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The Most Overrated A-List Actors Of All Time (Or Our Time)?

Obviously it is a deeply personal list, but I can't help putting Meryl Streep right at the top, or damned close to it.

The conventional wisdom is that she is superbly flexible with an incredible range. But everything I recall is the same tired whine and odd mannerisms and awful accents. And I'm being polite and ignoring her breathtaking stupidity and arrogance. Alar anyone?


  • Meryl Streep
  • Al Pacino (post 1980)
  • Annette Bening
  • Mark Ruffalo
  • Ben Stiller

I have seen Bening on film and on stage, and damn! She stinks on stage more than on the big screen. Ruffalo too....he was wooden and almost monotonal on stage, and was clearly the weak link

Pacino is obvious. He is a characature of himself, and has been for 30 years.

Stiller is nails-on-a-chalkboard unpleasant for me. Has he done anything that isn't sophomoric and formulaic?

Oh...we can quibble about the "A-List" part. So in the interest of world peace, we can say A, A-, B+ actors.

PS. Honorable mentions include Gwyneth Paltrow, Leonardo DiCaprio (great in "Blood Diamond"), Nicolas Cage (is he a D-List now?), Marlon Brando, Harrison Ford.

Posted by: CBD at 02:05 PM




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1 Tom Cruise. QED.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:06 PM (T6t7i)

2 Yes yes yes to Al Pacino!

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:06 PM (hutaE)

3 Pacino is really good in Heat. Other than that, though...

Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at August 18, 2019 02:07 PM (zZbCU)

4 Now I am a self-caricature.

Posted by: Robert DeNiro at August 18, 2019 02:07 PM (dCRRg)

5 all of them.

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 18, 2019 02:07 PM (SEclx)

6 Stiller was great in Simple Jack!

Posted by: scrood at August 18, 2019 02:08 PM (q2+kD)

7 The shark in Sharknado 4. I just didn't get the sense that he believed in his character.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:08 PM (T6t7i)

8 Tom Cruise impossible to watch without thinking, "hey, I'm watching Tom Cruise".

Posted by: The Invisible Hand at August 18, 2019 02:08 PM (YpRda)

9 Oh and the only thing I can tolerate Nicholas Cage in is Raising Arizona.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:08 PM (hutaE)

10 Natalie Portman.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 18, 2019 02:09 PM (duxRF)

11 Argh... willowed. This one is too good not to repeat.

185
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7368429

Lord Mountbottom ... rum sodomy and the lash ... seemed to have fulfilled the second requirement anyhow.

Some creepy pictures of him with Charles.

Posted by: Off the reservation at August 18, 2019 02:09 PM (vWMNq)

12 I disagree about Leo DeCaprio. Blood Diamond is one of his movies that I saw and thought he did quite well.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:09 PM (dCRRg)

13 Al Pacino plays Al Pacino in Pacino! The Movie!

Posted by: Burger Chef at August 18, 2019 02:10 PM (RuIsu)

14 Liam Neeson.

Posted by: Some other guy not that other one at August 18, 2019 02:10 PM (EyFCU)

15 Yeah, I'm going to have to go with Nicholas Cage as the most overrated. Man cannot act.

Posted by: Linn Ridge at August 18, 2019 02:10 PM (9DBja)

16 Grind it out. Paciino was an excellent Dutch Uncle in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. There are also lots of uplifting events and characters in Tarantino's latest. Watch the whole thing. The actors, well, lets all get over ourselves.

Posted by: 80's music fan at August 18, 2019 02:10 PM (glGDV)

17 I chuckled that you had put Ben Stiller on an A-list.

Posted by: Roy at August 18, 2019 02:10 PM (ABjxW)

18 Harvey Keitel. Joe Pesci. Jennifer Lawrence. Samuel L. Jackson. Jeff Goldblum. Natalie Portman.

Posted by: orthodoc at August 18, 2019 02:11 PM (Absx4)

19 John Travolta.

Posted by: Some other guy not that other one at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (EyFCU)

20 Tom Cruise doesn't even do a decent job of playing Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Roy at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (ABjxW)

21 Kirsten Stewart
Hayden Christiensen
Brie Larson

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (ltuaO)

22 Jack Nicholson

Posted by: Hobo with a laptop at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (Dgce0)

23 This may be a unpopular opinion, but I think Katherine Hepburn was very overrated. I enjoyed her movies. They were entertaining, but she didn't have any range, but that may be the fault of what they put her in.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (+0VWg)

24 Madonna.

Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (sGotD)

25 Deniro, without question. They called him a chameleon in the 70s, and he had some fine roles, but for 30 years he's been a Deniro parody.

Now all he plays is himself as a grumpy old crackpot.

Waste of talent.

Posted by: Regular joe at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (6/uwW)

26 Who chews the most scenery (after those listed by CBD)? For my (not spending any) money: Will Smith.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (Y8PSl)

27 20
Tom Cruise doesn't even do a decent job of playing Tom Cruise.

Posted by: Roy


I disagree. I think he does an excellent job of portraying a mentally weak a**hole.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (T6t7i)

28 Ashley Judd is unwatchable and unfortunately still off her meds.

Posted by: mc at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (l1TIo)

29
I have always said Meryl Streep doesn't portray a character, she portrays Meryl Streep portraying a character.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:14 PM (Wx/+I)

30 I will add Pauly Shore and Adam Sandler. Pauly Shore was so bad i don't think he is invited to anyones movies anymore

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 02:14 PM (flINI)

31 Madonna.
Posted by: IrishEi at August 18, 2019 02:13 PM (sGotD)
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Not sure what Madonna does is considered "acting". She's definitely overrated, though.

Posted by: Linn Ridge at August 18, 2019 02:14 PM (9DBja)

32 Dwayne Johnson is a surprisingly competent actor. No Olivier, but still, better than you would expect.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (T6t7i)

33 Sean Penn

Posted by: Some other guy not that other one at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (EyFCU)

34 gee, i don't even know who mark ruffalo is, what he's been in or looks like.

i don't belong here.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (Pg+x7)

35 Concur on Dwayne Johnson. He's fun.
Concur on Stiller. Horrible.

Posted by: Diogenes at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (yhYmR)

36
Victor Mature was turned down for membership at a country club because he was an actor. "I'm not an actor," Mature replied, "and I have 64 pictures to prove it."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:16 PM (Wx/+I)

37 Alan Alda belongs on the a-list of over rated.

Posted by: Mush not Mash at August 18, 2019 02:16 PM (vqIkG)

38 (...and thank goodness they pulled the plug on will ferrell.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:16 PM (Pg+x7)

39 Julia Roberts

Posted by: Insomniac at August 18, 2019 02:17 PM (NWiLs)

40 Stiller was great in Simple Jack!

He wasn't acting.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (lD3vL)

41 Robert Redford

Posted by: Phil Williams at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (rgddY)

42 Julia Roberts - graduate of the Tom Cruise Acting Institute.

Posted by: jd at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (wG3nb)

43
Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)

44 Oh and the only thing I can tolerate Nicholas Cage in is Raising Arizona.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:08 PM (hutaE)

I rather liked him in National Treasure.

Posted by: Grannymimi at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (u5LFV)

45 39 Julia Roberts
Posted by: Insomniac at August 18, 2019 02:17 PM (NWiLs)

Ha, beat me to it! I was just getting ready to post that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (hutaE)

46 Couldn't tell you too much what else he was in, but I thought Pacino was awesome in Devil's Advocate.

Posted by: Oedipus at August 18, 2019 02:19 PM (N4r5a)

47 The list is too long. You're going to need a bigger blog.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 02:19 PM (aS1PU)

48 Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (Pg+x7)

It's o.k. I don' know who he is either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:19 PM (+0VWg)

49 DeNiro should be on that list. I've only seen him play semi-idiotic Italian criminals.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (l9m7l)

50 How can we leave Ryan Gosling off of the list? Wooden as Charlie McCarthy in First Man.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (EgshT)

51 Matt Damon

Posted by: Mark1971 at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (xPl2J)

52 I recently re-watched Serpico, Started out ok but Pacino became more annoying as the movie progressed, I stopped watching 3/4 into it

Posted by: Creek at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (13BOh)

53 (... i hate stiller.)

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (Pg+x7)

54 Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)
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Robin Williams performed more than acted. Jim Carrey was the same way.

Posted by: Linn Ridge at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (9DBja)

55 Kevin Costner should be at or near top of list

Posted by: Cristobal at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (2j42I)

56 Easy to say which actors are good. Much easier.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Profoundly Unserious at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (pw+jk)

57 Tom Cruise does pick good movies. I don't mind him.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (aS1PU)

58 Tom Cruise. Harrison Ford. After seeing Ford's lop-sided signature smile the first time, I knew I would get tired of that real fast, and I did.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (9+jnX)

59 I disagree. I think he does an excellent job of portraying a mentally weak a**hole.
Posted by: pep

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Pep, yes, Cruise does come up short.

(HA! I kill me! )

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (Y4EXg)

60
Every softball interview with an actress should ask the question, "Who did you have to sleep with to get your start?"

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (Wx/+I)

61 55
Kevin Costner should be at or near top of list


He was surprisingly good in The Highwaymen. Maybe he's learned a few tricks in his dotage.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (T6t7i)

62 LOL. Brando. I saw Apocalypse Now with my Mom years ago, and spent all of his scenes leaning over and asking "what did he say?" Mom would reply "I don't know, I can't hear him."

Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (AkkRZ)

63 Some actors are only good if they're playing the (actor's name) part. Arguably, that's not really acting at all.

Example: Bruce Willis. He can be entertaining when he's playing the Bruce Willis part. I don't think he'd do well in Hamlet, though.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (b1Typ)

64 And let's not forget Jar Jar Binks.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (EgshT)

65 Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams. 

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)

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Agreed. Tried WAY too hard to be liked by everyone. His acting skills have really died the last couple of years.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (flINI)

66 50 How can we leave Ryan Gosling off of the list? Wooden as Charlie McCarthy in First Man.
Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 18, 2019 02:20 PM (EgshT)

The only thing I've seen Ryan Gosling in was The Nice Guys with Russell Crowe, which I really liked.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:22 PM (hutaE)

67 This is era of the Coen Bros and Clint Eastwood in film history.

Posted by: Fredo at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (rgddY)

68 Every softball interview with an actress should ask the question, "Who did you have to sleep with to get your start?"
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

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Let's not limit the interviewer to actresses only. Would make for an interesting talk.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (Y4EXg)

69 >>> Sean Penn

Another disagreement. As obnoxious as he seems to be in person, he does well on screen.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (dCRRg)

70 Any of the Fondas.*

*pere Henry gets a pass for Cheyenne Social Club and possibly Once Upon a Time in the West as exceptions from the rule of stars basically playing themselves in roles.

Posted by: NeoOtter at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (0x00j)

71 Was The Godfather the last movie in which both Brando and Pacino were good?

I'd say yes.

Not a big fan of Godfather parts II or III.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (b1Typ)

72
LOL. Brando. I saw Apocalypse Now with my Mom years ago, and spent all of his scenes leaning over and asking "what did he say?" Mom would reply "I don't know, I can't hear him."
Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon


Well, he was part of the "scratch your ass and mumble" method school of acting.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (aKsyK)

73 Every softball interview with an actress should ask the question, "Who did you have to sleep with to get your start?"
__________________

Harvey!

Posted by: Gwyneth Paltrow at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (k4dH2)

74
Another contrarian view: Alec Baldwin was pretty good in the roles I've seen him in.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (Wx/+I)

75 Natalie Portman.

Posted by: Beartooth at August 18, 2019 02:09 PM (duxRF)

Oooh...nice one!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (wYseH)

76 Not a Robin Williams fan either. He always seemed like he was trying too hard, hyper.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (9+jnX)

77 Since most Hollyweird actors are 'woke', I think a better question would be: Who would you part with your hard-earned dollars to see in a film? I have very few in that category. Michael Caine is one but then, he's from an older Hollyweird. Most of the newer actors simply suck donkey dick as they take themselves oh so seriously, being actual parodies of good actors. That's why I agree with the comments about Dwayne Johnson -- he doesn't take himself so seriously.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (Y8PSl)

78 Samuel Jackson is a melanin rich Pacino with his scenery chewing.

Posted by: mc at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (l1TIo)

79 >> >>> Sean Penn

>> Another disagreement. As obnoxious as he seems to be in person, he does well on screen.

Sean Penn is only good when he goes full retard (e.g., Fast Times at Ridgemont High, I Am Sam). In other words, playing the Sean Penn part.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (b1Typ)

80 Brad Pitt !

Posted by: Matt Damon! at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (bUjCl)

81 Johnny Depp.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (l9m7l)

82 The fact that whorrywood hasn't had an original idea in decades doesn't help. I always hated Liza Manelli.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (BLFnH)

83 Any fuckin left winger that runs his mouth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (sw2Uv)

84 Pacino's strength was his reserve, his stillness, in the Godfather and in Serpico. Then he decided to chew all the scenery.

He does not chew the scenery in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. He plays a character, not Al Pacino, who moves the plot along efficiently.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (fuK7c)

85 You'll never see me on this list!

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (EgshT)

86 BEN AFFLECK

Posted by: BlackOrchid at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (Rarvo)

87 Who is the miserable troll who parades around in all the Iron Man CGI?

That guy, whomever he is.

Posted by: Lickmuffin at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (m/owh)

88 > Johnny Depp.

Here I've gotta disagree. Depp is a talented, if quirky, actor.

I give him a lot of credit for overcoming the "teen heart throb" niche that has been the end of so many careers.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (b1Typ)

89 80
Brad Pitt !

Posted by: Matt Damon!


Disagree entirely. I think Pitt is a very good actor hamstrung by the fact that he was a lady's favorite for so long.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (T6t7i)

90 Any fuckin left winger that runs his mouth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (sw2Uv)

Wouldn't that be all of them?

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (ltuaO)

91 >>> Kevin Costner should be at or near top of list

>>> He was surprisingly good in The Highwaymen.

He was also good in Open Range, but definitely overrated.

Maybe Robert Duval kept him in line.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:27 PM (dCRRg)

92 Nor I!

Posted by: John Wayne at August 18, 2019 02:27 PM (2j42I)

93 Any fuckin left winger that runs his mouth

As someone stated earlier, we're gonna need a much bigger blog.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at August 18, 2019 02:28 PM (EgshT)

94 Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (Y8PSl)

Mine aren't a-list actors, but I really like Clive Owen, Lennie James, and Peter Stormare.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:28 PM (hutaE)

95 that is the so much of what is wrong with actors now, when you go to a movie you get to see robert deniro doing whoever. were deniro in some production of hamlet it would not be as some angst ridden nordic prince it would be as some angry italian cab driver walking around with danes everywhere saying "are you talking to me" and "can you believe this mohterfucker."

they are less about acting like the character and more about being their sorry self in the charachter's role.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:28 PM (HALdu)

96 Any fuckin left winger that runs his mouth

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 18, 2019 02:25 PM (sw2Uv)

Wouldn't that be all of them?
Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (ltuaO)

My list is long and glorious

Posted by: Nevergiveup at August 18, 2019 02:28 PM (sw2Uv)

97 ironically actors were better when the studios were in control and the actors knew to do what they were told.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (HALdu)

98 Don't care for Matt Damon. Boston/Irish accent, just, no. Horrible.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (9+jnX)

99 Not a Robin Williams fan either. He always seemed like he was trying too hard, hyper.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:24 PM (9+jnX)


I will say that 'One Hour Photo' was really creepy, and being really creepy was an acting stretch for Williams, to his credit.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (Y8PSl)

100 MATT DAMON's friend from Boston... what's his name... he was in Good Will Hunting and Pearl Harbor...

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (flINI)

101 45 39 Julia Roberts
Posted by: Insomniac at August 18, 2019 02:17 PM (NWiLs)

Ha, beat me to it! I was just getting ready to post that.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (hutaE)

GMTA. Hers is one of the most inexplicable Hollywood careers I can think of.

Posted by: Insomniac at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (NWiLs)

102 Early Ben Stiller, e.g. The Ben Stiller Show, I'm ok with. Later Ben, it's the same character every time.

As for Brando, his mumbling is so notorious, the Mad satire of The Godfather rode it long and hard.

"Mumble, mumble..."

"What'd he say?"

"Someone one off the kid..."

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (7s3Gx)

103 I always like Nicholas Cage and I never like Dustin Hoffman. Not sure I'm a good one to ask about over-ratings.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (DCYln)

104 Tom Cruise plays Tom Cruise mockingly.

Posted by: Burger Chef at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (RuIsu)

105 Costner is really good in Yellowstone.

But, speaking of contrarian, I liked Waterworld.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (fuK7c)

106 robin williams was surprisingly effective in dramatic roles. there are a number of comedians who've done well in dramas - jackie gleason and, more recently, adam sandler come to mind.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (Pg+x7)

107 Dustin Hoffman

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (kfxG9)

108 Stiller is nails-on-a-chalkboard unpleasant for me. Has he done anything that isn't sophomoric and formulaic?
***

The guy does low brow humor, that is his thing, and frankly he does it pretty well.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (WdocV)

109 speaking of actors, guessing that mulan whore is going to wish she had never opened her bat mouth. #boycottmulan

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (HALdu)

110 alright alright alright, Matthew mcconaughey

Posted by: NCKate at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (lknvV)

111 >>> I will say that 'One Hour Photo' was really creepy, and being really creepy was an acting stretch for Williams, to his credit.

I think he played creeps disturbingly well.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:31 PM (dCRRg)

112 Harrison Ford. After seeing Ford's lop-sided signature smile the first time, I knew I would get tired of that real fast, and I did.

I dunno, the guy is an icon in at least three major identities as Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Jack Ryan.

You don't get to be that person with just a lop-sided signature smile.

Posted by: Blue Bird of F'ing Joy at August 18, 2019 02:32 PM (lD3vL)

113 Meryl Streep is GREAT. In fact she is the best.

Any time I need help falling asleep I pop in one of her movies and off to la la land I go.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:32 PM (WdocV)

114 This is when I say : "Wait ! Actors and Movie-stars are not one of the same".

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:32 PM (bUjCl)

115 The guy does low brow humor, that is his thing, and frankly he does it pretty well.
Posted by: 18-1 at A




that is like saying the guy runs a lousy restaurant and he is consistently lousy.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:32 PM (HALdu)

116 I will say that 'One Hour Photo' was really creepy, and being really creepy was an acting stretch for Williams, to his credit.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (Y8PSl)

+++Okay, I'll give him One Hour Photo, but that's all.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:32 PM (9+jnX)

117 So yeah, Elizabeth Taylor.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:33 PM (bUjCl)

118 Someone beat me to Robert Redford. I loved Jeremiah Johnson but the Canadian Rockies was the star in that one. Beautiful movie.

Bob Redford is overrated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, job huntin' at August 18, 2019 02:33 PM (Xwyl/)

119 Reece Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker; absolutely insufferable!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 02:33 PM (a4qVe)

120 i prefer old timey actors. watchin an audie western now.

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 18, 2019 02:33 PM (gOcqq)

121
jackie gleason and, more recently, adam sandler come to mind.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp


Fred MacMurray's best roles were ones he was a creep.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:33 PM (Wx/+I)

122 110
alright alright alright, Matthew mcconaughey

Posted by: NCKate


It's utterly beyond me to figure out what Lincoln was thinking when they made him their spokesman. He sounds like an idiot, scratch that, a drunk idiot.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:34 PM (T6t7i)

123 Disney's Mulan actress, Liu Yifei, supports police brutality and oppression in Hong Kong.
***

So let me understand this.


If you say "blue lives matter", complain about Antifa or BLM terrorists killing cops, or point out the FNM is lying about a number of high profile police incidents here in the US, Hollywood will blacklist you.

If you support Tienanmen Square Round 2 though, that is a-ok?


Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (WdocV)

124 I'm here to admit that my thespian talents were...uh...limited. That big dorky lizard wasn't much better, though.

Posted by: Mothra at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (EgshT)

125 Did you McConnaughey haters watch True Detective?

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (fuK7c)

126 Bob Redford is overrated.

Posted by: Puddleglum, job huntin'


I dunno. Tell me who does a finer jaw clench, or artfully tousled hair better than Redford.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (T6t7i)

127 Brad Pitt !

Posted by: Matt Damon!
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Disagree entirely. I think Pitt is a very good actor hamstrung by the fact that he was a lady's favorite for so long.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (T6t7i)


I also disagree about Brad Pitt. I enjoyed 'World War Z', 'Fury' and 'Moneyball', the latter being surprisingly understated and good.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (Y8PSl)

128
alright alright alright, Matthew mcconaughey


Go watch Frailty and see if that changes your mind...


Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (WdocV)

129 Kevin Costner is probably overrated but I like him. See Mr. Brooks for a VERY good Costner movie.

Posted by: Puddleglum, job huntin' at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (Xwyl/)

130 Nicholas Cage plays the best Nic Cage in the movies designed to have a Nic Cage in them. Who else would play Nic Cage as well as he does?

Michelle Rodriguez is like that - you wrote a part for a bad-ass Hispanic female - that's her.

Denzel Washington is one of the greatest actors of our time.


Posted by: batterup at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (U2JQS)

131 why the hate for tom cruise, he does movies that fit his style, kind of maverick does pilot, spy. he does no go for maverick does hamlet then inflict it on the world.

not sure about why the nicholas cage hate either, while I am not a fan, he is not that different from any other major actor that does themselves doing a role.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (HALdu)

132 >>> 116 I will say that 'One Hour Photo' was really creepy, and being really creepy was an acting stretch for Williams, to his credit.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (Y8PSl)

+++Okay, I'll give him One Hour Photo, but that's all.

