re: The most overrated actor of all time

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Has Kevin Bacon been mentioned yet. Talk about A SHITTY actor.
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Watch Murder in the First and get back to me on that...

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Ill throw in Sleepers as well. Bacon was outstanding in that role.

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Splash - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe meeting a mermaid
Bachelor Party - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe Partying
The Money Pit - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe owning a new house
Dragnet - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe as a Cop
Big - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as a Boy in a Man's Body
The Burbs - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe owning a house
Turner & Hooch - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as a Cop
Joe Versus the Volcano - Played Joe
A League of Their Own - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe as an older, well seasoned alcoholic
Philadelphia - Ok I'll give you this one.
Forrest Gump - And This One
Apollo 13 - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as an Astronaut
Saving Private Ryan - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as an old, well seasoned military officer
Road to Perdition - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as a contract killer
The Ladykillers - The movie is not worth commenting about
The Terminal - See above
Charlie Wilson's War - I'll give you this as well, even though it was more campy than anything. Good movie, hardly worthy of "Acting" prowess.
Catch Me if You Can - Played Tom Hanks, All American Joe, as a Cop (read: Government Agent)

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That's not a knock against Hanks. Again, it's all in your definition of "great actor." But Brando, Hoffman, Oldman, Day-Lewis, Olivier, those guys have range. Hanks, not so much.

He does All-American Joe better than anyone but Stewart probably. I would say the same about Wayne, Chaplin, Bogart, and lots of other so-called "Great" actors. They have presence and charisma that OFTEN shine through their performances. That's not a bad thing, just the way it is.

This is different for say someone like Daniel Day-Lewis who lets the role overtake him, often to problematic effects (see the There Will Be Blood debacle).

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Because he is rated so fricking high.

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Always the threat of being well praised, true.

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Agreed. I think he is underrated. I'm not sure if he can carry his drama, but I'd like to see him try.

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Sorry, I can't take anyone seriously who said Tom Hanks.

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If you're referring to me you should read all of my posts, I make an important distinction. Better to clear that up.

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The range of roles he has played is second to none,

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See this is one place where we can say it's a fact. There isn't some random word like "good" or "Great." This is about his films, and the fact is, in terms of Hanks position and appeal, he has displayed very little range. He has a comfort zone and he, generally, sticks in it.

Lou Diamond Phillips

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Edward Norton

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Holy crap, I agree with this, and you put it in just the right words too.

Touché

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Edward Norton

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No. His work in Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club, and 25th Hour give him a two decade cushion. He could make ten more Hulk movies and still be considered a good actor based on the mentioned films.

Damn, I was just about to post John Travolta, dude is terrible.

Meryl Streep.


What a phoney baloney.