What is overacting? Post examples

[KravenMorehead™]

Hmm, I put it on both the actor and director. But that's a fair point.

true. Reason I said that is most scenes like that i get the feeling that the Director overcommunicated the gravitas of the scene, and the music/tone didn't match up, or the actor on their own got a higher sense of gravitas/seriousness than the scene/overall movie actually required which means they overshot the directors vision, which is the director's responsibility to communicate and rein em in on. Most shytty performances are like that, but unless you think about that you'll immediately blame the actor. Alot of times it feels like the director felt lucky to get a good actor/actress so they thought as long as they just "do what they do", things would fall into place. Or sometimes two actors get a different idea of what a line is supposed to mean and so the dialogue feels stilted in that moment...

 

[LastManStanding]

Sean Penn wailing like a fool in Mystic River is my go to example

and Sean Penn won an Oscar for that performance as well.

A complete joke and probably the most undeserving Lead Actor win of the last 30 years.

 

[Roman Brady]

Eva Green was the only good thing about that shytty show.

the thing is the character she played in Camelot is the same character she always plays when she plays femme fatales

 

[Roman Brady]

The black dude in radio, every Oprah acting film

 

[Notorious 1 E.Y.E.]

 

[BreezyH]

will smith in 6 degrees of separation

 

[Roman Brady]

will smith in 6 degrees of separation

Overacting is bad acting but his bad acting in that wasn't because he was overacting. His crime was being wooden and delivering his lines like he was reading them off a script

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Since I just watched it on Netflix the other night I will say everyone in The Devil's Rejects the whole cast

 

[GPBear]

Al Pacino as an angry blind lawyer in that movie that snubbed Denzel for Malcolm X


edit: I mean putting those things into words, Al Pacino, a lawyer, a blind guy.



first of all, Lawyers don't do that in courtrooms. Secondly, does he have to be blind...blind people can't watch movies breh, they can't even judge how well he did - cold blooded. And his accent is hilarious

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

The greatest example of overacting. I can't believe someone actually took the time to make this.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Al Pacino as an angry blind lawyer in that movie that snubbed Denzel for Malcolm X


edit: I mean putting those things into words, Al Pacino, a lawyer, a blind guy.



first of all, Lawyers don't do that in courtrooms. Secondly, does he have to be blind...blind people can't watch movies breh, they can't even judge how well he did - cold blooded. And his accent is hilarious

I don't think the film was made or marketed for blind people bruh. His character was blind obviously. Not sure what u are trying to get at there. But yeah there is some over acting here.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Overacting is exactly what the term implies, it's when actors exaggerate immensely and it comes of more ridiculous than dramatic.

Perfect example of terrible overacting:



It's not always bad though, here's an example of overacting that makes the whole thing better:



It often just depends on what they're going for.

That Gary clip is a bad example...he was a psychotic, corrupt cop with a short fuse and a drug problem.....and obvious mood swings

If he was a normal cop then, yes that scene would have been overacting

 

[TheGodling]

That Gary clip is a bad example...he was a psychotic, corrupt cop with a short fuse and a drug problem.....

If he was a normal cop then, yes that scene would have been overacting

Maybe that's why I said: "It's not always bad though, here's an example of overacting that makes the whole thing better:"

Just because it works for the character doesn't mean it's not overacting, lol.

 

[Silver Surfer]

Maybe that's why I said: "It's not always bad though, here's an example of overacting that makes the whole thing better:"

Just because it works for the character doesn't mean it's not overacting, lol.

Overacting is just what it sounds like...overcompensating for a scene where this is little to no sincerity in your efforts....if you thought Gary Oldman was not sincere in that scene go get your eyes checked

 

[Silver Surfer]

The first thing that comes to mind is Will Smith in "After Earth"