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Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 06:39:13 GMT

By overrated I mean actors, whom, if it was up to you, would never have made it past their screen test. I have made a list of top ten actors and actresses pre 1970 as well as post 1970 and also television stars and movie directors but you can just name ten movie actors if you like.

As for my list, no debating, accusations, name-calling or threats will make me change my mind 🙂

TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTORS POST 1970:

Tyler Perry, Kevin James, Chris Hemsworth, Robert Redford, Denzel Washington, Sam Worthington, Burt Reynolds, Will Ferrell, Jamie Foxx, George Clooney

TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTRESSES POST 1970:

Kristen Stewart, Keira Knightley, Diane Lane, Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson, Queen Latifah, Madonna, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jennifer Aniston, Rene Russo

TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTORS PRE 1970:

Laurence Olivier, Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Rod Taylor, Bob Hope, Lee Marvin, Peter O'Toole, Omar Shariff, John Wayne, Gene Kelly.

* there were so many for the above list(!) it was a struggle to narrow it down 😉

TOP TEN OVERRATED MOVIE ACTRESSES PRE 1970:

Betty Grable, Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Katherine Hepburn, Lana Turner, Doris Day, Eva-Marie Saint, Tippi Hedren, Cyd Chariise, Caroll Baker.

* the three names in bold above are actresses that I would place 1,2 and 3 most overrated actors male or female pre 1970 or post, including television, theatre, cinema and street performances in the history of entertainment. 🙂

TOP TEN OVERRATED TV STARS (MALE):

Drew Carey, Craig Ferguson, Jerry Stiller, Dr Phil, Ray Romano, Jon Cryer, Jerry Seinfeld, Don Rickles, David Spade, Michael Richards.

TOP TEN OVERRATED TV STARS (FEMALE)

Lucille Ball, Patricia Heaton, Ellen Degeneres, Wendie Malick, Sarah Chalke, Aisha Tyler, Kathy Griffin, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Kathy Kinney, Tina Fey.

* I didn't include many reality tv personalities in the above lists as everybody knows most are below consideration and are not stars.

10 MOST OVERRATED MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME:

Roman Polanski, Quentin Tarantino, David Lean, Francis Ford Coppola, Barbara Streisand, Frederico Fellini, Cecil B. DeMille, Ingmar Bergman, Stanley Kubrick, Joseph Losey.

Enjoy 🙂 🙂 🙂

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:01:40 GMT

I agree with some of your list but aren't you being a little harsh towards Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman? They were very good in Casablana.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the_bob_delusion — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:03:25 GMT

cool newbies.

THought we stopped getting new people on this forum.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:05:23 GMT

Ah...no. Casablanca is in my top ten worst movies ever list. Despite the fact that I couldn't have cared less what the Nazis did to the Bogart or Bergman characters, I thought the film was slow and "programme-fillerish", apart from the last five minutes which were brilliant - if only it had starred actors I cared about 😞

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:11:42 GMT

Perhaps you need to consider Casablanca in the context of when it was made during the Second World War.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the_great_she_elephant — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:14:32 GMT

OP it would be interesting to read a list of your favourites, so we can see where you are coming from and better understand your choices.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:14:45 GMT

Why should I watch any movie "in the context of when it was made?" I know movies of a certain age are in black and white, shaky editing and sound with stylised performances; some I like, some I don't and no history of the movie or the world at that time will influence whether I was entertained by that particular storyline and performances.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:16:36 GMT

OP it would be interesting to read a list of your favourites, so we can see where you are coming from and better understand your choices.

I considered that but ran out of steam when I wrote this list, LOL. Plus I have many more favourites than I do dislikes, and I wouldn't know where to start. Also, I don't think I would appreciate every poster attacking actors I hold most dear 😉

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:20:43 GMT

Why should I watch any movie "in the context of when it was made?" I know movies of a certain age are in black and white, shaky editing and sound with stylised performances; some I like, some I don't and no history of the movie or the world at that time will influence whether I was entertained by that particular storyline and performances.

