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

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Robert Downey Jr kind of sucks.

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No you didn't.

While recently he's been doing blockbusters, you're completely forgetting about an amazing career before tony stark.
I give you:
- Game 6
- kiss kiss bang bang
- the singing detective
- wonder boys
- two girls and a guy
- wonder boys
- zodiac
- less than zero
- Chaplin

Now if you've watched all of the above movies and you still think that he "kind of sucks", then fair enough.

On a side note, I was really looking forwarded to him teaming up with pt Anderson in Inherent Vice. he had to back out of the role, and it was subsequently given to Joaquin Phoenix, who will do a fine job I have no doubt. But it would have been nice to see a departure from the big budget movies of late from RDJ.

As far as overrated I'd say George clooney, as an actor. I think he's really good but not Jesus the way a lot of critics praise him. I think his biggest strength is attaching himself to incredible source material. He is a very smart guy that chooses interesting roles, but in just about all of them I could see another actor playing the same part, and probably doing it better. With all of that said, I usually love the movies he's a part of.

I think one of the problems we're having is that some people are looking at the entire body of work an actor has done while others are looking at more recent work only. Case in point: RDJ. He was widely considered one of the best talents in acting during the 80s and 90s. Here and there in the 2000s, he'd pop up with a well turned role, but recently, he's done Tony Stark and Sherlock Holmes and that's it. His early critical praise is not unwarranted and it doesn't make him overrated now that he is doing major blockbusters instead.

The same is true of Johnny Depp. Dude should have won an Oscar for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (same with Leo), he was spectacular in Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing, Blow, even Finding Neverland. But people only see him now as Jack Sparrow or Native American Jack Sparrow (Tonto), despite an even more recent turn as Frank Tupelo in the Tourist which netted him a Golden Globe nod. This, of course, cuts both ways. I'm not certain that Golden Globe nod was well deserved, but he is not an overrated actor. He has pretty great range, though like many big name actors, the roles he's taking are limiting him.

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I hate to say it because I like him but Denzel can make case. It used to be a running joke but he does play the same character in most movies.

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The same is true of Johnny Depp. Dude should have won an Oscar for What's Eating Gilbert Grape (same with Leo), he was spectacular in Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Fear and Loathing, Blow, even Finding Neverland. But people only see him now as Jack Sparrow or Native American Jack Sparrow (Tonto), despite an even more recent turn as Frank Tupelo in the Tourist which netted him a Golden Globe nod. This, of course, cuts both ways. I'm not certain that Golden Globe nod was well deserved, but he is not an overrated actor. He has pretty great range, though like many big name actors, the roles he's taking are limiting him.

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Outside of Finding Nerverland and Grape, (and to a lesser extent Edward) Depp's roles are remarkably similar. That's his problem.

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