Insomnia, The Secret Agent

Creeps

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (dCRRg)

133 MATT DAMON!

Posted by: Matt Damon at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (WdocV)

134 This may be a unpopular opinion, but I think Katherine Hepburn was very overrated. I enjoyed her movies. They were entertaining, but she didn't have any range, but that may be the fault of what they put her in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (+0VWg)
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I'm with you, Fen. I always think she comes off as stiff and humorless (even in comedies) and someone I'd not like to be around.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (aXucN)

135 Lord Mountbottom ... rum sodomy and the lash ... seemed to have fulfilled the second requirement anyhow.

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Good Bad Lord!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (+y/Ru)

136 Nicolas Cage has had some good movies like National Treasure I II and some bad movies. His problem is that he spends money like water and has to take the bad scripts just to stay afloat.

As far as God Father I and II those are two of the best movies ever made. God Father III stunk though.

Posted by: Vic at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (mpXpK)

137 Mine aren't a-list actors, but I really like Clive Owen, Lennie James, and Peter Stormare.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:28 PM (hutaE)


Agree on all of those, particularly Stormare. I can't tell if he's a versatile actor or just the guy they call when they need to cast "that weird guy" but he blows it away every time. Thoroughly enjoyable.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (t+qrx)

138 It's utterly beyond me to figure out what Lincoln was thinking when they made him their spokesman. He sounds like an idiot, scratch that, a drunk idiot.

He was a marginally better choice than that little girl they gave the Jim Beam commercials to.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (nIvDu)

139 One Hour Photo was good. The others, not so much.

Don't think I've seen a movie in a theater is over 10 yrs.


Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:36 PM (BLFnH)

140 Denzel Washington is one of the greatest actors of our time.

***

Agreed, watch Man on Fire, Training Day, and Flight together to see his range.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (WdocV)

141
Disagree entirely. I think Pitt is a very good actor hamstrung by the fact that he was a lady's favorite for so long.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (T6t7i)
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It's not easy being a favorite of the ladies.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (MVjcR)

142 Daisy Ridley can't act.
Idris Alba is boring.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (ltuaO)

143 Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (WdocV)

Ohhh I LOVED Frailty.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (hutaE)

144 Stiller? I think he's better than that, especially considering he does so much of the writing.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (oVJmc)

145 119 Reece Witherspoon and Sarah Jessica Parker; absolutely insufferable!
Posted by: Cheriebebe

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Weren't SJP and Julia Roberts born at the same stable?

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (Y4EXg)

146 There was a huge pressure from the studio to give the Ironman role to Tom Cruise rather than RDJ. If you want to make the case that Marvel is a mixed bag of people who know and people who don't know what they are doing.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (LxTcq)

147 They are all a bunch of self aggrandizing assholes

and at the top of the heap are Barbara Streisand and George Clooney.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2019 02:37 PM (WysMc)

148 That's the trouble with picking an "overrated actor". They all have at least one movie I really think they did well in.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (a4qVe)

149 I'm here to admit that my thespian talents were...uh...limited. That big dorky lizard wasn't much better, though.
Posted by: Mothra at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (EgshT)


Don't worry big girl, compared to Elliot Gould you're the best.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (aS1PU)

150 Streep is good with accents but she has a range and doesn't do well outside of it.

Pachino is just great. Yes, he's done crap and he's played 'Pachino' instead of a character AND he's done shout-acting way too much...but he's put in really solid work even after 1980. The first half of the Devil's Advocate he was good, he was solid in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, his stage work is stellar, particularly Shakespeare.

The rest of the list, yeah, they're crap.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (xJa6I)

151 Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)


You're not although Terry Gilliam had the right block and tackle to drag out decent, but still irritating, performances.

The answer is everyone but Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones and Angelica Huston. And Gene Hackman and Danny Glover.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (y7DUB)

152 Aren't we missing some really obvious ones here like Amy Schumer?
Out of fat, slovenly, rude b*tches who play themselves in every role she's not even in the top 10 best.


Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (WdocV)

153 Bradley Cooper unless he's playing a confident jerk. I watched a clip from A Star is Born and in the crying scene I kept expecting him to peak through his fingers to see if she was buying it. He's good as a cartoon raccoon but then again, confident jerk plus the raccoon has a better range of physical expression of emotions.

Re: Streep - We finally watched The Deer Hunter and it was not bad up until the last scene when Streep starts singing "God Bless America" I just started laughing. It ruined the whole film.

Posted by: BatCracker at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (taXNc)

154 Greg Peck is always a piece of wood that talks. Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood are scene stealers. Quint (Jaws) is a real actor.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (OSgHz)

155 why the hate for tom cruise

Because he's Tom Cruise.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (T6t7i)

156 Streep is good with accents but she has a range and doesn't do well outside of it.

Pachino is just great. Yes, he's done crap and he's played 'Pachino' instead of a character AND he's done shout-acting way too much...but he's put in really solid work even after 1980. The first half of the Devil's Advocate he was good, he was solid in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood, his stage work is stellar, particularly Shakespeare.

The rest of the list, yeah, they're crap.
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no he sucks

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (HALdu)

157 I also disagree about Brad Pitt. I enjoyed 'World War Z', 'Fury' and 'Moneyball', the latter being surprisingly understated and good.
Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (Y8PSl)


And in 12 Monkeys.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (t+qrx)

158 (...and thank goodness they pulled the plug on will ferrell.)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:16 PM (Pg+x7)



Will Farrell pulled the plug on himself with "Holmes and Watson".

Holy Cow, that was bad.


I predict Anchorman 3 soon cuz that's all he's got.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (SHtRW)

159 George Clooney's best role was special guest on The Facts of Life.

Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (WdocV)

160 Pretty good list, but then I try to think of actors not over-rated. Jude Law is the only one I can come up with, but I am guessing many will disagree.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (r+sAi)

161 William Macy, Steve Buscemi Bill Paxton are/were some of the finest actors around... IMHO

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (flINI)

162 *pere Henry gets a pass for Cheyenne Social Club and possibly Once Upon a Time in the West as exceptions from the rule of stars basically playing themselves in roles.

Posted by: NeoOtter at August 18, 2019 02:23 PM (0x00j)

I have Cheyenne Social Club on a VHS tape. It is so funny. But Fonda's portrayal of Frank in Once Upon a Time... was superb.

Posted by: Grannymimi at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (u5LFV)

163 As for over-rated, there are damn few actors that are any good at acting anymore, at least in front of the camera.

Anne Hathaway has done some good work but I'd call her over-rated.

I don't think anyone's ever rated Scarlett Johansen as a good actress.

Kirsten Stewart is laughably bad and wooden, but she kept getting work because of Twilight.

I find Channing Tatum to be overrated.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (xJa6I)

164 >>> Agreed, watch Man on Fire, Training Day, and Flight together to see his range.

He was great in Flight, which has a 'pin your head to the seat back' opening.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (dCRRg)

165 Not many movies that call for acting these days. Most are superhero hokum.

Most compelling movies in the 21st century are cartoons.

Posted by: Regular joe at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (6/uwW)

166 Very few of the big time actors have a range wider than Taylor Swift's ass. Don't anyone sit there and tell me John Wayne had range, either, he was John Wayne starring John Wayne. They have the niches they're good at and leave the rest.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (hpTWt)

167 Alan Alda belongs on the a-list of over rated.

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That's a bingo!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (+y/Ru)

168 141


Disagree entirely. I think Pitt is a very good actor hamstrung by the fact that he was a lady's favorite for so long.



Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:26 PM (T6t7i)

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It's not easy being a favorite of the ladies.

Posted by: Weasel


I know, but I've persevered, and have overcome.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (T6t7i)

169 Oh, George Clooney....very over-rated. He has a narrower range than Streep.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:40 PM (xJa6I)

170 Tom Cruise plays the best Tom Cruise in Hollywood. And he as some range - look at Tropic Thunder.


But then again watch him in Valkyrie. He is *painfully* out of place among more talented actors.


Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (WdocV)

171 that fine and all but his offenses are not so severe as those of others. he is like a basketball player, he does one sort of character well and sticks to that guy in different movies.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (HALdu)

172 The Lollipop Guild ensemble was pretty good.

Posted by: Mothra at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (EgshT)

173 I also never liked Henry Fonda. I know a lot do.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (ltuaO)

174 Denzel Washington in The Preachers Wife. It's a fluffy movie but that man is soooo outstanding in it!
I love Denzel!

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (a4qVe)

175 With Pacino -

1980 was the year of "Cruising".


So, "Cruising" the beginning of the end or his last good movie?

Your call, morons and ettes!

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (SHtRW)

176 129 Kevin Costner is probably overrated but I like him. See Mr. Brooks for a VERY good Costner movie.
Posted by: Puddleglum, job huntin' at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (Xwyl/)

Costner is the baseball player guy & he does it very well. Haven't really cared for much else he does.
Highwaymen was awful and long and awful

Posted by: batterup at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (U2JQS)

177 Denzel puts me to sleep.

Posted by: nip at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (RXwUQ)

178 Greg Peck is always a piece of wood that talks. Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood are scene stealers. Quint (Jaws) is a real actor.
Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 02:39 PM (OSgHz)


Agree, except for Moby Dick.

No riffs, please.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (aS1PU)

179 There is no possible way for the Hong Kong situation to play out that doesn't make China look monstrous deservedly. The Mulan actress and her Disney handlers will regret being "woke" sooner than you think.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (LxTcq)

180
I find Channing Tatum to be overrated.
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I could watch that man all day. Especially topless.

Posted by: Barack Obama at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (WdocV)

181 Alan Alda was Ray Donovan's psychiatrist in the last season. It was interesting to see 85 year old Hawkeye.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (fuK7c)

182 Qualified as having gotten over himself:
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Victor Mature was turned down for membership at a country club because he was an actor. "I'm not an actor," Mature replied, "and I have 64 pictures to prove it."
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:16 PM (Wx/+I)

Posted by: 80's music fan at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (glGDV)

183 166 Very few of the big time actors have a range wider than Taylor Swift's ass. Don't anyone sit there and tell me John Wayne had range, either, he was John Wayne starring John Wayne. They have the niches they're good at and leave the rest.
Posted by: Vanya

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Case in point: John Wayne in The Conqueror as Genghis Khan

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (Y4EXg)

184 Cary Grant and Kevin Bacon.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (OSgHz)

185 Tom Cruise plays the best Tom Cruise in Hollywood. And he as some range - look at Tropic Thunder.


But then again watch him in Valkyrie. He is *painfully* out of place among more talented actors.


Posted by: 18-1 at A




you should have said "He is *painfully* out of place among more talented actors and unicorns."

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (HALdu)

186 G. Clooney - now THAT is one overrated Hollywood creation.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:42 PM (bUjCl)

187 And Gene Hackman and Danny Glover.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:38 PM (y7DUB)


No on Danny Glover.

Gene Hackman, however, had 'range'.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (Y8PSl)

188 The only movie Robert Redford ever made that was WAS was Butch Cassady and the Sundance Kid. And Paul Newman carried him through that movie.

Posted by: Vic at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (mpXpK)

189 I don't think anyone's ever rated Scarlett Johansen as a good actress.


She's the female Keanu Reeves.

Great at picking scripts that allow her to do "her thing" well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (SHtRW)

190 More over-rated:
Sarah Jessica Parker
Julia Roberts
Rene Zelweigger or however you spell her last name
Anna Farris

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (xJa6I)

191 Ok nobody is going to like this, but I mostly can't stand Tom Hanks.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (hutaE)

192 Did Annette Benning show her boobs? I seem to remember that, but maybe my memory fails me.
Grifters?

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (eAMlh)

193 Paul Giamotti has more range and ability than any other.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (WysMc)

194 I like Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, and Alec Baldwin as actors. It is very hard now, however, to separate them from their politics, so I avoid watching recent movies altogether.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (9+jnX)

195 The Natural gets an honorable mention though.

Posted by: Vic at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (mpXpK)

196 i think russell crowe acts fine, but when he tweeted about nobama being a god, he lost me.

Posted by: trapper's girl at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (gOcqq)

197 Denzel puts me to sleep.

Posted by: nip at August 18, 2019 02:41 PM (RXwUQ)

Man On Fire was good, but otherwise...yeah.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (ltuaO)

198 How about something more recent?

Something about Leonardo DiCaprio gives me the impression that I'm watching a BAD high-school play!

Posted by: gastorgrab at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (u6OFe)

199 189 I don't think anyone's ever rated Scarlett Johansen as a good actress.


She's the female Keanu Reeves.

Great at picking scripts that allow her to do "her thing" well.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (SHtRW)

She's good as Black Widow, I'll give her that. But she's worse than Natalie Portman, who can be good enough with the right director handholding her.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (xJa6I)

200 William Macy, Steve Buscemi Bill Paxton are/were some of the finest actors around... IMHO

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John Goodman is good too. He was the best part of The Big Lebowski. Hilarious!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (+y/Ru)

201 41 Robert Redford
Posted by: Phil Williams at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (rgddY)

This a thousand times over. Jeremiah Johnson was ok and Paul Newman carried him a couple times, but he is pure shit and an ordeal to watch.

Posted by: Living in Amash's District at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (Xo3T0)

202 Did Annette Benning show her boobs? I seem to remember that, but maybe my memory fails me.
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (eAMlh)


This is what they call "lighting the Bandersnatch signal".

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (t+qrx)

203 Stumbled on to Gran Torino again last weekend. I like that flick.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (BLFnH)

204 191 Ok nobody is going to like this, but I mostly can't stand Tom Hanks.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:43 PM (hutaE)

The way you shoot, nobody is going to argue with you.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (xJa6I)

205 Gary Oldman and Alan Rickman both had range, especially Oldman-- Commissioner Gordon, Mr. Zorg and Stansfield ( which was ballistic scenery chewing but whatever).

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (hpTWt)

206 Now Brian Dennehy, that man had range. What am I talking about, he IS a range.

Posted by: Tonypete at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (Y4EXg)

207 152 I think it is assumed that model-actresses, sports star cameo actors and other such hyphinates are going to be bad.

Posted by: Piratepatch at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (taXNc)

208 Something about Leonardo DiCaprio gives me the impression that I'm watching a BAD high-school play!
Posted by: gastorgrab at August 18, 2019 02:44 PM (u6OFe)
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I thought he was good in Catch Me If You Can. But that was quite a while ago.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (aXucN)

209 Did Annette Benning show her boobs? I seem to remember that, but maybe my memory fails me.
Grifters?


Full frontal in Grifters.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (fuK7c)

210 alright alright alright, Matthew mcconaughey

Intersteller ???

Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (LPnfS)

211 I've never liked Meryl Streep. She always played Meryl Streep.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (eAMlh)

212 Stumbled on to Gran Torino again last weekend. I like that flick.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (BLFnH)

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that was the last time we went to a theater to watch a movie.

Posted by: redc1c4 at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (SEclx)

213 Agreed, watch Man on Fire, Training Day, and Flight together to see his range.
Posted by: 18-1

And A Soldier's Story

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (arJlL)

214 Just a point of order...would it not be easier to simply list the Hollywood mean girls that are NOT progressive fvckwits for the left?

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (VcFUs)

215 especially Oldman-- Commissioner Gordon, Mr. Zorg and Stansfield ( which was ballistic scenery chewing but whatever).

Posted by: Vanya


You forgot Churchill.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (T6t7i)

216 Bridget Fonda, despite coming from dickweed genetic stock, was at least very good in everything she did until she stopped doing movies. Maybe she's the token sane member of the family.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:46 PM (y7DUB)

217 Something about Leonardo DiCaprio gives me the impression that I'm watching a BAD high-school play!



Another overrated one.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (bUjCl)

218 What was the movie with Michael Douglas where he goes ballistic on the freeway?

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (BLFnH)

219 There are so many.

Every actor has some bad movies. Even John Wayne and Clint Eastwood.

But overrated? Jackie Robinson, Sally Fields & Terry-Thomas

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (u82oZ)

220 So we're on to great actors now? One of my favorites is Gary Oldman- can do quite a range of parts. He was even very good in Lost of Space-which was not a good movie.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (+0VWg)

221 Was that Darkest Hour? Didn't see it.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (hpTWt)

222 But overrated? Jackie Robinson, Sally Fields & Terry-Thomas
Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (u82oZ)
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Now, now. Terry Thomas was perfect in Mad Mad World and I'll not have you knocking that performance. Where's MP4 when I need him???!!

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (aXucN)

223 What was the movie with Michael Douglas where he goes ballistic on the freeway?

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (BLFnH)

Falling Down.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (ltuaO)

224 105 Costner is really good in Yellowstone.

But, speaking of contrarian, I liked Waterworld.


Not a big fan of Waterworld, but it did have Jeanne Tripplehorn.......damn she was hot.

Posted by: Norman Spiny at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (dpJfi)

225 Gary Oldman was excellent in State of Grace, which no one ever references.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (fuK7c)

226 DiCaprio's a lightweight but ok. For some reasons most of his movies are spectacles where the movie sort of happens around him, which may not sound like a compliment but I think it's harder than it looks.

Nick Cage doesn't seem to take himself too seriously. He's not a great actor but he may yet achieve a sort of Shatner-esque cult status someday.

Posted by: GalosGann at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (z6Rh+)

227 160 Pretty good list, but then I try to think of actors not over-rated. Jude Law is the only one I can come up with, but I am guessing many will disagree.
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Viggo Mortensen ?

Posted by: Some other guy not that other one at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (EyFCU)

228 Fen, did you ever see The Fifth Element? I seem to recall that we'd recommended that one to you.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (t+qrx)

229 Very few performers are worth the money, especially mine. I see them as part of the " bread and circuses " mentality described by someone on 5he book thread. I am better off entertaining myself, teaching the grandsons some skills, or learning something new than pretending that the films are somehow important. They're not.

Posted by: CN at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (U7k5w)

230 125 Did you McConnaughey haters watch True Detective?
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:35 PM (fuK7c)

Or Dallas Buyer's Club?

He may be a doped out hick but he CAN act and he can do it well.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (xJa6I)

231 @218
Falling Down

Posted by: Horus Hearsay at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (DB16e)

232 221
Was that Darkest Hour? Didn't see it.

Posted by: Vanya


yes

As to Annette Bening, that brings up Warren Beatty. Brings up, as in an emetic.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (T6t7i)

233 Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:48 PM (t+qrx)

No; It slipped my aged mind.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (+0VWg)

234 >>> What was the movie with Michael Douglas where he goes ballistic on the freeway?

Can't. Gravity.

Posted by: fluffy at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (dCRRg)

235 I like Nicholas Cage.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (YA914)

236 My Top 3

Brendan Gleeson
Paul Giamotti
Tom Wilkinson

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (WysMc)

237
Falling Down.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August


Thank you.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (BLFnH)

238 This entire topic and comments regarding it is a simple case of "De gustibus..."

Posted by: Noam Sayen at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (pDYQ0)

239 Quick and the Dead, the Kid vs Herod

https://youtu.be/Q53rpoyfRx8

I think Gene Hackman plays larger or smaller depending on who he is sharing the scene with. When Lance Henrickson or Keith David chew the scenery, he does as well to match them.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (LxTcq)

240 Gary Oldman is excellent in everything he's done.
He almost makes Romeo is Bleeding tolerable.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (xJa6I)

241


Tom Hanks. I don't know who told him he could be a serious actor but they were lying

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (p+3oP)

242 Cop-Hating Mob At Brooklyn Housing Project Injures Three NYPD Officers

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Damn white supremacists and their MAGA hats!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (+y/Ru)

243 I am better off entertaining myself, teaching the grandsons some skills, or learning something new than pretending that the films are somehow important. They're not.


I know how you feel. When I see a thread that doesn't interest me I go somewhere else and do something else.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (fuK7c)

244 This entire topic and comments regarding it is a simple case of "De gustibus..."
Posted by: Noam Sayen at August 18, 2019 02:49 PM (pDYQ0)


De Gusitbus was objectively shit.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (t+qrx)

245 Robert Redford

Posted by: Phil Williams at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (rgddY)


Yes, he has the acting ability of a 2 x 4.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (p+3oP)

246 https://washex.am/2Mov7Gh
*******
Lindsey Graham says Horowitz FISA report will be 'ugly and damning' for DOJ

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (BqBId)

247 What was the movie with Michael Douglas where he goes ballistic on the freeway?

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (BLFnH)


Falling Down.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (Y8PSl)

248 Full frontal in Grifters.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (fuK7c)


Grifters had top of the line performances from Cusack, Huston and Benning. Not exactly an uplifting flick though.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:50 PM (y7DUB)

249 So we're on to great actors now? One of my favorites is Gary Oldman- can do quite a range of parts. He was even very good in Lost of Space-which was not a good movie.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:47 PM (+0VWg)

He is great. So are Christian Bale and Ed Norton.

Kate Beckinsale is pretty good - even outside of the action genre

Posted by: batterup at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (U2JQS)

250 Agree on McConnoughey. .

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (OSgHz)

251 Tom Cruise and Di Caprio are annoying when you see still pictures of them out on the town or partying in the gossip columns, but they come alive on film and are both good actors.

Actors that elevate every film they're in? Denzel, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy....

Posted by: JoeF. at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (o1fzk)

252 Tom Maverick

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (WDnN1)

253 Tom Cruise. QED.


Cruise may be overrated as a actor but he's a very smart picker of scripts. He basically has two looks, his goofy smiling one and the ability to make his eyes bulge on command. The later servers for both overpowering internal sadness and anger.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (yQpMk)

254 Old one but...I think Mickey Rooney is over-rated. Especially his early, star-making roles.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (xJa6I)

255 Daniel Day-Lewis in "There Will Be Blood" was hands down one of the best performances I've seen.

Posted by: MAGAnanamous at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (LINkS)

256 Tom Hanks. I don't know who told him he could be a serious actor but they were lying


Posted by: TheQuietMan

I know, right? I hate that guy.

