Bad actors

[GlosBlue]

Woh woh woh you've not seen Band of Brothers?!!?!?

He plays exactly the opposite of Ross Geller.

Maybe I need to see that then.

 

[ijjysmith]

Maybe I need to see that then.

I'm not a TV series buff but can safely say Band of Brothers is the best TV series i've ever seen. And don't worry about Schwimmer if you're not a fan. He's only in the first episode and very briefly later on.

 

[The Cowboy]

Maybe I need to see that then.

And he was perfectly fine in the OJ thing. Didn't set the world alight but certainly didn't mar a very good drama.

 

[Prevenger17]

Okay. Well I completely refute the claim, but if that's what you want to believe then that's fair enough. I'm not going to get into a slanging match for little to no gain.

Your venom towards women is dripping off every post here mate, give it a rest ffs

 

[GlosBlue]

I'm not a TV series buff but can safely say Band of Brothers is the best TV series i've ever seen. And don't worry about Schwimmer if you're not a fan. He's only in the first episode and very briefly later on.

I shall give it a go then!

 

[Philw]

Oh and Melissa McCarthy.

The absolute fat mess.

I thought so at first, but actually thought she was really good in a couple things I saw. Actually funny instead of just being 'fat funny'.

Oh definitely Wahlberg. His performance in The Departed is cringeworthy.

Nicholson is also beyond awful in that. People need to just man up and watch Infernal Affairs, the original films.

Jesse Eisenberg

Eisenberg is great. Zombieland, Social Network, American Ultra.

Dwayne Johnson
Jason Statham

Both play the same roles in the same films...... boring.

That's bad casting or role choice tho, not bad acting.

Bit contriversial here, matt le blanc and Matthew perry.

Not terrible as in can't act, but are basically those characters. Joey and Chandler. Everything i have seen them both in, both seem to be extensions of that one character. Matt Le Blanc strikes me in real life as a Joey who isn't stupid basically, but mannerisms in them both are just those sitcom characters.

I would go far to say a bad actor is essentially an acotr that doesnt make you believe in their character. So for me, if an actor captures the character then they can't be terrible.

another i haven't rated seeing them is woody harrelson. Not a strong actor at all

Personally I think most actors actually fall into the catagory of being typecast/always acting to type, it just happens to stand out more with certain actors than others. Eg Leblanc is clearly not completely brain dead, but even though he might be similar to Joey, he came across very well as a complete numbskull in that role.

Harrelson is awsome. He's been great in plenty of roles.

Leo DiCaprio who deffo knows a dirty secret or two

Has also had plenty of quality roles over the years, although mixed in with some dross as well.

I think too often people mistake only getting/choosing one type of role with being a bad actor. Hadyn Christiansen in Star Wars, or Awake, clearly just bad. Many of those above are very good at what they do, just don't happen to do/try anything else. The two things are quite different.

 

[PITA]

Dev made ken look like De Niro.

Agreed 100%.

 

[GlosBlue]

And he was perfectly fine in the OJ thing. Didn't set the world alight but certainly didn't mar a very good drama.

I will respectfully disagree here. It was like they got Ross, painted a white stripe in his hair and went "that'll do".

 

[The Cowboy]

I thought so at first, but actually thought she was really good in a couple things I saw. Actually funny instead of just being 'fat funny'.



Nicholson is also beyond awful in that. People need to just man up and watch Infernal Affairs, the original films.



Eisenberg is great. Zombieland, Social Network, American Ultra.



That's bad casting or role choice tho, not bad acting.



Personally I think most actors actually fall into the catagory of being typecast/always acting to type, it just happens to stand out more with certain actors than others. Eg Leblanc is clearly not completely brain dead, but even though he might be similar to Joey, he came across very well as a complete numbskull in that role.

Harrelson is awsome. He's been great in plenty of roles.



Has also had plenty of quality roles over the years, although mixed in with some dross as well.

I think too often people mistake only getting/choosing one type of role with being a bad actor. Hadyn Christiansen in Star Wars, or Awake, clearly just bad. Many of those above are very good at what they do, just don't happen to do/try anything else. The two things are quite different.

Yep, as mentioned above, Daniel Radcliffe is an example of a weak actor, he's totally unconvincing in every role he plays.

 

[jackyboy]

Your venom towards women is dripping off every post here mate, give it a rest ffs

Feel like you've well and truly shanghaied me here.

 

[ijjysmith]

Yep, as mentioned above, Daniel Radcliffe is an example of a weak actor, he's totally unconvincing in every role he plays.

As very much a Harry Potter fan, I have to say I agree. Once those movies ended he really may as well have stopped and took up a new career.

 

[dholliday]

Has also had plenty of quality roles over the years, although mixed in with some dross as well.

I think too often people mistake only getting/choosing one type of role with being a bad actor. Hadyn Christiansen in Star Wars, or Awake, clearly just bad. Many of those above are very good at what they do, just don't happen to do/try anything else. The two things are quite different.

That's the thing: he's had plenty of great roles, he just doesn't do them justice. Has no depth or personality, and is not credible as anything other than an actor trying too hard. He lacks the ability to make the audience suspend their disbelief.

Put him against a good actor and see the difference:

vs Daniel Day Lewis in Gangsters of NY
vs Tom Hardy in Revenant
vs Ben Kingsley/Sydow in Shutter Island


or an indirect comparison: his role as someone losing their mind in Shutter Island vs someone like Michael Sheen who played a similar role in Take Shelter. Or someone out in his own in the wild in Revenant compared to Tom Hanks in similar for Castaway.

Such a difference in pure acting chops.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Leo DiCaprio who deffo knows a dirty secret or two

He's matured fantastically as an actor in my opinion and I couldn't stand him in his early years (most likely as every girl at school was religiously masturbating over him on a daily basis).

He was excellent in Wolf of Wall Street.

 

[PITA]

Has this thread really got this far without a mention of Jeff Goldblum?

 

[PITA]

He's matured fantastically as an actor in my opinion and I couldn't stand him in his early years (most likely as every girl at school was religiously masturbating over him on a daily basis).

He was excellent in Wolf of Wall Street.

Agreed. He is a good actor.