bonanza!
I think Tom Hanks is today's Jimmy Stewart (minus "Philadelphia" of course). He did three straight wholly American movies in "Forrest Gump", "Saving Private Ryan", and "Apollo 13".
I thought Nicholson was quite good in "About Schmidt" it was a very atypical role for Nicholson, and he showed me in that one how good he could be. Although I could have done without seeing Kathy Bates in the buff.
A "Most Over-rated Actor" list sans George Clooney?? Someone needs to sit back down and do some re-compiling.
I haven't seen "Schimdt" yet, I am heading over to Netflix to remedy that right now. ;-)
"Captain, it is I, Ensign Pulver, and I want you to know that I just threw your stinkin' palm tree overboard. Now what's all this crud about no movie tonight?" One of the greatest moments in movie history, just to see Cagney's reaction.
DeNiro kicked Pacino's but in "Heat", but he shows some really poor judgement in scripts. He seems to turn up in everyhting except for liveshots on the local news. That being said, they were both extraordinary in Godfather II.
I agree with the author. Nicholson stinks since Chinatown & The Shining. Just my opinion.
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