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Posted on 4/7/21 at 7:34 am to kywildcatfanone
In essence he played John Wayne in every movie he was ever in. He was not known as a character actor. I love the Duke. I thought most folks would get the inference.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 7:36 am to RonLaFlamme
happy to see he's been omitted...
Cruise is great at what he does. But I think Tom cruise basically plays Tom Cruise in his movies.
Cruise is great at what he does. But I think Tom cruise basically plays Tom Cruise in his movies.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 8:24 am to AlxTgr
quote:Because people forget about Dances with Wolves, A Perfect World, Open Range, Bull Durham, and JFK.
Has to be? Why does he have to be?
He has won a Golden Globe for Best Actor and nabbed Best Actor Noms from the Oscars.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 9:30 am to orangebeach38
quote:
But I think Tom cruise basically plays Tom Cruise in his movies.
You could say the same about Clint Eastwood,John Wayne or Keven Costner.
Don't have to be from the method acting school to be considered a great actor. Matter of fact, there are LOTS of bad method actors.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 9:41 am to RD Dawg
quote:
Don't have to be from the method acting school to be considered a great actor.
I think it should be differentiated between character acting and method acting. Acting in essence is getting into character. If your character happens to always be the same character over dozens of films then it is assumed it is not a character but just the actor playing themself.
How about let’s add Jean-Claude Van Damme to the list.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 9:47 am to orangebeach38
quote:
But I think Tom cruise basically plays Tom Cruise in his movies.
No.
Caffey, Maverick, Hunt, Les Grossman, Joel Goodson, Charlie Babbit, Mitch McDeere, Jerry Maguire, Nathan Algren... are all clearly distinct characters.
Posted on 4/7/21 at 9:54 am to Athos
A Top 5 List of Actors who Should not be on the Top 5 Most Successful Actors Who Can't Act
1. John Wayne
2. Kevin Costner
3. George Clooney
4. Brendan Fraser
5. add your own. go way now
1. John Wayne
2. Kevin Costner
3. George Clooney
4. Brendan Fraser
5. add your own. go way now
Posted on 4/7/21 at 4:38 pm to RD Dawg
quote:my favorite actor, Denzel
You could say the same about
Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:52 am to Athos
Yeah I guess. The only one that stood out for me was Born on 4th of July. But, he is good at what he does. His films are usually must see.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 11:01 am to rebeloke
When I think of actors that can’t act, I think of actors that simply show up and play themselves. This is the opposite of people like Streep and Daniel Day Lewis.
Among the most successful would be
Arnold
Julia Roberts
Robert DeNiro
Nicholas Cage
Jennifer Anniston
Honorable mention (which may be explained by typecasting choices) goes to
Vince Vaughn
Owen Wilson
Adam Sandler
Vin Diesel
Sylvester Stallone
Among the most successful would be
Arnold
Julia Roberts
Robert DeNiro
Nicholas Cage
Jennifer Anniston
Honorable mention (which may be explained by typecasting choices) goes to
Vince Vaughn
Owen Wilson
Adam Sandler
Vin Diesel
Sylvester Stallone
Posted on 4/8/21 at 12:04 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Red River
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
You obviously don’t know a good actor when you see them
The Searchers
The Quiet Man
You obviously don’t know a good actor when you see them
Posted on 4/8/21 at 12:40 pm to Willie Stroker
quote:Has Arnold ever done anything in his native language? I think his biggest issue is his thick Austrian accent; I'm curious how he would have seemed with fluid, fluent speech.
When I think of actors that can’t act, I think of actors that simply show up and play themselves. This is the opposite of people like Streep and Daniel Day Lewis.
Among the most successful would be
Arnold
Julia Roberts
Robert DeNiro
Nicholas Cage
Jennifer Anniston
His size/muscles typecast him, but there were a few roles where he went outside the "huge hulking dude" and seemed ok.
Predator was more of a John Wayne 'tough guy' role, instead of what he did with Conan and Terminator. And True Lies, if he could only have lost that accent, he really would have been just the normal secret agent guy.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 2:26 pm to Scoob
quote:
I'm curious how he would have seemed with fluid, fluent speech.
Try watching Jingle All The Way with the volume muted. I stumbled into that by accident this past Christmas and his utter lack of acting talent was on full display. But maybe the problem was the shitty direction or possibly a natural reaction for actors trying to distract an audience from a truly shitty script.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 2:44 pm to Willie Stroker
Jingle All the Way is a classic. Lol. Well, I liked it as a kid at any rate.
Has Eddie Redmayne been mentioned? He’s terrible.
Has Eddie Redmayne been mentioned? He’s terrible.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:35 pm to rebeloke
Paul Walker, R.I.P.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:41 pm to Marciano1
Cage is a good actor. His decision making is hit or miss.
Posted on 4/8/21 at 4:56 pm to CU_Tigers4life
quote:
Jennifer Lawrence
Totally agree with this. She must’ve moved in with Harvey for a while go get some of her parts.
She was good in silver linings playbook but I think anyone could’ve played it
Posted on 4/8/21 at 6:14 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Worst :Woody Allen.
Best: Carrol O'Conner and Tom Hanks.
Best: Carrol O'Conner and Tom Hanks.
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