A91 ... Overrated Actors
Submitted by Infomaniac on Fri, 02/15/2002 - 04:07
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- Julia Roberts (BLECH! A wet poodle sprayed in the face with a cold water bottle! RUINED Pelican Brief, a favorite book of mine)
- Christopher Walken (Growing up, he was my favorite, until he did the same weirdo character every single time. Zzzzz. I'll hypocritically add that his part in Pulp Fiction was funny, though.)
- Juliette Lewis - Blech, blech, blech. (More to come about this blechy actress.)
Author Comments:
You know, listing your favorites is easy. Even to list them for other people. But you're really hanging it out there when you start hacking on critically acclaimed public sweethearts. Lemme go puke now.
Christopher Walken is a great actor who for a time made lousy decisions. There are many great Walken movies and performances. Julia Roberts has a head the size of Sweden. she needs to work with a director who will put her back in place.
I know you favor Walken in Deer Hunter, but I think his star power rests on a reputation of just being weird. IMHO, mind you, I think you could put the characters that Walken has played in the same room, and you'd end up with "Being Christoper Walken," the scene when Malkovich/Walken enters the room and they are a bunch of Malkovich/Walken clones only saying "Malkovich/Walken" (it's one or the other, not hyphenated, mind you).