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Adam Sandler is another actor i can't stand.
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Yeah, in Eyes Wide Shut too. But he ruined "The Color of Money" by his hambone performance next to the nuanced class act that was Paul Newman.
Watching Leo try to hold his own going up against Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs Of New York was truly embarrassing. It was as if the oscar-winning Lewis had graciously agreed to play scenes with the star of the local high school drama club.
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Agree with you about Cage but I don't think he's overrated anymore. He' become kind of a laughingstock. Remember the promising career he seemingly had after "Leaving Las Vegas". Then he took any job offered, and made a series of forgettable films.
Excuse me sir, you're talking about my future husband! In my dreams
He has done some really good performances though, particularly with self-loathing characters: Thumb-Sucker, The Gift, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Life Under Water.
People I can't stand: Angelina Jolie (phony!). George Clooney (not as attractive as he thinks he is). Kate Hudson, Ashley Judd (bloody annoying).
Whew. Got that off my chest.
i agree. when i watch him..it's like watching a kid playing dress-up.
but i'm sure i'm not his target audience.
IORR............but I like it!
Hey, these clips are at least a bit humorous.
I feel the same way about a lot of young actors, but I think it's really more a case of me getting older.
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He played the part of an extremely dull and rather uninteresting lad to perfection.
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
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stupidguy2
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Date: May 19, 2011 04:26
It think there are some people who just get on your nerves and there is nothing anyone can say to change your mind. I get the Cruise-hate, but I can't help feelnig for the guy - he seems so lost.
On the other hand, I can't watch Pitt in anything. He's got the seriousface, the hurt face, the most contrived and whiny whimper in film history and he's the got the cool act. No thanks.
CindyC, I get where you're coming from, but I freakin love Beatty, just something from my childhood...so there you go.
And Whitem mentioned Keanu Reeves, the biggest mystery in Hollywood history. This guy makes Victor Mature look like young Deniro. Its one thing to suck, but this guy keeps getting work on prestige films with prestige directors...a mystery! He's painfully bad.
I have a cousin who loves Reeves and she had the nerve to mock my defense of Mconaughey. So there you go, its all subjective.
Except Reeves, he sucks.
I also find Deniro painfully over-the-top in his latter years. I guess its like when we criticize the Stones for being lazy.
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On the other hand, I can't watch Pitt in anything. He's got the seriousface, the hurt face, the most contrived and whiny whimper in film history and he's the got the cool act. No thanks.
CindyC, I get where you're coming from, but I freakin love Beatty, just something from my childhood...so there you go.
And Whitem mentioned Keanu Reeves, the biggest mystery in Hollywood history. This guy makes Victor Mature look like young Deniro. Its one thing to suck, but this guy keeps getting work on prestige films with prestige directors...a mystery! He's painfully bad.
I have a cousin who loves Reeves and she had the nerve to mock my defense of Mconaughey. So there you go, its all subjective.
Except Reeves, he sucks.
I also find Deniro painfully over-the-top in his latter years. I guess its like when we criticize the Stones for being lazy.
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
ryanpow
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Date: May 19, 2011 04:54
Re: Tom Cruise, He's excellent in Magnolia.
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Posted by:
ineedadrink
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Date: May 19, 2011 05:09
he was great in Tropic Thunder as well, in my opinion.Quote
ryanpow
Re: Tom Cruise, He's excellent in Magnolia.
Adam Sandler is another actor i can't stand.
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: May 19, 2011 05:19
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ryanpow
Re: Tom Cruise, He's excellent in Magnolia.
Yeah, in Eyes Wide Shut too. But he ruined "The Color of Money" by his hambone performance next to the nuanced class act that was Paul Newman.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
tatters
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Date: May 19, 2011 06:39
My favorite Tom Cruise is the trigger happy cadet captain in "Taps" (1981).
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
Midnight Toker
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Date: May 19, 2011 06:51
All of them. Love Pacino,DeNiro,Keitel,Walken era kind of actors I really dig.
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Posted by:
ab
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Date: May 19, 2011 07:01
Will Ferrell? A couple good scenes, e.g., cowbell and "stay classy, San Diego," but not much else that's even remotely funny.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
Bliss
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Date: May 19, 2011 07:17
The only one on your list that I do like to watch is Johnny Depp, and then only when he is cleaned up and wearing formal clothes. Like Kate Moss, he has an enigmatic, complex, beautiful face that I never tire of seeing.