Posted by: Peter Scolari at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (T6t7i)

257 193 Paul Giamotti has more range and ability than any other.


He and Laura Linney in John Adams is excellent.

Posted by: Moki at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (mFoNl)

258 Dustin Effing Hoffman. Can't stand him.

Posted by: Frank Pembleton at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (X8/eF)

259
What I think about classical musicians should also hold for Hollywood types. The less you know about them as people, the better.

They should be treated as they used to be thought of: barely above the estate servants of one-half step up from common prostitutes. Interchange parts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (Wx/+I)

260 Andie McDowell is a terrible actress. Just because a person is pretty to look at as a model it doesn't mean that they can act.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (+0VWg)

261 I know, right? I hate that guy.
Posted by: Peter Scolari at August 18, 2019 02:51 PM (T6t7i)

LOL

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (hutaE)

262 Lord Mountbatten

He was aggressively bi-sexual. This is known. But he. really did his best as a father to his two daughters and as an Uncle to Prince Charles

What can I say? A sailor ruined by British schooling. And his wife Edwina was not a help here, after a brief honeymoon for them to star in a Douglas Fairbanks movie in Hollywood. So we can blame Hollywood too.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (u82oZ)

263 Michael Rennie was great in "The Day the Earth Stood Still".

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (MVjcR)

264 I've never liked Meryl Streep. She always played Meryl Streep.

"Ooh, she's doing an accent! How special is that!" Big friggin' deal.

Maybe she did some good things before she was a star, but after they become a star, the director or somebody makes it obvious they're a star. Sort of like the insufferable Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand. Again, they might have been great before stardom hit. I don't know how Paul Newman avoided that fate.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (Z1eux)

265


Burt Lancaster. There was another block of wood and commie bastard to boot.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (p+3oP)

266 I am really, really f-in sick of Harrison Ford. That is all.

Posted by: West at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (h3Ro8)

267 Cruise ... basically has two looks, his goofy smiling
one and the ability to make his eyes bulge on command. The later
servers for both overpowering internal sadness and anger.

Posted by: Grump928(C)



That's a very good analysis.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (T6t7i)

268 Ok nobody is going to like this, but I mostly can't stand Tom Hanks.
Posted by: Jordan61 at A



you know that was old news here a long time ago, similar to how, bruce springfield sucks. there is a whole list of unspeakable truths here.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (HALdu)

269 Andie McDowell is a terrible actress. Just because a person is pretty to look at as a model it doesn't mean that they can act.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:52 PM (+0VWg)

Agreed. I loved Groundhog Day but she is just dull in everything she does.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (ltuaO)

270 I think Woody Harrelson is a good actor.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (OSgHz)

271 George Clooney kinda sucks.

He's in some good movies, but they aren't good because of his acting, IMO.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 02:53 PM (YA914)

272 I like Gabriel Byrne, but he's probably more in the character actor vein as opposed to A list. And the late Roy Scheider.

Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (AkkRZ)

273 You know, for over-praised....I might go ahead and nominate John Cusak.

He did some good teen/young adult movies back in the 80's but since then....mostly crap. He was good in Grosse Pointe Blank but that was him playing against type.

He's ok, just over-praised.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (xJa6I)

274 Clancy Brown has to rank as my favorite C list Actor. I would say he has a good range from the Kurgan in Highlander to Mr. Krabs in Spongebob.

Shawshank Redemption wouldn't have been nearly as successful without his presence.

Posted by: theATL at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (yFgwo)

275 I thought DiCaprio was great in The Aviator.

Posted by: cnation at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (DML7G)

276 Ya'll need to see DiCaprio in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. May change your mind.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (dUJdY)

277 Moki, Yes

He did John Adams and was 180 degrees off of that in Duets

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (WysMc)

278 Burt Lancaster.


he was the one in From here to eternity ? rolling on the beach ? he made girls swoon , ergo - great actor. like Brad Pitt.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (bUjCl)

279 Ben Stiller is considered a great actor?

*looks at drink*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (ycWCI)

280 he's a very smart picker of scripts. He basically has two looks, his goofy smiling one and the ability to make his eyes bulge on command. The later servers for both overpowering internal sadness and anger.
Posted by: Grump928(C) at A




what he said.

in other words a man's go to know his limitations.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (HALdu)

281
Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams.


Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)


Make that two

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (p+3oP)

282
Burt Lancaster. There was another block of wood and commie bastard to boot.



Yep. Caught a bit of a western yesterday and realized I never really cared for him.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (oVJmc)

283 243: I got it, go away C N. I haven't been caught up in this Hollywood shit for decades. One day, I was at a party where people were droning about what characters should or shouldn't have done, and what happened next for them. I blurted out that nothing happened next, the costumes were left behind and they went on to other projects. Too many people get lost in these stories and neglect themselves

Posted by: CN at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (U7k5w)

284 32 Dwayne Johnson is a surprisingly competent actor. No Olivier, but still, better than you would expect.
Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:15 PM (T6t7i)

CAN YOU SMELL WHAT THE ROCK IS COOKIN????

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (WDnN1)

285 Might apocrypha, but I heard a story where Eastwood asked Streep before they started shooting Bridges of Madison County "Are you gonna do one of your gawdamn accents?"

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (1b0OH)

286 Danny Glover. He's not in much now, but back in his day he was dreadful in a lot of movies.

Posted by: David Gillies at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (tjHrt)

287 i wanted to see McConnaughey actually say "alright" and found a compilation video on youtube of every time he's said "alright" in a movie:

280 times!

and it fits a surprising number of circumstances.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (Pg+x7)

288 To me, Eyes Wide Shut proved that Kidman was a way better actor than Cruise.

Also, they have zero on screen chemistry. If you haven't seen it and want to feel good about your sex life, check it out.

Posted by: shibumi, future Ohio dental floss tycoon at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (AkkRZ)

289 Shawshank Redemption wouldn't have been nearly as successful without his presence.
Posted by: theATL at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (yFgwo)

Another unpopular opinion: I think Shawshank is WAY overrated. So much of the dialogue is clunky and cringeworthy.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (hutaE)

290 I think Paul Giamatti is under rated

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (O2RFr)

291 Laura Linney was outstanding in You Can Count on Me where Mark Ruffalo played her asshole brother.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (y7DUB)

292 eye update:

Good news! Eye doc checked me out and said it's just the vitreous shrinking. He told me no heavy lifting or head banging for a week. Since we are moving KTY to college tomorrow that means I just get to order them around LOL

I see him in a month; or call if I see a curtain .
I'm so relieved. Thanks for your prayers and advice guys!

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (+72t1)

293 Viggo Mortensen is a good actor. Terribly miscast as Aragorn but good in lots of movies.

I loved him in A History of Violence. He had me convinced that he wasn't Joey, until he was.

And William Hurt was good as always.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (yQpMk)

294
Costner, I think, can be great or terrible, never in-between.

My favorites include Jimmy Stewart, Mel Gibson, Hope and Crosby and Kaye, Kate Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Crowe, and I'll throw Brad Pitt in there. And never forget Bruce Willis, although he'll phone one in here and there.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (r+sAi)

295 "205 Gary Oldman and Alan Rickman both had range, especially Oldman-- "

I like almost and part Oldman plays. Someone's already mentioned the otherwise mediocre Lost In Space movie. His portrayal of Smiley in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was great.

Posted by: GalosGann at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (z6Rh+)

296 Sorry if I'm a minority of one, but Robin Williams.


Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:18 PM (Wx/+I)


Make that two
Posted by: TheQuietMan

Three !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (arJlL)

297 Cage is a bit like Micky Rooney or Red Buttons or Ernest Borgnine. Potentially a great actor just prone to going over the top a lot. It becomes a question of script and director. Many good actors make terrible choices of material, and many need strong directors to shape a performance.

But I agree that Streep is uniformly mannered and insufferable.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (H8QX8)

298 Maybe she did some good things before she was a star, but after they become a star, the director or somebody makes it obvious they're a star. Sort of like the insufferable Robert Redford and Barbara Streisand. Again, they might have been great before stardom hit. I don't know how Paul Newman avoided that fate.
Posted by: t-bird at A




"Maybe she did some good things before she was a star"

yes and they were all on the casting couch

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (HALdu)

299 I always liked Brendan Fraser. He was perfect for the Mummy movies. Also funny as hell in Bedazzled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (1b0OH)

300 #74 The Baldwin part he promised! But never delivered;

Leaving America

Posted by: torabora at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (Y274z)

301
Look at the second-tier supporting actors and actresses from the 30s and 40s and it's amazing how versatile they were.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (Wx/+I)

302 Jeff Bridges and Mel Gibson are never over-rated.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (o1fzk)

303 Clancy Brown has to rank as my favorite C list Actor. I would say he has a good range from the Kurgan in Highlander to Mr. Krabs in Spongebob.

Shawshank Redemption wouldn't have been nearly as successful without his presence.
Posted by: theATL at August 18, 2019 02:54 PM (yFgwo)
******
Clancy Brown was also in Badboys with Sean Penn way way way Back

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (BqBId)

304 Matthew Broderick

Fortunate to be picked for some of the most iconic movies. But his acting always draws me out of the picture. I'm watching an actor acting.

Posted by: bananaDream at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (l6b3d)

305 ''Oh and the only thing I can tolerate Nicholas Cage in is Raising Arizona.''

He was funny as hell in "Moonstruck"'

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (jm1YL)

306 Indy car just had a horrible accident. NBCSN. They all walked away but its sickening to see.

Red flag to clean it up. Little tiny guys with cast iron gonads.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (cknjq)

307 Giamatti is a good character actor. did he not win an Oscar already ? Not that it matters.


Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (bUjCl)

308 Jeremy Irons, but I give him a pass on The Man in the Iron Mask, where he was quite good. The movie also had an honorable mention candidate, Gerard Depardieu.

Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (OxpGy)

309
He told me no heavy lifting or head banging for a week

Stay in bed. No network news.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (Wx/+I)

310 Better fat actor:

John Candy, John Goodman or Chris Farley?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (YA914)

311 20 Tom Cruise doesn't even do a decent job of playing Tom Cruise.
Posted by: Roy at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (ABjxW)

"You're everyone's problem. That's because every time you are up in the air, you're unsafe. I don't like you because you're dangerous."

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (WDnN1)

312 Burt Lancaster is a great actor. Commie bastard or not.
The Sweet Smell of Success
The Swimmer
Seven Days in May
Elmer Gantry
Here to Eternity
Jim Thorpe
The Killers
All the Pirate movies

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (xJa6I)

313 Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (+72t1)

Thanks for the update. Glad it's nothing that has to be taken care of right away-but take it easy-as much as you can in bringing your daughter to school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (+0VWg)

314 Matt Damon belongs near the top of the list. After watching "Downsizing" is when I fully realized that MKULTRA is probably the only reason anyone even knows his name. It sure isn't the chops.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farm at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (owkQl)

315 291 Laura Linney was outstanding in You Can Count on Me where Mark Ruffalo played her asshole brother.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (y7DUB)

Linney is a good case of actually having range. She was hateful in The Truman Show, but adorable in Frasier (as an example.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (ycWCI)

316 As for some of the young actresses out there, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastaine are two I find profoundly annoying and devoid of any kind of charm that makes an actor a draw.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (1b0OH)

317 vmom, what great news! Thank you for letting us know. I came into that conversation late but I'm very glad you got it checked out. And now you have official orders to sit in a comfy chair and direct the move-in! You just need a drink with an umbrella in it for full effect.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (aXucN)

318 Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (+72t1)

+++
Great news!

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (9+jnX)

319 310 Better fat actor:

John Candy, John Goodman or Chris Farley?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (YA914)

Going with John Goodman, then Candy, then the cokehead

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (xJa6I)

320 Robin WIlliams was pretty good in One Hour Photo.

Posted by: Mr. Peebles at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (oVJmc)

321 Pacino had a few good ones post-1980 - Scarface (of course), Carlito's Way with Sean penn, and Donnie Brasco come to mind immediately.

Posted by: cnation at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (DML7G)

322 Meryl Streep had a career because she was Fredo's girlfriend

Posted by: CN at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (U7k5w)

323 Matt Damon

Normally I don't care for him, but he was good in the Martian

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (O2RFr)

324 Another unpopular opinion: I think Shawshank is WAY overrated. So much of the dialogue is clunky and cringeworthy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (hutaE)


I don't know; it hits all the right notes for me. What's not to like about a railroaded man beating the system. See also: The Fugitive.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (y7DUB)

325 Turning off the sock? Pepperidge Farm remembers.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (owkQl)

326 316 As for some of the young actresses out there, Jennifer Lawrence and Jessica Chastaine are two I find profoundly annoying and devoid of any kind of charm that makes an actor a draw.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (1b0OH)

Pug is speaking pure truth here.

Though JLaw WAS good in Winter's Bone she's augered her career into the dirt since then.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (xJa6I)

327 Tom Cruise's best role was Grossman in Tropic Thunder. Why? Cuz it took me nearly the whole movie before I figured out it was him.

Brilliant!

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (1b0OH)

328 I always liked Brendan Fraser. He was perfect for the Mummy movies. Also funny as hell in Bedazzled.
***

There was some weird story behind what sunk his career - was he the guy who turned down some gay movie exec and got his career destroyed over it?


Posted by: 18-1 at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (WdocV)

329 Fat actors? John Goodman is easily the best.
And he's still alive.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (o1fzk)

330 Fuck it, they all suck. Some of the best are probably mostly unknown, because the left always fails up. Shit rises to the top.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (9Om/r)

331 Matt Damon

Normally I don't care for him, but he was good in the Martian



Well cast in Interstellar, I think.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (yQpMk)

332
Pacino had a few good ones post-1980

Glengarry Glen Ross

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (Wx/+I)

333 Great actors?

Cary Grant playing Cary Grant.

Steve Buscemi. He was great in Living in Oblivion. One of these days I'll find a DVD of Death of Stalin.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (u82oZ)

334

I always liked Brendan Fraser. He was perfect for the Mummy movies. Also funny as hell in Bedazzled.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 02:56 PM (1b0OH)



Bedazzled is Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Raquel Welch as Lust. Accept no substitutes.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (p+3oP)

335 Humphrey Bogart
Lauren Bacall
John Wayne

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (ycWCI)

336 vmom, what great news! Thank you for letting us know. I came into that conversation late but I'm very glad you got it checked out. And now you have official orders to sit in a comfy chair and direct the move-in! You just need a drink with an umbrella in it for full effect.

Posted by: bluebell

Great advice, there Bluebell !

Now she's gonna poke herself in the eye with the umbrella !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (arJlL)

337 321, Scent of a Woman

Posted by: JoeF. at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (o1fzk)

338 Matt Damon

Normally I don't care for him, but he was good in the Martian
Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (O2RFr)

Do not disagree. I liked the movie way more than I thought I would.

But I would say his most accurate role was in Team America.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (1b0OH)

339 I also think Julia Roberts is overrated and not a good actress although attractive to look at.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (+0VWg)

340 ruffalo lost me with that cringingly bad Normal Heart grotesquerie he did


no more appetite for Julia Roberts after that one either

Posted by: happyfeet at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (dMWxj)

341 Definitely Goodman best among the fat actors, I just hated him in "O Brother" which was the what he was supposed to bring out.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (r+sAi)

342 >>310 Better fat actor: John Candy, John Goodman or Chris Farley?

Goodman has more range. Candy and Farley are funny as hell and better at comedy. But different styles and eras really.

Posted by: bananaDream at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (l6b3d)

343 Sean Connery is aces

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (flINI)

344 If we're going to rate great actors, I'll start with Gene Hackman. Fantastic range, always believable.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (LbKi2)

345 344 If we're going to rate great actors, I'll start with Gene Hackman. Fantastic range, always believable.

I agree

Posted by: It's me donna at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (O2RFr)

346 Lauren Bacall

Posted by: Aetius451AD

Oh, no, no, no! Not Bacall !

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (bUjCl)

347 Now she's gonna poke herself in the eye with the umbrella !
Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (arJlL)
---------

I neglected to mention that for the fullest effect, she will be wearing large oversized sunglasses.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (aXucN)

348 I don't know; it hits all the right notes for me. What's not to like about a railroaded man beating the system. See also: The Fugitive.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 02:59 PM (y7DUB)

Prison rape.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (ycWCI)

349 Bedazzled is Dudley Moore, Peter Cook and Raquel Welch as Lust. Accept no substitutes.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (p+3oP)

Never liked Dudley. So, never seen it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (1b0OH)

350 Nose Hoffman, da woirst

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:03 PM (+8+gB)

351 Another unpopular opinion: I think Shawshank is WAY overrated. So much of the dialogue is clunky and cringeworthy.
Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (hutaE)

The poster covering the hole was more animated than the actors. And more entertaining.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 18, 2019 03:03 PM (e1mEI)

352
Jack Lemmon. He was good in The Great Race because it was the most Lemmonesque role imaginable.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 03:03 PM (Wx/+I)

353 Susan Hayward

Posted by: Ben Had at August 18, 2019 03:03 PM (WysMc)

354 344 If we're going to rate great actors, I'll start with Gene Hackman. Fantastic range, always believable.
Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (LbKi2)

Quick and the Dead is a surprising movie.

Also Lance Henrikson(sp?) in that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:03 PM (ycWCI)

355 I think people have all kinds of opinions on actors and actresses, and a lot of it boils down to your personal preferences.

But one thing we can all agree on, George Lazenby was the best James Bond.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (YA914)

356 I think it's getting obvious that the Left is trying to get the inner cities hopped up and violent, figuring Trump will get the blame.

I don't think it's going to work.

Posted by: JoeF. at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (o1fzk)

357 Never liked Dudley. So, never seen it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (1b0OH)


He was great in Arthur. Not sure about anything else.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (9Om/r)

358 Now she's gonna poke herself in the eye with the umbrella !
Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (arJlL)

I would totally do that

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (+72t1)

359 Now she's gonna poke herself in the eye with the umbrella !
Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:01 PM (arJlL)
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I neglected to mention that for the fullest effect, she will be wearing large oversized sunglasses.
Posted by: bluebell

Oh, okay.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (arJlL)

360 Giamatti is a good character actor. did he not win an Oscar already ? Not that it matters.


Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 02:57 PM (bUjCl)


No. I thought he had for Sideways but the Academy screwed the pooch.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (y7DUB)

361 Bruce Campbell.

Hail to the King, baby.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (adC0H)

362 Burt Lancaster was fantastic in Sweet Smell of Success and Field of Dreams. How's that for range?

Posted by: Regular joe at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (6/uwW)

363 312
Burt Lancaster is a great actor. Commie bastard or not.

The Sweet Smell of Success

The Swimmer

Seven Days in May

Elmer Gantry

Here to Eternity

Jim Thorpe

The Killers

All the Pirate movies

Every time I saw him I always thought 'oh, that's Burt Lancaster playing Burt Lancaster'. Always thought the same with Kris Kristoferson.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (LbKi2)

364 All right, gonna make some cookies.

BBL on the gun thread.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (xJa6I)

365 I forgot Damon was in Interstellar. One of my favorite SF films yet.

Posted by: Taqiyyologist at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (owkQl)

366 Fuck it, they all suck. Some of the best are probably mostly unknown, because the left always fails up. Shit rises to the top.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2019 03:00 PM (9Om/r)

331 Matt Damon





you got that out right before I was going to say the same.

everything about the actor is less important than everything else in the movie. none of the great movies ere made great by the actor and no lousy movie was ever saved by the actor.

they are of about the same importance to a movie as the decor is to a restaurant, they might make it nicer but it is not essential.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (HALdu)

367
Sophia Loren
Raquel Welch
Ursula Andreas

Who cares how they acted?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (Wx/+I)

368 you need to differentiate btwn Movie Stars ad Actors

John Wayne is a great movie star

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (+8+gB)

369 I think it's difficult to overrate an actor. The best one can be is "good/satisfactory." Like a ditchdigger.

A ditchdigger can be conscientious and a good worker, but nobody is going to be raving that so-and-so is a "ditchdigger par excellence, truly without equal in his time. This unmatched virtuoso of the dirt-pile staggered me with his performance... he's the clear front-runner for Mudchucker of the Year."

The art of filmmaking is in the hands of the set crew, the cameramen, the screenwriter, the musicians, the makeup people, SFX, the director, he'll... the caterers are more skilled than the actors.

The actors just do as they're told. Their only real value is looking good in the costumes, and parroting written lines.

You can be bad at that, but it's damn near impossible to be great at it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (5aX2M)

370 Meryl Streep and Tom cruise
( my tablet knew, hardly had to type them)

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (BbGew)

371 Redford gets a lifetime pass from me for Jeremiah Johnson and The Sting. Pachino, DeNiro, and the rest of the cast in "Heat" were all terrific (and check out Kilmer's tactical reload during the heist shootout!)

Posted by: Pitts at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (oarkx)

372 No. I thought he had for Sideways but the Academy screwed the pooch.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:04 PM (y7DUB)

Really good movie, although I have to be in just the right mood to enjoy it. Virgnia Madsen was smokin' in that one. She seems to have aged well.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (1b0OH)

373 ''Oh and the only thing I can tolerate Nicholas Cage in is Raising Arizona.''

The ony thing I liked Streep in was "Sophie's Choice" maybe because she was paired with Kevin Kline for part of it and he is a very good actor.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (jm1YL)

374 306; pocono and indy cars just don't get along. a bonehead move. crazy.

