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Thread ID: 60453 2005-08-02 08:32:00 Seven genuine movie stars in the World today Misty (368) PC World Chat
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377565 2005-08-03 06:48:00 If it was a 'humane request' why was it made on stage with a microphone in his hand? Because thats Billys medium :confused: personthingy (1670)
377566 2005-08-03 07:20:00 By "Movie Star" they mean someone whose name alone will garentee success of a movie, It has nothing to do with acting ability or past glouries (and Tom Cruise is a crap actor)

10 years ago Arnie and Sly would have fit into this catagory,20 years ago Steve Mqueen and Dustin Hoffmen would be there (just watched Pappillion again today, has to be one of the best movies ever made).

Billy Connelly wouldn't make the list in a gadrillion years, great comic no doubt,has a small amount of acting ability,no way near being a "star".

Even the mentioned Johny Depp while being a talented actor has only had one movie that reached block buster status and a string of commercial failures, Hes not a bankable star.
Metla (12)
377567 2005-08-03 07:42:00 By "Movie Star" they mean someone whose name alone will garentee success of a movie, It has nothing to do with acting ability or past glouries (and Tom Cruise is a crap actor)

10 years ago Arnie and Sly would have fit into this catagory,20 years ago Steve Mqueen and Dustin Hoffmen would be there (just watched Pappillion again today, has to be one of the best movies ever made).

Billy Connelly wouldn't make the list in a gadrillion years, great comic no doubt,has a small amount of acting ability,no way near being a "star".

Even the mentioned Johny Depp while being a talented actor has only had one movie that reached block buster status and a string of commercial failures, Hes not a bankable star.
My mistake, Johnny Depp is a great actor, and only takes roles that won't make him look to cheesy, and that's perhaps why he aint no movie star
plod (107)
377568 2005-08-03 07:56:00 No doubt about it the man is one of the most talented actors in the movie business today, But that homo pirate he played was as cheesy a charecter as you can get..... Metla (12)
377569 2005-08-03 10:25:00 Cameron Diaz and Cameron Diaz and er... Cameron Diaz Dusty (3931)
377570 2005-08-04 01:15:00 Some utter shockers listed above but personal choice is really what its all about.

Mark Hamill? Highly amusing, hes so bad he couldn't even get his lines right (star wars: a new hope - You may recall him crying out "Carrie" instead of Leia at the end when he gets out of his ship, so so funny)

My opinion

Robert de Niro
Jack Nicholson
Al Pacino
Marlon Brando
Johnny Depp
Edward Norton
Christopher Walken

Its all about versatility ie - Robert de Niro can make you s*%t yourself (Taxi Driver, Goodfella and make you laugh Meet the Parents/Fockers etc)

Just because the movie earns lots doesn't necessarily make the actors in it any good!

Veale :2cents:
Veale (536)
377571 2005-08-04 01:49:00 For a touch of class, may I vote for Betty Joan Perske alias Lauren Bacall. :cool: Scouse (83)
377572 2005-08-04 02:06:00 If we are talking favourite actors then I would have to say they all pretty much suck .

There are certainly some that hit a point where they turn out powerful convincing performances but thats as much as picking the right role as it is talent . And after a while they fade,become a shadow of there former selves, taking roles in films far below where they were at in the prime .

Deniro is just lazy, you cant compare anything he has done in the last 10 years to what he done in his early days, same thing applies for Pacino .

If anyone stands up as consitently giving everything to a role everytime it would have to be Sean Penn . . . . .





All just my opinion, Not trying to tell anyone "how it is" .
Metla (12)
377573 2005-08-04 02:52:00 What a lot of rot. There's no such thing as a movie star. Mostly a bunch of over paid twits with about as many brains as the people who go to see them prancing around on the screen.
Like Ronald Reagan. Couldn't even act like a president.
JJJJJ (528)
377574 2005-08-04 02:58:00 Ha Jack. No soul man. Scouse (83)
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