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Have to put Will Smith on that list, literally plays himself in 95% of his movies lol
@Will Stylz. If anything I would call him underrated, Will Smith in Seven Pounds shows he can be a really good serious actor, it’s just he doesn’t do serious dramas much because they don’t pay as good as the Sci-fi action blockbusters. Will Smith can be a great serious actor, he just chooses not to because it doesn’t pay good.
Exactly!
Has anyone ever rated Will Smith's acting though?
@@lillielavelle9738 He was great in Seven Pounds, Will Smith can be a great serious actor when he wants to be, it’s just the serious Drama movies don’t pay as well as the Sci-fi Action Blockbuster Comedy movies he does.
Like a lot of others iconic actors. Clint Eastwood, Alain Delon, Brad Pitt and others. This is popular industry, there is no such thing as common sense in it, don't be naive
The main problem is that too many people can't seem to draw a distinction between a great role and great acting. The most ignorant seem to conflate great fame with great acting.
or great acting from a great script! like they say in Sunset Blvd, people think the actors just make up the lines as they go
@Raymond Lochlan I care :)
Conversely, sometimes great acting gets dismissed or ignored because of great fame.
Those would be the same folks who don't understand what miscasting is, and simply love any given character role just because it is played by their celebrity crush. This kind of thinking (or lack, thereof) is where personality cults come from.
Ryan Gosling playing a detective that has no smell in The Nice Guys was hilarious
The Nice Guys is an underappreciated movie.
The Nice Guys was released in the wrong decade. Same for Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Glad they have a cult followimg now but sad how both flopped so hard upon release.
I think Emma Watson was cast in Beauty in the Beast simply because she played Hermione, a bookworm/nerdy character. But still incredibly miscast
That is why I'd prefer the modern French version from 2014 :
at least Léa Seydoux and Vincent Cassel are compelling despite the age gap!
George Clooney. He’s the same in everything he’s in. Kind of wiseacre; kind of lacking in depth. Definitely not a character actor.
Kinda agree. But have you seen ''O brother, where art thou?'' ? Brilliant performance. He should do more comedy.
He's no Cary Grant' he could do comedy, and drama.
I will say he's excellent in Burn After Reading and it's probably his most unique role
@@gutterbaby8382 American is quite an un Clooney role.
@House Of Fleapit he came from modeling didnt he? that would explain a lot. I LOVE his Coen bros stuff (Intolerable Cruelty, Burn After Reading) but I also grew up loving him in Batman and Robin.
I never understood why Brie Larson won an oscar for a role a ton of actors can do so much better for.
true but she was still great in room though
She was great in that role and the movie was a huge award contender that season.
I'm not a fan of her personally, but she was great in The Room.
Because she was great in Room. As long as she give a terrific acting, what's the problem exactly??
She was really, really good in Room. So, I don't know what to tell you there.
When you said that Leonardo seems like he's trying to take a shit, when he plays deeper roles, I spit at my computer...thanks for that laugh :D
It's true! In the Departed he looks like he's taking a dump about ten times. To be honest though the biggest shitter-face of all time is Ryan Gosling. In BR2049 he looks like he is constipated or shitting through the whole movie! ; )
He’s good at yelling
I remember when Leo was added to the cast of growing pains. Next I saw him in basketball diaries, followed by what's eating Gilbert grape. He was so good in those roles, really endeared him to me.
@@pointysidedown same I watched him in what's eating Gilbert Grape? and then in Basketball Diaries. I thought he was very good and I follow him since
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 HAAAAAAAAAAA lol thanks for that reply!
Remember! Looks have a lot to do with Holloywood!
and nepotism
@@pitbull635 And casting couch skills.
Not always considering they sometimes hire ugly people for diversity instead of goodlooking people
Yea, there is a lot of good looking people all over the world.
I think Michael B Jordan is overrated. Just seems like there’s no depth there but I haven’t seen everything
Definitely. I rewatched Friday Night Lights recently and he hasn't developed at all as an actor over the past ten years.
Hollywood is trying really hard to make Denzel's shrimpy son a star and it's just not happening for him. Not a chip off the old block.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 I bought into him in Blackkklansman and Tenet, granted those two films were made by legendary director's so it's easier for an actor to succeed. It's hard to say if he'll ever be able to fill those big shoes of his dad though.
@@randallstubblefield1633 I didn't like him in Tenet at all. Zero charisma (or at least zero compared to his dad).
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 That's how Christopher Nolan directed him to act though. I agree the jury is still out on him though and I wish that they're wasn't so much nepotism in Hollywood.
You never hear Ben Foster’s name brought up too much. He’s truly an underrated actor. He just sometimes takes roles in dumb schlock
Alpha Dog. I'll never understand why any of the actual good actors did that movie...
He was terrific in Hell or High Water.
He has been underrated for fucking ever lol. Sad how Hollywood never knew how to utilise him well. He probably has a bad agent.
I don't know about Ryan Gosling. It's your opinion of course, I always appreciated his approach to serious roles. He never feels like he's "hollywoodizing" a scene. His "stoic" performances for me personally work for movies like "Blue Valentine," "Only God Forgives," and especially "Drive" (which I absolutely love). "The Place beyond the Pines" is his most emotional role for me.
