Posted on 02/04/2005 6:16:56 AM PST by pissant
10. Barbara Stanwyck. Why was she ever given any roles? She was always unpleasant to watch.
9. Ernest Borgnine. Another one who almost always played an unpleasant character. EXCEPTION: As the voice of "Mermaid Man" on Spongebob Squarepants. His best role.
8. Charlton Heston. Wooden, dull, ponderous.
7. Jack Nicholson. Just a walking self-parody. Hasn't had a good part since Chinatown.
6. Al Pacino. Not really a bad actor, but directors allow him far too much leeway and he just chews up the scenery and spits out pap. Scarface: Laughably horrible or horribly laughable? Scent of a Woman: "Hooah" is the sound of someone vomiting as he watches this one.
5. Marlon Brando. His only good role was as Vito Corleone; everything else was self-absorbed, pretentious crap.
4. Robert De Niro. Plays the same character over and over, just doesn't realize it. Last good role was Vito Corleone... hmmm.
3. Julia Roberts. She's not actually a bad actress, but pretty she ain't! She is one of the homeliest women in Hollywood. BEST ROLE: Alice Sutton in Conspiracy Theory.
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.
1. Johnny Depp. Why does anyone hire this guy? This rat-faced little creep couldn't act himself out of a restaurant that just served him a deep-fried kitten with a fly on it. As for his part in Chocolat, he was obviously only in it to provide the de rigueur American presence so it could play in the U.S.A. Almost ANYONE else would have been better in the part. A cardboard cutout (not even necessarily life-size) would have been at least as good. Was his ludicrous slurring in Pirates of the Caribbean supposed to be an "accent"? BEST ROLE: Mort Rainey in "Secret Window". Not a great movie, and terrible hairdo, but he wasn't actually too bad in this one.
"I don't think anyone thinks highly enough of Clooney to begin with for him to be 'overrated'."
I agree, Mister Roberts is a classic. Good acting throughout.
The problem with Jack is that he plays it too safe and takes roles where he can basically be Jack. But in the few movies where he does step out of that, he shows he can act with the best of them.
One of THE most underrated movies of the past 15 years, hands down.
Pacino has become a parody of himself since he did "And Justice For All." But I thought he was great in "The Devil's Advocate."
Definitely got my vote.
Why does he even mention Ernest Borgnine? He is what he is, and you know what you are going to get with him. He never aspired to be a great actor, but he is a good character actor.
Yep, Ernie is a classic character actor. One of the last good ones.
The rest YES...especially Julia Roberts.
Kevin Costner - Yuck he couldn't act himself out of a bag!
He was perfect in "The Dirty Dozen."
Again, I didn't think Heston was regarded highly enough in the first place to warrant being overrated.
I put "Devil's Advocate" in perspective. He was co-starring with Keanu (which means 'wooden' in Hawaiian) Reeves. How could Al not be great?
Give me time and I could probably list hundreds. Whoopie Goldberg comes to mind. Ben Affleck. Julia Roberts. So many looses, so little time.
Jack Lemmon should not be on this list. He had some great performances, both serious and comedic. "The Days of Wine and Roses", "The Odd Couple", "GlenGary, GlenRoss", "The Apartment", and "Save the Tiger" for which he won the oscar for best actor. There are more but those are just a few examples of good roles and wonderful acting.
Yep, that name was on the tip of my tongue but he's so forgettable.
Heston in the 1950s and 60s was highly regarded. His acting in Ben-Hur stands the test of time. I think Planet of the Apes was the beginning of his decline, though I liked the movie.
Charlize Theron was the best actor/actress in The Devil's Advocate, I knew after seeing that she would one day win an Oscar, and I was right.
There's another one I second.
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