No serously, you don't know what is acting and honnestly don't know what the word ''respect'' means!
No seriously, I'm asking to myself a vert important and big question: What did Stallone do to you guys? Did he sexually abuse of your mothers?
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No serously, you don't know what is acting and honnestly don't know what the word ''respect'' means!
No seriously, I'm asking to myself a vert important and big question: What did Stallone do to you guys? Did he sexually abuse of your mothers?
Classic stuff!
Taranrod, it's one thing to have your opinion. It's entirely another to be appalled that no one else shares it.
It's at this point that you should consider this conversation a loss and move on, lest you continue entertaining so many of us for all the wrong reasons.
It's at this point that you should consider this conversation a loss and move on, lest you continue entertaining so many of us for all the wrong reasons.
ozzfloyd
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I really like Sly and his acting in most cases, but a thespian of the highest order he is not.
Chaplin
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You're obviously not understanding why we're calling you out on this. No big deal, I'd just drop it.
In YOUR opinion... not in mine! Because, you don't understand that his acting is inspiring me... this guy is inspiring me and not just for his acting, for what he did in the real life! His determination et courage is a great example of what is a real inspiring actor! So yes I think Stallone is an high level actor!
...and no one else shares that opinion. No big deal.
To answer your question about what Stallone did for us to not mention him with the likes of who we to believe to be great actors: he didn't act as well as them. He didn't do enough to make us think he's that good. End of story.
Did you ever see The Italian Stallion? Some of his best work, honestly.
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This.
I don't think Stallone is terrible, I just think a bunch of other actors are better.
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My top 5 actors under 50:
Downey Jr.
Norton
Depp
Seymore Hoffman
Pitt (Very underrated imo)
All-Time bests....Brando and Streep
Downey Jr.
Norton
Depp
Seymore Hoffman
Pitt (Very underrated imo)
All-Time bests....Brando and Streep
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I'm more partial to Oscar.
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Two thumbs up baby!!!!!
Rocky is a high level acting!
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So was Magnolia, but there aren't many people that would rate Tom Cruise higher than Daniel Day-Lewis, Gene Hackman and Marlon Brando.
Yup, and as I mentioned, that's where he had a decision to make about the kind of actor he was going to be.
...it was also 34 years ago. Doesn't it seem odd that for a guy who you say is supposed to be a great actor you have to point to a film that more than 30 years old to find "high level acting?"
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This was a wildly entertaining thread.
It just seems people are confusing stars with actors, the best acting is usually done by people who are not stars.
Oscars are usually a popularity contest of the highest order if you're just talking about the leading roles.
Of the stars Robert Downey Jr. is my favorite, not necessarily the best actor, just think he's the most interesting.
Can't believe Billy Bob didn't make more lists if any, can't remember.
Of course when he's at his best I don't think he's acting which is another theme entirely but he's done some great stuff and some awful stuff so I can understand people not putting him on the list but I would.
You could almost put Billy Bob on both, which is kinda funny to me.
It just seems people are confusing stars with actors, the best acting is usually done by people who are not stars.
Oscars are usually a popularity contest of the highest order if you're just talking about the leading roles.
Of the stars Robert Downey Jr. is my favorite, not necessarily the best actor, just think he's the most interesting.
Can't believe Billy Bob didn't make more lists if any, can't remember.
Of course when he's at his best I don't think he's acting which is another theme entirely but he's done some great stuff and some awful stuff so I can understand people not putting him on the list but I would.
You could almost put Billy Bob on both, which is kinda funny to me.
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sundevilscott
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Christian Bale in The Fighter was phenomenal. He steals the show in my opinion.
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I agree. I'm no expert at the acting but I thought he was very good in that role.
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I'm too lazy to read through this whole thread but did anyone point out the importance of the script and the directing as regards acting. William Hurt is usually a pretty good actor but if you've watched him in Lost In Space or Michael you'd never know it. He had horrible lines in Space and delivered them woodenly at times and over the top on others. He was mostly decent in Michael but he has a couple of really bad scenes that made me think the director must have been mailing it in.
As far as quality acting goes, I hadn't fully realized the importance of the director until I watched Robert Culp do a (self-directed perhaps?) promo for one of the premium networks (ON, HBO, Cinemax, TMC whatever) back in the early 80's. It was easily the worst acting job I've ever seen and that includes every Troma film ever made (okay, I haven't actually seen every one of them, but enough to warrant a quality exagerration). Not that Culp will ever be mistaken for De Niro but this performance was worse than bad and with decent direction he's normally at least watchable.
Steve
As far as quality acting goes, I hadn't fully realized the importance of the director until I watched Robert Culp do a (self-directed perhaps?) promo for one of the premium networks (ON, HBO, Cinemax, TMC whatever) back in the early 80's. It was easily the worst acting job I've ever seen and that includes every Troma film ever made (okay, I haven't actually seen every one of them, but enough to warrant a quality exagerration). Not that Culp will ever be mistaken for De Niro but this performance was worse than bad and with decent direction he's normally at least watchable.
Steve
Stallone also did a movie called over the top about an arm wrestling trucker bonding with his kid that he did do a very good job in. Stallone's credits are not however just in acting, he has written many of the movies he has starred in, and he directs and produces as well. As far as acting ability he is nowhere in the league of Depp or Pitt,Gooding, or Hoffman, but he really is a very talented guy.
OT... My lady was a pretty serious Bale hater...then last week I picked up Batman Begins and Dark Knight. After seeing these she has had a change of opinion on his acting ability.
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