@Syed Haider Yes! Ryan Gosling went the moody stoic route even though he actually does have a good range. I think it's the curse of the reputation from all the box office hits. Johnny Depp in his youth tried to avoid that, and in some level succeeded. What he did later on was a different story though.
yeah gosling rips
I think the same. He can "say" a lot, with very little acting or very little (e)motion that he displays (a small frown here, blinky eyes there). I get that a lot of people do not like it, I personally loved that in almost all of his roles, whether in Drive, Only God Forgives or BR 2049. Makes outbreaks like the God damnit scene (you know) all the more explosive
add "Half Nelson" to that list
The place beyond the pines is awesome.
I love lots of movies Leonardo DiCaprio has been in, but I always find myself comparing him to Christian Bale because they're the same age. They don't go for the same roles and they have completely different looks, but I am much more drawn to how Christian Bale is able to embody his characters as if he's become possessed by them. Classic example - American Psycho. Completely agree about the strengths of Tom Hanks. Watched Castaway with my mom recently and he has such a warm charisma
Also, there was something just uncanny about Ryan Gosling in Lars and the Real Girl
Leo was up for American Psycho but turned it down for The Beach. Bale wouldn't have rose to stardom otherwise
@@dkazmer2 He actually dropped out after Stone passed on the project.
Bale acts with a make up kit of fake prosphetics. Thats why he seems to dissaper into a role. Because he is hidden underneth a tone of fake facial features. When he opens his mouth it isthe same bale. Either whispering batman or normal bruce wayne.
@@dkazmer2 have watched prestige?
My main problem with Leo is that he tries so hard. I miss his before Titanic type of acting (This boy's life, Gilbert Grape, Basketball player diary)when he was effortlessly natural and powerful. Now if he acts big time he's yelling or making faces. His take on his role in KOTFM was so over the top.
Bale however is a force to be reckoned with. He trusts his talent, he can be subtle or theatrical if that's necessary.
I like Leo in Shutter Island, too.
And Aviator. I don't think he's overrated at all.
Yeah. The scene where he pulls his kids out of the water and what comes next is just fuckin' awesome.
And it's one of the rare cases of a movie that's as good as the book.
I like him, I know a lot of people disagree but I thought he was excellent in Shutter Island and The Wolf of Wall Street
I like him since What's eating Gilbert Grape?
I remember he received a lot of shi* for Titanic that I don't think he deserved
He has fans as many as haters
So no he isn't overrated or underrated...he simply rated
Blood diamond is extremely underrated!
As much as I love Natalie Portman, you’re spot on about her being “porcelain.” I watched the Other Boleyn Girl and I’m sorry to say this, but she made Anne Boleyn look really whiny and ultimately does a disservice to the real historical character
It always seem forced
She was great in annihilation
@@444.nyokabi I personally don’t think she’s ever topped Leon. I love Annihilation, she’s great in it, but she blows me away in Leon every time I see it.
I haven’t seen all of Leonardo Dicaprios movies but I have seen a lot and the ones that I have seen are not overrated to me. What’s eating gilbert grape is the best example that I have. I thought his performance in that movie was phenomenal.
i really he is a good actor but sometimes he overacts i like his peformance in titanic he acuallly played him self and his acting was honest but every movie after that was oscar bait movies where he does method acting .
Maybe it is unpopular but I think he is a great actor since This Boy's Life
An unknown boy actor that steals the show from De Niro can't be overrated
DiCaprio is too famous and it isn't a good thing for an actor
They will reevaluate him when he will be very old or dead
Leonardo is better than Deniro
He stands out as the worst actor by a landslide in The Departed. It's not even close.
DiCaprio? I thought he was great in The Departed. If anyone was a little off in that movie it was Nicholson.
An underrated actor is Tom Cruise. I think people overlook him because he is in blockbuster action movies. And because he is in scientology. But I haven't seen any Tom Cruise movies that I didn't enjoy. He has a charisma about him.
Spot on. His performance in PTA's Magnolia alone is so good.
He is also amazing as an antagonist..i recently watched collateral..he was excellent in it.
He is in his own league, i mean just look at EyesWS or VanillaSky...
True. But he also hasn't done an serious movie in a long time. All he does now are action films which are great but, not enough to truly appreciate him as an actor
@@aNdzel0t two amazing films
DiCaprio's pre-Titanic work is brilliant. If you're not moved by his performances in Gilbert Grape, This Boy's Life, Basketball Diaries then maybe you need to do some soul searching yourself.
And teenage Portman in Leon and Heat are great. Also Closer is a very good performance.
Best Tom Hanks performance imo is Road to Perdition.
This Boy's life is a great film!
I think captain phillips is his best performance. so raw and authentic
Anyone else think Zendaya is overrated too?
Yes
Girl took Jodie Comer's emmy or almost all the other actresses nominated in that category with her could've got it over her lol
"It's like he's taking a shit when he's performing a lot of the time."
My thoughts exactly regarding DiCaprio.
