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Just a bit overrated


He's a good actor but most of his movies are average at best.

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I totally disagree with you on all accounts.

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I totally disagree with you on all accounts.

Good to know.

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Would you describe Untouchables, Field of Dreams, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, JFK, A Perfect World, The War to be "average at best" ?

If you would, what makes them "average at best" to you ?

I find Kevin totally underrated both as an actor and filmmaker.

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Would you describe Untouchables, Field of Dreams, No Way Out, Bull Durham, Dances With Wolves, JFK, A Perfect World, The War to be "average at best" ?

Yep.

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You still didn't point out what makes those movies "average at best" to you. Is it the acting, the directing, the script ?

Anyway, different strokes for different folks, I guess ;)

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Everyone has different tastes. I admire Mr Costner enormously, but I really can't say I've seen anything of his that got to me. I didn't understand the hype behind Field of Dreams, and I just slept through the first half of Waterworld. I'm a big JFK conspiracy nut but couldn't get into that film. I watched Dances with Wolves but didn't appreciate that one either, and I don't remember it. While Robin Hood was good it will always be sub-par to Errol Flynn's version, in my opinion.
I'm just really particular about what films I like, I guess, and my tastes are varied. I love Amadeus, and The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Dragonwyk, Charade, and The Alien films... Just to name a few. I don't know why his films don't do it for me because clearly I can handle films that to modern audiences are not intellectually stimulating. I know people that watch his films and are enraptured by them, and that's ok. Peoples opinions aren't going to all be the same

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I think you have it the wrong way around, his movies are good but his acting is "averaged at best"!

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