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Title: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 03:00:56 PM
I always thought Robert Quarry was over-rated. He did 2 Yorga movies- which were run of the mill at best, yet horror fans thought he was the second coming of Christopher Lee.
In an interview he had the balls to say that Lugosi was a terrible actor!
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Alex on May 16, 2019, 04:19:34 PM
Tom Cruise.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 16, 2019, 10:34:13 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 03:00:56 PM
I always thought Robert Quarry was over-rated. He did 2 Yorga movies- which were run of the mill at best, yet horror fans thought he was the second coming of Christopher Lee.
In an interview he had the balls to say that Lugosi was a terrible actor!
If true, ROBERT QUARRY was an idiot... I like those YORGA movies, but they are silly.  

Quote from: Dark Alex on May 16, 2019, 04:19:34 PM
Tom Cruise.
Fair at best.  

I think SPENCER TRACY is overrated.  "The leetle feeshes!  The leetle feeshes!"  :lookingup:  

SPENCER TRACY only gets great for me in the later films...
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:03:13 PM
I would agree on Tom Cruise and Spencer Tracy.
Tracy was fine in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, though. Great movie.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: claws on May 16, 2019, 11:17:45 PM
Shia LaBeouf. I never got the hype. Was he popular because of his average looks? His acting never impressed me.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:33:22 PM
Quote from: claws on May 16, 2019, 11:17:45 PM
Shia LaBeouf. I never got the hype. Was he popular because of his average looks? His acting never impressed me.

That's a mystery for the ages and sages.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Svengoolie 3 on May 17, 2019, 12:09:39 AM
Clint Eastwood.  His whole range was talking  without parting his teeth.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 17, 2019, 12:14:40 AM
Quote from: Svengoolie 3 on May 17, 2019, 12:09:39 AM
Clint Eastwood.  His whole range was talking  without parting his teeth.

Yeah...but he was so too cool for school, man. And charisma makes up for talent, sometimes.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Gabriel Knight on May 17, 2019, 06:21:23 AM
George Clooney. The man can't act, period. The worst image I have of him is from Batman & Robin -granted, a bad example of a movie, but he received a fat check from it anyways-, where he's saying "Alfred is dying" with a huge smile on his face. Simply awful.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Alex on May 17, 2019, 06:51:23 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on May 17, 2019, 06:21:23 AM
George Clooney. The man can't act, period. The worst image I have of him is from Batman & Robin -granted, a bad example of a movie, but he received a fat check from it anyways-, where he's saying "Alfred is dying" with a huge smile on his face. Simply awful.

I got to see the UK premier of that one.

Some nights I still wake up in a cold sweat thinking about it. *shudder*
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Trevor on May 17, 2019, 07:40:42 AM
Any actor that's been in a film which disses my country.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 17, 2019, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on May 17, 2019, 06:21:23 AM
George Clooney. The man can't act, period. The worst image I have of him is from Batman & Robin -granted, a bad example of a movie, but he received a fat check from it anyways-, where he's saying "Alfred is dying" with a huge smile on his face. Simply awful.

Well, the ladies like him, I reckon.
Why he was in a Batman movie, I dunno...mebbe he had just the right kinda nipples and butt-cheeks for a Batman movie...? :question:
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 11:03:47 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 17, 2019, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on May 17, 2019, 06:21:23 AM
George Clooney. The man can't act, period. The worst image I have of him is from Batman & Robin -granted, a bad example of a movie, but he received a fat check from it anyways-, where he's saying "Alfred is dying" with a huge smile on his face. Simply awful.

Well, the ladies like him, I reckon.
Why he was in a Batman movie, I dunno...mebbe he had just the right kinda nipples and butt-cheeks for a Batman movie...? :question:

No, he got the part because VAL KILMER had played Batman in the previous installment and did not get a long with the director of both movies, JOEL SCHUMACHER.  I'd guess they did not want to work together again. 

CLOONEY's acting is not good.  The movie is dumb. 
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 17, 2019, 11:16:40 AM
Speaking of Kilmer-yeah- that guy. Can't stand him.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 01:51:33 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:03:13 PM
I would agree on Tom Cruise and Spencer Tracy.
Tracy was fine in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, though. Great movie.
Yes, like I said, one of TRACY's later movies... of course BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK also has ROBERT RYAN ERNEST BORGNINE  ANNE FRANCIS ... that's where TRACY (with few exceptions) starts to get good for me.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: 316zombie on May 17, 2019, 03:22:51 PM
kevin bacon. couldn't stand him on my soap, can't stand him in movies either.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: The Burgomaster on May 17, 2019, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 01:51:33 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:03:13 PM
I would agree on Tom Cruise and Spencer Tracy.
Tracy was fine in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, though. Great movie.
Yes, like I said, one of TRACY's later movies... of course BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK also has ROBERT RYAN ERNEST BORGNINE  ANNE FRANCIS ... that's where TRACY (with few exceptions) starts to get good for me.

I dunno. I think he's an excellent actor. JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG, INHERIT THE WIND, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, ADAM'S RIB . . . those are excellent performances.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 18, 2019, 02:32:43 AM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 17, 2019, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 01:51:33 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:03:13 PM
I would agree on Tom Cruise and Spencer Tracy.
Tracy was fine in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, though. Great movie.
Yes, like I said, one of TRACY's later movies... of course BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK also has ROBERT RYAN ERNEST BORGNINE  ANNE FRANCIS ... that's where TRACY (with few exceptions) starts to get good for me.

