Actors who are considered these great talents, but you don't quite see it?

[welcometothepartypal]

Going old school on you guys. I never thought Rod Stieger (sp?) was the great actor a lot of people make him out to be. I always feel like he's trying too much, therefore I can see him "acting". I thought he was good in "In the heat of the night" and in "On the waterfront". But everything else I was like "eh".

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by welcometothepartypal

Going old school on you guys. I never thought Rod Stieger (sp?) was the great actor a lot of people make him out to be. I always feel like he's trying too much, therefore I can see him "acting". I thought he was good in "In the heat of the night" and in "On the waterfront". But everything else I was like "eh".

I don't think he was too bad in The Specialist.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by welcometothepartypal

Going old school on you guys. I never thought Rod Stieger (sp?) was the great actor a lot of people make him out to be. I always feel like he's trying too much, therefore I can see him "acting". I thought he was good in "In the heat of the night" and in "On the waterfront". But everything else I was like "eh".

While he gave a few good performances, Steiger is the very definition of a glazed ham who goes so far over the top that he can't even see the top when looking down. It sure is entertaining. American Gothic possesses the quintessential Steiger performance; he's fully committed to his own badness like he's playing Macbeth in front of plebeians who just don't understand!

[welcometothepartypal]

Originally Posted by dissention

While he gave a few good performances, Steiger is the very definition of a glazed ham who goes so far over the top that he can't even see the top when looking down. It sure is entertaining. American Gothic possesses the quintessential Steiger performance; he's fully committed to his own badness like he's playing Macbeth in front of plebeians who just don't understand!

Totally agree! Maybe I'll check out American Gothic for the hell of it.

[Rblu-Dblu]

Nicolas Cage. Can't understand how he keeps getting work.

[Johnny Vinyl]

Jason Statham

[lifepawn]

I'll probably get a lynch mob after me for this, but I'll say Benedict Cumberbatch. If reading lines with always the same blank expression and monotone voice makes someone a great actor then I could get an Oscar.

[blonde_devil]

Okay, here is the big one - Bill Murray. I liked him in some movies but people keep talking about him like he is some acting god and frankly, I don't see it. Don't get me wrong, he was great in Ghostbusters but I wouldn't say great everywhere else.

[Galactus]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Okay, here is the big one - Bill Murray. I liked him in some movies but people keep talking about him like he is some acting god and frankly, I don't see it. Don't get me wrong, he was great in Ghostbusters but I wouldn't say great everywhere else.

Ghostbusters on a good day is his only movie I would watch even if I do I'd watch it only for Ramis and Aykroyd because Murray isn't a good actor (I've seen Lost in Translation and wasn't impressed) he just plays the same obnoxious ass in every movie he's in and judging from his personal quotes over at IMDB and hearing about that story involving the waiter he insulted I'd say probably is an obnoxious ass in real life.

Originally Posted by lifepawn

I'll probably get a lynch mob after me for this, but I'll say Benedict Cumberbatch. If reading lines with always the same blank expression and monotone voice makes someone a great actor then I could get an Oscar.

Couldn't agree more

[s2mikey]

Leo DiCrappio. Yeah, yeah - he was good in that Goober Grape film but has been pretty awful in everything else. Scorcese beats off to him though so he keeps geting big roles. Whatever.

[Jasonic]

Dane Dehaan

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by blonde_devil

Okay, here is the big one - Bill Murray. I liked him in some movies but people keep talking about him like he is some acting god and frankly, I don't see it. Don't get me wrong, he was great in Ghostbusters but I wouldn't say great everywhere else.

Watch "What About Bob?" One of the funniest movies ever made.

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Leo DiCrappio. Yeah, yeah - he was good in that Goober Grape film but has been pretty awful in everything else. Scorcese beats off to him though so he keeps geting big roles. Whatever.

I liked him in The Basketball Diaries.

[LegacyCosts]

Originally Posted by s2mikey

Leo DiCrappio. Yeah, yeah - he was good in that Goober Grape film but has been pretty awful in everything else. Scorcese beats off to him though so he keeps geting big roles. Whatever.

This.

To the person who named Natalie Portman, that is an interesting one. Never heard a complaint about Natalie outside of the dreadful Thor films where she looks as if she has no interest in the role. She is just so lovely.

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by DarkSide2473

...I just don't understand how Mark Wahlberg keeps getting work.

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

Jason Statham

They're considered great acting talents?

[tigertron]

Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson.

Why, just why?

[Reggie Hammond]

Ryan Gosling he seems like this generations Keanu Reeves, decent to great roles tailor made to his lack of range.

[Moviefan2k4]

I'm no expert on the acting process, so take my comments with a grain of salt if you like. That said, I really don't place many actors on pedestals, and it confuses me when others do. Sure, there's several I'd like to meet someday, but I can't think of any who I'm such a fan of, that I have to watch everything they do.

For example, I think Michael Keaton is a very good actor; no one else could pull of the brilliance of characters like Beetlejuice, or the four Dougs in "Multiplicity". He's also a highly underrated stand-up comic as well, and I liked his performance in the recent "RoboCop" film. That said, there's also some stuff he's done that I'll never see...and its the same way regarding other actors.

[assydingo]

Originally Posted by Moviefan2k4

I'm no expert on the acting process, so take my comments with a grain of salt if you like. That said, I really don't place many actors on pedestals, and it confuses me when others do. Sure, there's several I'd like to meet someday, but I can't think of any who I'm such a fan of, that I have to watch everything they do.

Yes I'm much the same. To me acting is one factor of a performance. All the other things like directing, editing, script, lighting, atmosphere, cinematography, sound design, and so forth have to be on point as well. Most actors in the right role with the right group of people behind them making them shine will do a great job.

That's not to say I don't about care actors or am unimpressed by them... but I realize not every acting performance happens under the best circumstance.

[Batman1980]

Daniel Day-Lewis
Tom Hiddleston

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by Johnny Vinyl

Jason Statham

Is he really considered to be a great talent?

My contraversial choice would be post-Scarface Al Pacino. I often found his later performances to be quite embarassing in comparison to his earlier film work.