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Most stars have their moments where they absolutely shine and have their complete off-days. In that aspect they are almost just like "normal" People.
Most of them have achieved more than I ever have. What have you done lately or ever to not be considered overrated?
You liked avatar, but you were BORED in TDK. IMO, avatar was one of the most boring films ever. The only reason it was popular was because of the special effects, which were good, but effects don't make a film. The only cameron films I've ever really gotten into are the terminator films. And arnie made a ton of decent films imo, but I'm a big fan of action films.
For the record, camerons ex wife is alot more talented.
Point break>>>>>>>>>>>>everything cameron has ever done.
Hurt locker>>>>>>>>everything cameron has ever done except the terminator films.
I agree with you that this movie was overrated. I don't know if I'd consider it boring, though. (Although I did get motion sickness halfway through and had to leave the theater for a while)
Also agree about Maggie Gyllenhaal... she may be a better actress than Katie Holmes but she isn't pretty at ALL....
The Rocky Series were great, but Mr Stallone never really made it elsewhere, Yes he could be overrated, I've seen plenty of his work from Nighthawks, to Tango and Cash and Cliffhanger to CopLand and beyond, he's a bit one dimensional often enough. The good thing about the Rocky series was that Stallone was playing a character having the crap knocked out of him in Boxing matches so there was no real need for over performances or good acting, it was fairly routine, but if we 'step outside the ring', he just seems to lose it in other acting capacities. I have nothing against him as an individual, but for the purpose of this here thread,is perhaps, overrated, simply put
I really am... ;)
at any chance was this During the Semi vs. SWAT truck vs Tumbler scene
I agree with @SJK91. Tom is a great star, and his movies always entertain me in some fashion. He has done great films in tons of genres, and has become one of the greatest action stars even in his later years. I'd take him over Brosnan for sure, Moore positively, and doubly sure over Lazenby. The man knows how to entertain.
Personally, my feelings for Cameron are far from jealous. I respect his earlier work and I dislike Avatar for the same reason I dislike the Transformers movies and the Star Wars prequel trilogy. A bunch of special effects thrown together does not a spectacular movie make. Sure it looks good, but has no emotion. Cold film making, I feel no connection to it.
Compare that to films like LOTR where special effects were used heavily, but incredible effort was put into doing as much as possible live action without a green screen. The sets they constructed were amazing and the actors responded to that. It wasn't like watching a movie, it was like watching something that felt real.
Speaking of Transformers, Shia LeBoeuf (or however you spell it) is a hugely overrated actor.
One of his best more like. Demolition Man is the apex of turn your brain off popcorn entertainment. Cracking fun and certainly better than up its own arse stuff like Avatar.
Last Samurai, Jerry McGuire, Valkyrie...
Lets face it: Any film with Tom Cruise is probably worth seeing. At least worth the price of the ticket and popcorn.
Are there any actors or actresses that you think don't get the praise they deserve? I can think of a few, and I can think of a few who I don't think are as good as everyone says
Underrated
Giancarlo Esposito- Breaking Bad gets lots of well deserved praise but when people talk about thenperformances it's always Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul they mention. And they were brilliant, but I thought Giancarlo was equally good. Gus was such an amazing villain and a lot of that was down to his performance. Even just sitting and staring, he managed to look menacing. He wasn't flamboyant, he didn't chew the scenery, he was calm, quiet and composed, and that made him all the more threatening. Amazing villain, great actor. I'd like to see him play a Bond baddy.
Robert Carlyle- He gets his fair share of recognition over here but outside the UK he doesn't seem to get much praise even though he's brilliant. He's also one of the few actors who really blends into every part, he's a cameleon, you never think "oh look it's Robert Carlyle" when you're watching him. He's also really varied and he pulls off pretty much every role, whether he's a laid off factory worker turned stripper or a Russian terrorist who's fallen in love with the girl he captured. I think he's one of the best actors of all time.
Mark Wahlberg- I really like him. He seems like a decent bloke who isn't up his own arse like most Hollywood stars and who feels genuinly bad about mistakes he's made in the past. Great actor too. He can do action, he can do drama and he's brilliant at comedy.
Jason Statham- Again, seems like a really down to earth bloke and he's self aware, he knows what kinds of films he's making, he doest pretend they're anything other than popcorn entrrtainment. He's also the only proper old school action hero of the 21st century. A real badass and a pretty good actor (watch Hummingbird).
Roger Craig Smith- He's a voice actor so I don't expect him to be discussed much but he's still criminally overlooked. People bang on about Nolan North and Mark Hamill but this guy blows them all out of the water. He was Batman in the last game and I think he did better job than the the bloke from the first two (who sounded pretty monotone imo); fanboys just didn't want to admit it. He was also Ezio in Assassin's Creed and he gave one of the best performances I've ever seen in anything. I know some of you will laugh at this because it was in computer games but I think his performance as Ezio in all three games (and the short film where he died) was Oscar worthy.
Overrated
Benedict Cumberbatch- Meh. I don't see what's so amazing about him. He's pretty good in Sherlock but not that good, he's a bit one note (Martin Freeman outshines him). He also seems like a bit of a spoilt knobhead in real life, I read an interview of his which really made me dislike him. I honestly liked Robert Downey Jr better.
Nolan North- Yeah he was great in the Uncharted games but everyone says he's the best voice actor working when I think that there are a few that are better. He seems to struggle when he has to change his voice (eg- the awful cockney accent he does in the Batman games) whereas other voice actors can do a variety of voices/accents. I do like him, just think he's a bit overpraised because people act like he's the be all and end all of voice acting.