I dunno. I think he's an excellent actor. JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG, INHERIT THE WIND, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, ADAM'S RIB . . . those are excellent performances.

His Mr.Hyde was awful, though! All you need is some eggs and toast, because that was ham.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Svengoolie 3 on May 18, 2019, 04:52:47 AM
Keanu Reeves. 

As was said of his role in that thing caledmthe day the east stood still,  "To portray an alien incapable of feeling human emotions, the director picked an actor incapable of expressing any. "
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: claws on May 18, 2019, 05:08:35 AM
Isn't it common knowledge that Keanu Reeves isn't the greatest actor? His "acting" was laughed at since he went mainstream, and he has countless razzie nominations to prove it  :bouncegiggle:

If anything, I think Keanu Reeves is underrated. His acting is limited but once in a while he will surprise us and shine like in The Matrix or John Wick.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Allhallowsday on May 18, 2019, 10:27:34 AM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 17, 2019, 05:32:57 PM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 01:51:33 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 16, 2019, 11:03:13 PM
I would agree on Tom Cruise and Spencer Tracy.
Tracy was fine in BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK, though. Great movie.
Yes, like I said, one of TRACY's later movies... of course BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK also has ROBERT RYAN ERNEST BORGNINE  ANNE FRANCIS ... that's where TRACY (with few exceptions) starts to get good for me.

I dunno. I think he's an excellent actor. JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG, INHERIT THE WIND, FATHER OF THE BRIDE, ADAM'S RIB . . . those are excellent performances.
And all those you name are LATER performances... he became a star in the 1930s.  You also named my favorite movies he appears in. 
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: The Burgomaster on May 19, 2019, 11:50:36 AM
Richard Gere. He's a solid actor, but I don't think he deserved the fame he had (for awhile, anyway). He was basically a pretty-boy and he got a lot of roles because of that and not his acting abilities.

Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 21, 2019, 12:30:03 AM
Rudolf Valentino. WTF? Flaring your nostrils and bugging your eyes is not acting.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Gabriel Knight on May 21, 2019, 08:11:49 AM
You know, I don't think Keanu Reeves is a good actor, but it's pleasant to watch. I don't mind him on the screen to be honest. He doesn't try to chew on the scenery like others, he's just there to do his job and go home.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: The Burgomaster on May 21, 2019, 06:01:31 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 21, 2019, 12:30:03 AM
Rudolf Valentino. WTF? Flaring your nostrils and bugging your eyes is not acting.

Tell that to Jim Carrey
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: RCMerchant on May 21, 2019, 06:36:16 PM
Quote from: The Burgomaster on May 21, 2019, 06:01:31 PM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 21, 2019, 12:30:03 AM
Rudolf Valentino. WTF? Flaring your nostrils and bugging your eyes is not acting.

Tell that to Jim Carrey

I would, if anyone could find him!

I would add Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy, Dan Ackroyd, or David Spade.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Trevor on May 24, 2019, 01:23:27 AM
Hilary Swank: double Oscar winner, yes, I know but I have never rated her highly.

She made a nonsense of her name here when she came to make the film Red Dust: instead of staying in a hotel, she insisted on living in a house on her own.  :question:
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Skittler on June 21, 2019, 07:24:13 AM
While not necessarily overrated now, when Christian Slater first arrived on the scene he was being compared to a young Jack Nicholson . He's been in some entertaining films but I think his acting is atrocious. Don't call him if you want a character actor because you'll get the same deadpan delivery he's been giving since the 80s.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Gabriel Knight on June 21, 2019, 07:33:30 AM
Quote from: Skittler on June 21, 2019, 07:24:13 AM
While not necessarily overrated now, when Christian Slater first arrived on the scene he was being compared to a young Jack Nicholson . He's been in some entertaining films but I think his acting is atrocious. Don't call him if you want a character actor because you'll get the same deadpan delivery he's been giving since the 80s.

I don't think he's a bad actor, but I do believe he's pretty much a one-trick pony: only give him roles in which he can act like a crazy son of a b***h, otherwise he's just flat out boring. In Very Bad Things, for example, he's pretty good.
Title: Re: Over-rated actors
Post by: Svengoolie 3 on June 21, 2019, 10:32:25 AM
Quote from: Allhallowsday on May 17, 2019, 11:03:47 AM
Quote from: RCMerchant on May 17, 2019, 09:28:22 AM
Quote from: Gabriel Knight on May 17, 2019, 06:21:23 AM
George Clooney. The man can't act, period. The worst image I have of him is from Batman & Robin -granted, a bad example of a movie, but he received a fat check from it anyways-, where he's saying "Alfred is dying" with a huge smile on his face. Simply awful.

Well, the ladies like him, I reckon.
Why he was in a Batman movie, I dunno...mebbe he had just the right kinda nipples and butt-cheeks for a Batman movie...? :question:

No, he got the part because VAL KILMER had played Batman in the previous installment and did not get a long with the director of both movies, JOEL SCHUMACHER.  I'd guess they did not want to work together again. 

CLOONEY's acting is not good.  The movie is dumb. 

I heard kilmer refused to work with Schwarzenegger after he kicked kilmer out of terminator 2 for being a "girly man".