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

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by GLaDOS

Jennifer Lawrence and Scarlet Johannson

Scarlett Johansson is a national treasure.

[Stanlore]

George Clooney. Given i haven't watched every single movie of his, but... hes like his real persona in every movie.

When i saw Gravity... i was like.... was he even acting at all? It was like he was at a Space Party, and they were filiming without him knowing.

[Batman1980]

Daniel Day-Lewis
Tom Hiddleston

[demonknight]

Meryl Streep
Julia Roberts
Jonah Hill

[AeroK]

Seth Rogen.

[CHEЯNOБLY!]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Daniel Day-Lewis

[jabbercash]

I don't see how anyone can say daniel day lewis could be considered anything but great.

[mjbethancourt]

Johnny Depp is an awful actor who gets blown up out of proportion because the better part of a whole generation (or is it two generations now?) wants to sleep with him; and the only reason Chloe Moretz is a big deal, is because she is the (not so) secret crush of a bunch of creepy pedophiles.

... and the only thing Gosling can act like, is a pud-pulling idiot.

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Huh... I actually consider him very under-rated. I've never met a single person who would call him a "great" actor. Your assessment of "great roles, one-dimensional performer", is the general consensus, I think. Whereas I think that he is and always has been very good, very authentic and convincingly passionate.



Wait... when has Denzel ever played anyone but Denzel?

Sure, I'll admit that sometimes Denzel is guilty of what quite a few other actors tend to do on occasion. Which is to say that he often falls into the trap of just playing himself (many A-List Stars can easily begin to habitually follow this trend, such as George Clooney, Harrison Ford, etc...), but there are some excellent exceptions to that rule, times when Denzel treated fans to great portrayals, such as in...

1.) "Training Day"

2.) "He Got Game"

3.) "Fallen"

Three great, entertaining films. you may not have enjoyed them, although maybe you did ...I wouldn't know. But either way, Denzel gave compelling (and certainly not the usual run-of-the-mill performances in each of these features). Hell, the man won an Academy Award for "Training Day" (one of the few times I actually agreed with the Academy).

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Scarlett Johansson is a national treasure.

THAT'S WHAT I CALL A TREASURE CHEST!!!

All right ...so sue me ...I just couldn't resist!

[Red Dragon]

One, I guess you could say old-school actor, who I never really considered to be a great screen talent would be Robert Mitchum. It may be just a minority opinion (although, several other elder film fans whom I've spoken to over the years have begrudgingly agreed that he wasn't exactly the most versatile of thespians). Heck, let's be honest ...Mitchum had less facial expressions than Robert Stack.

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by Darth Anakin

Daniel Day-Lewis
Tom Hiddleston

Daniel Day-Lewis is the epitome of the term gifted actor...

and Tom Hiddleston was a huge part of what I enjoyed about "Thor", "Thor 2: The Dark World" and "The Avengers" ...plus he made a reeeeeeeaaaaally cool automobile commercial with a bunch of other Brits (you might have seen it ...there was a helicopter and everything!)

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by mjbethancourt

Johnny Depp is an awful actor who gets blown up out of proportion because the better part of a whole generation (or is it two generations now?) wants to sleep with him; and the only reason Chloe Moretz is a big deal, is because she is the (not so) secret crush of a bunch of creepy pedophiles.

... and the only thing Gosling can act like, is a pud-pulling idiot.

Depp once had talent ...and Chloe is okay as an actress ...and Gosling ...ummm Gosling uh... aww who am I kidding ...Gosling might be able to pull off the role of a pud-pulling idiot if he had several more years of intensive acting classes.

[Infernal King]

Red Dragon: Did you know you can multi-quote other posts? There is an icon right next to the Quote button that allows you to do just that.

Originally Posted by dissention

The problem with Mark Wahlberg is that he's not only untalented, but he's a racist ass who threw rocks at black schoolchildren, broke the jaw of his neighbor, blinded a Vietnamese man & continues to not feel guilty about it because he asked for forgiveness...though he admits he didn't ask the people he assaulted and/or disfigured.

Plus, I can't in good conscience pay money to see the man who said about 9/11 "If I was on that plane with my kids, it wouldn’t have went down like it did.” Yup, Dirk Diggler would have swatted away those terra'ists with his massive schlong.

Mark Whalberg is human scum.

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by jabbercash

Harrison Ford. Yes he's been in some outstanding films, but he's never stood out. The only "great" performance he's ever given is in "witness" and he was very good for the role of Indiana Jones, since I cannot see anyone else in that role. With that said, pretty much every performance he's given, including Star Wars, is pretty flat.

I don't think the only great performance he's ever given was in "Witness".

He didn't do too badly in "Blade Runner". He was also somewhat great in "The Fugitive".

[Moviefan2k4]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Scarlett Johansson is a national treasure.

I haven't seen much of her work aside from the MCU, so she'll always be Black Widow to me before anything else. I first saw her in "The Island" with Ewan MacGregor, and the film as a whole didn't impress me.

[Red Dragon]

Originally Posted by Infernal King

Red Dragon: Did you know you can multi-quote other posts? There is an icon right next to the Quote button that allows you to do just that.



Mark Whalberg is human scum.

I hate to admit it, but I'm definitely not the most computer savvy poster!

Side Note: I actually have to admit that really enjoyed at least one Mark Wahlberg film ..."Three Kings". I don't really know very much about him off camera, but truth be told, I love film, I couldn't really care less about an actor's/actress's personal and/or religious beliefs, politics, drug/alcohol abuse, sexual orientation/proclivities, etc... I don't even care if the person is a total raging horribly abusive racist. It's like this ...if I truly enjoy listening to music produced by a certain artist (or viewing paintings, sculptures, plays, films, etc... produced by a certain artist, than I won't stop enjoying the art itself just because I find out the the artist himself/herself is an A**Hole). I'm just able to separate the art from the artist. A particular singer or actor may prove themselves to be an abusive, racist ass, but if I enjoy listening to their music or if I enjoy watching films that they are in then I'll just continue to do so. No disrespect intended, as everyone is certainly entitled to their own opinion, but I learned a long time ago ...just because I enjoy someone's art, doesn't guarantee that I'd actually like the person themselves if I ever had the opportunity to get to know them.

[Thomas Irwin]

Originally Posted by Midnight Rambler

Not only that, she is dumber than a brick wall. She can't even carry on an intelligent conversation for a minute ...

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[Infernal King]

Originally Posted by Red Dragon

I hate to admit it, but I'm definitely not the most computer savvy poster!

Well now you know and knowing is half the battle!

[Buscemi]

I think the main reason why Moretz gets so much attention is her and her parents' inability to turn down a project (and she's done a lot of bad movies, such as Hick and Kick-Ass 2). The girl's only 17 but she's in a movie nearly every month it seems (much like James Franco but much younger). If she keeps this up, she's going to be a train wreck of Lindsay Lohan/Miley Cyrus proportions in a few years.