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#80696
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posted 11-08-2008 19:05

 
For overacting, Gary Oldman in The Professional, as I recall him.
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posted 11-08-2008 19:14

 
Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter. Tedious overacting.
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posted 11-08-2008 19:20

 
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.

Overacting only compared to Brian Cox' original. Absolutely brilliant compared to everyone else.
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#80703
posted 11-08-2008 19:23

 
Kevin Spacey in American Beauty.
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posted 11-08-2008 20:27

 
Shame that Jeremy Brett isn't with us any more. Still, we're lucky that a readymade replacement is on hand to take the role in an edgy, brooding remake:

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#80771
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posted 11-08-2008 22:20

 
Brando in The Godfather. Spoiled the film for me, which was very good apart from him.

Just, you know, speak. Words. Please.
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#80773
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posted 11-08-2008 22:27

 
Al Pacino in Scarface. Dreadfully overdone from start to finish.
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posted 12-08-2008 07:44

 
In the 'best shouty actor' category, step forward Denzel Washington in Training Day.

I'd just like to say that (1) Denzel Washington is an excellent actor, and (2) his choice of roles that continually see him as this humourless one-note, noble, man-with-a-mission type with almost little variation is getting a little grating. I haven't seen The Hurricane or American Gangster, but roles like the ones in Man On Fire and Deja Vu are the ones I'm talking about.
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posted 12-08-2008 09:14

 
Any performance that overshadows the film. If good reviews concentrate on the performance to the exclusion of all else, I know the film doesn't have enough interest to be worth watching - acting isn't that important. There's the odd exception but I find this rule of thumb generally holds true.

Re The Godfather - incredibly overrated full stop, like most modern gangster films IMO, though I do like Scarface. It's an OTT film so Pacino fits in.
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posted 12-08-2008 11:07

 
Can we put all Italian-American actors in this category? I lasted about 5 seconds of The Raging Bull because the lead role was played by one of these chaps. He didn't quite say "Mamma mia" but he was dreadful. De Chirico or something his name was.
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#80926
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posted 12-08-2008 11:17

 
I tend to like Italian-American actors playing Italian-Americans because they can overact and somehow get away with it. Joe Pesci is the king of that.
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#80945
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posted 12-08-2008 11:29

 
Italians aren't known for their subtlety, in fairness.
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#80948
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posted 12-08-2008 11:32

 
Tubby, are you filling in for Stubbings' master these days?

Do you even know who Jake LaMotta is?
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#80967
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posted 12-08-2008 11:48

 
He's a boxer who lived in a cramped flat with a woman who shouted a lot, on the evidence of how much of the film I saw.
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#80975
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posted 12-08-2008 11:53

 
Exactly.
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posted 12-08-2008 11:57

 
He also appeared not to have a script.
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#80987
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posted 12-08-2008 11:59

 
Tubby Isaacs wrote:
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Can we put all Italian-American actors in this category? I lasted about 5 seconds of The Raging Bull because the lead role was played by one of these chaps. He didn't quite say "Mamma mia" but he was dreadful. De Chirico or something his name was.


Do you mean Robert De Niro? His acting career has spectacularly shark-jumped in the last 15-20 years.
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posted 12-08-2008 12:05

 
That's the bloke. He was good in