Under-rated and Over-rated Actors and Actresses

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  1. gizmo580

    gizmo580 Registered Member

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    What actors or actresses do you think or under-rated? Over-rated?
     
    gizmo580, May 20, 2006
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  3. hug-a-tree

    hug-a-tree Live the life Registered Senior Member

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    Hilary Duff.
     
    hug-a-tree, May 20, 2006
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  5. hug-a-tree

    hug-a-tree Live the life Registered Senior Member

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    oh sorry, she's under rated BIG TIME. kidding.
     
    hug-a-tree, May 20, 2006
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  7. gizmo580

    gizmo580 Registered Member

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    I absolutely agree. Hilary Duff is horribly over-rated
     
    gizmo580, May 20, 2006
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  8. thedevilsreject

    thedevilsreject Registered Senior Abuser Registered Senior Member

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    tom hanks is overrated, have you seen the da vinci code, terrible a plank is less wooded than he was
     
    thedevilsreject, May 20, 2006
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  9. gizmo580

    gizmo580 Registered Member

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    I'd probably have to disagree with you on that one
     
    gizmo580, May 20, 2006
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  10. thedevilsreject

    thedevilsreject Registered Senior Abuser Registered Senior Member

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    to be honest i think tha forest gump is the only movie he acted reasonably well on but that is IMO
     
    thedevilsreject, May 20, 2006
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  11. sargentlard

    sargentlard Save the whales motherfucker Valued Senior Member

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    Giovanni Ribisi (spelling?) is underrated

    Kate Blanchett is underrated

    Vin Diesel is overrated

    Julia Roberts is overrated

    Pretty much all of indie actors are underrated

    Sarah Jessica Parker is overrated

    Vince Vaughn is finally starting to get his just deserved praise

    Steve Carell is very underrated

    William Dafoe is very underrated.
     
    sargentlard, May 20, 2006
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  12. Fraggle Rocker

    Fraggle Rocker Staff Member

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    I think a lot of the big name actors of the past were overrated. Take John Wayne, for example. He wasn't acting. He was just being himself. That can be charming and make for good bit parts in a couple of fun movies or a TV career a la Jon Stewart, but in my opinion it does not justify decades of glory. John Wayne was the exact same person in every movie he ever made. He did not try to get into the character, or the milieu, or the spirit of the story. He just memorized his lines, followed the director's instructions, and collected his paychecks and his awards.
     
    Fraggle Rocker, May 20, 2006
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  13. Killjoy

    Killjoy Propelling The Farce!! Valued Senior Member

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    Too true.
    Consider his portrayal of Genghis Khan in - I believe - The Conqueror...?
    Hillarious !
     
    Killjoy, May 21, 2006
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  14. James R

    James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    A lot of big names are overrated as actors. But people like them precisely because they play themselves, and have the same recognisable persona no matter what film they are in. Think Sean Connery, Julia Roberts, Arnold Schwartzenegger... the list goes on and on.
     
    James R, May 21, 2006
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  15. Neildo

    Neildo Gone Registered Senior Member

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    Yeah, the common saying in acting goes along the lines of, "People don't want to see you being the character, they want to see you as the character."

    - N
     
    Neildo, May 21, 2006
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  16. Hapsburg

    Hapsburg Hellenistic polytheist Valued Senior Member

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    You know, I liked Charleton Heston. I thought he was pretty good. A bit underrated now, because he's not in any movies, but he's still good.
    John Wayne is overrated, but he's frickin' John Wayne, so...ya know...

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    Hapsburg, May 22, 2006
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  17. Joaquin

    Joaquin Sleuth Registered Senior Member

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    You can only act as good as the script given to you. Tom Hanks made Forrest Gump a cult classic . It had all emotions in the movie. A great movie will always credit the actors abilities and flaunt it more.
     
    Joaquin, May 23, 2006
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  18. thedevilsreject

    thedevilsreject Registered Senior Abuser Registered Senior Member

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    IMO matt damon is underrated, he is much better at acting than pitt or clooney
     
    thedevilsreject, May 23, 2006
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  19. Possumking

    Possumking I think, I am? Registered Senior Member

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    Orlando Bloom --Overrated

    Steve Carell -underrated

    tom cruise- overrated

    Lindsay Lohan -overrated

    Bill murray -- fantastic actor, but I guess he gets the respect he deserves.

    Jonathan Rhys Meyer - overrated
     
    Possumking, May 24, 2006
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  20. thedevilsreject

    thedevilsreject Registered Senior Abuser Registered Senior Member

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    ben stiller - underrated

    he is a fantastic actor
     
    thedevilsreject, May 24, 2006
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  21. charles cure

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    i think adrian brody is unerrated. that dude is a great actor.

    phillip seymour hoffman is overrated

    tom cruise is way overrated

    jude law is overrated

    tom hanks sucks

    john cusack is underrated

    i hate meryl streep regardless of any talent she may or may not possess

    charlize theron is an excellent actress

    ron livingston (peter from office space) is underrated as a comic actor
     
    charles cure, May 25, 2006
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  22. Absane

    Absane Rocket Surgeon Valued Senior Member

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    Jerry Springer - underrated
    WWF - overrated.
     
    Absane, May 25, 2006
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  23. Absane

    Absane Rocket Surgeon Valued Senior Member

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    You cannot deny that Terminator 2 was a bad movie. Oh course the movie did not require much acting him AS, just looking badass really.

    And I think Sean Connery is a great guy

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    Absane, May 25, 2006
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