In Margot Robbie's case, it's not merely the face that is easy on the eyes. Talking about The Wolf of Wall Street.
I liked DiCaprio in Catch Me if You Can, especially in that scene where Tom Hanks almost catches him but he bluffs his way out of it. The fact that you don't know if he's a good actor or not is what makes it works. You think "would I be fooled by this" even as you think "is DiCaprio really a good actor or is he a bad one."
I love that he calls himself Barry Allen and Tom Hanks doesn't realise that name is a fictional DC superhero until some guy mentioned it out in the Cafe.
Will smith plays himself in every role
Every "actor" who didn't go to acting school simply plays themselves, because they are just movie stars who benefited from gate-keeper nepotism.
So untrue
Like Leonardo do caprio but Leo do it so well
Denzel Washington's son from Tenet is overrrated af. The guy acts like a supermodel girl.
Ryan Gosling when he hosts SNL has always been gold.
I think Jodie Foster may be one of the only child stars who's delivered as an adult. And not just adequately. She's gone above & beyond the equivalent of what she was as a child actor.
Her and Elizabeth Taylor. People forget she acted as a child too.
Christian Bale, John Boyega, Leonardo DiCaprio, Keke Palmer, Zendaya, Dev Patel, Robert Pattinson and Natalie Portman as well.
@@tds7078 Natalie Wood
She was once even a pop singer in France for about 4 years!
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@@Suite_annamite Wow. I had no idea. That's pretty amazing.
1. Jennifer Lawrence
2. Gwenyth Paltrow
3. Jamie Foxx
4. Mark Wahlberg
5. Leo DiCaprio
Dishonorable mention: Emma Watson, Bill Murray, Margot Robbie, Nicole Kidman, Michael B. Jordan, Ryan Gosling.
Thank you so much : I can't f*cking stand Mark Wahlberg, and am tired of seeing Bill Murray everywhere.
I don't want to hate him, but how is he any different from someone's random, suburban Irish uncle? I just don't get why hipster types seem to worship him so much.
@@Suite_annamite It is weird, the whole Murray worship. I find him entertaining but this god-like status his fans have put him into is puzzling and annoying to a degree.
Almost at 25k. Good for you. I hope you drive as fast as you're putting out content.
The sad thing about Emma Watson is that she had the capacity to be a really great actress. She spent ten years on set with the greatest actors and actresses in Britain and wasted on her activism. She could have used those ten years perfecting her craft, absorbing all the knowledge and advice of her acting peers on set like Rickman, Smith and Carter but didn’t. She had the best acting school that anyone dreamed of but wasted it.
She was good in Perks of Being a Wallflower then went downhill with her politics. Look at Daniel Radcliffe, he’s the best actor out of the whole child cast and it shows because he eats, sleeps and breathes acting. Emma doesn’t, if she did and actually put time in her job she would have been much better.
I kinda agree tbh, Emma Watson was so vivid in Harry Potter AND she feels natural, recent roles of Emma have been way More stiff and uninteresting, she didnt seem to improved much
She spent years on set with some of the most overrated actors and actresses in Britain - fixed it for you.
@@Starkardur Like who?
Basically everyone in the comment section " that persons an actor, and everyone likes them....oh no they must be overrated".
The thing about Leo is every movie he's in... at some point in the movie his head looks like it's going to explode or have an aneurysm.
So true!
Oh and on this topic, I highly recommend the book My Lunches With Orson by Peter Biskind. It's Orson Welles at his most candid, on film, actors, and so much more. The way he broke down Chaplin, really made me revaluate him. Modern Times is still one of my favourite films but I'm inclined to agree with Orson's assessment of Chaplin. Orson also explains the difference between great actors and movie stars, using Bogart as a prime example.
Mega Maggie crushing it with the opinions! Great work!
Leo's scene in The basketball diaries where he's going through withdrawal and his mom is right outside the door
That scene was so deep.....
hardly overrated!
How can she say he gives no depth to his characters after movies like what's eating Gilbert Grape? The Basketball Diaries, The Aviator or even Marvin's Room, I don't know
Directors want to work with Leo because they understand what acting is. If normal people like us can’t comprehend what they saw in Leo. It’s because most of us don’t understand filmmaking compared to real directors who have been working on films for over 20!
That being said Leonardo DiCaprio is my favorite actor! 💙
Timothée Chalamet
Absolutely! For the most part, he ha been playing the same obnoxious character but Hollywood seems to love him.
@@Fed804 Well it’s because he’s good looking and he has the E boy soft features and his parents are both big producers and you can fire anyone in Hollywood but a producer.
I so totally agree. Everyone is already praising his Paul in Dune. But then I look at Lynch's Dune (though granted his least favorite film, but it has its moments of grandeur) and one of the moments of grandeur was Kyle's Paul. Kyle's Paul has more gravitas in his pinkie than Chalamet will have in his entire performance. I would follow Kyle into hell (well Black Lodge 😉); I wouldn't follow Chalamet to my own kitchen for chocolate!
Who the hell is that 😂😂😂
@@pamelatarajcak5634 Your comment made me lol...agree with you on Kyle vs. Tim on Paul Atreides.
