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"A-list" actors- Office Arguement.

Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:04 pm
Posted by Biggereztiger
Member since Apr 2012
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Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:04 pm
Ok so people at work were arguing that Travolta is an "A-list" star. I said he is not, based on the reasons below.

Would you agree with my A-list of actors and actresses lists below?

Criteria for A list status

1- Name Recognition
2- Face Recognition
3- Current Relevance *
4- Career Filmography *
5- When they are gone, will they be “legends”? *
6- Acting Versatility *

* Travolta doesn’t meet

A LIST MEN (no particular order)
1) Robert De Niro
2) Bruce Willis
3) Leonardo Dicaprio
4) Brad Pitt
5) Tom Hanks
6) Jack Nicholson
7) Denzel Washington
8) Tom Cruise
9) Will Smith
10) Morgan Freeman
11) Clint Eastwood
12) George Clooney
13) Robert Downey Jr
14) Johhny Depp
15) Samuel L Jackson
16) Matt Damon
17) Kevin Spacey
18) Jim Carrey
19) Mel Gibson
20) Jamie Foxx

B list------
John Travolta
James Franco
Hugh Jackman
Nicolas Cage
Keanu Reeves
Ben Affleck


A LIST WOMEN
1) Angelina Jolie
2) Julia Roberts
3) Sandra Bullock
4) Jennifer Anniston
5) Halle Berry
6) Cameron Diaz
7) Scarlett Johansson
8) Meryl Streep
9) Reese Witherspoon
10) Jennifer Lawrence
11) Mila Kunis

B LIST WOMEN----
Emma Stone
Anne Hathaway
Kristen Stewart
Amy Adams
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
52961 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:06 pm to
Nobody from The Office is A-list. Not even Carrell.
Posted by Tiger1242
Member since Jul 2011
32022 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:06 pm to
I just skimmed your list
But Anne Hathaway is definitely an A lister

She's probably more of an A lister than almost everyone on your list
Posted by Adam4LSU
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2008
13760 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:06 pm to
Ben Affleck is definitely A-List.

Hathaway as well
This post was edited on 3/16/15 at 9:07 pm
Posted by BamaHater
Houston
Member since Sep 2003
13536 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:07 pm to
If Matt Damon is A list then why not Ben Affleck
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:07 pm to
Jennifer Anniston?!
This post was edited on 3/16/15 at 9:08 pm
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71947 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:07 pm to
quote:

11) Mila Kunis

No
Posted by Dr. Shultz
Baton Rouge, La
Member since Jun 2013
6391 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:08 pm to
Travolta and Cage are B-list but Matt Damon/Brad Pitt/Jim Carey/Jamie Fox are A-list?

dafuq
Posted by BACONisMEATcandy
Member since Dec 2007
46644 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:09 pm to
"A-list" without Kevin Bacon
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
48884 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:10 pm to
Your women's list blows. Julia Roberts is no more relevant than Travolta. Milan Kunis?

Women's list should have Meryl Streep A List- the rest
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39362 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:12 pm to
quote:

A LIST MEN (no particular order)
1) Robert De Niro
2) Bruce Willis
10) Morgan Freeman
11) Clint Eastwood
14) Johhny Depp
15) Samuel L Jackson
17) Kevin Spacey
18) Jim Carrey
19) Mel Gibson
20) Jamie Foxx

Not anymore for these. Depp is borderline.

quote:

B list------
Hugh Jackman
Keanu Reeves
Ben Affleck

these are all A listers
Posted by Bench McElroy
Member since Nov 2009
33985 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:14 pm to
No Al Pacino? Christian Bale? Cate Blanchett? Kate Winslet?

Posted by ipodking
#StopTalkingAboutWomensSports
Member since Jun 2008
56329 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:18 pm to
John Travolta doesn't have the filmography of an A lister? These three movies will be remembered forever

Pulp Fiction
Grease
Saturday Night Fever
Posted by Sampson
Chicago
Member since Mar 2012
24585 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:18 pm to
He is def an A-lister and Trovalta>>>>>>Jamie Foxx
Posted by Obsidian
Member since Mar 2015
183 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:19 pm to
i dont like them, but cage and hathaway are a list ....
and james franco
Posted by LSUTIGER in TEXAS
Member since Jan 2008
13613 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:34 pm to
quote:

B list------
John Travolta
James Franco
Hugh Jackman
Nicolas Cage
Keanu Reeves
Ben Affleck
is laughable.
Posted by Lester Earl
Member since Nov 2003
279463 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:35 pm to
Robert downey jr isnt an A lister

Travolta is. so is Affleck
Posted by Hugo Stiglitz
Member since Oct 2010
72937 posts
Posted on 3/16/15 at 9:38 pm to
Not sure if troll or really ignorant
Posted by molsusports
Member since Jul 2004
36172 posts
Posted on 3/17/15 at 1:00 am to
Travolta clearly once was an A list actor. When you consider his career as a whole it is impressive if not legendary. There was a window around the SNF release where he was probably the #1 star in the world. Falling completely off the map, struggling along with movies like "look who's talking" and then being reborn with "pulp fiction" made his rise from the ashes more impressive because he had gone from A lister to an object of mockery.

I think the wheel has pretty well turned on that once again FWIW. Between his weird behavior at nationally televised award ceremonies and his habit of molesting male masseuses he seems to be more than eccentric

Posted by VOR
Member since Apr 2009
63735 posts
Posted on 3/17/15 at 7:28 am to
Interesting thread that I don't have time to discuss right now. But I have to say that I disagree about Travolta, regardless of some of the crap he's put out. He, arguably, meets all of your criteria if you look at his entire career. He hasn't done anything big lately, but that doesn't equal irrelevance.

And, looking at some of the women on your "B" list, I think you're selling some of them way short. Especially Amy Adams Emma Stone. The only "rap" against them is that, perhaps, they haven't been around quite long enough. But I assure you, they're on the "A list" for casting directors.
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 7:34 am
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