Overrated Actors/Actresses

[WhiteMamba]

Both are good but Depp's range is uncomparable.

I agree that both are amazing. But IMO Leo is at a different level.

Both are in my top 5 actors.

 

[JohnRandle]

Leo DiCaprio > Johnny Depp

Not sure he's better, but DiCaprio is great also.
Matt Damon as well.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Both are good but Depp's range is uncomparable.

Tom Hanks?

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

nuff said

Brilliant !!

 

[Kid Vicarious]

Not sure he's better, but DiCaprio is great also.
Matt Damon as well.

People give Damon a lot of shit but I think he's great. The way he fucks with people's head like andy kaufman did makes me like him even more.

 

[WhiteMamba]

When I first saw Leo in Whats Eating Gilbert Grape I thought it was an actual mentally challenged child...

Amazing job by Leo... and just a kid...

 

[Kid Vicarious]

Tom Hanks?

gotta love tom hanks. Have you ever seen "Road to Perdition"?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

gotta love tom hanks. Have you ever seen "Road to Perdition"?

Probably one of the few I haven't seen of his. That and the Green Mile.

 

[JohnRandle]

Tom Hanks?

Great actor, but he's been around a lot longer than these guys. Not over rated in the least, even in Bosom Buddies he was good..lol

 

[JDM]

Tom Hanks?

I'll give you that. But he blows dicaprio out of the water.

 

[JDM]

Great actor, but he's been around a lot longer than these guys. Not over rated in the least, even in Bosom Buddies he was good..lol

Was just at my comments about range. I think Depp may show off the ability to rival him as he does more movies though.

 

[Kid Vicarious]

Probably one of the few I haven't seen of his. That and the Green Mile.

Tom hanks is a hitman and his son and him have to go on the run for awhile. My dad brought me to see it and it was one hell of a movie.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Dont know if he has been mentioned but Clooney seems to be a bit overrated. He is the same thing in every movie...

Dont get me wrong, I like several of his movies and like him. The only possible Oscar nomination that is worthy was The Descendants.

ALso I love to look at Jen Aniston and enjoy her movies, but cmon. Its Rachel from friends in every movie but one or two.

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

He also writes his own movies (which tend to be really good). That makes him about ten times more talented than most actors in Hollywood. Plus, he isn't highly regarded at all.

The most overrated actor is Daniel Day-Lewis. It's not because he is a bad actor. He is a quite good actor, maybe top ten in the world. His problem is that he gets ridiculous praise for every part, even when they are unspectacular. Look at Lincoln...he played a guy whose nobody has ever heard. He had an accent that didn't remotely resemble a Midwest accent. He acted like a bumbling fool for most of the movie. He gets one good monologue and it is suddenly a "legendary performance." He's had one truly legendary performance (There Will Be Blood), and even that was a shitty movie. Gangs of New York was good, but he outshone by Liam Neeson, much like Tommy Lee Jones stole the screen from him in Lincoln. When you are only in one movie every five years and you get outshone in 2/3 of them, you aren't the Best Actor of your generation. The best actor alive today is Michael Shannon, so DDL can't possibly live up to his reputation.

Other overrated actors, IMO, are Sean Penn, Russell Crowe, Michael Caine (in old age...much less so when he was younger), and Kevin Spacey.

 

[WhiteMamba]

Hanks is 56 Depp is 50....

I bet Depp has had at least as many movies as Hanks

 

[Berkeley_Blues]

gotta love tom hanks. Have you ever seen "Road to Perdition"?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Kevin Costner? Over, under, or meh?

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

Tom hanks is a hitman and his son and him have to go on the run for awhile. My dad brought me to see it and it was one hell of a movie.

I'll have to check it out.

 

[JDM]

Didn't notice the Kevin spacey comment, but he is great in some good movies. Also, house of cards is one of the better "TV" series I've seen, and spacey as Francis underwood is one of the best characters I've seen.

 

[JohnRandle]

Hanks is 56 Depp is 50....

I bet Depp has had at least as many movies as Hanks

Now that I think of it, you're right. Depp was in the first Nightmare on Elm Street, and 21 Jump Street(TV Series).
About the same time frame as Bosom Buddies, for Hanks.