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re: Worst A list actor of all time? In terms of ability to act
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:56 am to Pax Regis
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:56 am to Pax Regis
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Brad Pitt has been basically playing the same character for 30 years just in different scenarios and contexts.
He’s cool as shite, but he’s not much of an actor.
So you are saying Chad Feldheimer in Burn After Reading and Tyler Durden in Fight Club are basically the same character?
Interesting take.
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Posted on 7/1/26 at 8:47 am to AZTiger7072
I'll go with Cage as the worst. The most current one I loathe is Timothée Chalamet.
Favorites? Jack Nicholson, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, Ed Harris, Tom Hardy.
Favorites? Jack Nicholson, Ralph Fiennes, Anthony Hopkins, Tommy Lee Jones, Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, Ed Harris, Tom Hardy.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:11 am to Godfather1
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To answer the OP, I’ll go with Johnny Depp.
Blow and Fear and Loathing say otherwise.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 9:38 am to theunknownknight
quote:I don’t know. Some of his work in Once Upon A Time In Hollywood was Oscar worthy. Especially the freak out in his trailer the night before he nailed the hostage scene with the little girl and her erstwhile rescuer. I’d have given the nod to him for those two scenes alone.
DiCaprio
Greatest over-actor all time
Posted on 7/1/26 at 10:30 am to saintsfan1977
Yeah, Depp is a lot of shitty things, but bad actor ain't one of 'em.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 1:51 pm to Godzilla jr
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If you seen Leaving Las Vegas you would know how retarded of a take that is
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Have to agree with you. Cage has had fair share of stinkers but his performance in Leaving Las Vegas was recognized as one of, if not the best of the 90s.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:01 pm to Godfather1
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To answer the OP, I’ll go with Johnny Depp.
I couldn't disagree more.
He's fantastic in a variety of roles. He chooses weird movies, but he becomes the characters and is a really good actor.
Platoon
Cry Baby
Gilbert Grape
Edward Scissorhands
Donnie Brasco
Fear and Loathing
Blow
Chocolat
Pirates of the Caribbean
Once Upon A Time in Mexico
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Sweeney Todd
Finding Neverland
Public Enemies
Black Mass
etc.
Huge range and tons of talent. He just chooses weird roles and movies.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:03 pm to theunknownknight
quote:
DiCaprio
Greatest over-actor all time
Dude, come on. Dude is an awesome actor.
The takes in this thread are fricking wild.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 2:21 pm to Pax Regis
quote:You can't have seen 12 Monkeys then.
Brad Pitt has been basically playing the same character for 30 years just in different scenarios and contexts.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:15 pm to CatfishJohn
The fact that you list Charlie and the chocolate factory as a positive nullifies anything you have to say in the matter.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:20 pm to TigerMyth36
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The fact that you list Charlie and the chocolate factory as a positive nullifies anything you have to say in the matter.
It wasn't a great movie, but his original take and commitment to that character were still impressive. Just giving an example of his range.
ETA:
And you can throw out that one and 5 more if you want from my list and my point still stands. Depp is a damn good actor.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:29 pm to Pax Regis
quote:We will both get downvoted into oblivion, but I agree and think Pitt is actually a terrible actor.
He’s cool as shite, but he’s not much of an actor.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:34 pm to CatfishJohn
It was garbage and pretending to be Michael Jackson is in no way impressive.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:42 pm to hogcard1964
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Samuel L. Jackson... perhaps the most one dimensional actor of all time.
Nope. Sam Elliot only plays Sam Elliot. Can't stand him and he has no upper lip. Guess that's why he keeps a mustache.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:48 pm to dalefla
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he has no upper lip
Showing up on Justified with a bare upper lip was a huge jump scare.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 3:50 pm to wesfau
That's where I saw it. Freaked me out but even without the stache, he was just Sam Elliot. He's ruining Landman, too.
This post was edited on 7/1/26 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:15 pm to Godfather1
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Jack Nicholson plays Jack Nicholson in everything HE’S in.
Feels like more people are considering on-screen persona than acting ability. The idea that Nicholson or Redford were bad at acting because they somewhat consistently maintained a specific persona throughout parts of their careers is wild. Do people here consider Cary Grant and James Stewart bad actors?
I believe it's fair to call Redford a better star than he was an actor, but not that he was a bad actor. Including Nicholson in this conversation, in any capacity, is absurd. Maybe if you only know his work from 2005-2010. I guess there are people who have only ever seen and are basing this opinion off of, say, Anger Management and The Departed. Or The Shining and The Bucket List, maybe.
I get the Nic Cage thing, assuming you've only seen the garbage, but he has almost 5 decades of work with plenty of non-garbage in each of those decades. I don't get Brad Pitt here. There isn't just one part that he takes. A 3-film stretch: Meet Joe Black right into Fight Club into Snatch. These are not the same. Another one: Inglorious Basterds, Tree of Life, Moneyball. Come on.
Posted on 7/1/26 at 5:55 pm to wesfau
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Showing up on Justified with a bare upper lip was a huge jump scare.
He doesn’t sport a stache in We Were Soldiers either. That’s the one that stands out to me
Posted on 7/1/26 at 6:24 pm to AZTiger7072
Sly Stalone
Posted on 7/1/26 at 7:56 pm to travelgamer
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Sly Stalone
He was good in the first Rocky and Copland. Was Steven Seagall an A lister at one time?
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