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- From: jdt@ulysses.att.com (Jonathan D. Trudel[ftd])
- Subject: Re: Most Overrated Actor/Actress
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.210303.27309@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 21:03:03 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec17.204844.7942@nntpserver.chevron.com>, jjdti@usho77.hou281.chevron.com (J.D.Tilander) writes:
- |> >> Overrated:
- |> >> Actor - Kevin Costner
- |> >Ok, ok, after seeing Kevin Costner pop up on 5 out of the last 5
- |> >"overrated actor" postings, I have to speak up.
- |> >
- |> >What are you all using as criteria? Does he make too much money?
- |> >Does he show up in too many movies? Does he get talked about in the
- |> >press too much?
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- Consistency would be a nice thing, such as the dropping in and out of
- his supposed accent in Robin Hood. He should've committed to either
- taking enough voice lessons to get it right or just dropping any pretense
- of having one at all.
-
- And, what about The Bodyguard? It's such a flat idea that I have to wonder
- why it was made. EVERY single movie interview show that's done a story
- on it has as its clip Costner (or worse, Whitney Houston) parroting the line
- that the movie was originally written for Steve McQueen and Kevin's had his
- hair cut exactly like Steve's - like really, wow! Is that the first thing
- that comes to mind when talking about a new - that it was somebody else's?
-
- He has made a few good films, but I just don't find that he stands above
- anyone else ON HIS ACTING ABILITY alone. Sure, I like some of the movies
- that he's made but that doesn't say too much about him as an actor.
-
- I'd almost say the same thing about Tom Cruise, but at I feel that
- his performance in Rain Man made up for a few bad films...
-
- Jon
-