Leo isn't overrated, he's only won one Oscar but I can't think of one single movie where he didn't give a better performance than the rest of the cast.
He's no Daniel Day Lewis or Gary Oldman but he's not far from that level of greatness.
He plays a wide variety of characters and the only fault I can find with him is that he doesn't look the part, his boyish looks hurt him in some roles.
When it comes to acting Leo can't reach high enough to shine Oldman or Day lewis' shoes.
I don't think he stands out when he's in films with other great actors. Revolutionary road and Gangs of New York are two that come to mind.
@@92ninersboy I think that's an overstatement. I haven't seen anything from him on par with Lewis or Oldman, though.
he just doesn't have that many deep faces in his pocket
Totally agree with you about his boyishness being the problem which I feel is the crux of criticism towards him (cant take him seriously enough). However, do feel he's a million miles off of Gary Oldman.
Natalie Portman's career as a adult actor has been really inconsistent. As a child & teen, she's fantastic in The Professional, Developing, Beautiful Girls, & Anywhere But Here. She's good in Garden State, Knight of Cups, and Vox Lux. Lucy in the Sky is not very good, but her performance of a mental breakdown is spot-on (speaking as someone who has also had a nervous breakdown & did a lot of weird things once). I have some nostalgia for her because we are the same age & she was my first celebrity "crush" when I saw her in The Phantom Menace.
Same, both about the phantom menace celebrity crush, and being the same age heh.
She was pretty good in Heat too despite only being in a few scenes
My problem with Leo is I'm ALWAYS aware that he's "acting". He never makes me believe he is the character he's playing, it's always DiCaprio playing that character. Contrast that to someone like Christoph Waltz who becomes the character and makes me for get that I'm watching an actor.
Even in Once Uppon a Time in Hollywood? I think he does a good job of not being DiCaprio in that film.
I’ve always loved Gosling, so I have a bias there. He’s great in comedic roles like The Nice Guys, The Big Short, Crazy Stupid Love.
Drive, BR2049, Only God Forgives, are what I would call his Alain Delon performances where he doesn’t do much but still works well as an audience surrogate/cold-blooded killer.
My favorite performances from him are in First Man, Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, The Place Beyond the Pines, etc… where he’s playing a character with a LOT of baggage and pain behind his eyes, especially First Man where he’s phenomenal despite playing the role extremely detached. He cuts everyone out of his life after the death of his daughter and has to go to the moon to say goodbye and move on. I love that film and I think it’s Gosling’s most underrated performance.
I'm here for the first man love.
I would like to see Gosling in more comedies. My favorite of his performances was in The Nice Guys, and he also did well in Crazy Stupid Love. La La Land gave him a few good opportunities to play something other than sullen, and he did well with them.
Of course, I left this comment while pausing the video, and then heard her say pretty much the same thing: More comedies, Ryan!
Decaprio was great in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, and more than held his own opposite De Niro in This Boys Life.
Oh, I almost forgot the greatest culprit of all : TOM HARDY! No one is more guilty of manipulative, show-offy, hammy , over-acting than this guy!
Couldn't agree more. Jealousy doesn't come in to it but I studied with the guy went to college with him and I've seen that dangerous off the wall character time and time again. He's a one trick pony. He has a box of tricks and relies on them too much. He's a very selfish actor as well..not giving...acts in a bubble. As he's got older he's got lazy. And he's no James Bond. He can't carry a film...he had major problems in Mad Max. He's no lead actor...a very good supporting actor and a very good villain. Like I said just my opinion.
Willlian Jay Lazy yes, nowadays for sure he only take roles that please him, for the rest i disagree (i didn't know that he went to college, i always thought that he didn't graduate, you probably meant drama school). Watch Locke maybe you'll like it or Stuart a life backwards. And James Bond doesn't suit him. He'd probably make a good villain though.
@@paulbismuth10 Yeah I meant Drama School mate. I've seen those films...I agree they're great...but he's not as adaptable as people make out...like he's a method actor so he can play anything.
Exactly my feel about him
He's great in Locke and Bronson
People like to latch on to child and teen actors that used to get ripped on by the general public. Current example is Robert Pattison. They're all great actors but it kinda goes along with the saying that society likes to build people up and then tear them down... and then build them back up again. If they're able to withstand the crushing criticism of society at large, people end up having more respect for them.
That being said, it's quite sad that we as a society don't see a problem with tearing down children who are foisted onto the world stage. of no choice of their own.
Last thing, most of the actors/actresses being mentioned were child actors! Ryan Gosling, Natalie Portman included! Tom Hanks has been around since his late teens or young adulthood.
I saw Robert Pattison in Damsel, where he plays a deluded guy in love with a woman who hates him, and he just stole that movie.
@@kozmik9238 Tom Hanks in some of his early performances on TV shows like Taxi or Family Ties is just hilarious. But he was born in 1956 so he would have been in his mid/late 20s. Not sure I've ever seen him in a role as a teenager. He could definitely do a comic flop better as a young man obviously.
@@stanleyrogouski Yes, I saw him in Good Time and thought it was great. His movies post-Twilight, such as Lighthouse and the upcoming The Batman are earning him rave reviews.