On the other hand, I do like Will Ferrell a lot; Buddy the elf never fails to make me laugh, as well as Stepbrothers. Perhaps I like him because I have never seen him in comedy skits on tv.
However, if you want to talk about French actors, I have a lot to say. Especially about ordinary, unattractive men always being paired with gorgeous young women.
On the other hand, I do like Will Ferrell a lot; Buddy the elf never fails to make me laugh, as well as Stepbrothers. Perhaps I like him because I have never seen him in comedy skits on tv.
However, if you want to talk about French actors, I have a lot to say. Especially about ordinary, unattractive men always being paired with gorgeous young women.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: May 19, 2011 08:41
They don't make 'em like Paul Newman anymore. That guy just had it. Check out "Cool Hand Luke", "the Hustler", or my favorite - "Hud". For females, none of the current crop of undernourished thespians matches Ingrid bergman in her prime, in my opinion, though I do kind of like that Kate Winslet.
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Posted by:
Come On
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Date: May 19, 2011 10:28
If you had act for Scorsese or Clint Eastwood you're in..otherwise 
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
crumbling_mice
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Date: May 19, 2011 11:05
Nick Cage. Plays the same role in every bleeding film, awful actor and considerably overrated, in my humble opinion.
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Posted by:
Thricenay
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Date: May 19, 2011 12:12
Liam Neeson. Sack the voice coach, mate.
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Posted by:
The Stones
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Date: May 19, 2011 12:51
I've liked Tom Cruise ever since he did Risky Business with Rebecca De Mornay.
He's a fine actor and I don't give a s about his antics outside the movies.
He's a fine actor and I don't give a s about his antics outside the movies.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
tatters
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Date: May 19, 2011 13:46
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stupidguy2
2. Leonardo Dicaprio - seems to take himself too seriously, and again, has never moved as an adult actor. (and it pains me that Scorsese is in love with this guy)
Watching Leo try to hold his own going up against Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs Of New York was truly embarrassing. It was as if the oscar-winning Lewis had graciously agreed to play scenes with the star of the local high school drama club.
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
Koen
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Date: May 19, 2011 14:56
I never liked Tom Hanks, or Michael Douglas.
One of my favorite current actors is Philip Seymour Hoffman.
One of my favorite current actors is Philip Seymour Hoffman.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
cookwazzahoe
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Date: May 19, 2011 15:07
Kevin Costner
what a chump..........
what a chump..........
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: May 19, 2011 18:00
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crumbling_mice
Nick Cage. Plays the same role in every bleeding film, awful actor and considerably overrated, in my humble opinion.
Agree with you about Cage but I don't think he's overrated anymore. He' become kind of a laughingstock. Remember the promising career he seemingly had after "Leaving Las Vegas". Then he took any job offered, and made a series of forgettable films.
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Posted by:
Stoneage
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Date: May 19, 2011 18:37
Almost all actors are overrated. They are just tools for the director. Their main skill is to memorize lines. They are often choosen, especially women actors, for their looks. Brad Pitt became a star because he had the right looks, exactly like Julia Roberts.
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Posted by:
ineedadrink
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Date: May 19, 2011 18:44
clearly you've been watching lousy films your entire life.Quote
Stoneage
Almost all actors are overrated. They are just tools for the director. Their main skill is to memorize lines.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
Claire_M
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Date: May 19, 2011 18:45
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stupidguy2
And Whitem mentioned Keanu Reeves, the biggest mystery in Hollywood history. This guy makes Victor Mature look like young Deniro. Its one thing to suck, but this guy keeps getting work on prestige films with prestige directors...a mystery! He's painfully bad. I have a cousin who loves Reeves and she had the nerve to mock my defense of Mconaughey. So there you go, its all subjective.
Except Reeves, he sucks.
Excuse me sir, you're talking about my future husband! In my dreams
He has done some really good performances though, particularly with self-loathing characters: Thumb-Sucker, The Gift, The Last Time I Committed Suicide, Life Under Water.People I can't stand: Angelina Jolie (phony!). George Clooney (not as attractive as he thinks he is). Kate Hudson, Ashley Judd (bloody annoying).
Whew. Got that off my chest.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
Bliss
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Date: May 19, 2011 19:04
One actor I enjoy is John Goodman. Although his physical type is not one I usually find attractive, I find him very masculine and compelling and actually kind of sexy. I love his voice.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
71Tele
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Date: May 19, 2011 20:16
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Claire_MQuote
stupidguy2
And Whitem mentioned Keanu Reeves, the biggest mystery in Hollywood history. This guy makes Victor Mature look like young Deniro. Its one thing to suck, but this guy keeps getting work on prestige films with prestige directors...a mystery! He's painfully bad. I have a cousin who loves Reeves and she had the nerve to mock my defense of Mconaughey. So there you go, its all subjective.