Posted by: chavez the hugo at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (KP5rU)

375 John Wayne is a great movie star
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (+8+gB)

Wayne also had range. He did not get a chance to use it often, but he had it. The Searchers and Red River are examples.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (ycWCI)

376 Jonathan Winters in IAMMMMW.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (MVjcR)

377 Who cares how they acted?


Sophia Loren could act. Two Women.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (fuK7c)

378 George Clooney plays the same guy in every roll.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (cknjq)

379
Sorry, Newman carried Redford in The Sting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (Wx/+I)

380 Never overrated: Robert Duvall.

He's good even when he's phoning it in for a paycheck. *cough*A Bight in Old Mexico*cough*

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:07 PM (yQpMk)

381 One actress who showed some range but who I can no longer stand watching is Sigourney Weaver.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:07 PM (Y8PSl)

382 or Night


either or

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:07 PM (yQpMk)

383 Never liked Dudley. So, never seen it.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:02 PM (1b0OH)


Watch the 1967 version of Bedazzled. It's very funny. He and Cook were very good together and had some classic comedy routines like the one legged Tarzan.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:07 PM (p+3oP)

384 Someone beat me to Jack Nicholson. Talk about people who are caricatures of themselves.


And DiCaprio seems perpetually 17 to me. I can never take him seriously.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:07 PM (zXnjg)

385 Kevin Costner is a wooden boy.
I can see his strings.

Posted by: Nom de Blog at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (hYUjK)

386 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)

387 Someone they need to stop trying to make happen already:

Melissa McCarthy

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (hutaE)

388 worker, but nobody is going to be raving that so-and-so is a "ditchdigger par excellence, truly without equal in his time. This unmatched virtuoso of the dirt-pile staggered me with his performance... he's the clear front-runner for Mudchucker of the Year."

The art of filmmaking is in the hands of the set crew, the cameramen, the screenwriter, the musicians, the makeup people, SFX, the director, he'll... the caterers are more skilled than the actors.

The actors just do as they're told. Their only real value is looking good in the costumes, and parroting written lines.

You can be bad at that, but it's damn near impossible to be great at it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at A




yes

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (HALdu)

389 Redford was entertaining in Three Days of the Condor I've seen recently.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (bUjCl)

390 Don't talk to me about Gene Hackman:

https://youtu.be/8txLht1rJZw

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (adC0H)

391 Old one but...I think Mickey Rooney is over-rated. Especially his early, star-making roles.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:51

Hah. Agree. I hadn't thought of him in eons until OM posted picture of young Elizabeth Taylor few weeks ago. They were in National Velvet together. He had top billing, iirc.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (Dhht7)

392 Jonathan Winters in IAMMMMW.
Posted by: Weasel

The codebreaker ?

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (arJlL)

393 '' If we're going to rate great actors, I'll start with Gene Hackman. ''

Robert Duvall

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (jm1YL)

394 Oh come on, they all suck.

Posted by: Gmac - Winning never gets old, like me ... But I'm still winning dammit! at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (qZdIZ)

395 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)


Top Secret.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (t+qrx)

396 Pat O'Brien starring as Pat O'Brien in another Pat O'Brien film "Pat O'Brien, The Plucky Fast Talking Irishman But Not A Priest This Time".

Posted by: Vasily Balzfalov at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (U7Mh9)

397 Jeremy Irons, but I give him a pass on The Man in the Iron Mask, where he was quite good. The movie also had an honorable mention candidate, Gerard Depardieu.
Posted by: MichiCanuck at August 18, 2019 02:58 PM (OxpGy)

I maintain the Jeremy Irons saying "Fuck it" and turning it up to eleven is one of the great joys of entertainment. He's in the awful Dungeons and Dragons, he was Large Ham on rye when he did The Lion King. It's his voice, I think, he just *sounds* like an over the top bad guy so well I can't help but like him.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (hpTWt)

398 To tell the truth, they are all overrated

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (+8+gB)

399 >>361 Bruce Campbell.

Bruce Campbell gives you exactly what you want. Bruce Campbell. And I'm happy with that. He showed a bit more of his acting chops in Bubba Hotep where he played and elderly man in a retirement home that was being preyed upon by a mummy.

Posted by: bananaDream at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (l6b3d)

400 The actors just do as they're told. Their only real value is looking good in the costumes, and parroting written lines.


That's silly. I can remember lines and I'm quite good looking, that doesn't make me an actor.

A good actor makes you forget that you're watching an actor, the performance becomes a real person whom you feel.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (fuK7c)

401 Greatest old
Henry Fonda
John Wayne
Katherine Hepburn

New?
Have to think, I like Mark Wahberg

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (BbGew)

402


Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)


yes - The Doors where he played Jim Morrison.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (bUjCl)

403 I assume at least some of you liked Matt Damon in Rounders. Or at least liked the movie. KGB, bitchezz.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (y7DUB)

404
The codebreaker ?
Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (arJlL)
-
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)

405 Someone they need to stop trying to make happen already:

Melissa McCarthy
Posted by: Jordan61

Agree. They are trying to make her out to be something she isn't

Posted by: Bruce at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (vd8XM)

406 Kevin Costner is a wooden boy.
I can see his strings.
Posted by: Nom de Blog at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (hYUjK)


That's weird, then why's he acting like there's a hand up his ass?

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (adC0H)

407 Billy Bob Thornton has had a lot of drastic range in his characters.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (YA914)

408 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:

Michael Biehn
Fred Ward

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (ycWCI)

409 A ditchdigger can be conscientious and a good worker, but nobody is
going to be raving that so-and-so is a "ditchdigger par excellence,
truly without equal in his time. This unmatched virtuoso of the
dirt-pile staggered me with his performance... he's the clear
front-runner for Mudchucker of the Year."


That was pretty funny.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (T6t7i)

410
Duvall has to be near the top of good actors too.

I'll watch Henry, but agree the rest of the Fondas, no.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (r+sAi)

411 I've probably said this, but I will never forget when I was a kid and we were sailing thru Newport Harbor out to Catalina. John Wayne had a home on the Harbor. We always looked to see if he was around. One nice Saturday afternoon, we saw him outside and we were jumping up and down waiving, and he waved back. Was a real highlight!

Who doesn't love the Duke.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (BLFnH)

412 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)



Top Secret.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (t+qrx)


That was some funny shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (9Om/r)

413 and I see it was said already...

5
all of them.


Posted by: redc1c4

Well ... DITTO DAMMIT.

Posted by: Gmac - Winning never gets old, like me ... But I'm still winning dammit! at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (qZdIZ)

414 386 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?
Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)

Real Genius

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (ycWCI)

415 I don't think having a wide range as an actor is necessary. Some very good actors weren't good if they left their niche roles. Doesn't make them bad, just limited.

Posted by: Sharrukin2 at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (ltuaO)

416 Farley can't act for shit anymore. It's as if he was dead.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (flINI)

417 has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?


The buddy detective thing with Russel Crowe.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (fuK7c)

418 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)
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A masterpiece.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (aXucN)

419 John Malkovich - never over-rated.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (r+sAi)

420 Robert Duvall add to the greatest in the old category

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (BbGew)

421 My favs are probably Melvin Douglas and Olivia de H


Which reminds me, Peter Sellers is over the top overrated

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (+8+gB)

422 has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?


Oh, and Thunderheart. I love that one.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (fuK7c)

423 sorry Melvyn

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (+8+gB)

424 Diane Keaton

Posted by: DAWG at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (lMn1U)

425 Fat actors? John Goodman is easily the best.
And he's still alive.

-
Not by much.

In a 2009 interview, Goodman opened up about his alcoholism, saying, "I don't know how much the old Jackie Daniel's franchise ruined my memory, which is going anyway, because of my advancing decrepitude. I had a 30-year run, and at the end I didn't care about anything. I was just fed up with myself. I didn't even want to be an actor anymore." In October 2012, he said, "If I'd picture in my mind a drink - usually straight out of the bottle - I couldn't not do it." He said that, while acting in plays, "I'd have the shakes so bad I'd have to have a drink to get through the show. I'm lucky I never got fired." Eventually, he "bottomed out" and has been sober since 2007. He tries to attend an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting every morning.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (+y/Ru)

426 @123 If you support Tienanmen Square Round 2 though, that is a-ok?
----------------
If you don't, then you'll suddenly vanish for a few months with no one having the slightest idea where you are. That's what happened when Bingbing Fan had a disagreement with the government about her taxes.
Celebrity won't save you. And it probably makes it more likely that the PRC government will scrutinize what you say, and how enthusiastic you are when saying it.

Posted by: junior at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (GJHOM)

427 418 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)
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A masterpiece.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (aXucN)
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It is! I love that movie,

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (MVjcR)

428 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (hpTWt)

429 I finally saw "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood." Never cared for Tarantino but he's done good and morally informed work here. His best movie, I think. He coaxes this movie along slowly and slyly, and it builds. The scene at Spahn Ranch is great -- grim and foreboding. My only quibble was that I thought DiCaprio's performance was overly broad. Many good cameos. Damien Lewis, who plays Steve McQueen, does an uncanny impersonation.

Posted by: Dan Smoot's Apprentice at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (H8QX8)

430 has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Wonderland where he played a coked out John Holmes, based on a true story.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (y7DUB)

431 Tom Hanks is another playing Tom Hanks in a Tom Hanks movie

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (BbGew)

432 Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off

Don Cheadle.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (T6t7i)

433 I'll watch Henry, but agree the rest of the Fondas, no.

Bridgette is pretty good

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (arJlL)

434 Oldman and Denzel top my list of great actors.


First time I remember seeing Denzel was in Glory. The lashing scene is heartbreaking not just because of the situation, but because Denzel made it heartbreaking without speaking a word.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (zXnjg)

435 John Wayne is a great movie star

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:05 PM (+8+gB)



Wayne also had range. He did not get a chance to use it often, but he had it. The Searchers and Red River are examples.



Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:06 PM (ycWCI)



Not sure if this is an apocryphal story or not but Wayne idolized Harry Carey Sr and on a movie they were making he brought up to someone that he wanted to do roles outside of being John Wayne on screen. The person pointed to Carey and said, Would you want him to play anything but the roles he does? Wayne said, No. And the person said, Well that's how your fans feel about you too

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (p+3oP)

436 t's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)


On long road trips, my wife and I will discuss doing a remake of a film like that, or any of the other big cast ones, with todays "stars"

I don't think you could do it

Posted by: Bruce at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (vd8XM)

437 It is! I love that movie,
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (MVjcR)
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It's nice to find someone who enjoys the same highbrow tastes that I do.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (aXucN)

438 I've probably said this, but I will never forget when I was a kid and we were sailing thru Newport Harbor out to Catalina. John Wayne had a home on the Harbor. We always looked to see if he was around. One nice Saturday afternoon, we saw him outside and we were jumping up and down waiving, and he waved back. Was a real highlight!

Who doesn't love the Duke.
Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (BLFnH)


He used to moor in San Diego too. That was a big motor yacht.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (aS1PU)

439 <i>George Clooney plays the same guy in every roll.</i>
gravity was it for me

Done.

Posted by: happyfeet at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (dMWxj)

440 Maybe not the Greatest Actors who ever lived, but I will watch anything with Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, or Jimmy Stewart in it. Also Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (lwiT4)

441 Which reminds me, Peter Sellers is over the top overrated
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (+8+gB)

??!!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Lionel Mandrake, the President AND Dr. Strangelove? And didn't he play like fifteen people in Kind Hearts and Coronets?

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (hpTWt)

442 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)
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A masterpiece.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (aXucN)
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It is! I love that movie,
Posted by: Weasel

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (arJlL)

443 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:



Michael Biehn

Fred Ward



Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (ycWCI)


Yeah, Biehn was great in the first terminator movie.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (9Om/r)

444 432 Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off

Don Cheadle.
Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (T6t7i)

Oh yes

* rolls eyes *

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (+8+gB)

445 So let me understand this.


If you say "blue lives matter", complain about Antifa or BLM terrorists killing cops, or point out the FNM is lying about a number of high profile police incidents here in the US, Hollywood will blacklist you.

If you support Tienanmen Square Round 2 though, that is a-ok?


Posted by: 18-1 at A



yes.

however, she is not really American, she got her citizenship then went back to china, now she is trying to make it as an actress here.

not sure how someone could not support the hong knog protesters against the chicom orcs.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (HALdu)

446 In one movie Tom Hanks could be alone on a island in WWII with flashbacks to his friend named Sally.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (BbGew)

447 He showed a bit more of his acting chops in Bubba Hotep where he played and elderly man in a retirement home that was being preyed upon by a mummy.
Posted by: bananaDream at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (l6b3d)


That was a surprisingly good little film considering. And you're right, I can't think of anything he was in where he wasn't Bruce Campbell. No doubt he's the same guy he played in Burn Notice, wearing a Hawaiian shirt, using the hidden key to get into your apartment and checking your fridge for a cold beer.

Posted by: Clutch Cargo at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (adC0H)

448 Brian Denehy

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (GaOgf)

449 The way you shoot, nobody is going to argue with you.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards at August 18, 2019 02:45 PM (xJa6I)

Heh, sure, if they stand real still, about 3 yards away, and give me like 10-15 seconds to line up my sights.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (hutaE)

450 Who doesn't love the Duke.
Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:10 PM (BLFnH)

He was Grand Marshal at the Cody (WY) Stampede parade a couple years before he died. Big hit. Funny thing though, is my dad was more stoked to see Jimmy Doolittle the following year (or the year before, can't remember).

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (1b0OH)

451 Maybe not the Greatest Actors who ever lived, but I will watch anything with Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, or Jimmy Stewart in it. Also Audrey Hepburn.
Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (lwiT4)
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Me too, grammie. Charade is one of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (aXucN)

452


An actor who is always enjoyable to watch was William Powell. Especially good in the Thin Man movies.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (p+3oP)

453 105 Costner is really good in Yellowstone.

But, speaking of contrarian, I liked Waterworld.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (fuK7c)

Waterworld isn't as bad as everyone thinks, but why do *two* post-apocalyptic movies (the Postman) back to back?

He lost his mojo there for a while, and has only gotten it back some by playing grizzled old men.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (ijEPD)

454
Somehow It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World never came together for me. It's like everything except the kitchen sink and everyone in Hollywood who needed a paycheck.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (Wx/+I)

455 442
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)

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A masterpiece.



Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (aXucN)

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It is! I love that movie,

Posted by: Weasel



Seconded !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (arJlL)

+++Love it, too. Hadn't watched it for a long while and when I did, I was laughing so hard, I was crying.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (9+jnX)

456 ''Jeremy Irons, but I give him a pass on The Man in the Iron Mask, where he was quite good. ''

Watch him as Shakespeare's Henry IV. Wow.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (jm1YL)

457 437 It is! I love that movie,
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (MVjcR)
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It's nice to find someone who enjoys the same highbrow tastes that I do.
Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:13 PM (aXucN)
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Also, The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (MVjcR)

458 Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off

Don Cheadle.




I want to like Don Cheadle, but he just doesn't do it for me. I'd rather have Will Smith in his roles.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (yQpMk)

459 Love Andy Garcia

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (a4qVe)

460 I like Will Smith

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (BbGew)

461 In one movie Tom Hanks could be alone on a island in WWII with flashbacks to his friend named Sally.
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (BbGew)

He builds a plane to escape with his friend Wilson, but it crashes in the Hudson because the oxygen tank exploded and they get abducted by Somali pirates.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (hpTWt)

462 Also, The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (MVjcR)
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Yes! Yes! Yes! And The In-Laws!

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (aXucN)

463 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (yQpMk)



Top Secret.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM (t+qrx)


That was some funny shit.
Posted by: Berserker-

Agreed ! LOL !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (arJlL)

464 has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?


The buddy detective thing with Russel Crowe.

Posted by: Bandersnatch

I thought thought that was Ryan Gosling, not Kilmer. Or is that a different movie?

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (Dhht7)

465 408 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:

Michael Biehn
Fred Ward
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (ycWCI)



Michael Biehn was and may still be absolutely gorgeous. I never cared for Tom Cruise or whoever was the "hot guy" when I was young, but Michael Biehn? Yum.

Posted by: Moki at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (mFoNl)

466 I like Jackie Chan.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (YA914)

467 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:

Ed Norton, Parker Posey and Amy Madigan.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (y7DUB)

468 I thought thought that was Ryan Gosling, not Kilmer. Or is that a different movie?


I may be thoroughly mistaken.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (fuK7c)

469 Why is it that so many rappers make decent actors? Ice Cude, Ice T, Queen whatsherface, Cool Jay, Will Smith etc.

Is Rap just an act to begin with?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (yQpMk)

470 ''Me too, grammie. Charade is one of my all-time favorites. ''

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Perfect chemistry despite the age difference.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (jm1YL)

471 I rather liked Brian Dennehey as the iceberg in Titanic.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (QZxnf)

472 Lionel Mandrake, the President AND Dr. Strangelove? And didn't he play like fifteen people in Kind Hearts and Coronets?

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (hpTWt)



Alec Guinness was in Kind Hearts and Coronets. He played the entire D'Ascoyne family. Sellers played a number of roles in The Mouse That Roared.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (p+3oP)

473 Clint Eastwood is one of the greats.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (GaOgf)

474 Morgan Freeman always seems the same to me, starring as The Narrator, but I always like him.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (lK7fO)

475
Me too, grammie. Charade is one of my all-time favorites.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:15 PM (aXucN)
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WeaselWoman says you have great taste!

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (MVjcR)

476 Love it, too. Hadn't watched it for a long while and when I did, I was laughing so hard, I was crying.
Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:16 PM (9+jnX)
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I've told this story before, but many years ago when it first came out on VHS, I saw it in Costco and picked it up to give my husband for Christmas. When he was unwrapping it, I suddenly wondered if something I thought was so darn hilarious when I was a kid would seem funny now that I was an adult.

Oh my goodness, when we sat down to watch it we laughed so hard we cried all the way through it. And our kids have seen it with us so many times they can quote parts of it.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (aXucN)

477 Peter Sellers in The Party.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (MVjcR)

478 I really liked Lancaster in Local Hero.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (OSgHz)

479 Morgan Freeman is ... the Numinous Negro

Coming this fall to CBS.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (yQpMk)

480 Grump- yes

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (BbGew)

481 393
'' If we're going to rate great actors, I'll start with Gene Hackman. ''



Robert Duvall

**********Both are great.

Posted by: Forheremenaremen at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (LbKi2)

482 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (+y/Ru)

I saw Goodman playing with his band at Mardi Gras in 1995, and yeah, he was *smashed* there up on stage.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:19 PM (ijEPD)

483 Ed Norton, Parker Posey and Amy Madigan.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:17 PM (y7DUB)

I like Edward Norton too. The first thing I saw him in was Primal Fear. He was great in that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (hutaE)

484 Danny Glover has really bad politics, but he never has a bad performance.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (GaOgf)

485 WeaselWoman says you have great taste!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (MVjcR)
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As does she, obviously!

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (aXucN)

486 Bob Duvall is a horde favorite.

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (jtf24)

487 a-hole list : barrack obama

Posted by: barry soetoro at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (/9em5)

488 Clint Eastwood is one of the greats.
Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (GaOgf)

He is, but he's not exactly a chameleon either.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (hpTWt)

489 I've always thought John Wayne was wooden. On the other hand Denzel Washington was incredible in Glory.

Posted by: Aud at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (uBywd)

490 Other than Tombstone, has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:08 PM

Real Genius.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (QZxnf)

491 Grump- yes


Yes Rap is just an act?

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (yQpMk)

492 I wonder if Meryl Streep would have been a better actress if she would have had slightly smaller parts rather than always been the headliner.
She might not be so annoying if she was in a secondary role.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (eAMlh)

493 474
Morgan Freeman always seems the same to me, starring as The Narrator, but I always like him.



Posted by: t-bird



This is a different category: the hopelessly overexposed. Samuel L. Jackson and (at one point) Helen Hunt also belong there.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (T6t7i)

494 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World!
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM (MVjcR)
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A masterpiece.

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"A masterpiece"? There's not one LGBTEIEIO character in the whole movie!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (+y/Ru)

495 470 ''Me too, grammie. Charade is one of my all-time favorites. ''

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Perfect chemistry despite the age difference.
Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (jm1YL)

And just a damn fun movie. Coburn in it as well, also a great turn by Walter Mathhau.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (ycWCI)

496 I like Jackie Chan.
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at A




chicom

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (HALdu)

497 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:

Jim Caviezel, but he won't be part of anything he doesn't consider adhering to traditional values.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (y7DUB)

498 you know who can't act at all? musicians. back in the 30's & 40's they'd appear in bit parts and generally stand around like posts. which is surprising since they're performers with on-stage experience. same thing with a lot of pop musicians today.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (Pg+x7)

499 >>466 I like Jackie Chan.

So do we. Big fans.

Posted by: PRC at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (l6b3d)

500 A good actor makes you forget that you're watching an actor, the performance becomes a real person whom you feel.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:09 PM

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This is impossible when you're famous. I can't forget I'm watching an actor unless they're unknown.

In other words it's a skill that can be exercised (perhaps best) by a worker with the least experience.

And I was a good-looking kid who had to take a couple acting classes for Comms credits, and I kicked ass at it, with zero interest and commitment.

All you have to do is read the script for context so you know what the character is "supposed" to be "feeling," and then mimic that. A child can do it. It's basic reading comprehension.

Plus be super good looking, and have a great agent who knows whose back to scratch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (5aX2M)

501 I like Edward Norton too. The first thing I saw him in was Primal Fear. He was great in that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (hutaE)



He was pretty good in the sewers too

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (p+3oP)

502 Cary Grant and Sean Connery are the only two actors I can think of who essentially played themselves every time, but could pull it off.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (zXnjg)

503 Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell. How in god's name have they made the kind of money they have with the ridiculous movies they have been in?