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DiCaprio was incredible in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. Also I kind of wish you chose more examples that you disagree with, that would’ve been an interesting discussion
I’ve always thought Leonardo DiCaprio was overrated. When I watch his films I see Leonardo DiCaprio, never the character. He’s good at doing that, but his contemporaries are so much better and talented than him. I think his best performances are in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Gilbert Grape being his best.
Finally someone has some sense. I'm the same. I see De Caprio and not the person he plays. Not to mention he looks nothing like any of the real life people he plays and get people say he’s still the best. I think he’s winey and only acts for fame and women.
I think that Leo's role in the The Departed was great. One of my favorites
basketball diaries
The Departed sucks like most Scorceses
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Nicole Kidman.
Bradley Cooper, who somehow has THREE Oscar nominations.
Actually cooper has 8 nominations and hes incredible
@@65g4 hasnt won any though 🤔
@@thebossman80s he will give him time
Should have won for A Star Is Born that performance was far better than Ramis
I can't stand Nicole Kidman! She ruins every film she's in 😤
I love what you said about Natalie Portman, Margot Robbie, and Keira Knightley. It's just so true lol. They don't feel like interesting characters in their performances and lack depth and emotion. They may be easy on the eyes but they aren't captivating. Just boring to be honest, boring to watch
I always loved Redlettermedias description of Leo as being a kid playing J Edgar Hoover or whatever in a school play. You never forget it's Leo
I really like his performance in J Edgar even if the movie wasn't good. I totally forgot I was watching him and also the relationship with Judi Dench was brillant
I don't like his make up but it isn't his fault
What's your opinion on Hanks' work in "Charlie Wilson's War" and "Cloud Atlas"?
Not really related to the video, but have you ever thought of doing director retrospectives? Just going through the filmography of some iconic directors (or some of your favorites), and maybe ranking their films from least to most favourite/enjoyable?
What do you think of Tom Hank's monologue in Castaway, after he gets off the Island? Its the scene where he is with a friend who by implication has also lost someone. He reflects on his time on the island and how she kept him alive only to lose her all over again. I think it's some of his best acting.
I totally agree.
I respect your opinon on Tom Hanks, but i love him as actor.
Long live Forrest Gump ✊.
Your commentary on Leo...
Does it match Tarantinos possible commentary on an actor "finding themselves" displayed in Leo's character in "once upon a time in hollywood"?
I love this channel so much!!🤗😍
The guy who plays Captain America LOL
I don't think anyone is saying he is a good actor.
Chris Evans "LOL"
Chris Evans is about properly rated. Nobody would say he's a great actor, but he does just fine in his roles.
@@nerychristian well I thought he was great in Snowpiercer
You should see Ryan Gosling in The Believer
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She’s no gem
Damn, some harsh words but fair. One thing I found from your list though, is that a few of them were child actors and thus we the audience have sort of been over saturated with their performances, we see them too much. I wonder if they were in less like DDL is in, then we wouldn't feel that way. Tom Hanks has done ~94 compared to Daniels ~22. If we saw DDL do 94, would we feel the same way. I think it comes down to casting, studio execs and the directors. The vision of directors gets muddled with execs interference based on profitability of an actor. Anyways Indies rules lol. What did you think of Tom Hanks as romantic leads?
I definitely wasn’t ready to think of Tom Hanks as Daniel Plainview. That really warped my nightcap. Thank you
Please review The Room for fun.
Maggie - I hope you do a 'Most Overrated Directors' video.
*So many names* come to mind in an industry where *HYPE is their #1 marketing tool.* I actually think Jack Nicholson, Robert DeNero & Al Pacino are hugely overrated. They mostly play different versions of the same character & rarely stretch with their choice in roles.
THANK YOU! Never got the fascination with Al Pacino or DeNiro!
Both The Basketball Diaries & The Beach are incredible books turned into sub par films , the star of both Leonardo Dicaprio .
I disagree that The Basketball Diaries is a subpar film.
Couldn't agree more with Leonardo DiCaprio. I think Natalie Portman assessment is a bit harsh. If you see Closer, I think that's her best performance beecause it gives her a chance to be authentic. I think she deserved her Oscar for Black Swan because although she may not be likeable, I think she was well cast. Her uptight character having to challenge herself felt real and ballet being such a perfectionist art, again, it seemed right for her. I couldn't see anyone else playing that role. But I would agree, Jackie left me a bit cold. She is professional but not always inspiring.
Leo? Overrated??? Ummm....no. He's been fantastic since he was a kid. But, like Brad Pitt, he suffered the whole "pretty boy" thing where people didn't take him seriously. You can disect roles/movies he's done sure. Some better than others but to say he's "overrated"...is a real stretch. And...whoa! Tom Hanks! Overrated??? First...what the heck is the criteria he's being judged on? Yes, obviously.....you can't compare Hanks to Day Lewis or... the late Seymour Hoffman. But that doesn't mean Hanks isn't good at what he does and it doesn' mean that he doesn't bring something else to his roles/films. Nicholson is nowhere near the level of Day Lewis....but he's JACK! And he's damn good at what he does. Not EVERY actor is meant to be a Day Lewis type and it's odd....that anyone would try to compare those types. Makes ZERO sense. Gosling I can agree with.