You totally missed my point. When movie-goers in the Western World saw Casablanca in the early forties they didn't know if they would live or die, if the Nazis were on their doorstep. Many lovers had to part, often for always. It's reminiscent of the ending you love so much 🙂

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:24:39 GMT

I didn't say I loved the ending, I said it was a brilliant piece of movie making and it was. As for the movie going audience relating to Casablanca, I don't think many had the opportunity to, as it was a resounding flop at the time of its release - far too downbeat and close to home to attract ticket buyers. The movie only developed a cult following decades down the line when people were no longer afraid of short Germans in uniforms.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:31:40 GMT

Actually, it's not only Ingrid Bergman and Bogart - why have you included Lana Turner? She was a big star and I like George Clooney, very handsome. And Stanley Kubrick directed one of my fav movies, The Shining.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:38:01 GMT

Actually, it's not only Ingrid Bergman and Bogart - why have you included Lana Turner? She was a big star and I like George Clooney, very handsome. And Stanley Kubrick directed one of my fav movies, The Shining.

So what if Lana Turner was a big star? That's not the point. The point of this list is that it is MY LIST, noone else's. It doesn't matter how many millions of people liked them - what matters is that I don't like them. Besides, Turner always looked like what she really was - a cheap tart who would sleep with anybody. She even had a lesbian daughter, she was so lewd.

As for Clooney, very handsome? PUH-leassse... I always think he reminds me of a cartoon puppy with saggy eyes - I'm an eye gal - and I think his are ugly.

I also like The Shining but only because the story was so fail-safe even Kubrick couldn't mess it up with his art-house take on everything. Look at the 90's TV movie remake. It was terrible in comparison but still great to watch because Stephen King's story was so aborbing.

See? Huhhh, I'm glad we've sorted that out.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:46:45 GMT

I too enjoyed The Shining remake, I'm glad we can agree on something 😉 It reminds me of a motel called Lucille's that I stayed at in North Carolina in 2001. Sleeping alone, in the middle of the night I woke up to find a shadowy figure standing over my bed with an axe raised above its head. I screamed the house down and the manager came rushing up the stairs. When I told her what I'd seen, she went white as a ghost and quickly moved me to the room next to hers. The next morning she told me a woman had been hacked to death with an axe in the room I had occupied. After my week's stay, I handed back my key and she returned not only my safety deposit but the week's rate I had paid.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

the*curse*of*pretoria — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:54:52 GMT

cool newbies.

THought we stopped getting new people on this forum.

Hi, big BOB. Sorry, I missed your message earlier. Why don't you call me some time big BOB? We could get together, have some drinks: fancy a five-finger frappo? So call me.

I might be new, but I'm not naive...

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:10:16 GMT

To me the most overrated actress is Katherine Heigl and actor Jake Jyllanhall (sp?)

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

patchoo78 — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:39:48 GMT

Could only come up with a top 6

Women

1. Helena Bonham Carter

2. Penelope Cruz

3. Jennifer Anniston

4. Kristen (I only have one facial expression) Stewart

5. Meg Ryan

6. Alexis Bledel (Gilmore Girls)

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

hum*vee — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:46:12 GMT

Hallo Bob ♥

please don‘t be calling either of those naughty zero‘s one of them is a tart anyway and I am suspecting they are the same‘s.

Keep yourself nice.

My favourite movie of all times was Braveheart with Mel the Gibson.

What was yours?

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

j*oono — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:52:33 GMT

I can't help it. My favourite is still Love Actually and also Little Miss Sunshine.

I recently also saw Mental which also starred Toni Collette. Although I really thought at first that I would walk out of the movie it seemed so bad, I ended up really enjoying it. She is a clever actress.

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

toowoomba*tart — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:58:51 GMT

I can't help it. My favourite is still Love Actually and also Little Miss Sunshine.

I recently also saw Mental which also starred Toni Collette. Although I really thought at first that I would walk out of the movie it seemed so bad, I ended up really enjoying it. She is a clever actress.

What can't you help, joonie bayyyybieee? Did you mis-read the OP? Who are your LEAST favourites? I also like Toni Collette - I think Muriel's Wedding is the greatest Australian film ever made. Little Miss Sunshine wasn't bad but I won't be seeing Mental. I saw the At The Movies review: I'll often see a film if either David OR Margaret dislike it - but not when both hate it. One of them is alway right 😉

Re: Who are your ten most overrated actors?

j*oono — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:01:00 GMT

I'm sorry but I can't think of ten that I really dislike so I thought I would go positive.