Posted by: Mamawolf at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (tpY/7)

504 I did like Bening in "Open Range."

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (I5SAg)

505 Clint Eastwood performance was a tour de force in Every Which Way But Loose.

And that orangutan! That was so dope!

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (YA914)

506 Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (p+3oP)

Of course. My mistake

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (hpTWt)

507 With rare exceptions, once an actor "makes it," they invariably start to play versions of themselves.

One of the rare exceptions is Daniel Day Lewis and Michael Shannon to name a few.

Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (HuoE/)

508 Jim Caviezel, but he won't be part of anything he doesn't consider adhering to traditional values.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (y7DUB)

Frequency is an underrated movie.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (ycWCI)

509


Cary Grant was very talented he could go from Notorious to Arsenic and Old Lace and be equally good in both

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (p+3oP)

510 Danny Glover has really bad politics, but he never has a bad performance.
Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (GaOgf)


Agreed. He seems like an amiable dunce.

Posted by: DR.WTF at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (aS1PU)

511 Birdie Num-Num!
https://tinyurl.com/y6co3nf6

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (MVjcR)

512 I like Edward Norton too. The first thing I saw him in was Primal Fear. He was great in that.

Posted by: Jordan61 at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (hutaE)

American History X. The movie was eeeehhhh, but he was good.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (hpTWt)

513 498
you know who can't act at all?

Stan Lee. Fortunately, no longer an issue.

Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (T6t7i)

514 An actor whose career never took off was Lillo Brancato, Jr. (A Bronx Tale). Now, though, he's trying out for the lead role in a remake of 'Shawshank Redemption', except he's not innocent.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (Y8PSl)

515
Cary Grant was very talented he could go from Notorious to Arsenic and Old Lace and be equally good in both
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (p+3oP)

Plus he was sexy.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (GaOgf)

516 I'm sitting here imagining an actor from the last three generations reading this thread and wondering why he's not been mentioned.

Really, how would you feel if you were Alan Arkin?

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (fuK7c)

517 497 Category for consderation: Actors you liked, but who never seemed to take off:

Jim Caviezel, but he won't be part of anything he doesn't consider adhering to traditional values.
Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (y7DUB)

I went to high school with him for a year. We didn't have any classes together or anything, but still.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (ijEPD)

518 Bad link, Weasel.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (aXucN)

519 Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)

520
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
6m
Juan Williams at @FoxNews is so pathetic, and yet when he met me in the Fox Building lobby, he couldn't have been nicer as he asked me to take a picture of him and me for his family. Yet he is always nasty and wrong!

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (BqBId)

521 old timey great actor: John Garfield

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (jtf24)

522 495 470 ''Me too, grammie. Charade is one of my all-time favorites. ''

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn. Perfect chemistry despite the age difference.
Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:18 PM (jm1YL)

And just a damn fun movie. Coburn in it as well, also a great turn by Walter Mathhau.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:20 PM (ycWCI)

And George Kennedy! I love the movie, because of the American Express office. It was the actual office in Paris, (I had to go there for calls home, etc, when I lived there) and it was exciting to see it in the movie. I remember using the phone booths for trans atlantic calls.

Also, get off my lawn.

Posted by: Moki at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (mFoNl)

523 Watch Stranger than Fiction for a good Will Farrell movie. It's got a good story and good acting, although Farrell does go a little overboard.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (a4qVe)

524 Will Ferrell, all of those Avenger people.

Posted by: Abby at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (2Zu6X)

525 507 With rare exceptions, once an actor "makes it," they invariably start to play versions of themselves.

One of the rare exceptions is Daniel Day Lewis and Michael Shannon to name a few.
Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (HuoE/)

Lewis so gets into the role you can't even think it's him.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (ijEPD)

526 Daniel Day-Lewis is great, but there's no daylight between what he did in The Will Be Blood and Gangs of New York.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (hpTWt)

527 519 Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)

The Hulk I think.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (eAMlh)

528 Cary Grant was very talented he could go from Notorious to Arsenic and Old Lace and be equally good in both
Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (p+3oP)

Plus he was sexy.
Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (GaOgf)

Another good example is North By Northwest.

That train scene. They set the car on fire.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (ycWCI)

529 It is! I love that movie,
Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:12 PM (MVjcR)



Mad mad mad is awesome. Along the same lines I thought about another farce.

As much as Streisand has turned into a lunatic,

What's up Doc? is a fun movie.









What's up Doc? is a fun movie.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (cknjq)

530 Really, how would you feel if you were Alan Arkin?
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (fuK7c)
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Mentioned as being good or bad? I like him. He starred in two of the movies the most excellent Weasel and I were discussing, The Russians are Coming and The In-Laws.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (aXucN)

531 Clint Eastwood performance was a tour de force in Every Which Way But Loose.

And that orangutan! That was so dope!
*******
Right Turn Clyde

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (BqBId)

532 292 eye update:

vmom:

No heavy lifting or head banging for a week!

(stern look)

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (+72t1)

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (2VrwR)

533 ''Alec Guinness was in Kind Hearts and Coronets.''

Probably one of the finest actors ever. He could portray a lifetime of living with just his eyes.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (jm1YL)

534 Always got a kick out of Michael J Pollard.

Posted by: Flatville Bill at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (k3WO2)

535 519 Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)



Punk from Kenosha. His family runs the hair salon on Highway 50. True story.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (lwiT4)

536 test

Posted by: HH at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (mIJBI)

537 Clint Eastwood was great in Gran Torino and Forgiven, 2 of his more recent movies.

You don't stay in show business for 60 plus years unless you have talent.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (GaOgf)

538 Bob Duvall is a horde favorite.
Posted by: kallisto

He was great in Lonesome Dove, as was Tommy Lee Jones.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (arJlL)

539 Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)

He's the Hulk in the current MCU Avengers, and...

and...

...

Nothing else I can remember. He's also a diehard leftist glue sniffer.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (hpTWt)

540 Mentioned as being good or bad?


That's my small point. As anything.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (fuK7c)

541 Frequency is an underrated movie.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:22 PM (ycWCI)


Back when over the airwaves tv showed movies, I accidentally turned on a channel after it was underway and was instantly fascinated. I yelled to my wife to come watch it but make it quick because it's already hard to explain. After it was over I immediately rented it to watch the whole thing.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (y7DUB)

542 You don't stay in show business for 60 plus years unless you have talent.

Posted by: ALH


Disagree.

Posted by: Lorne Michaels at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (T6t7i)

543 love clint eastwood but gran torino is essentially retired harry callahan handles the hood.

Posted by: yankeefifth at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (HALdu)

544 519 Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)

Bruce Banner/The Hulk in the MCU.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (ijEPD)

545 ''Who the Hell is Mark Ruffalo?
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (I5SAg)



Punk from Kenosha. His family runs the hair salon on Highway 50. True story.''

Also, nasty leftist POS.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (jm1YL)

546 I think rap is a act, it's not just getting lines, it's the moves that keep it going

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:27 PM (BbGew)

547 vmom:

No heavy lifting or head banging for a week!

(stern look)

Posted by: vmom happy to have read a good book! at August 18, 2019 02:55 PM (+72t1)
Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (2VrwR)

Not even with a hockey helmet?

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:27 PM (eAMlh)

548 Bob Duvall is a horde favorite.
Posted by: kallisto

That's because we don't rent pigs.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:27 PM (GaOgf)

549 Alec Guinness was in Kind Hearts and Coronets.''

Probably one of the finest actors ever. He could portray a lifetime of living with just his eyes.
Posted by: Tuna

Unless he poked one with a drink umbrella !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:27 PM (arJlL)

550 I'd wager James Woods is a favorite 'round here too.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:27 PM (YA914)

551 But Al Pacino is Michael Corleone. Forever and ever and ever. And so I give him a pass.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (2VrwR)

552 Another vote for Will Ferrell. I cannot stand anything he does. He essentially provides the same awkwardness to every film and it's cringey, not funny, every time.

Posted by: LOOK IM A 6-FOOT-SOMETHING OGRE PRETENDING TO BE SIX YEARS OLD AGAIN at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (EFmfL)

553 Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:26 PM (y7DUB)

It was a potential "comeback" movie for Dennis Quaid. Very watchable.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (ijEPD)

554 518 Bad link, Weasel.
Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (aXucN)
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Well damnit. Not sure why that didn't work.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (MVjcR)

555 one of the great, great actors of all time:

edward g. robinson

whether playing a good guy or villain, always conveyed a profound humanity.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (Pg+x7)

556 James Gardner is another great actor

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (BbGew)

557 The only thing I can watch Will Farrell in is Elf. Other than that, I've been wondering why the fvck anyone has thought he was funny since he was on SNL.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (zXnjg)

558 love clint eastwood but gran torino is essentially retired harry callahan handles the hood.


No. Harry Callahan is a static character. Walt Kowalski evolves.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (fuK7c)

559 @526
That is simply not true, watch any scene in the respective movies and you will see that the two characters are performed, voiced and exhibit vastly different idiosyncrasies, mannerisms and motivations.

Lewis is simply phenomenal in performance.

Posted by: Radical Centrist at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (HuoE/)

560 whether playing a good guy or villain, always conveyed a profound humanity.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (Pg+x7)

Hmmm, not much humanity in Key Largo, except the bad parts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (ycWCI)

561 I'm a big Wil Ferrell h8er

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (BbGew)

562 Try this with space before 'watch' removed

https://m.youtube.com/ watch?v=ZFKJuzrCGj4

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (MVjcR)

563 I do make an exception for comedic actors. They often write their own stuff, and the have to make people laugh, which is very hard.

One of these *braces for incoming* is Ben Stiller, and I think he makes me laugh because many of his jokes come from his contempt for the celebrity culture he grew up in.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (5aX2M)

564 old timey great actor: John Garfield

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (jtf24)


If you rewatch his movies, you'll notice he never did anything really physical. He had a bad heart and Hollywood covered that up with roles where he didn't have to much physical anything.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (Y8PSl)

565 Clint Eastwood performance was a tour de force in Every Which Way But Loose.

And that orangutan! That was so dope!

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Little known fact. The orangutan was played by Morgan Freeman in an uncredited role.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (+y/Ru)

566 Harry Callahan is a static character. Walt Kowalski evolves.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (fuK7c)

Indeed.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (GaOgf)

567 The first rule of activity is the camera has to love you. Once you got that you got it all.

Posted by: Puddin Head at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (OSgHz)

568 Rev's favorite actors are Edward G Robinson and James Cagney.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:30 PM (lwiT4)

569 Wil Ferrell even ruins The Grinch who stole Christmas

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:30 PM (BbGew)

570 Little known fact. The orangutan was played by Morgan Freeman in an uncredited role.

.....

No shit!

That's why I love this place, I learn something new every time I come here.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:30 PM (YA914)

571 That's because we don't rent pigs.
Posted by: ALH


LOL !

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:31 PM (arJlL)

572 538
Bob Duvall is a horde favorite.

Posted by: kallisto



He was great in Lonesome Dove, as was Tommy Lee Jones.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (arJlL)

+++What a great combo they were. Love the movie and the book.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:31 PM (9+jnX)

573 I always liked Humphrey Bogart even if he always played Humphrey Bogart.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:31 PM (eAMlh)

574 Michael Douglas was good back in the day. Loved him and Kathleen Turner in War of the Roses.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:31 PM (GaOgf)

575 Another great actor, surprisingly (or maybe not):


Bill Murray


I'm having trouble thinking of a bad movie he's been in.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (zXnjg)

576 I don't know about the rest of their work, but the two leads from Whatever Happened to Baby Jane were great.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (hpTWt)

577 568
Rev's favorite actors are Edward G Robinson and James Cagney.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:30 PM (lwiT4)

The finest.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (9+jnX)

578 Little known fact. The orangutan was played by Morgan Freeman in an uncredited role.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:29 PM (+y/Ru)

Brian Dennehy was sublime as the pickup truck.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (ijEPD)

579 Michael Biehn is an asshole.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (dUJdY)

580 old timey great actor: John Garfield

Posted by: kallisto at August 18, 2019 03:23 PM (jtf24)

If you rewatch his movies, you'll notice he never did anything really physical. He had a bad heart and Hollywood covered that up with roles where he didn't have to much physical anything.
Posted by: RickZ

That's why he steered clear of pornos.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (arJlL)

581 Bill Murray


I'm having trouble thinking of a bad movie he's been in.
Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (zXnjg)

What about Bob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (ycWCI)

582 I thought Annette Bening did well in Open Range.

Posted by: Bill R. at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (wzzJf)

583 Whatever happened to the blonde guy who played alongside Gallipoli. I liked him in that role but I don't think I've seen him since.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (eAMlh)

584 "What's "T" stand for?"

"Trustworthy"

"Romancing the Stone" was fun.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (I5SAg)

585 I always liked Humphrey Bogart even if he always played Humphrey Bogart.
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:31 PM (eAMlh)


The Caine Mutiny is the go-to reply for that. Queeg is not a classic Bogart character.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (t+qrx)

586 Rev's favorite actors are Edward G Robinson and James Cagney.
Posted by: grammie winger

Cagney was great in Mr. Roberts

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (arJlL)

587 453 105 Costner is really good in Yellowstone.

But, speaking of contrarian, I liked Waterworld.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 02:30 PM (fuK7c)

Waterworld isn't as bad as everyone thinks, but why do *two* post-apocalyptic movies (the Postman) back to back?

Road Warrior With Boats

Posted by: Catch Thirty-Thr33 at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (WDnN1)

588 I'm having trouble thinking of a bad movie he's been in.
Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (zXnjg)


....

Lost in Translation ?

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (YA914)

589 That one worked, Weasel. I've never seen that movie. Is it good? On par with our other faves, would you say?

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (aXucN)

590 James Gardner is another great actor


Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (BbGew)

Random fact: If you ask Julie Andrews who was the best kisser among all of her male co-stars, she'll answer James Garner.

Posted by: Vendette at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (1Kr4l)

591 It was a potential "comeback" movie for Dennis Quaid. Very watchable.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:28 PM (ijEPD)


I thought the two of them interacted very well. I'm sure it was a win/win for both. Caviezel has a bit part in a movie "I am Adam" that is very confusing all the way through until everything comes together in the end.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (y7DUB)

592 Sarah Jessica Parker is so ugly it's painful. Impossible to watch that new HBO show Divorce because she's so ugly.
Funny thing about lefty kook Alex Baldwin...the only role I liked him in was in Outside Providence when he very effectively played an Archie Bunker type factory worker.
Underated...Robert Ryan. Had the evil squint before Bronson.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (ffwQz)

593 Scrooged with Bill Murray is a favorite of mine.

I tell you another actor who's good is Billy Bob Thornton.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (GaOgf)

594 The very best Stallone film was "Oscar."

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (I5SAg)

595 > "Tom Hanks is another playing Tom Hanks in a Tom Hanks movie."

Which is what James Stewart did for basically his entire career, playing variations of himself. I don't necessarily mind that if the actor is interesting to watch.

What I do object to is top actors getting first offer of plum roles playing real-life famous celebrities when they're clearly not the best actors for those parts. Like Tom Hanks playing both Walt Disney and Fred Rogers, when he obviously neither sounds nor looks like either of those two people.


Posted by: Anonymous 7 at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (E6u0J)

596 Evolving is overrated. Static is fine if you've already got it right. You really want to see Callahan get all emotional over killing some punk and enter the priesthood and begin a life of street preaching and outreach to troubled youths?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (H5knJ)

597 Lost in Translation ?
Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (YA914)

Scarlett Johansson's ass steals that movie, and it is the highlight of the film (which is a low bar to clear.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (ycWCI)

598 Gotta run off and bake a cake.

Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (aXucN)

599


Alec Guinness was another actor with tremendous range. From the Ealing comedies to Bridge on the River Kwai. Here's a quote from him in 1999 one year before his death that stood out to me considering our times and he perhaps saw our current insanity 20 years ago.




"We live in an age of apologies. Apologies, false or true, are expected
from the descendants of empire builders, slave owners, persecutors of
heretics and from men who, in our eyes, just got it all wrong. So with
the age of 85 coming up shortly, I want to make an apology. It appears I
must apologize for being male, white and European."

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (p+3oP)

600 Jonathan Winters in IAMMMMW.

"Alright, if that's the way you want it, that's the way you're gonna get it!"

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM guy at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (7s3Gx)

601 I thought Annette Bening did well in Open Range.

Great movie all around, Benning, Costner, Duvall. The villain was over the top, was that Michael Gambon?

The scene at the end when the townsfolk are chasing the last bad guy reminded me of the peasants attacking the downed bandit with garden tools in Seven Samurai.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (fuK7c)

602 Impossible to watch that new HBO show Divorce because she's so ugly.
Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (ffwQz)

Gotta say, that network plus that title would keep me away regardless.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (hpTWt)

603 What was the first movie in which you first saw an actor who went on to a long career.
I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (eAMlh)

604 Glenn Close.

Susan Sarandon

Jane Fonda

Leonardo DiCaprio

George Cloony

Posted by: dagny at August 18, 2019 03:36 PM (nRWPy)

605
SAMUEL L JACKSON (Mr. Yells-All-The-Time)!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2019 03:36 PM (dyaak)

606 581
Bill Murray





I'm having trouble thinking of a bad movie he's been in.

Posted by: McLurkerson at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (zXnjg)



What about Bob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (ycWCI)

+++
I am a fan of Murray's. However, he ruined the movie Andy Garcia made (I think he wrote and directed) about the commie takeover of Cuba. For some reason he put Murray in it as a stand-up comedian who is caught in the mayhem, still trying to be funny with one-liners in a very serious movie. Didn't work.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:36 PM (9+jnX)

607 Gotta run off and bake a cake.
Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:34 PM (aXucN)

As long as you don't have the runs after baking that cake.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:36 PM (eAMlh)

608 immortal actors:

Peter O'Toole
Katharine Hepburn
Anthony Hopkins

"Lion in Winter"

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:36 PM (2VrwR)

609 "What's "T" stand for?"

"Trustworthy"

"Romancing the Stone" was fun.
Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM

"Those shoes are Italian."

"Now, they're practical."

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (GaOgf)

610 Taps had a ton of "had long careers" guys in it.

Posted by: dagny at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (nRWPy)

611 James Garner is always James Garner.

Posted by: Grump928(C) at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (TpkkL)

612 Rev's favorite actors are Edward G Robinson and James Cagney.
Posted by: grammie winger
---

Cagney was great in Mr. Roberts

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (arJlL)


'Mr. Roberts' was William Powell's last movie role. Good way to go out, though.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (Y8PSl)

613 Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.

When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (I5SAg)

614 523 cheriebebe

Stranger Than Fiction

this may be the best role will ferrill ever had/did
Dont know who could have done it better.
Truly a fine movie.

His role overdone?... perhaps ...but the whole story is overdone to a degree and yet makes perfect sense..in a very absurd way.

In my top five of all time.

Posted by: Krusty at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (2j42I)

615 What was the first movie in which you first saw an actor who went on to a long career.
I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (eAMlh)


GATTACA had Ethan Hawke and Jude Law pretty early in their careers.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (t+qrx)

616 He was great in Lonesome Dove, as was Tommy Lee Jones.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:25 PM (arJlL)

+++What a great combo they were. Love the movie and the book.
Posted by: washrivergal

Same here

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (arJlL)

617 I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.


I don't remember if that was before or after Year of Living Dangerously, but yeah.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (fuK7c)

618 Bening was good in Bugsy. Also, Valmont. Not sure how much she's done after marrying Beatty.

Posted by: runner at August 18, 2019 03:38 PM (bUjCl)

619
Plus be super good looking, and have a great agent who knows whose back to scratch.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:21 PM (5aX2M)

Think the actor has to do the so called back scratching, iffin ya know wad ameen.

Posted by: Headless Body of Agnew at August 18, 2019 03:38 PM (e1mEI)

620 What about Bob?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at August 18, 2019 03:32 PM (ycWCI)

I thought that movie was hysterical.

Plus, he spent nearly the whole shoot piercing Richard Dreyfuss' overblown ego. To the point they haven't spoken since.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:38 PM (ijEPD)

621 "Lion in Winter"


James Bond was in that, too.

Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:38 PM (fuK7c)

622 SAMUEL L JACKSON (Mr. Yells-All-The-Time)!

I wish he had yelled and cursed more in Star Wars. It needed it.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (g0Lfb)

623 'Mr. Roberts' was William Powell's last movie role. Good way to go out, though.
Posted by: RickZ

Yep, and quite a different turn from the Thin Man flicks

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (arJlL)

624 Michael Keaton has made several movies I've loved.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (GaOgf)

625 The Donks are all in on you're-a-racist.

Beto O'Rourke@BetoORourke
Our country was founded on racism-and is still racist today. In Arkansas, I said why I believe there's no denying this reality; and why it's on all of us to change it.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (+y/Ru)

626 Hugh Grant. Aeful

Posted by: mpfs, Waiter, I'll have the Juan de Fuca Plate at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (79p/O)

627 Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.

When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (I5SAg)

That movie is Rope, by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. Except it was adapted from an actual case, it was two students and I got the implication that he'd fucked both of them.

But yeah, it's a great movie.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (hpTWt)

628 185
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7368429

Lord Mountbottom ... rum sodomy and the lash ... seemed to have fulfilled the second requirement anyhow.

Some creepy pictures of him with Charles.