Hanks has never, ever convinced me that he's the character he's playing. It's always Tom Hanks cosplaying that character. Here's Tom Hanks the soldier, Tom hanks the captain, Tom Hanks the passenger... whatever it may be. For me at least suspension of disbelief is impossible with this guy. He feels completely self aware, like "look at me... I am an actor... acting!". Completely surface level. No depth whatsoever.
I guess people like him because he comes across as likable and affable.
Excellent channel!
Who's the actress she's referring to at 7:56? "Juliet ma..." who?
Dwayne Johnson, nothing against the guy, seems like an awesome dude, but he plays himself in every movie.
He's just very charismatic
He's the best actor in F&F! He's a lot better than Vin Diseal, Paul Walker, Jason Statham and Idris Elba (who all suck) the man is at least charismatic on screen
@@tylerjones9974 Arnold Schwarzenegger is charismatic, but I wouldn’t call him a great actor. Johnson is great in the fast and furious movies, sure, but if I’m honest the bar set was not that high.
@@kush6846 true but they have what they need (for the roles they take) not everyone is trying to win Oscars.
@@tylerjones9974 My point is that even though he has a ton of charisma, the roles he takes on are all for mediocre movies. I have yet to see him in an acting role that's truly great. In the meantime, he's just picking roles where he's playing himself, which is why I think he's overrated. Good for him though, he's stacking that paper clip.
Jennifer Lawrence
Absolutely not shes amazing just watch Silver Linings Playbook i suffer from mental illness and her portryal of mental illness was worthy of her oscar so you are wrong!
the hate for JLaw in recent years has been quiet staggering and for no reason at all it seems. Her acting chops are beyond question. She's been great in everything she's done.
Agreed, she’s very bland.
Winters bone ?
@@theurbanloner8879 her best for sure, but that’s when she felt she had something to prove.
What did you think of the revenant?
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This one's easy! Brad Pitt is so mystifyingly baked like a banana muffin in 90% of the roles he takes on ... it's not that he doesn't rise to a challenge, in fact the other 10% proves that he REALLY CAN, it's just his career-long habit of striking a majestic pose for every close-up shot which brings that easy ticket to adoration. "Who gives a fuck about the film, it's Brad Pitt!"
That's just him as an actor though. He's becomes very skilled as a producer, making sure filmmakers get the best conditions to do what they envision. (He produced "Moonlight" and "If Beale Street Could Talk" for Barry Jenkins. What else do I have to say?)
Agreed, overrated in 90% of his films but then he does things like the Assassination of Jesse James and absolutely nails it!
I've heard that if he was a character actor, he'd be considered underrated
idk about the gosling take. i feel like he just brings this level of humanity to his performances. best examples of this are Half Nelson, Blue Valentine, The Place Beyond the Pines, and First Man. i do agree he is very good at the stoic thing lol i think he was robbed of a nomination in BR2049. i just think he’s a gem in the film industry right now and anyone who gets the chance to work with him is super lucky. i also like how he tends to stick to low budget indy movies more often then not even though that’s slipping a bit these days.
i have the total opposite view on keira knightley and think that her looks sometimes is overused as ammo against her really quite formidable skill at acting. i'd love to know your thoughts on 'the jacket' - one of the only movies where a single glance (by adrien brody, at the end) has me in floods of tears.
Love Ryan tho, completly subjective i admit, i love him in " Only god forgive " one of my favourite movie all time, or in " First man " that moved me a lot, even i don't care that much about the subject.
May i suggest you to loof for " My life directed by Nicolas Winding Refn " by Liv Corfixen ( his wife )
Ya I gotta disagree strongly with the Leo Dicaprio assessment. Every role he has ever touched turns to gold. There are tons of overrated actors in hollywood, he is not on that list. I think your also disregarding his talent for collaboration. He is extremely intelligent at choosing roles and helping the director create their project. Sure he isnt a flashy actor like Gary Oldman or Daniel Day Lewis but I guaranted both those actors would sing Leos praises.
This boys life
Whats eating gilbert grape
The Basketball diaries
Romeo and Juliet
Thats just the very start
Glad you recognize the strength of Tom Hanks' performance in Mazes and Monsters, his earliest role.
Great video, totally respect your opinions, however... I gotta advocate for my man Ryan Gosling here. He can definitely come across as cheesy/corny or overly-detached in some of his roles, I agree with you there. But his performances in The Place Beyond The Pines(2012), Drive(2011), and Half Nelson(2006), are some of my favorite and most memorable performances of any actor of all time. The way Gosling is able to portray a character who is quiet, calm, stoic, but also dangerous and ready to violently explode at any given time, is, in my opinion, indicative of true versatility and talent as an actor. It's hard to put into words exactly, but some of his acting is so relatable to me on an emotional level, and not many other actors have made such a profound impression on me.
@7:59: Speaking of Juliette Binoche; please do a review of "Chocolat" (2000), which she did with Johnny Deep, Judi Dench, and Alfred Molina.
