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Overrated actors?


Who are some actors most think are excellent, but you just don’t see it?

Brad Pitt seems to the worst “best actor”, alot of people said he was the worst thing about Inglourious Basterds, and that he’s never been good. After watching War Machine, I’m starting to agree...

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Samuel L. Jackson
Meryl Streep
Jennifer Aniston
Denzel Washington
Scarlett Johansson
Kate Hudson

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Mark Wahlberg. How he has been nominated and won acting awards is beyond me.

Edit: I just noticed that I had replied to this two months ago with the same answer. 😂

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Nick Cage

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Not that anyone considers him an incredible thespian, but relative to his success, Dwayne Johnson basically plays the same character (himself, with the volume turned up) in every movie. Yeah, he's an action star, but Arnold, Sly and even JCVD showed for more range in the 80s.

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I agree. Johnson is a good guy and has decent charisma, but he wouldn’t have been huge during the time of Arnold and Stallone. Even Arnold had a much wider range, doing goofy high-concept comedies like Kindergarten Cop and Junior to violent R-rated shoot ‘em up’s like Commando and Predator. Johnson pretty much just plays the same bland PG-13 action character over and over again.

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Brie Larson

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Paul Walker had the personality of a teaspoon to me. Yes, what happened to him is tragic, but it doesn't change how lame of an actor he was.

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Jennifer Aniston... She's a good actress and I like her, but why does she need to be in every other movie??

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