[REAL TALK] The ten most overrated actors of all time...

[!! Anorak]

This was originally called The ten most overrated actors of all time, but it got very Bob-centric, so...




1. Robert De Niro



Yeah, you knew it was coming. I'm actually a big De Niro fan. A HUGE fan. And maybe he can't help it, but it seems whatever role he plays, it's an Italian-American with a great big fuck off mole on his face. I sometimes think it's a massive spider's eggs, and all spiders are gonna hatch out of that fucking thing.

What defines a "great actor"? Sure, De Niro's great, of course he is. But is he VERSATILE? I was watching Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan the other night, and when everyone's made up to look "old" in it, they're all putting on aged voices... except for De Niro.

You look at the guy playing anything OTHER than an Italian-American gangster and the wheels come off. Frankenstein's Monster? Frankenstein's *****, more like. And all these "comedies". How can a man known for having no sense of humour be a "comic" actor?

It doesn't help, of course, that the guy's more shot than Royston "Roy" Jones Jr., shitting on his own legacy with dross like Dirty Grandpa.

There's a lot of DeNiro movies that I LOVE. These are DeNiro films that I've seen that I think are stone-cold CLASSICS:

Mean Streets
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The King of Comedy
Brazil
The Deer Hunter
Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan
Goodfellas
Casino
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle


Hell, I might even throw Joker in there, too. But you'll notice with those movies, while it's a GREAT performance, it's pretty much the SAME performance, isn't it?

Plus, it's become very much de rigueur to say "best actor of all time" when he's mentioned, despite the fact that the cunt's so lazy these days he got out-acted by Stallone in that boxing movie. The guy is just cashing pay cheques (checks, Fat Yanks) and I don't know why.

Imagine if De Niro was a boxer, and someone said to you "he's got a great punch, genuine knock out power" and you said "what's the rest like? Defence, jab, ring IQ, head movement?" and they said "oh, he's got **** all of that. He's just got a big punch and nothing else." Would Ring ****zine say he's the greatest-ever boxer? Of course they wouldn't.

The guy's not a chameleon like, say, Rod Steiger. But then Rod Steiger never had a great big fuck off mole on his face.

[johnbook]

As with the "hot women" thread, this is not to say that these aren't GOOD or even GREAT actors, just that they're overrated as fuck. Let's begin...




1. Robert De Niro



Yeah, you knew it was coming. I'm actually a big De Niro fan. A HUGE fan. And maybe he can't help it, but it seems whatever role he plays, it's an Italian-American with a great big fuck off mole on his face. I sometimes think it's a massive spider's eggs, and all spiders are gonna hatch out of that fucking thing.

What defines a "great actor"? Sure, De Niro's great, of course he is. But is he VERSATILE? I was watching Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan the other night, and when everyone's made up to look "old" in it, they're all putting on aged voices... except for De Niro.

You look at the guy playing anything OTHER than an Italian-American gangster and the wheels come off. Frankenstein's Monster? Frankenstein's *****, more like. And all these "comedies". How can a man known for having no sense of humour be a "comic" actor?

It doesn't help, of course, that the guy's more shot than Royston "Roy" Jones Jr., shitting on his own legacy with dross like Dirty Grandpa.

There's a lot of DeNiro movies that I LOVE. These are DeNiro films that I've seen that I think are stone-cold CLASSICS:

Mean Streets
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The King of Comedy
Brazil
The Deer Hunter
Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan
Goodfellas
Casino
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle


Hell, I might even throw Joker in there, too. But you'll notice with those movies, while it's a GREAT performance, it's pretty much the SAME performance, isn't it?

Plus, it's become very much de rigueur to say "best actor of all time" when he's mentioned, despite the fact that the cunt's so lazy these days he got out-acted by Stallone in that boxing movie. The guy is just cashing pay cheques (checks, Fat Yanks) and I don't know why.

Imagine if De Niro was a boxer, and someone said to you "he's got a great punch, genuine knock out power" and you said "what's the rest like? Defence, jab, ring IQ, head movement?" and they said "oh, he's got **** all of that. He's just got a big punch and nothing else." Would Ring ****zine say he's the greatest-ever boxer? Of course they wouldn't.

The guy's not a chameleon like, say, Rod Steiger. But then Rod Steiger never had a great big fuck off mole on his face.