@8:00: I always smile whenever you bring up *Isabelle Adjani* because I'm *dating someone* who *looks just like her!* She's even got that same subtle "evil" smirk and mild passive-aggressiveness after her too! But luckily she's not "crazy" like Isabelle is good at being!
Tom Hanks is the only "overrated" actor I like on this list : I just don't like anybody else; except I can tolerate Keira Knightley when she's playing a "Russian princess" or something.
*I'm disappointed no one said Mark Walhberg and his less punchable twin Matt Damon.*
Matt Damon is a national treasure that’s why
Right off the bat, I do agree about Leonardo. For the most part, with a few definite exceptions, it seems like he always plays his characters the same way, and it rarely feels like he diversifies himself or even invests himself so deeply into a role that you don't recognize him for the character he's playing, at least in my opinion. And I agree, while I definitely don't know that Leo was the worst part of "Gangs of New York", for me, he kinda felt miscast, to be honest. Daniel Day-Lewis blew him off the screen, as far as I'm concerned, but it's not hard for Day-Lewis to do that to most actors.
Can't say much about Emma Watson since I'm not super familiar with her work enough to have an opinion on her.
Natalie Portman, I do largely agree with. And it's sad, because my thoughts go back to her work in "Black Swan", because you'd think she would be perfect for the part (and I do think she did alright with it), at least in terms of the look, but the more I think about it, the more I view her performance as overly mannered and she doesn't dig in and sell it as well as I would have liked. And it causes me to reflect more and more on what I think is the best performance Aronofsky has gotten out one of his leads, which was Mickey Rourke in "The Wrestler", and how much Rourke's performance dwarfs Portman's, IMO.
Tom Hanks is a guy who I think had a fantastic streak of performances from "Philadelphia" up until "Road to Perdition", IMO. Since then, he's kinda been off my radar. I'd LOVE to see him team up with Paul Thomas Anderson, to be honest, now that I think about it.
I don't mind Ryan Gosling as an actor, but it would be interesting to see him in a comedy. Now that I think about it, I'd love to see him in a Coen Brothers "The Big Lebowski"/"Burn After Reading"-type of off-beat screwball comedy. I also thought he was quite good in "Crazy Stupid Love" as well and was a good companion onscreen with Steve Carell. I feel like that would be really fun.
As far as my personal pick, I would say probably George Clooney. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed him very much in "Burn After Reading" and some of the Coens' other screwball comedies, which I think he's well suited for, but for the most part, his dramatic work that I've seen always seems very one-note and basic to me. It's like he's coasting on a certain type of approach to playing a character and he never really digs in too deeply. I haven't seen a whole lot of his dramatic work, to be fair, but what I have seen, I don't see what the hype is all about.
About Emma Stone - any thoughts on her performance in Maniac (Netflix miniseries)? I think at times she managed to bring some more depth and versatility to her acting there
“It’s like he’s taking a shit when he’s performing a lot of the time” lmfao
You've ever seen an interview with Natalie Portman? She's like a robot.
The hate towards Dicaprio is overrated.
Ppl hate him coz they think it makes them edgy and sophisticated
@Dk B Truuuu!
Don’t know if you read old comments but what did you think about Pitt in Babylon. He’s caricature of himself in my opinion.
What do you think of Adam Driver? Lots of directors like Martin Scorsese and Spoke Lee thinks he has great range.
Leonardo, overrated?? Easily one of the BEST actors of this generation! His performance in Shutter Island is really good. Same in Inception. Ofcourse The Revenant too. Wolf of Wall Street was suppose to be absurdist...
Yes but when you think about it his one trick is that scrunched up face upset look that he does in every role. Its like his being charming and cool or overly dramatic angry/sad and thats it.
@@thebossman80s He's one of the greats.
Two words ... "Revolutionary Road".
DiCaprio is a huge overactor. Gosling doesn't ever strike me as someone who should be an action star. Even when he's buff I don't see him as someone who could win a fight. Not one ounce of real menace or aggression in him. The scene when he's getting his head smashed through the wall in BR2049 is more appropriate to how he'd actually be in a fight, not the next part. Didn't buy him as a tough in Driver either, though that was still a pretty cool movie in some ways.
I did like Gosling in that quirky comedy Lars and the Real Doll. He actually had a few really good and genuine moments in that, but of course he was playing a semi-autistic person : ) .
Dicaprio is one of the greatest actors of all time. Have you seen his performance in Django? If you haven't then watched it. He can play subtle characters and I don't know where the myth of eww he overdoes it" comes from. It's just lazy criticism from jealous people.
@@craydogdog1530 He always screams and screws up his face like he's taking a shit. Just like Maggie said. I don't think he's always bad; his role in Blood Diamond was pretty good and his Rhodesian accent was good. I didn't care for his Django performance all that much. I though he poured it on too thick. I don't know, I think it's because he's a child actor who has never known anything but success. There's just something about him that is so smug and his face is kind of punchable. So praise him all you want, I think he's an above average actor at best who had a tremendous amount of luck and was willing to go full retard in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. : )
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017Jesus Christ u are incredibly ignorant
@@averagegoslingenthusiast2033 Sorry I criticized your man-crush.
