Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 11:15     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if it’s bad acting, or mannerisms, or too many procedures, but I just don’t think Nicole Kidman is ever effectively disappearing into a character.


Same! It seems like her on-screen persona is always about being the most beautiful, thinnest, and best-dressed in the room. Which she already is. You never see her playing a homeless woman. The worst was Big Little Lies, where all the other characters were constantly telling her how beautiful she is.


I feel like you missed the subtleties of her acting and her character in that show. Or maybe I just give her too much credit.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 11:02     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if it’s bad acting, or mannerisms, or too many procedures, but I just don’t think Nicole Kidman is ever effectively disappearing into a character.


Watch her in Big Little Lies and Nine Perfect Strangers (series based on books by the same author, ironically).
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 11:01     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Kieran Culkin. I found every scene he was in unwatchable.

Meryl and Julia are also unwatchable.

Nicholas Cage.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:56     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Keanu Reeves. Luckiest guy in Hollywood. An A list actor beloved by the industry who cannot act. His best “acting” was in Bill & Ted films. In his other films he just speaks solely with a flat affectation…which is pretty much how he talks in real life.

Julia Roberts is another one who appears to be herself onscreen. A lot of overexposed A list actresses are the same. Think: Jen Aniston.


Disagree with Jen Aniston. No matter what, I always enjoy her movies.

Go watch Cake, exceptional performance.


Yes, this was the one movie where she really played someone against type. She was also good in Dumplin.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:54     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
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Anonymous wrote:Hayden Christiansen is so hard to watch. It makes sense he isn’t really acting anymore. He’s terrible at it!
I actually think that was 90% the fault of George Lucas. Because Natalie Portman is a good actress IMO but her Padme was horrible. Even a good chunk of Ewan McGregor’s scenes were weird. I think they all gave what George asked for.


Natalie Portman in Black Swan was great. I didn't like her in the Star Wars films but I hated almost everyone in them. Glad I'm not alone.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:53     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:Not Kevin Spacey. He’s such a ham. You can ALWAYS tell he’s acting!


Watch The Ref next Christmas (or now). He is perfect in that. I've also liked him in other things but that's probably my favorite movie of his.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:53     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:I know I'm in the distinct minority, but I don't think Meryl Streep is a good actor. I don't like her fake accents. Her acting is wooden.


Watch season 2 of Big Little Lies. She was absolutely amazing, and I wouldn't say I was a huge fan before that.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:52     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
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Anonymous wrote:Emily Blunt just seems to play a b***h in all of her roles. Is that her in real life? Because that's literally her whole persona on screen.


Award nominations for Oppenheimer. Was she bidgy in that?


YES
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:52     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Emily Blunt just seems to play a b***h in all of her roles. Is that her in real life? Because that's literally her whole persona on screen.


Did you see Mary Poppins? Hardly a b. Emily Blunt and Chris H can act. The rest of the list, not so much.

I’d add the Jessicas (Alba, Simpson (although not primarily an actress)) and Natalie Portman.


Oops, forgot Biel.


Did you watch The Sinner?
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:51     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:Which actors/actresses do you think are overrated and get by on looks/nepotism/strategic BJs, but have no actual acting talent?

My list:
- Emma Watson
- Orlando Bloom (this guy in particular has the Squint Stare and nothing else)
- Chris Hemsworth
- Emily Blunt
- Amber Heard

There are probably a few more but I can't think of anything right now. Bad actors, you tend to forget their names.


I hated her in Oppenheimer (loved the movie though) and the only benefit she brought was that she made Florence Pugh's character relevant. But then I did like her in A Quiet Place...
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:29     Subject: Re:Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:James Van Der Beek

Actually, the whole cast of Dawson’s Creek.


most of them have actually gone on to very good careers

Michelle Williams has won numerous awards and been nominated several times for Oscars

Joshua Jackson has been a main character on several other series
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:27     Subject: Re:Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:James Van Der Beek


did you see him in Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23? He was pretty good in that one, playing a dramatized version of himself

But as Dawson? Terrible
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:13     Subject: Re:Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:James Van Der Beek

Actually, the whole cast of Dawson’s Creek.
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 10:12     Subject: Re:Celebrities who can't act
James Van Der Beek
Anonymous
Post 01/16/2024 09:03     Subject: Celebrities who can't act
Anonymous wrote:Adam Sandler had a couple good comedy movies-Wedding Singer and 50 First dates, plus Big Daddy.

I saw 2 of his dramatic movies, and wanted my money back.

I heard the one with Tea Leonie was decent, but I haven’t taken the time to watch it


+1. Sandler should have stuck with comedy, like Seinfeld did. I realize tastes differ, but I find Sandler's comedy annoying because it's always based around being a cute dufus and he outgrew cute a few decades ago. His dramatic acting, though, is on another level of bad.