Posted by: Off the reservation at August 18, 2019 02:09 PM (vWMNq)

It would not surprise me to learn that this is a smear perpetrated by Soviet moles within MI5 ot MI6. Philby, Burgess, and McLean, all fags themselves.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (a72/q)

629 What was the first movie in which you first saw an actor who went on to a long career.
I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (eAMlh)

Kevin Costner, No Way Out.

Great thriller.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (ijEPD)

630 Krusty, that movie is one of my all time favorites. It just hits you on so many levels.

Posted by: Cheriebebe at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (a4qVe)

631
Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor
dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a
friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.



When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.





Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (I5SAg)


Rope 1948. It was a Hitchcock movie and based on the Leopold and Loeb murder case

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (p+3oP)

632 I liked Pacino in Heat. Thought he held his own with De Niro.

Posted by: dougW at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (kDzRu)

633 I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (eAMlh)


First Gibson flick I saw was 'The Year of Living Dangerously', with Sigourney Weaver.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (Y8PSl)

634 613Rope

Posted by: CN at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (U7k5w)

635 Waterworld wasn't *horrible,* in my opinion. It was decent.

It was beyond horrible for its investors. It earned a little money, but nowhere enough for the time, money, and effort they stuffed into that turkey.

Universal was still trying to get return off of it for years by leasing set pieces (notably for Titanic, and for the Waterfalls video by TLC).

It's remembered as a flop by the bankers, not the audiences.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (5aX2M)

636 I liked Pacino in Heat. Thought he held his own with De Niro.
Posted by: dougW at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (kDzRu)

But she's got a GREAT ASS!

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (hpTWt)

637 626 Hugh Grant. Aeful
Posted by: mpfs, Waiter, I'll have the Juan de Fuca Plate at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (79p/O)

I think he's cute. Loved him & Julia Roberts in Notting Hill.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (GaOgf)

638 In Arkansas, I said why I believe there's no denying this reality; and why it's on all of us to change it.


Hot tip Beto: Learn where you are.

Posted by: dagny at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (nRWPy)

639 think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:35 PM (eAMlh)

First Gibson flick I saw was 'The Year of Living Dangerously', with Sigourney Weaver.
Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:40 PM (Y8PSl)

I did see that but I can't remember which I saw first.

Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (eAMlh)

640 Eddie Murphy probably doesn't get as much credit as he deserves as an actor. He dominated the box office for a good decade or so.

Most people just remember him for making the greatest rock song of all time, My Girl Wants to Party All the Time.

Posted by: Bitter Clinger at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (YA914)

641 If you ask Julie Andrews who was the best kisser among all of her male co-stars, she'll answer James Garner.

Posted by: Vendette at August 18, 2019 03:33

I had to look up what movie they were in together. Turns out there were 3. I'd forgotten Victor Victoria (1982.) Also, "The Americanization of Emily" (1964), and "One Special Night" (1999.)

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2019 03:41 PM (Dhht7)

642 Plus, he spent nearly the whole shoot piercing Richard Dreyfuss' overblown ego. To the point they haven't spoken since.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:38 PM (ijEPD)


LOL if that's true. I used to love how Dreyfuss played nutty characters so well until it sunk in that he wasn't really acting.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (y7DUB)

643 Thanks Vanya.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (I5SAg)

644 627 Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.

When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:37 PM (I5SAg)

That movie is Rope, by the one and only Alfred Hitchcock. Except it was adapted from an actual case, it was two students and I got the implication that he'd fucked both of them.

But yeah, it's a great movie.
Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:39 PM (hpTWt)

Yikes. Sounds great.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (2VrwR)

645 .@jaketapper: "Do you think that it's a racist act to cast a vote for President Trump in 2020?"

Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg: "At best it means looking the other way on racism."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (+y/Ru)

646 John Wayne ( 1st because,,, American)
Cary Grant ( best scene in N by NW,, the courtroom scene )
Henry Fonda
Glen Ford
Jimmy Stewart
Lee Marvin
Clint Eastwood

Funny, I never thought of "the great actresses" as great actresses.
I just drooled I guess.

Audrey Hepburn
Maureen O'Hara
And oh my word to die for YeVonne de Carlo

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (A9A9H)

647 Year of Living Dangerously I bet without looking is a early Mel Gibson movie

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (BbGew)

648 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:42 PM (+y/Ru)

If supporting Trump makes me a Nazi then I look great in black and silver.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (hpTWt)

649 Jimmy Stewart

Yep, I will watch anything with him or John Wayne. Maybe a few others.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (BLFnH)

650 The first role I saw Tommy Lee Jones in was as Mark in the ABC soap, One Life to Live. He was cheating on his sweet wife.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (lwiT4)

651 I think Gallipoli was the first time I saw Mel Gibson.
Posted by: N.L. Urker. I will urk until I can't urk anymore. at August 18, 2019

---------

Freaking awesome movie. That one's a work of art. And it might be Gibson's first movie, period. He was very young.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (5aX2M)

652 647 Did see that in the theater when first came out

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:44 PM (BbGew)

653 650 The first role I saw Tommy Lee Jones in was as Mark in the ABC soap, One Life to Live. He was cheating on his sweet wife.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (lwiT4)

That had to be before Coal Miner's Daughter, which is where I first saw him.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:44 PM (ijEPD)

654 613: "rope"?

rope was kind of an experiment. hitchcock filmed it in one continuous take with no cuts or edits.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 03:44 PM (Pg+x7)

655 Benning was good in The Grifters and her cameo in Postcards From The Edge was funny and well done, but once she hooked up with Beatty she phoned it in.

Beatty and Redford are another two untalented, insufferable twats.

Posted by: Shanks for the memory at August 18, 2019 03:45 PM (TdCQk)

656 Ah. Jeanne Tripplehorn.

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:45 PM (I5SAg)

657 And it might be Gibson's first movie, period. He was very young.

I thought Mad Max was his first?

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (dUJdY)

658 ''Year of Living Dangerously I bet without looking is a early Mel Gibson movie''

Lord, he was good looking in that one.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (jm1YL)

659 Jimmy Stewart



Yep, I will watch anything with him or John Wayne. Maybe a few others.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (BLFnH)


They made two good movies together. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a classic.

Posted by: TheQuietMan at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (p+3oP)

660 rope was kind of an experiment. hitchcock filmed it in one continuous take with no cuts or edits.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 03:44 PM (Pg+x7)

Well, there are cuts because he didn't have a two-hour reel of film, but he panned behind scenery or character's backs to hide them. But yeah, besides that the whole thing is one take with the camera moving through the apartment.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (hpTWt)

661 645: Tapper is such a red

Posted by: CN at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (U7k5w)

662 Underated...Robert Ryan. Had the evil squint before Bronson.

He was in one of my all time faves - The Wild Bunch

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:47 PM (arJlL)

663 Recall that at least a third and possibly a half of name Hollywood stars are such because of nepotism, or fornicated their way onscreen, and a good chunk of such lists explains itself.

Posted by: Utility muffin at August 18, 2019 03:47 PM (oS0xz)

664 Nope Gallipoli was two years after Mad Max. I guess it just felt older to me.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:47 PM (5aX2M)

665 Kilmer was great in Spartan and Dudley Moore in 10 is awesome.

Posted by: rammajamma at August 18, 2019 03:48 PM (xceTB)

666 I agree with Cheribebe that I like one movie that a lot of these folks made, although I generally agree that they are overrated. Some of the movies are, I admit, obscure. Don't watch many modern movies.

Meryl Streep--Defending Your Life
Ben Stiller--Zero Effect
Marlon Brando--The Freshman
Dustin Hoffman--Wag the Dog
Harrison Ford--Working Girl
Burt Lancaster--(not good acting but a rollicking good movie that shows off his acrobat history)

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 18, 2019 03:48 PM (S+f+m)

667 Rear Window is another classic.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:48 PM (BLFnH)

668 And it might be Gibson's first movie, period. He was very young.

I thought Mad Max was his first?
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 03:46 PM (dUJdY)

He was in one called Tim, with Piper Laurie. Very young in that one.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (8qegj)

669 I was wrong,
I never promised you a rose garden 1977
Mad Max 1979
Gallipoli 1981
YoLD 1982
The Bounty 1984

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (BbGew)

670 good one:

Ray Milland

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (2VrwR)

671 I will add Pauly Shore and Adam Sandler. Pauly Shore was so bad i don't think he is invited to anyones movies anymore

Pauly was on Watters World last night and was actually pretty funny, cracking on Fredo and Biden.

Posted by: Ian S. at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (6XLoz)

672 It's utterly beyond me to figure out what Lincoln was thinking when they made him their spokesman. He sounds like an idiot, scratch that, a drunk idiot.
Posted by: pep at August 18, 2019 02:34 PM (T6t7i)

Maybe that's who Lincoln wants to buy their cars. It's been a damned long time since discerning fans of fine automobile craftsmanship were seeking to buy Lincolns.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (a72/q)

673 This era is fortunate to have 2 of the rangiest actors of all time

Russell Crowe

DD Lewis

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (+8+gB)

674 Redford in Downhill Racer is as bad as it gets

Posted by: rammajamma at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (xceTB)

675 Jimmy Stewart



Yep, I will watch anything with him

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Perhaps not a great film but a highly enjoyable one, Winchester '73.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (+y/Ru)

676 Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

Another great actor with a career that spanned decades.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (GaOgf)

677 526 Daniel Day-Lewis is great, but there's no daylight between what he did in The Will Be Blood and Gangs of New York.
Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:24 PM (hpTWt)

Cecil? Hawkeye? Lincoln?

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (QE8X6)

678 The first role I saw Tommy Lee Jones in was as Mark in the ABC soap, One Life to Live. He was cheating on his sweet wife.

Posted by: grammie winger at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (lwiT4)


I saw Tommy Lee Jones in 'Love Story', without knowing who he was (because it was his first film role, I cheated and looked that up). I also saw him in 'The Eyes of Laura Mars', again without knowing who he was. It was his role as Gary Gilmore, in 'The Executioner's Song', which put him on Hollywood's map, which is ironic as that was a made-for-tv movie.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:50 PM (Y8PSl)

679 I happened to see "10" and "The Woman in Red" within days of each other. Which copied which?

Posted by: JAS at August 18, 2019 03:50 PM (I5SAg)

680 Tommy Lee Jones, believe it or not, had a cameo in Love Story. Now that's old. Played one of Oliver Rich Boy's Harvard room mates...they were playing poker.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 03:50 PM (ffwQz)

681 most underrated actress of all time


Linda Lovelace

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:50 PM (+8+gB)

682 Beatty and Redford are another two untalented, insufferable twats.

Posted by: Shanks for the memory at August 18, 2019 03:45 PM (TdCQk)

Amen.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:50 PM (ijEPD)

683 589 That one worked, Weasel. I've never seen that movie. Is it good? On par with our other faves, would you say?
Posted by: bluebell at August 18, 2019 03:33 PM (aXucN)
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It's not on the same scale as the other two, but it's pretty damn funny. Sellers accidentally gets invited to a party - hilarity ensures.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (MVjcR)

684 And it might be Gibson's first movie, period. He was very young.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:43 PM (5aX2M)


Nope. 'Mad Max' was before 'Gallipoli'.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (Y8PSl)

685 My band mate Levon Helm was good as Loretta Lynn's father in Coal Miner's Daughter.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (ffwQz)

686 DD Lewis

Gah, there is a flaming left wing atty here in town who writes to the paper all the time and has that name.

Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (BLFnH)

687 My English teacher made us watch Gallipoli in 11th grade. I thought I'd hate it, because school.

Wrong!

It was haunting.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 03:52 PM (5aX2M)

688 ''Cecil? Hawkeye? Lincoln?''

Hawkeye please. He and Madeleine Stowe had AAA chemistry.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (jm1YL)

689 676 Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

Another great actor with a career that spanned decades.
Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (GaOgf)

Don't forget The Verdict. He was excellent.

He was by all accounts, like James Garner, an all around decent guy.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (ijEPD)

690 679 Women in Red was five years after Bo and Dudley

Posted by: rammajamma at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (xceTB)

691 It's not on the same scale as the other two, but
it's pretty damn funny. Sellers accidentally gets invited to a party -
hilarity ensures.

Posted by: Weasel at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (MVjcR)

+++Very funny.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (9+jnX)

692 Tommy Lee Jones and Robert Duvall are two of my all-time favorites, and Lonesome Dove stands out as the best reason why: First time I saw it was after the credits had rolled, and it took me a long time to figure out who I was seeing. I had read the book a couple of times already, and was stunned at how well they captured Gus and Woodrow.

Hell, the entire cast was splendid.

Reminds me. Chris Cooper is another one of those guys I want to see in more movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (8qegj)

693 Gah, there is a flaming left wing atty here in town who writes to the paper all the time and has that name.
Posted by: Infidel at August 18, 2019 03:51 PM (BLFnH)


AFTER he got thru playing for the Boys ???

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:54 PM (+8+gB)

694 Ellen Burstyn should have won best actress for The Exorcist. Not a false note anywhere, 100% believable. All the leads are excellent too, including Blair.

Posted by: Utility muffin at August 18, 2019 03:54 PM (oS0xz)

695 Stacey Abrams Says Voter Suppression Worse Now Than In The 1960s

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It's really not fair for us to call her Tank. She far more rezembles a barrel. Barrel Abrams.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Tyrannosaur Wrangler at August 18, 2019 03:54 PM (+y/Ru)

696 Reminds me. Chris Cooper is another one of those guys I want to see in more movies.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:53 PM (8qegj)

I first saw him in October Sky, and thought he was fantastic.

He just *had* to do American Beauty to ruin that.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (ijEPD)

697 Unbearable Lightness of Being was another early date movie saw in a theater with DD Lewis

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (BbGew)

698 Paul Newman in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Cool Hand Luke, The Sting, Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid.

Another great actor with a career that spanned decades.

Posted by: ALH at August 18, 2019 03:49 PM (GaOgf)


{GASP} You forgot 'Slap Shot'.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (Y8PSl)

699 Kevin Costner gives cue card readers a bad name, and his best performances are of well-intentioned dipsticks, like in Silverado ...wait, I take that back. He sucks there, too.

Similarly, Canoe Reeves' method proves there's more variety at a lumber yard. Imagine him in Shakespeare: "Nice skull, dude!"

Posted by: ArmChair in sin at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (Nig2g)

700 Streep just plain sucks in musicals.

Demi Moore has to be on this list but I think they figure it out twenty years ago.

Posted by: James OBrien at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (8v5tS)

701 Worst casting - John Wayne as Genghis Khan.

Posted by: Vasily Balzfalov at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (/dN1M)

702 At least I'm not over-rated anymore!

Posted by: Kevin Spacey at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (C78No)

703 Yeah, should have put Newman on that list.
I think my favorite of his was The Hustler.

To me, Tommy Lee Jones is one of those guys who plays himself though I can't say I've seen a lot of his stuff.
He does it very well though.

The Fugitive
US Marshalls

A bit off the hook in Under Siege

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (A9A9H)

704 55 Kevin Costner should be at or near top of list
Posted by: Cristobal at August 18, 2019 02:21 PM (2j42I)

Costner has never been highly rated for his acting, but damn the camera loves that guy. Also, he seems to have honed his craft over the years, and I appreciate that he gives a damn enough to work on it.

Posted by: ObjectionSustained at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (EZWNE)

705 He just *had* to do American Beauty to ruin that.
Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (ijEPD)

Yuck. Hate that POS. I liked Adaptation a lot, though. Also an example of how Nicolas Cage is very good with the right role and director.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (8qegj)

706 ''He was by all accounts, like James Garner, an all around decent guy.''

Little movie towards the end of his career that I liked was "Murphy's Romance" with Sally Field.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (jm1YL)

707 I always loved Basil Rathbone.

He was supposed to be quite the party animal, along with his wife, Quida Bergere, a hillbilly from Arkansas that reinvented herself as Euro trash.

I think her real name was Eula

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 03:57 PM (+8+gB)

708 701 Worst casting - John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
Posted by: Vasily Balzfalov at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (/dN1M)

Even worse - he cast *himself*.

And gave everyone cancer by filming it in Nevada during atomic bomb tests.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:58 PM (ijEPD)

709 Hell, the entire cast was splendid.

Lonesome Dove was the only thing I liked Robert Urich in.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 03:58 PM (arJlL)

710 These lists need to be changed to

List A. Hollywierdos that would have us lined up against a wall and shoot and
List B. Those that wouldn't.

Kinda ends the debate?

Posted by: Effe em all at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (vqIkG)

711 ''Unbearable Lightness of Being was another early date movie saw in a theater with DD Lewis''

He was unbearably handsome in that one too.. that smile..

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (jm1YL)

712 For giggles in YoLD Sigourney is 7 years older than Mel

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (BbGew)

713 My favorite bad actor is David Caruso. He's like a restrained Wiliam Shatner.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (Lqy/e)

714 How about some discussion of those actors who are larger than life?

Posted by: Brian Dennehy at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (DMUuz)

715 Little movie towards the end of his career that I liked was "Murphy's Romance" with Sally Field.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (jm1YL)

I also liked Nobody's Fool.

You don't really see good, small character studies like that anymore.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (ijEPD)

716 @411
Well, there's me, of course, but there's also Walter Brennan.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (8ZmvG)

717 Rex Hamilton is the best Abraham Lincoln ever, if only for 5 seconds.

Posted by: Utility muffin at August 18, 2019 04:00 PM (oS0xz)

718 Favorite William Powell movie: My Man Godfrey.

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:00 PM (QE8X6)

719 And didn't he play like fifteen people in Kind Hearts and Coronets?

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 03:14 PM (hpTWt)

I think it was eight.

Posted by: Grannymimi at August 18, 2019 04:00 PM (u5LFV)

720 How about some discussion of those actors who are larger than life?
Posted by: Brian Dennehy at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (DMUuz)

BRIAN BLESSED

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:00 PM (hpTWt)

721 He was by all accounts, like James Garner, an all around decent guy.''

Support Your Local Sheriff and Support Your Local Gunfighter are faves of mine.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:00 PM (arJlL)

722 Just working off of your list, Streep and Pacino are fine, but over-hyped actors. Benning is scenery and not attractive scenery. Ruffalo, I saw in some early work and haven't seen since outside of the Hulk roles. He's a journeyman, Stiller is a troll and I see no talent whatsoever. I have never understood his appeal and anyone can play the roles he has had.

The Star system of the Golden Age of Hollywood is long gone. There is no actor living that I would pay to see. I look for stories that interest me. Contrast that to say watching Ronald Colman or Cary Grant and any of a number of screen goddess like Greer Garson, Maureen O'Hara, Ingrid Bergman and Audrey Hepburn, just to name a few.

To be fare, until a few years ago, I would pay to watch Pam Grier on the big screen just to see her, the story be damned.

Posted by: Locke Common at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (NanIO)

723 ''For giggles in YoLD Sigourney is 7 years older than Mel''

I doubt that was a problem for Miss Weaver.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (jm1YL)

724 I liked Cage in National Treasure as well. That was a series they could have kept going.
What ever happened to Brendan Fraser? After a cameo in GIJoe he disappeared.
Overrated Angelina Jolie. Brie Larson. Honestly who names their kid after cheese?

Posted by: Iblis at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (1mpw4)

725 Well, there's me, of course, but there's also Walter Brennan.


Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 03:59 PM (8ZmvG)

+++
I think he was 25 when he started looking like a 70 year old in movies.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (9+jnX)

726 They were entertaining, but she didn't have any range, but that may be the fault of what they put her in.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at August 18, 2019 02:12 PM (+0VWg)

Dorothy Parker saw Hepburn in a stage play and said Hepburn captured the gamut of emotions from A to B.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (d6Ksn)

727 Kipp Hamilton, War of the Gargantuas. Classic musical performance for the ages.

Posted by: Utility muffin at August 18, 2019 04:02 PM (oS0xz)

728 Brie Larson is not an actress. She's a hashtag that you have to feed.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:02 PM (hpTWt)

729 Eddie Murphy probably doesn't get as much credit as he deserves as an actor. He dominated the box office for a good decade or so.

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One of those comedic actors I'm talking about. Wrote his own stiff, a lot of it, and was just absolutely hilarious on stage or screen for many years.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (5aX2M)

730 Favorite Cary Grant movies on the Caliban island: Father Goose, Brining Up Baby, Mr Blandings, My Favorite Wife, Philadelphia Story. Not many stars can match that.

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (QE8X6)

731 Does anyone really think Ben Stiller is a good actor?

I've just never really heard anyone try and make that point.

Posted by: Blago at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (zuvmW)

732 I think he was 25 when he started looking like a 70 year old in movies.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (9+jnX)


Hume Cronyn was another actor who, while young, always seemed older.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (Y8PSl)

733 A real deal breaker for me is Mel Ferrer

He did , however, produce "the night visitor", one for the good column

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (+8+gB)

734 @495 -- "a great turn by Walter Matthau"

Redundant. Matthau guarantees greatness.

OK, so on actors who play themselves in every role:

Danny DeVito.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:04 PM (xa57W)

735 > "Kevin Costner's...best
performances are [when he's playing] well-intentioned dipsticks...".


For that reason he was fine playing the idealistic, well-intentioned dipstick with unresolved Daddy issues in Field of Dreams.

As Elliot Ness in The Untouchables...not so much.

Posted by: Anonymous 7 at August 18, 2019 04:04 PM (E6u0J)

736 ''Well, there's me, of course, but there's also Walter Brennan.''

