Most overrated acting performances

[bangbreh]

neither cheadle or whitaker are charismatic enough to pull off what denzel did in that movie. cheadle is a good enough actor, but his acting isn't electric enough to pull of what denzel did as alonzo.

cuba is just a laughable suggestion.

samuel l is charismatic enough, but not as activating and would not be as believable as denzel's portrayal of alonzo.

sam l. COULD have done it, we're just so used to seeing him be over the top that the believe-ability wouldn't have been there.
denzel makin snakes on a plane

sammy has his nitch, him in training day would have damn near been comedy.

 

[yseJ]

out of the ones posted, Ill agree with crowe in beautiful mind, and, sadly, have to agree with halle in monster's ball

 

[Premeditated]

Don Cheadle or Forrest Whitaker off top Switch denzel with cuba u get the same results IMO . Hell Sam L would been classic

so what was overrated about that performance?

I'll wait.

 

[HollywoodP]

Any film with Nic cage,that dude is straight garbage,if he was copollas nephew he wouldnt even have a career.

i loved dude in bad lieutenant...he was perfect in his role for Gone In Sixty Seconds


He's not a great actor...but he's not as awful as people make him out to be

 

[HollywoodP]

Don Cheadle or Forrest Whitaker off top Switch denzel with cuba u get the same results IMO . Hell Sam L would been classic

neg rep

 

[yseJ]

cage IS awful...the really rare times he shows some self-irony are the only times I can stand the dude

as far as bad lieutenant...see the original one with keitel first and you realize they are lightyears apart as far as acting goes

 

[HHR]

out of the ones posted, Ill agree with crowe in beautiful mind, and, sadly, have to agree with halle in monster's ball

I think Crowe was great in A Beautiful Mind....only overrated if they call it his best, because imo thats The Insider.

 

[Omerta]

I think Crowe was great in A Beautiful Mind....only overrated if they call it his best, because imo thats The Insider.

yeah i'm not a big fan of crowe outside 2/3 movies, but he was ade for a beautiful mind. i mean perhaps there were other actors who could have done that movie too, but there's certainly no one associated with that project who's looking back on it thinking crowe was anything but great.

my nomination is di caprio's standout 2006 year - blood diamond and the departed. lil homie can def act, i've believed that since gilbert grape and basketball diaries, but supposedly he took it up a notch in 2006 with those two roles...i don't buy it, he was poor in both. blood diamond his accent was horrible and he came off as non-caring, and the departed he came off as way too fragile, they needed someone way more menacing in that. yet he won more awards for those movies than any other he's ever done.

 

[blockburna420]

so what was overrated about that performance?

I'll wait.

cause people act like thats his greatest role... it was good because of the script, but i feel like other actors would have played it just as well

 

[rocksteady]

tom hanks, forrest gump

 

[rocksteady]

and i still can't believe samuel l. jackson didn't win best supporting actor that year (pulp fiction)

 

[ahomeplateslugger]

tom hanks, forrest gump

 

[usopp]

Tim Robbin's acting was top notch, not this. I did like him in Milk though.No homo.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Nick Cage is a good actor, he just likes to take shytty fukking roles, see: matchstick men or adaptation

 

[Kunty McPhuck]

Actors who play a role where the character suffers from some tragedy/against the odds/an affliction of some sort, is winning an oscar in one of the 4 acting categories.