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re: "A-list" actors- Office Arguement.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:10 am to Biggereztiger
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:10 am to Biggereztiger
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Would you agree with my A-list of actors and actresses lists below?
No, some of the ones on your B list are better than the ones on your A list. You have Jamie Foxx as any A list actor for crying out loud.
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Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:10 am to Bluefin
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He's been in some of the highest grossing films in recent history and was nominated for an Oscar for acting in blackface. People all over the world know Tony Stark. I'd say he's A list.
Yeah, to say RDJ is not an A-List Actor is about as stupid as saying Hugh Jackman is a B-List Actor. fricking ridiculous.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:53 am to Biggereztiger
I would consider him an A-lister, a guide you could add is how much does he get for a movie?
You can quibble over current relevance/filmography but he is a legend, Grease, Pulp Fiction and even Saturday Night Fever will long be remembered.
You can quibble over current relevance/filmography but he is a legend, Grease, Pulp Fiction and even Saturday Night Fever will long be remembered.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:00 am to H-Town Tiger
I forgot Matthew Macconaughey
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:02 am to Biggereztiger
Halle Barre is not an A-lister.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:05 am to Biggereztiger
Christian Bale?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:05 am to Biggereztiger
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17) Kevin Spacey
18) Jim Carrey
19) Mel Gibson
20) Jamie Foxx
A-List means can they carry a movie based on their name alone. I don't think any of these fall into that category. They are good actors and at one time Mel and Carrey could have but not anymore IMO.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:44 am to AngryBeavers
So only 15ish SOLID A listers? Would you put Travolta in the SOLID category?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 12:28 pm to Biggereztiger
I don't think Travolta is an A lister at all. He was once, but hasn't been in years. Can he get good tables in the best restaurants of LA or NYC without a reservation, just by showing up? Maybe if DiCaprio, Affleck, McConaughey, etc etc aren't there first. Or even Bieber. When Bieber can get a better table than you, you're not A list.
Travolta is a punch line nowadays. No way he's A list. Cage isn't either. He pretty much does horrible B movies nowadays.
I'd consider these A list nowadays:
DiCaprio
Streep
Lawrence(Jennifer)
Pitt
Jolie
Clooney
Roberts
Bullock
Depp
People like Eastwood, Deniro, Nicholson, Pacino, Freeman, are also still A list and more importantly they are legends.
Julia Roberts may not be very relevant these days, but she's still Hollywood royalty and is definitely A list.
Travolta is a punch line nowadays. No way he's A list. Cage isn't either. He pretty much does horrible B movies nowadays.
I'd consider these A list nowadays:
DiCaprio
Streep
Lawrence(Jennifer)
Pitt
Jolie
Clooney
Roberts
Bullock
Depp
People like Eastwood, Deniro, Nicholson, Pacino, Freeman, are also still A list and more importantly they are legends.
Julia Roberts may not be very relevant these days, but she's still Hollywood royalty and is definitely A list.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 12:52 pm to Biggereztiger
How is Will Smith an A lister? Also where is Tom Hardy on that list? He is definitely an A-lister. If you disagree then you clearly haven't seen his wide genre of acting.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 12:54 pm to Biggereztiger
If versatility is a requirement, Eastwood is in trouble.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 1:02 pm to Tiger1242
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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
agree and the other 3 are likely to make the list as would Charlize Theron.
While I don't like Depp all that much, he certainly makes the list on talent, Affleck and Damon, not so much, both are pretty limited actors, hell Chris Pine has as much skill as either of them.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 1:49 pm to Biggereztiger
I honestly don't know what anyone's standard for "A-List" is.
Like, Jennifer Lawrence was probably the biggest and most trending actress in the world for a year or two when Hunger Games was coming out and she followed that with Silver Linings Playbook and she became really popular on the talk show circuit and had some scandalous pictures released.... But I guess she isn't A-List?
Like, Jennifer Lawrence was probably the biggest and most trending actress in the world for a year or two when Hunger Games was coming out and she followed that with Silver Linings Playbook and she became really popular on the talk show circuit and had some scandalous pictures released.... But I guess she isn't A-List?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:00 pm to Biggereztiger
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John Travolta
James Franco
Hugh Jackman
Nicolas Cage
Keanu Reeves
Ben Affleck
All of these are A list
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:06 pm to broeho
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Like, Jennifer Lawrence was probably the biggest and most trending actress in the world for a year or two when Hunger Games was coming out and she followed that with Silver Linings Playbook and she became really popular on the talk show circuit and had some scandalous pictures released.... But I guess she isn't A-List?
I think she's about as A-List as it gets right now.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:07 pm to broeho
I think Jennifer Lawrence is A list. The OP's original criteria for A list is not what most of Hollywood would consider criteria for A list.
Hollywood doesn't really care if you can act or what your range is. Schwarzenegger and Willis were both A listers at one point. It's about name recognition and dollars(how much money can they make for the studio) first IMO. Talent is 3rd.
Although there are always exceptions like legends who may not have done much in the last decade or more, but they're still legends and will be so well past their deaths. Ex: Hope, Ball, Grant, Hepburn, etc. Living legends can be added here too.
It's all very subjective of course and Hollywood can be fickle.
Hollywood doesn't really care if you can act or what your range is. Schwarzenegger and Willis were both A listers at one point. It's about name recognition and dollars(how much money can they make for the studio) first IMO. Talent is 3rd.
Although there are always exceptions like legends who may not have done much in the last decade or more, but they're still legends and will be so well past their deaths. Ex: Hope, Ball, Grant, Hepburn, etc. Living legends can be added here too.
It's all very subjective of course and Hollywood can be fickle.
Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:51 pm to Brosef Stalin
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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
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Not anymore for these. Depp is borderline.
Say what now?
All of those are A-list IMO.
How can you say Sam Jackson isn not A list anymore?
ETA: Travolta is easily A-list.
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 2:52 pm
Posted on 3/17/15 at 3:00 pm to SirSaintly
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Can he get good tables in the best restaurants of LA or NYC without a reservation, just by showing up?
you dont think john travolta can walk into popular restaurant and eat without a reservation?
he's a legend, especially in a city like NYC
Posted on 3/17/15 at 3:07 pm to CocomoLSU
Sam Jackson isn't a lead. He's a great supporting actor but he's not the main character and not someone you're gonna build a movie around.
As far as Travolta, pretend you're a bigshot Hollywood producer today in 2015 and you have a great script, or at least one that could be a potential huge hit. Is Travolta your first choice to star? Do you want his face on all the posters and all the promotion built around him? Do you believe a movie starring him can pull in $300 million? When was his last mega hit? How many people under age 30 care about him today?
As far as Travolta, pretend you're a bigshot Hollywood producer today in 2015 and you have a great script, or at least one that could be a potential huge hit. Is Travolta your first choice to star? Do you want his face on all the posters and all the promotion built around him? Do you believe a movie starring him can pull in $300 million? When was his last mega hit? How many people under age 30 care about him today?
Posted on 3/17/15 at 3:11 pm to Brosef Stalin
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As far as Travolta, pretend you're a bigshot Hollywood producer today in 2015 and you have a great script, or at least one that could be a potential huge hit. Is Travolta your first choice to star? Do you want his face on all the posters and all the promotion built around him? Do you believe a movie starring him can pull in $300 million? When was his last mega hit? How many people under age 30 care about him today?
You could almost say the say thing for De Niro and he is one of the greatest actors ever, imo.
ETA: And how come nobody has mentioned Broken Arrow? Rope a dope man.
This post was edited on 3/17/15 at 3:12 pm
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