The actors with the most range? Character actors. They can go from mean SOBs in one movie to soft hearted sweeties in the next and be absolutely believable as both.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:04 PM (jm1YL)

737 Dorothy Parker saw Hepburn in a stage play and said Hepburn captured the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (d6Ksn)

Female intrasexual hamstring cutting is TIGHT.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (hpTWt)

738 A bit off the hook in Under Siege
Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 03:56 PM (A9A9H)


Keeping up with Gary Busey isn't for the timid.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (y7DUB)

739 Even before she started mouthing off about politics, I was tired of Streep's schtick, which mainly consists of doing accents. Oh look, Meryl's so believable as a Pole/Brit/Aussie... That being a mimic, not a great actress.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (d6Ksn)

740 When it comes to the breadth of thespian range, I'm unquestionably m-f'n number one.

Posted by: Samuel L. Jackson at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (DMUuz)

741 ''Hume Cronyn was another actor who, while young, always seemed older.''

He did, didn't he.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (jm1YL)

742 I never promised you a rose garden 1977

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I didn't know they made a movie of that. I'm friends with the woman who wrote that book. Brilliant woman.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:05 PM (5aX2M)

743 Similarly, Canoe Reeves' method proves there's more variety at a lumber yard. Imagine him in Shakespeare: "Nice skull, dude!"
Posted by: ArmChair in sin at August 18, 2019 03:55 PM (Nig2g)

True. But he is John Wick. All else is forgiven.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (cknjq)

744 Hume Cronyn was another actor who, while young, always seemed older.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (Y8PSl)

+++
Very good actor, too. He could play a sadistic prison warden and a mild-mannered bookkeeper equally believable.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (9+jnX)

745 The most disliked actress in Hollywood has to be Irene Dunne. She was to the right of James Woods and they hated her for it

Never won an Oscar, which makes the Oscars a joke

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (+8+gB)

746 The actors with the most range? Character actors. They can go from mean SOBs in one movie to soft hearted sweeties in the next and be absolutely believable as both.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:04 PM (jm1YL)


William Bendix.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (Y8PSl)

747 I find Ben Stiller funny but not a great actor

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (BbGew)

748 I don't care how much any of you embittered curmudgeons hate Ben Stiller. Tropic Thunder is great.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (hpTWt)

749 "Kevin Costner's...best
performances are [when he's playing] well-intentioned dipsticks...".


Best performance was A Perfect World.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (dUJdY)

750 Does anyone really think Ben Stiller is a good actor?

I've just never really heard anyone try and make that point.
Posted by: Blago at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (zuvmW)


If being very annoying is a prerequisite, nobody does it better.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (y7DUB)

751 mae west was sitting in a production office going through a book of actors trying to find a leading man for her next movie, she had that kind of power in the 30's. she looked out the window and picked a newly contracted bit player...

cary grant.

Posted by: musical jolly chimp at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (Pg+x7)

752 @725 That was not a comment on Brennan as an actor.
He was an old school conservative, a member of the John Birch Society.
He suspected John Wayne of being a communist sympathizer.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (8ZmvG)

753 OK, now for the hottest actress of all time

I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (+8+gB)

754 726 Dorothy Parker saw Hepburn in a stage play and said Hepburn captured the gamut of emotions from A to B.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:01 PM (d6Ksn)

And that was KATHARINE Hepburn she said that about.

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (2VrwR)

755 745 The most disliked actress in Hollywood has to be Irene Dunne. She was to the right of James Woods and they hated her for it

Never won an Oscar, which makes the Oscars a joke
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (+8+gB)

Wonderful actress. Cary Grant loved her (er, I mean as an actress).

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (QE8X6)

756 William Bendix.



Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (Y8PSl)

+++Ah, yes.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (9+jnX)

757 Yud - never saw it or heard of it, would like to now

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (BbGew)

758 ''Dorothy Parker saw Hepburn in a stage play and said Hepburn captured the gamut of emotions from A to B. ''

Her best role was Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was perfect.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (jm1YL)

759 The recently deceased Peter Fonda also sucked as an actor (people say he was good in Ulee's Gold, but I never saw that, only the now ridiculously unwatchable "Easy Rider")

Another movie that is now ridiculously unwatchable: Billy Jack.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (d6Ksn)

760 752 @725 That was not a comment on Brennan as an actor.
He was an old school conservative, a member of the John Birch Society.
He suspected John Wayne of being a communist sympathizer.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (8ZmvG)

Walter was born up here in MA, near the cape

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (+8+gB)

761 Leonardo DiCaprio best work was The Departed. My opinion.

Posted by: The Guy at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (4cEdi)

762 I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (+8+gB)

Audrey Hepburn.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (hpTWt)

763 I don't care how much any of you embittered curmudgeons hate Ben Stiller. Tropic Thunder is great.
Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (hpTWt)

True. Fun movie. I like Stiller, mostly, but not Meet The Parents. That movie hits too close to home. The awkward interactions with the dickish in-laws really makes me uncomfortable, because that was me with my wife's family.

Yrrch.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (8qegj)

764 OK, now for the hottest actress of all time

I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar

Posted by: REDACTED

I can support this.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (Dhht7)

765 Nice list Caliban. Toss in NxNW and the one he played the skipper on the pink submarine.

Cary Grant story though I never confirmed.

Was offered the lead in The Music Man.

His reply along the line of,

"Are you nuts? You've got the perfect man for that playing the lead on Broadway right now."

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (A9A9H)

766 Best performance was A Perfect World.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (dUJdY)


Directed by Clint Eastwood.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (Y8PSl)

767 I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar

Rita Hayworth.

Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 04:10 PM (dUJdY)

768 Wonderful actress. Cary Grant loved her (er, I mean as an actress).
Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (QE8X6)

CG always said she was the one that got away

She was all biz, unlike, say a young Loretta

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:10 PM (+8+gB)

769 753 OK, now for the hottest actress of all time

I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (+8+gB)

Elizabeth Taylor

Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 04:10 PM (2VrwR)

770 Another movie that is now ridiculously unwatchable: Billy Jack.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (d6Ksn)


I tried a couple times when it was on tv. Lasted 20 minutes at best.

Posted by: Captain Hate at August 18, 2019 04:11 PM (y7DUB)

771 The actors with the most range? Character actors. They can go from mean SOBs in one movie to soft hearted sweeties in the next and be absolutely believable as both.
Posted by: Tuna

Jack Elam

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:11 PM (arJlL)

772 ''The recently deceased Peter Fonda also sucked as an actor (people say he was good in Ulee's Gold, but I never saw that, only the now ridiculously ''

He was okay. I think he played his father in that one. Even had his father's walk.

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:11 PM (jm1YL)

773 767 I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar

Rita Hayworth.
Posted by: Jewells45 at August 18, 2019 04:10 PM (dUJdY)

This aint a dutch auction

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:11 PM (+8+gB)

774 In my opinion Streep and Pacino are the only ones to consider, and yes to both.

I don't see the rest being all THAT highly rated to begin with. They kind of are what they are. Quirky (stiller), or solid B grade/contrived artsy (Bening) or an marvel ensamble supporting actor or so so movie lead (Ruffalo)

Posted by: Keith at August 18, 2019 04:12 PM (jdGlx)

775 Hedy was not only beautiful, she was brilliant. She actually helped develop a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:12 PM (d6Ksn)

776 Sorry, Burt Lancaster in "The Crimson Pirate." Also loved him in "Local Hero" as someone mentioned.

Posted by: Art Rondelet of Malmsey at August 18, 2019 04:12 PM (S+f+m)

777
The most disliked actress in Hollywood has to be Irene Dunne. She was to the right of James Woods and they hated her for it

Never won an Oscar, which makes the Oscars a joke
Posted by: REDACTED


And yet Walter Brennan won THREE of them.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at August 18, 2019 04:13 PM (aKsyK)

778
I'll open the bidding with Hedy Lamar
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:07 PM (+8+gB)

Elizabeth Taylor
Posted by: m at August 18, 2019 04:10 PM (2VrwR)

Well, this went to shit in a heartbeat

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:13 PM (+8+gB)

779 Yud - never saw it or heard of it, would like to now
Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (BbGew

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Yeah, I had no idea she was a famous author until I was a freaking adult. She tutored me for my Bar Mitzvah, later did my Torah Study, knew several ancient languages, was a professor at a prestigious university, and was a firefighter in my town before. That's how I knew her.

Never knew she was famous til my mom offhandedly mentioned it one day, LOL.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:13 PM (5aX2M)

780 Her best role was Eleanor of Aquitaine. She was perfect.
Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:08 PM (jm1YL)

Hepburn had what very few women and only a few more men can pull off, 'command presence'.

Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:13 PM (hpTWt)

781 I must say, it warms my heart to see all the hate for Meryl. I suppose that's wrong of me. She is a goddess to my godless commie faux elitist inlaws.

Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:14 PM (QE8X6)

782 Always found Hedy's looks timeless. Beautiful in any era.

Posted by: olddog in mo at August 18, 2019 04:15 PM (Dhht7)

783 Greta Garbo and Ingrid Bergman weren't chopped liver.

And Catherine Denevue was a stunning beauty, although she always struck me as cold.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:15 PM (d6Ksn)

784 When Walter Brennan would be asked to read for a role, he'd ask,
"With, or without?"

Sometimes a director would fall for it, and ask, with or without what?
"Teeth!"

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 04:15 PM (8ZmvG)

785 Looked up Never promised you a rose garden, Mel is a unnamed baseball player in the movie.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:16 PM (BbGew)

786 775 Hedy was not only beautiful, she was brilliant. She actually helped develop a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes during WWII.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 04:12 PM (d6Ksn)


Guided torpedoes, wonder where she came up with that ?

While shooting Ecstasy, maybe

Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:16 PM (+8+gB)

787 Worst casting - John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
Posted by: Vasily Balzfalov

Charlton Heston as a Mexican police detective in A Touch of Evil.

Posted by: BifBewalski at August 18, 2019 04:17 PM (VcFUs)

788 I worded that badly, Cap'n.
I thought he was great in Under Siege.

Hottest actress?
Um, what day is it?

YeVonne was a total biscuit from The Ten Commandments all the way through McKlintock.

Jaclyn Smith waay up the list too.

Ingrid
Maureen
Grace

The list goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 04:17 PM (A9A9H)

789 I always thought Olivia de Havilland was quite beautiful

Posted by: Tuna at August 18, 2019 04:17 PM (jm1YL)

790 Nood. Food.

Posted by: washrivergal at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (9+jnX)

791 I remember when Keanu Reeves was trying to act in Serious Film.

The Critic mocked him by casting him in Merchant Of Venice. "if you prick my finger do I not, like, get bummed?"

Posted by: Boulder t'hobo at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (ivv5l)

792 Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 04:09 PM (A9A9H)

Makes me like him even more.

Operation Petticoat was the pink Submarine movie. With bonus Tony Curtis, who is great in everything he ever did.

They even made a TV series out of it in the '70s.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (ijEPD)

793 Ward Bond was in just about every movie made by John Ford and dozens of others in the 1940's. Got his reward in Wagon Train.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (ffwQz)

794 Orson Welles said that James Cagney might be the finest actor to appear in front of a camera. I concur.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (AZD0r)

795 Will Ferrell, its a niche market, but he is the most unfunny comedic actor.

Posted by: seamusmeboy at August 18, 2019 04:19 PM (iFUK8)

796 "I think he was 25 when he started looking like a 70 year old in movies."

Being gassed in WWI probably didn't do much for his youthful good looks.

Posted by: Vasily Balzfalov at August 18, 2019 04:20 PM (KoKdw)

797 Irene Dunne

Seems like a very interesting, grounded person.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at August 18, 2019 04:20 PM (u82oZ)

798 I must say, it warms my heart to see all the hate for Meryl. I suppose that's wrong of me. She is a goddess to my godless commie faux elitist inlaws.
Posted by: Caliban at August 18, 2019 04:14 PM (QE8X6)

I just saw The Devil Wears Prada on TV last night. Got sucked into it with the wife and watched it through to the end. Reinforced my already solid contempt for the high fashion industry, NYC swells and east coast Journalism tropes.

Streep was... bland. Playing the cliche cold, driven bitch with no real character development or nuance. Had 1-2 scenes that moderately stretched her performance. Writing and directing might have played a role but just more blah in a blah movie full of blah performances.

Posted by: Keith at August 18, 2019 04:21 PM (jdGlx)

799 James Cagney has to be also up at the top, he is fantastic in Mr Roberts

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:22 PM (BbGew)

800 Food Thread is up, celebrating the celebration of victory over the Moors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 18, 2019 04:22 PM (DMUuz)

801 I am new here. How do you print an earlier post in the "Comments" box (like everyone here does) in order to respond to it?

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM (ffwQz)

802 Food thread?
Meh.
Snooty I can do without.

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 04:25 PM (A9A9H)

803 Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM (ffwQz)

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Old school. Select, copy and paste.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:25 PM (5aX2M)

804 I like Gene Hackman because I never see Gene Hackman playing someone. I see the character he plays.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2019 04:25 PM (ufFY8)

805 755 745 The most disliked actress in Hollywood has to be Irene Dunne. She was to the right of James Woods and they hated her for it

Never won an Oscar, which makes the Oscars a joke
Posted by: REDACTED at August 18, 2019 04:06 PM (+8+gB)


Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar. The Oscars are a farce.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 18, 2019 04:26 PM (AZD0r)

806 Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM

Just don't do it or you will get pixy banned in a heartbeat

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:26 PM (BbGew)

807 Guided torpedoes, wonder where she came up with that ?

Truth of the matter, her first husband was an industrialist, and she remembered a lot of what he discussed with scientists. She was smart enough to understand the principles involved, though.

Her listed co-inventor on the code-skip device was the avant-garde composer George Antheil. You just have to say, things were different in those days.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 04:26 PM (8ZmvG)

808 Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM

If you mean copy a comment up thread just copy and paste

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:27 PM (BbGew)

809 Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.

When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.

Posted by: JAS


Was that "Rope"? An Alfred Hitchcock movie?

Stewart was a favorite of Hitchcock, along with Cary Grant.

Posted by: Bozo Conservative....outlaw in America at August 18, 2019 04:28 PM (S6Pax)

810 I missed commentary on recent (10/15 years), great actors. Most commented are mid twentieth century actors.

Carey Grant's first movie was in '32
Hedy Lamarr's first movie was in '33
Rita Hayworth first movie was in '33

Posted by: Braenyard at August 18, 2019 04:28 PM (nhBb/)

811 Halfway through the list, but the greatest technical actor in my book is Bette Davis.

She could make any line of dialogue sound like Shakespeare. And make you think she was glamorous and beautiful through sheer force of will.

Lifetime Achievement Award: Bette Davis and Denzel Washington.

Posted by: Texican ette at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (gou4q)

812 I am new here. How do you print an earlier post in the "Comments" box (like everyone here does) in order to respond to it?
Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM (ffwQz)

copy and paste

Don't copy and paste the entire thread. I'm in the barrel haul of infamy for that little jewel.

Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (cknjq)

813 Morons watch a lot more TV (haven't owned one in 20 years)
And send mobiesa lot more than I do
Last movie in a theater was the lZyBoutne movie with Damon

Posted by: Kurt at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (ljFsL)

814 Now we're willowed, Robert O'Rourke wants all you racist voters in the most racist country to vote for him

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (BbGew)

815 Nicholas cage was great in Leaving Las Vegas (sue me) and I have enjoyed several Tom Cruise flics, anyone that can pull Nicole Kidman and other totties reminds me of myself ...NEVER...I coulda been Karl Malden but my schnozz was too big.

Posted by: saf at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (5IHGB)

816 I always liked Dean Martin as an actor.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:30 PM (arJlL)

817 Being gassed in WWI probably didn't do much for his youthful good looks.

Bogart was a Naval MP. A prisoner got away, and hit him with the handcuffs. With a lip scar like that, you'll never make it as an actor.

Posted by: Stringer Davis at August 18, 2019 04:30 PM (8ZmvG)

818 DiCaprio was marvelous in Great Gatsby. I forgive him his leftist stupidity for that performance.

He wasn't bad in the True Grit remake either.

Posted by: Rollory at August 18, 2019 04:30 PM (GyUSX)

819 Garth, copy and paste another comment from here is fine.

From some other site?
You have to do something like paste it into wordpad ( NOT WORD!! ) first or you'll screw things up.

Best ask someone better than me at this though.

Posted by: teej at August 18, 2019 04:30 PM (A9A9H)

820 @718 --

My favorite William Powell movie: "The Senator Was Indiscreet."

Politico keeps diary of party's secrets. Reporter learns of this and tries to get it.

Hilarious repeated scene: "You Know Who" calls "Theodore" to tell him to alert officeholders to pack for a getaway. It's quite a long list.

A sample:

"Major Culpepper in New Orleans. Colonel Culpepper in Birmingham. General Culpepper in Atlanta."

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:30 PM (xa57W)

821 728 Brie Larson is not an actress. She's a hashtag that you have to feed.
Posted by: Vanya at August 18, 2019 04:02 PM (hpTWt)


I was taken on an office outing to go see the Marvel Endgame movie. Brie Larson is charmless.

Posted by: Reggie1971 at August 18, 2019 04:31 PM (AZD0r)

822 Skip-

Has it rained by you ?

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:31 PM (arJlL)

823 816 Kurt that means you

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:32 PM (BbGew)

824 Don't copy and paste the entire thread. I'm in the barrel haul of infamy for that little jewel.



Posted by: weirdflunky at August 18, 2019 04:29 PM (cknjq)

I've done that twice.

Posted by: Vendette at August 18, 2019 04:32 PM (1Kr4l)

825 I think Kurt just had a stroke. Someone call his mom to check on him.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:32 PM (8qegj)

826 James Stewart, alma mater Princeton,
avocation, pilot USAA, first movie '32

Posted by: Braenyard at August 18, 2019 04:34 PM (nhBb/)

827 I'd put Robert DeNiro in a class by himself as the most over-rated "actor" in the history of film.


He's been trading on two movies, Taxi Driver and Godfather II, for going on 50 years now, and has been doing nothing but crappy work in crappy movies the entire time.

I'd make one exception, the movie whose name I can't at the moment remember, where he's the owner of a jazz club in Montreal and a jewel thief by night (in cahoots with Marlon Brando). Ed Norton was in it also.


Posted by: Baghdad Al at August 18, 2019 04:34 PM (XuBZu)

828 JT no, not all day

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:35 PM (BbGew)

829 /mash-up despicable dumbos sock

Posted by: Hierominous Botch at August 18, 2019 04:36 PM (XuBZu)

830 Its been thundering all afternoon here, but like 3 drops of rain so far.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:36 PM (arJlL)

831 I think MisHum copy and pasted the entire thread receintly

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:36 PM (BbGew)

832 I think Kurt just had a stroke. Someone call his mom to check on him.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:32 PM (8qegj)

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No, don't!

She doesn't deserve this. I'm sure she wants to retire one day. No more working to pay the mortgage on a house big enough to sustain his lifestyle, or banging out hot pockets and chicken tenders, and changing out chamberpots during his Halo marathons.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:37 PM (5aX2M)

833 I think MisHum copy and pasted the entire thread receintly

He was just showing off.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:37 PM (arJlL)

834 Old school. Select, copy and paste.

Thanks!

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:37 PM (ffwQz)

835 I am new here. How do you print an earlier post in the "Comments" box (like everyone here does) in order to respond to it?
Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:23 PM (ffwQz)

If you are on a laptop or desktop: highlight the text you want to copy with the cursor, right-click on the highlighted block, select "copy", go to the comment window, right-click, and hit "paste". Same as if you were working within a word processor. If you are on a phone, i cannot help you with that.

Note: if the text you copy contains "forbidden" characters, like smart quotes, em-dashes, or curly apostrophes, Pixyware (the controlling software for this site) will throw up an error screen. One way to deal with that is to first paste the relevant text into a text editor, like Notepad, and copy from there to the comment box.

BTW, Welcome to the HQ!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2019 04:38 PM (a72/q)

836 Had nothing, sun has been out all day, I have a little micro climate that storms go north, south stop from the west from me.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:38 PM (BbGew)

837 and changing out chamberpots during his Halo marathons.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:37 PM (5aX2M)

Ah, good point. Poor lady deserves better.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:38 PM (8qegj)

838 Speaking of What's Up Doc, I think they should do a re-make of For Pete's Sake. Great screwball comedy and Streisand was great in it.

Posted by: Texican ette at August 18, 2019 04:39 PM (gou4q)

839 AOP-

I have in my possession a file, that is tapered in width from the standard thickness to almost nothing.

What would that be used for ?

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (arJlL)

840 We're nineteen years into this century and not one great actor.

Posted by: Braenyard at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (nhBb/)

841 DiCaprio was good in Gangs Of New York. Amazingly, so was Carmen Diaz (who impresses me as probably an a-hole in real life.)

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (ffwQz)

842 Judging from the activity next door, I will soon have at least a dozen Mexicans moving into a three bedroom house.

That's just super.

Cars. All over the place. I officially live in Matamoros del Norte.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (8qegj)

843 I like Nic Cage, Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves. I just checked and the majority of the movies purchased on my kindle star one of them. I also don't think Ben Stiller is that bad.

Agree on Julia Roberts, though. I think Mystic Pizza was the only movie I've seen of hers where the sound of her nasally whine or the rictus grin on her face didn't drive me crazy. and Mark Ruffalo is awful. Really, no there there. Who'd he fck to get into the MCU? Or was that just a prize for super wokeness?

And since we're talking about celebs, I was unsurprised to hear that Liam Hemsworth and walking disaster Miley "Almost at Peak Lohan" Cyrus are divorcing. No one could have seen * that * coming.

Posted by: Gem at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (XoAz8)

844 729 Eddie Murphy probably doesn't get as much credit as he deserves as an actor. He dominated the box office for a good decade or so.