Except Reeves, he sucks.
Excuse me sir, you're talking about my future husband! In my dreams
People I can't stand: Angelina Jolie (phony!). George Clooney (not as attractive as he thinks he is). Kate Hudson, Ashley Judd (bloody annoying).
Keanu Reeves is quite possibly the stupidest actor I have ever seen.
Whew. Got that off my chest.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
stupidguy2
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Date: May 20, 2011 00:01
Well than there are the women...
Kate Hudson: she was cute in "Almost Famous", but got too cute.
Jennifer Aniston: don't get it. I like her, but as an actress, she's just ok.
Angelina: loved her in "Girl, Interrupted. But she seems to have been elevated to some pristine level of existence. Many people do charity work, and I don't doubt her sincerity, but people treat Brangelina like they're some kind of collective higher being and Brad and Angie seem to be believing it.
It's harder to pick "overrated" female actors simply because women in Hollywood have a shorter shelf live as they age.
Kate Hudson: she was cute in "Almost Famous", but got too cute.
Jennifer Aniston: don't get it. I like her, but as an actress, she's just ok.
Angelina: loved her in "Girl, Interrupted. But she seems to have been elevated to some pristine level of existence. Many people do charity work, and I don't doubt her sincerity, but people treat Brangelina like they're some kind of collective higher being and Brad and Angie seem to be believing it.
It's harder to pick "overrated" female actors simply because women in Hollywood have a shorter shelf live as they age.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
whitem8
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Date: May 20, 2011 02:07
Several of the actors that folks say are terrible, however, it is not that they are bad actors it is that they have bad managers and pick terrible roles. Cage is a prime example. After Leaving Los Vegas he seemed hell bent on picking light weight roles or just plane old "fun" roles, like Con Air. But then he does something like Adaptation, which was phenomenal. Some other good ones, Matchstick Men. And Kick Ass. All very good. Then he does schlock like Ghost Rider and Sorcerer's Apprentice.
Pitt has had a few really good roles as well. 12 Monkeys (nominated for best supporting actor), and Snatch is FANTASTIC! Then he does dross...
I totally disagree with you Tatters on Gangs of New York. Yes, Daniel Day Lewis was great, but so was DiCaprio. He played the part to perfection. And they were totally different roles with different motivations.
Pitt has had a few really good roles as well. 12 Monkeys (nominated for best supporting actor), and Snatch is FANTASTIC! Then he does dross...
I totally disagree with you Tatters on Gangs of New York. Yes, Daniel Day Lewis was great, but so was DiCaprio. He played the part to perfection. And they were totally different roles with different motivations.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
uhbuhgullayew
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Date: May 20, 2011 02:27
Adam Sandler
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Posted by:
Rockman
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Date: May 20, 2011 13:34
....Jack Black .... wake me if ya actually catch him being the slightest bit humorous...
ROCKMAN
ROCKMAN
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
sweet neo con
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Date: May 20, 2011 13:50
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stupidguy2
I like Leo in his younger days, "Basketball Diaries", "Gilbert Grape", but he started hanging out with Scorsese and started taking himself too seriously. He's talented, but in certain roles he doesn't work, like the being the twerpiest Howard Hughes ever.
i agree. when i watch him..it's like watching a kid playing dress-up.
but i'm sure i'm not his target audience.
IORR............but I like it!
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
The Stones
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Date: May 20, 2011 14:01
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Rockman
....Jack Black .... wake me if ya actually catch him being the slightest bit humorous...
Hey, these clips are at least a bit humorous.
Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
tatters
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Date: May 20, 2011 14:13
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sweet neo con
i agree. when i watch him..it's like watching a kid playing dress-up.
but i'm sure i'm not his target audience.
I feel the same way about a lot of young actors, but I think it's really more a case of me getting older.
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Re: OT: Current A-list actors you just don't get....
Posted by:
tatters
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Date: May 20, 2011 14:45
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whitem8
I totally disagree with you Tatters on Gangs of New York. Yes, Daniel Day Lewis was great, but so was DiCaprio. He played the part to perfection. And they were totally different roles with different motivations.
He played the part of an extremely dull and rather uninteresting lad to perfection.
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