True.
He pretty much acts the same in most movies.
In general gotten worse as an actor.

Hope you won't say Pacino too.
?

[TonyGe]

As with the "hot women" thread, this is not to say that these aren't GOOD or even GREAT actors, just that they're overrated as fuck. Let's begin...




1. Robert De Niro



Yeah, you knew it was coming. I'm actually a big De Niro fan. A HUGE fan. And maybe he can't help it, but it seems whatever role he plays, it's an Italian-American with a great big fuck off mole on his face. I sometimes think it's a massive spider's eggs, and all spiders are gonna hatch out of that fucking thing.

What defines a "great actor"? Sure, De Niro's great, of course he is. But is he VERSATILE? I was watching Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan the other night, and when everyone's made up to look "old" in it, they're all putting on aged voices... except for De Niro.

You look at the guy playing anything OTHER than an Italian-American gangster and the wheels come off. Frankenstein's Monster? Frankenstein's *****, more like. And all these "comedies". How can a man known for having no sense of humour be a "comic" actor?

It doesn't help, of course, that the guy's more shot than Royston "Roy" Jones Jr., shitting on his own legacy with dross like Dirty Grandpa.

There's a lot of DeNiro movies that I LOVE. These are DeNiro films that I've seen that I think are stone-cold CLASSICS:

Mean Streets
The Godfather Part II
Taxi Driver
Raging Bull
The King of Comedy
Brazil
The Deer Hunter
Once Upon A Time In Fat Yankistan
Goodfellas
Casino
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle


Hell, I might even throw Joker in there, too. But you'll notice with those movies, while it's a GREAT performance, it's pretty much the SAME performance, isn't it?

Plus, it's become very much de rigueur to say "best actor of all time" when he's mentioned, despite the fact that the cunt's so lazy these days he got out-acted by Stallone in that boxing movie. The guy is just cashing pay cheques (checks, Fat Yanks) and I don't know why.

Imagine if De Niro was a boxer, and someone said to you "he's got a great punch, genuine knock out power" and you said "what's the rest like? Defence, jab, ring IQ, head movement?" and they said "oh, he's got **** all of that. He's just got a big punch and nothing else." Would Ring ****zine say he's the greatest-ever boxer? Of course they wouldn't.

The guy's not a chameleon like, say, Rod Steiger. But then Rod Steiger never had a great big fuck off mole on his face.

If that boxer knocked out everyone he faced yeah that would put him in the conversation. De Niro took too many of those gangster roles and it's hard to break out if it. Maybe he's a bit overrated but he's under a microscope in other roles. A lot of actors fall into familiar patterns after a time. It's not surprising. All I know is I enjoyed watching him act and that's all that matters to me.

[!! Anorak]

True.
He pretty much acts the same in most movies.
In general gotten worse as an actor.

Hope you won't say Pacino too.
?

I don't think I will tbh. Though he has turned into "Mr. Shouty" after Scarface... .he's post-prime, isn't he?

[johnbook]

I don't think I will tbh. Though he has turned into "Mr. Shouty" after Scarface... .he's post-prime, isn't he?

Well Al was always a screamer, but with more diversity and subtlety when needed than DeNiro. And has fallen off less than DeNiro. IMO
His portrayal in Serpico still one of my faves.

[Curtis Harper]

Midnight Run, Cape Fear, Meet The Parents, Heat.....I'm sure there are movies of his that I haven't seen that would be considered very good DeNiro movies. I hear Analyze This and The Irishman were good movies.....He definitely has a high number of shlt movies but what actor in as many movies as him doesn't ?

[ShoulderRoll]

He was awesome in Cape Fear and didn't play an Italian-American gangster in it.

But yeah, he has fallen off as of late.

[E-Thug]

Please don't include Denzel on your list Annie. Denzel is the effing man

[STREET CLEANER]

He best roles are when he plays in a mobster film but he does have other films that he does very well. You can't judge him because as of late he is not doing that good. Angel Heart was a totally different role and he has other movies similar to that.

Actors that act like themselves is that Common dude. He absolutely has no range.

[!! Anorak]

Actors that act like themselves is that Common dude. He absolutely has no range.

This is the rapper, right?

That's a surprise, as normally rappers-turned-actors go on to tread the boards at the Royal Shakespeare Company.