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One of those comedic actors I'm talking about. Wrote his own stiff, a lot of it, and was just absolutely hilarious on stage or screen for many years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:03 PM (5aX2M)


There again Murphy is one of those guys who plays himself - Axel Foley and Billie Rae Valentine and Reggie Hammond and the donkey from Shrek are the same person.

Every time he tried to branch out, like in Boomerang, the movie flopped.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (h2Bdk)

845 Stiller isn't so bad. Zoolander 1 and 2 and Tropic Thunder were very very good.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 18, 2019 04:41 PM (ZCSdL)

846 Welcome. Garth Hudson!

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:41 PM (xa57W)

847 I never saw Gregory Peck do anything that wasn't terrible.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 18, 2019 04:42 PM (ZCSdL)

848 JT - round or flat?
I have files in all kinds of shapes, use the all

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:42 PM (BbGew)

849 There again Murphy is one of those guys who plays himself - Axel Foley and Billie Rae Valentine and Reggie Hammond and the donkey from Shrek are the same person.

Every time he tried to branch out, like in Boomerang, the movie flopped.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (h2Bdk)


The first Dr. Doolittle was quite fun. Murphy played it straight.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:43 PM (Y8PSl)

850 You know who has a really wide acting range? Val Kilmer. He can play believable characters who are nothing like each other.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 18, 2019 04:43 PM (h2Bdk)

851 The first Dr. Doolittle was quite fun. Murphy played it straight.
Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:43 PM (Y8PSl)


That's one I didn't see. Looked like the same old thing from the previews.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 18, 2019 04:44 PM (h2Bdk)

852 JT - round or flat?
I have files in all kinds of shapes, use the all
Posted by: Skip

Flat Like Brie Larson's bum

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:45 PM (arJlL)

853 I never saw Gregory Peck do anything that wasn't terrible.

Big Country

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:46 PM (arJlL)

854 AOP-

I have in my possession a file, that is tapered in width from the standard thickness to almost nothing.

What would that be used for ?
Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:40 PM (arJlL)

I don't know, other than maybe for filing in places a standard-width file won't fit?

Warding file, maybe? (risks short URL)

https://www.pferdusa.com/products/201a/201a02/
index.html

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at August 18, 2019 04:46 PM (a72/q)

855 Welcome. Garth Hudson!

Thanks. I turned 82 last week and am very hunched over. But at least I am still alive (along with Robbie who was in a few bad movies thanks to Scorsese), unlike Richard, Rick, and Levon.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:47 PM (ffwQz)

856 That's one I didn't see. Looked like the same old thing from the previews.

Posted by: Ace's liver at August 18, 2019 04:44 PM (h2Bdk)


I was surprised because it wasn't the same old thing. The 'talking to the animals part' he played very straight, as in confused and wanting to hide it. But eventually he accepts his gift. Give it a shot.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:48 PM (Y8PSl)

857 I use tapered files in spaces like a steel door where you might need the point to elongate a hole or can get the whole file in.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:48 PM (BbGew)

858 Garth Hudson --

So what brought you to this site?

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:49 PM (xa57W)

859 Julia Roberts.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at August 18, 2019 04:49 PM (sPJyv)

860 I liked The Omen.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:50 PM (5aX2M)

861 I don't know, other than maybe for filing in places a standard-width file won't fit?

Warding file, maybe? (risks short URL)

Its about an inch wide

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:51 PM (arJlL)

862 Oh, and Ace's liver, stick with the first Dr. Doolittle; the sequels were not as good.

Posted by: RickZ at August 18, 2019 04:51 PM (Y8PSl)

863 Yeah Garth welcome, gun thread later, movie threads most Saturday or the fishing thread if not.
24 hr 365 day entertainment

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:52 PM (BbGew)

864 For de-burring threads mebbe ?

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 04:52 PM (arJlL)

865 I think you do a follow-up post on those who are under-rated and under-appreciated.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at August 18, 2019 04:53 PM (sPJyv)

866 GH --

You're 82? That's my dad's age.

You will quickly learn that almost everyone in the Horde is 29, yet they saw the "Road" movies in first release.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:53 PM (xa57W)

867 "You know who has a really wide acting range? Val Kilmer. He can play believable characters who are nothing like each other."
Val Kilmer - an awesome actor who can even make Tom Cruise look good.

Posted by: Mutnodjmet at August 18, 2019 04:54 PM (sPJyv)

868 You're 82? That's my dad's age.

You will quickly learn that almost everyone in the Horde is 29, yet they saw the "Road" movies in first release.
Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 04:53 PM (xa57W)

I actually feel young here, being in the 53 year old version of 29.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 04:54 PM (8qegj)

869
So what brought you to this site?

Links from other sites, most likely in the Comment section of Conservative Treehouse. Had to find something new after some of my old sites became infected with TDS, and hence, unreadable. Most disturbing has been the demise of National Review which I started reading in the 70's.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:55 PM (ffwQz)

870 Files are some of my favorite tools, they no doubt all have exact names but I just use them where I need that shape and size.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 04:57 PM (BbGew)

871
I actually have to kind of defend Harrison Ford. Because the lovable rogues that made him (Han and Indy) are NOTHING like the man himself. Every interview I've seen him in, he's a dimwitted, humorless prig. So when he plays the opposite, and makes it believable, that's skill.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at August 18, 2019 04:57 PM (eXA4G)

872 Most disturbing has been the demise of National Review which I started reading in the 70's.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 04:55 PM (ffwQ

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I wasn't alive until '83, but I was an NR subscriber since I was a teenager. Still have the issue announcing Buckley's death in plastic. I'm not sure it's possible to be more disappointed in Lowry than I am

And, he looks like Butt-Head. Sad!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 04:59 PM (5aX2M)

873 Garth - hang out, follow along, comment on what you feel like. As said this is a 24/7 site.
Usually a old thread as this is dies off in comments quickly but as the food thread is a specialty is is still going longer than most.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 05:00 PM (BbGew)

874 809 Jimmy Stewart once did a very strange film. He was a lefty professor dishing up anti-Western Christianity and one of his students killed a friend "just for fun." I cannot find the film on imdb.com.

When he found out what they did, he was beside himself with grief.

Posted by: JAS

It was based on the Leopold-Loeb murder of Bobby Frank. 1920's America was deeply shocked that 2 kids from affluent families could murder a smaller boy just for the fun of it.

We've really progressed since then.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&V at August 18, 2019 05:02 PM (d6Ksn)

875 KATE HUDSON
Julia Roberts
Natalie Wood
Jean Harlow
Ave Gardner-gorgeous without substance

BRAD PITT
Ben Stiller
Sean Penn
Ralph Macchio
Tom Cruise

Posted by: ZaN at August 18, 2019 05:03 PM (NLEnr)

876

You're 82? That's my dad's age.

Sorry, I was pretending to be my screen name...the real Garth Hudson, Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame, (The Band) who is 82.







Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:03 PM (ffwQz)

877 Robert De Niro used to great when he had good material to work with. The past 30 years have been dreadful, made worse with his Hollywood half-wit social warrior posturing.

The comedy "Analyze This" is about the only exception that comes to mind.

Posted by: Mathew Slater at August 18, 2019 05:06 PM (eebpS)

878 The running joke is everyone is 29, almost no one is. Just by life stories I'd guess most are 50s, 60s next, then 40s

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 05:07 PM (BbGew)

879 I actually forgot that Gregory Peck was in the Omen, a very good movie I hadn't seen in a long time. So, I guess Gregory Peck wasn't quite as bad as I thought.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 18, 2019 05:10 PM (ZCSdL)

880 879
I actually forgot that Gregory Peck was in the Omen, a very good movie I
hadn't seen in a long time. So, I guess Gregory Peck wasn't quite as
bad as I thought.

Posted by: Panchito Pistoles at August 18, 2019 05:10 PM (ZCSdL)

The second Dr. Who was in the Omen.
Patrick Houghton, I think is his name. He was the priest that got impaled.
He should have stayed in the TARDIS.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at August 18, 2019 05:12 PM (ufFY8)

881 It was based on the Leopold-Loeb murder of Bobby Frank. 1920's America was deeply shocked that 2 kids from affluent families could murder a smaller boy just for the fun of it.

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That always disturbed me, because I don't think it was just for the fun of it - I think it was to prove they could get away with it. More workmanlike.

I've done things to see if I could as a kid, and some pretty bad ones. But murdering a schoolmate? That's pathological. I think people have a hard time because they can see it as a reflection of their own envelope-pushing behavior, only amplified to an extreme degree.

They'd rather believe it's insane thrillkilling because they don't see any of that in themselves.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 05:14 PM (5aX2M)

882 Watching Face Off with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage switching faces but I'm confused already

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 05:15 PM (BbGew)

883 I generally liked Gregory Peck, but could never forgive him for the anti-Robert Bork "public service announcement" he made. He made Ted Kennedy's speech against Bork sound sane!

Posted by: jayhawkone at August 18, 2019 05:17 PM (VZ+vk)

884 That movie would be Rope. Stewart - Hitchcock.

Posted by: piratepatch at August 18, 2019 05:18 PM (taXNc)

885
I wasn't alive until '83, but I was an NR subscriber since I was a teenager. Still have the issue announcing Buckley's death in plastic. I'm not sure it's possible to be more disappointed in Lowry than I am

Hah! I also have a preserved copy of the Buckley tribute issue, plus the very first issue (which I got online).

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:19 PM (ffwQz)

886 In 1999, I saw Bening in a preview performance of "Hedda Gabler," and she was the only actor who made mistakes.

Posted by: lyn at August 18, 2019 05:22 PM (VywoJ)

887 Thunder off to north of me

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 05:23 PM (BbGew)

888 Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:19 PM (ffwQz)

And here I was going to congratulate you for being almost as old as I!

Posted by: Grannymimi at August 18, 2019 05:27 PM (u5LFV)

889 It rained briefly here.

Just enough if I sit outside, I'll get a wet ass.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 05:29 PM (arJlL)

890 My Fair Lady on TCM. I usually like Audrey Hepburn but she way overacts Liza Doolittle, thinking she needs to scream to deliver a proper Cockney accent

Pity is that she stole the role from Julie Andrews who originated the role on stage, but had never done a movie. And Julie sang her own songs, in four octaves hitting notes that only dogs could hear

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2019 05:30 PM (ENgJj)

891
And here I was going to congratulate you for being almost as old as I!
Posted by: Grannymimi at August 18, 2019 05:27 PM (u5LFV)

Yes, just a youthful 67.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:31 PM (ffwQz)

892 True Horde fact :

Grannymimi doesn't smell like a bullfrog.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 05:32 PM (arJlL)

893 issue (which I got online).
Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:19 PM (ffwQz)

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Cool... where? I would love to have that, but all I can find from that time is Priscilla.

I bet it costs an awful lot, huh?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 05:33 PM (5aX2M)

894 I really enjoyed The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. I suppose someone other than Stiller could have done as well, but Stiller did a good job. And he directed it.

Posted by: max blancke at August 18, 2019 05:34 PM (M0psN)

895 Robert Mitchum was underrated and usually great in his roles, especially Cape Fear and that preacher one

He was the opposite of a method actor. "Know your lines; don't bump into the furniture"

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2019 05:36 PM (J/2GT)

896 Robert Mitchum was underrated and usually great in his roles, especially Cape Fear and that preacher one

Night of the Hunter

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 05:38 PM (arJlL)

897 "Leaning"

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 05:39 PM (arJlL)

898 Cool... where? I would love to have that, but all I can find from that time is Priscilla.

I bet it costs an awful lot, huh?
.........

I think I got it on Amazon shortly after Buckley's death. Probably less than $20, otherwise I would have passed.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 05:40 PM (ffwQz)

899 Hottest?

Gene Tierney.

That is all.

Posted by: Utility muffin at August 18, 2019 05:41 PM (oS0xz)

900 I have in my possession a file, that is tapered in width from the standard thickness to almost nothing.

If it's relatively small, I'd call it a Swiss file. You can use them to un-munge threads and de-burr inside corners (or even cut a sharper inside corner in sheet metal).

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 05:42 PM (OiC69)

901 Most of the old actors played roles in war movies I fell in love with as a kid.

Posted by: Skip at August 18, 2019 05:48 PM (BbGew)

902 Whoops, I read thickness and you said width.

Sometiines you just don't have room, like in a slot or something. A file tapered like that at least offers a portion of a stroke during de-burr.

Posted by: t-bird at August 18, 2019 05:48 PM (Ydn2k)

903 Ryan Reynolds is OK with a bag over his head.

Posted by: Richard McEnroe at August 18, 2019 05:52 PM (ABuva)

904 Probably less than $20, otherwise I would have passed.

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Smart.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at August 18, 2019 05:56 PM (5aX2M)

905 Robert Mitchum and William Holden are fave actors.

Posted by: JT at August 18, 2019 06:09 PM (arJlL)

906 https://dailym.ai/2KSEyKN
*******
Jeffrey Epstein kept 'detailed' secret diary as an 'insurance policy' | Daily Mail Online

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 06:09 PM (BqBId)

907 @877 --

"Midnight Run." One of those movies I have to watch to the end, no matter where I came in.

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 06:13 PM (HztAI)

908 Loved Holden in Kwai

With or without parachutes?

Posted by: Ignoramus at August 18, 2019 06:15 PM (1E+fX)

909 906 https://dailym.ai/2KSEyKN
*******
Jeffrey Epstein kept 'detailed' secret diary as an 'insurance policy' | Daily Mail Online

Posted by: Deep State is in Deep Shit at August 18, 2019 06:09 PM (BqBId)


Aaaand, it's gone.

Posted by: The FIB at August 18, 2019 06:19 PM (DTX3h)

910 Sir Roger Moore quoted this acting advice from (a drunken) Lee Marvin:

"Say your marks and hit the lines!"

Posted by: Weak Geek at August 18, 2019 06:21 PM (HztAI)

911 Stiller is nails-on-a-chalkboard unpleasant for me. Has he done anything that isn't sophomoric and formulaic?

I liked Stiller in The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at August 18, 2019 06:37 PM (7A4qQ)

912 Annette Bening was very good in "Open Range" - which Kevin Costner directed. Beautifully photographed, well acted, a good story. The gunfight at the end is stunning. One detail I liked is that the entire scene was presented without music. It's as if Costner was saying that this is too serious, too important to be tarted up with music.
Ben Stiller was good in "Flirting With Disaster" and "Tropic Thunder" (which Stiller produced). The "Night at the Museum" movies are good family shows; for the adults, the opening scene in the second film, which Stiller played with his real-life mother Anne Meara is hilarious, and touching.
Ruffalo is a one-trick pony; but I think he does what he does pretty well.

Posted by: Brown Line at August 18, 2019 06:57 PM (S6ArX)

913
422 has Val Kilmer been outstanding in anything?

Oh, and Thunderheart. I love that one.
Posted by: Bandersnatch, fish brag pics welcome at e-mail in nic at August 18, 2019 03:11 PM (fuK7c)


Agreed. I loved Graham Greene in that one, too.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at August 18, 2019 07:03 PM (dyaak)

914 Gregory Peck

Posted by: Henry Lee at August 18, 2019 07:12 PM (ZaZvt)

915 Vin Deisel.

But I watch the Riddick movies every time they are on.

Posted by: Yobobbyb at August 18, 2019 07:15 PM (et0yP)

916 DiCaprio was great in Inception.

Jennifer Connelly and Val Kilmer suck in every movie.

Posted by: Rapapo at August 18, 2019 07:19 PM (2Cm6i)

917 Cloney is scraping the crap out the bottom of the outhouse. Oh. SP? Clooney. Worse than ANYONE.

Posted by: Oh look there's a nazi squirrel. at August 18, 2019 07:21 PM (64PZ4)

918 Long ago, I enjoyed watching Tom Hanks and Will Ferrell. But have not seen either one in a movie in years. On the other hand enjoy a lot of character actors, who are often under rated. Such as Adam Baldwin, Thomas Hayden Church and Alan Tudyk.

Posted by: YatYas at August 18, 2019 07:25 PM (xN9Un)

919 Leonardo DiCaprio (great in "Blood Diamond")

That's not right. Whether you hate DiCaprio or not, he is excellent in all his roles and he tends to pick pretty good roles, on top of that. He is not overrated, at all.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at August 18, 2019 07:27 PM (UILOn)

920 Shit. Shit. Shit. Has anyone mentioned Tom Hardy?

He's so under the radar that even I, a serious movie moron, forgot to bring him up.

He's top tier, just like Rockwell. he can do comedy, action and drama.

Shit.

Sorry, Tom.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 07:35 PM (8qegj)

921 920 Tom Hardy was great in Inception. Not so great in Dunkirk. Then again he had no lines in that movie.

Posted by: Rapapo at August 18, 2019 07:44 PM (2Cm6i)

922 Tom Hardy was great in Inception. Not so great in Dunkirk. Then again he had no lines in that movie.
Posted by: Rapapo at August 18, 2019 07:44 PM (2Cm6i)

Still a better performance than Kristen Stewart ever could dream of.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 07:49 PM (8qegj)

923 Robert Redford, Joaquin Phoenix, Rosanna Arquette, Patricia Arquette, Idris Elba, Sigourney Weaver, Renée Zellweger . . . it would be easier to list the ones that AREN'T overrated.

Posted by: Beeto O'Rourke at August 18, 2019 07:51 PM (5fSr7)

924 Tom Hardy:

Lawless
Bronson
Band of Brothers
Black Hawk Down
Rock n Rolla

Hell, even Star Trek: Nemesis. He was not the reason the movie sucked.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Actually Irish at August 18, 2019 07:52 PM (8qegj)

925 Out of Africa is my favorite Meryl Streep film. After that, not so much.

And of course in the last 15 years you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting one of her films. "Overexposed" doesn't do it justice. She's the Hollywood equivalent to the politician who shows up for the opening of an envelope.

Now they've cast her in the Little Women remake. That's almost a dealbreaker for me -- though I've seen every version of my favorite book.

Maybe I'll just close my eyes & go "Lalalalalalaaaaa" while she's onscreen.

Posted by: Shopgirl #PatrickIsMahomesie at August 18, 2019 08:15 PM (0NT65)

926 He wasn't a leading man but can I give a shout out for Dan Duryea? He played the best funny/psycho characters as in "Ball of Fire", "Winchester '73" and "Night Passage".

Posted by: Bean Counteress of Rohan at August 18, 2019 08:49 PM (eZfF5)

927 Most overrated in recent years: Hanks - every single character is wooden and on the surface. Also Kenneth Branagh. His Henry V was competent, but he was outshone by everyone else. Most of his modern stuff is rubbish.
Best modern actor: Heath Ledger hands down. The layers he could create in a character were bottomless. Second Gary Oldman.
Underrated female: Anne Hathaway when she gets something she can get her teeth into.
Overrated: Streep, always.

Posted by: Ozwitch at August 18, 2019 08:55 PM (g2hCr)

928 He wasn't a leading man but can I give a shout out for Dan Duryea? He played the best funny/psycho characters as in "Ball of Fire", "Winchester '73" and "Night Passage".

Posted by: Bean Counteress of Rohan at August 18,

Totally agree. His career goes way back to the 1940's.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 09:06 PM (ffwQz)

929 He wasn't a leading man but can I give a shout out for Dan Duryea? He played the best funny/psycho characters as in "Ball of Fire", "Winchester '73" and "Night Passage".
........
He also played "Fredo" type characters before there was a Fredo. The dopey, indolent, inept son or relative in a rich family.

Posted by: Garth Hudson at August 18, 2019 09:25 PM (ffwQz)

930 Most overrated:
Keanu Reeves (he pretty sets the bar for the worst of the worst)
Al Pacino (he plays Al Pacino in every film he does)Tom Hanks (Hanks has phoned it in since the Clinton administration. I just rewatched Castaway. It was torture. I wanted to pop the damned volleyball and drown him in the surf.)DiCaprio (I don't get it. I just don't. King of the World, my ass)Barbara Streisand (stick to singing. Babs)

and from old movies:Mary Astor (The female Keanu Reaves of her generation but had other, ahem, talents that kept her as a fave to studio execs, )

Posted by: Ombudsman at August 18, 2019 09:52 PM (/LVF4)

931 1. Robert DeNiro2. Tom Cruise3. Ben Affleck4. Nicolas Cage (I don't think he is A list, but some may)5. Charlie Sheen (ditto)
I can't think of a single A list actress....

Posted by: BLBeamer at August 18, 2019 10:02 PM (jJbWk)

932 I would love a National Treasure III. On the Adam Carolla show a few weeks ago, Cage said this is the role he would love to reprise but it has never got off the ground. Too many other Disney movies see to get in the way.

Posted by: Fletch at August 18, 2019 11:37 PM (Wxzj0)

933 NeoOtter said any Fondas. Including Henry. Have you never seen "Grapes of Wrath", "The Ox Bow Incident", "My Darling Clementine", "Fort Apache", "Mister Roberts", "The Wrong Man", "12 Angry Men" (his best), "The Tin Star", "Spencer's Mountain", and so may others. You only talk of his late career movies. He was truly a Hollywood icon.

Posted by: Geo at August 19, 2019 12:11 AM (YpPJT)

934 Brad Pitt !
Posted by: Matt Damon!

That"s funny!

Posted by: Geo at August 19, 2019 12:17 AM (YpPJT)

935 128
alright alright alright, Matthew mcconaughey


Go watch Frailty and see if that changes your mind...


Posted by: 18-1
Go watch The Wedding Planner and see if that changes your mind.

Posted by: Geo at August 19, 2019 12:26 AM (YpPJT)

936 Probably ought to change the Stiller part to include the exception of Walter Mitty - - That one probably redeems a half a dozen of his others.

Posted by: Doug at August 19, 2019 12:09 PM (89il5)

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