I thought Gosling was incredible in Place Beyond the Pines, really drew me in. Then he's wildly entertaining in The Nice Guys. But then he bored me to tears in Only God Forgives. It's a super fun subject to discuss because we all read these things differently (for the most part... there are some performances that are just, objectively bad, right?)
Disagree, his ability to convey emotion and feeling with subtle gestures and his facial expressions in Only God Forgives (and Drive as well) is something I find really captivating. I always appreciate when actors can communicate nonverbally in movies
Ryan Gosling also bored me with his performance in "Only God Forgives", but I think it's not his fault because it has a very unengaging drawn-script with very poor pacing and it's very poorly directed. It has so many moments of him just staring, but there is no depth of subtext that he can convey emotionally, due to how little story and depth there is to the character he is playing and the story itself. Look at "Drive" (if you. RazorwireReviews, has seen it), here we have a very introverted, mysterious, intimidating guy, but with a good heart and tries to do the right thing. There are many great interesting characters around him: Carey Mulligan (and her son), her troubled husband (Oscar Isaac), Bryan Cranston as his good, supportive likeable friend and Albert Brooks as the villain.
There are many great moments where you can tell that the driver has a story that has shaped him to who he is, he is expressing a lot of emotions towards Carey Mulligan and her child, and he doesn't scream out his emotions, because he doesn't need to, due to great directing with a very good script and great characters around him he can bounce emotions towards. You can tell he is feeling something towards the people around him, and with him being so quiet, it draws the audience in.
Completely agree!
I don't think being good at a specific thing or not having the biggest range means not being that good of an actor. Look at some of the greats of all time, like Charlie Chaplin for example, who is widely regarded as the greatest comedian ever and he literally plays the same character in all of his movies. I don't see anyone complaining that he didn't do super dramatic stuff to show his range
perfectly said.
I disagree about Ryan Gosling; he was phenomenal in "Drive". he has layers, and acts with his eyes.
Leonardo Dicaprio's best performance was in What's Eating Gilbert Grape?
Yuppp I it's insane how well he portrayed Arnie, especially in that one scene where you know who dies, I don't want to give spoilers.
No it was in "This Boy's Life"
Nah, The Wolf of Wall Street is his masterpiece in acting.
@@TheWelchProductions It's his most "actorly" role, not really his best acting. He was a lot better when younger, his roles were more subtle and his acting required was more natural. I think Leo is not overrated though, he's just got himself into a lot of heavy duty lead roles that also happen to not be very interesting. You can see his performance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood being a slight departure from that, and it worked.
Fax. He was robbed of the Oscar for that one.
Skills rarely commensurate with rewards and/or praises given, and vice versa, including practically everyone of you in your lives at some point(s). Being over- or underrated is a FACT OF LIFE for practically everyone that has ever been born. The key is to contribute your fair share to the world no matter what is thought of you.
I agree with all of these with a slight asterisk with gosling and Dicaprio. Gosling is one that as I watch him I think to myself "why don't I like him more, he seems like a good actor but I don't buy it". I still need to see Leo in a Tarantino but I really enjoyed his performance in Shutter Island, though it might be more of a retrospective love, the first viewing I really struggled with him.
Emma Watson is actually the terrible actress the internet thinks Kristen Stewart
Jennifer Aniston can't act to save her life!
She's a model, nothing more. And not a Cybill Sheppard model, Sheppard could absolutely act.
Most overrated actors? Bruce Willis, Will Smith, Dwayne Johnson, Salma Hayec, Adam Sandler, Ben stiller, Jonah Hill, Jennifer Lawrence, Tom Holland, Emilia Clarke, Samuel L jackson, Harvey Keitel, Mark rylance, Penelope Cruz, Emma Watson, Oscar isaac, Chiweter Eliofor, Javier Bardem, Mahershala Ali, Natalie Portman, Melissa Mccarthy, Felicity Jones, Vince Vaughn, kevin james, James Franco, Miles Teller, Julia Roberts, Gal Gadot, Octavia spencer, Eugenio derbez, Benedict Cumberbach, Michael fassbender, Joseph Gordon levitt, emma stone, Adrian Brody, John Travolta, Elizabeth Olsen, Eddie redmayne, Zoe saldana, Michael Peña, Don cheadle, Mark ruffalo, brie Larson, sam rockwell, Woody Harrelson, jamie Foxx, Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Will ferrell and paul Rudd. Schwarzenegger maybe?
Reading through the comments, it's apparent to me that virtually every actor is a target for derision, by some or by many. But virtually every actor mentioned is American. And that leads me to postulate that it's American 'cinema' that puts so many actors in this precarious position of lacking believability ... the push for commerciality at any and all costs. Which actor can realistically hurdle that chasm to land an abiding sense of authenticity, it's a perverse (and an unachievable) dilemma. I don't expect much from American film, I have too often seen what it's imperatives are, I don't have the tolerance for the 'benchmarks' (that seem to be mandatory), the 'grist for the mill' schtick . The tropes, the glamorizing, the cynicism, the push for form over substance.