re: A new topic that has never been discussed before: Most OVERRATED Actor

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Pretty sure anyone can choose any role they please.

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Wat

The only answer I can think of is Nic Cage, and that's stretching. The man is an Oscar winning actor, but in almost all of his movies it seems like he can't act his way out of a paper bag.

RDJ is a very good actor. If you can't see how fantastic he was in Tropic Thunder, Home for the Holidays, Less Than Zero, and Chaplin, as well as Good Night and Good Luck and A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints, I don't know what to tell you. He's very diverse. Of late, he's been churning out superhero movies and major blockbusters, playing a snarky genius in both Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes. Of course it appears he's overrated. He is playing the same (or a similar) character in each of those franchises. I also think you can't look past the fact that Tony Stark has completely changed in every Iron Man. His character evolution is in large part thanks to RDJ, who not only pushed the writers to show Tony's growth, but also portrayed it believably while maintaining the camp and debonair attitude inherent in Tony Stark.

As for Will Smith, he has had several turns in fantastic parts, including his first major movie: Six Degrees of Separation. He is an actor that can make difficult characters and scenes seem easy. He is always at least part Will Smith, but he does a good job of creating a character. In Ali, Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds, and I Am Legend, his performances are very real, very difficult to endure. On the other hand, he can play comedy and action well. Bad Boys, ID4, and I, Robot are all enjoyable action flicks, while Hitch, MIB, and, of course, the Fresh Prince, are very funny. He is, in many ways, the black Tom Hanks.


Christian Bale may be one of the top five living actors. Like Will Smith, RDJ, Johnny Depp, and (to an extent) Leo, he has taken on a lot of blockbuster roles that are fairly limiting. But he is fantastic in nearly everything he's in, from Empire of the Sun to American Psycho to the Machinist to Rescue Dawn, the Prestige, and the Fighter, he transforms himself into his characters at LEAST to the extent DDL does, and in the Machinist and the Fighter, I'd say even more so.

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If y'all can throw out bullshite like saying Will Smith is overrated then there is no problem with me throwing out Christian Bale.

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Um, no. Christian Bale's roles are far more diverse and more demanding than any project Smith has done.

I guess you think you can bring DDL into this as well for that?

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The only answer I can think of is Nic Cage, and that's stretching. The man is an Oscar winning actor, but in almost all of his movies it seems like he can't act his way out of a paper bag.

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Everyone sees Nic Cage as a joke and a punchline these days. I don't think he is (currently at least) overrated.

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As for Will Smith, he has had several turns in fantastic parts, including his first major movie: Six Degrees of Separation. He is an actor that can make difficult characters and scenes seem easy. He is always at least part Will Smith, but he does a good job of creating a character. In Ali, Pursuit of Happyness, Seven Pounds, and I Am Legend, his performances are very real, very difficult to endure. On the other hand, he can play comedy and action well. Bad Boys, ID4, and I, Robot are all enjoyable action flicks, while Hitch, MIB, and, of course, the Fresh Prince, are very funny. He is, in many ways, the black Tom Hanks.

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I just don't think any of those performances were that great. Granted I haven't seen Seven Pounds, so I may be wrong in that regard, but he just serves the absolute minimum on what the script and the director ask from him.

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Seven Pounds

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I have to admit Will Smith was pretty damn good in this role

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Russell Crowe

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you're joking right?

A Beautiful Mind
Gladiator
Master and Commander
Cinderella Man

Sean Penn's overacting makes me cringe. He's universally respected, but I can't buy into any character he plays. I always feel like I'm watching Sean Penn ACT.

IS THAT MY DAUGHTER? WAAAHHHH! WAAAAHHH! = Oscar

This is easy: Johnny Depp - There's no more overvalued actor in Hollywood than he.

Will Smith isn't an actor, he's an action star. Who EVER says Keanu Reeves is a good actor? He can't be overrated.

RDJ is also a star, not really an actor's actor. He does what he does well and gets the appropriate level of praise.

Anyone saying Bale is foolish. Gosling is too young.

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I'm warming up to Russell Crowe in his old age. So I'll defend him. He's also very good. Hell hath freauxzen.

RDJ was an actor's actor in Chaplin.

I agree. I really like his on screen persona.

You know who confuses me, John Malkovich. I think he is really good but I haven't seen him in anything serious in awhile. Yes I just saw a commercial for Red 2.