IMQ #18 - People in Film - Most Overrated Male Performance

[Chaplin]

Another tough one, but it's gotta be Ryan Gosling. I'd say his performance from La La Land, where he was pretty one-note. But he's like that in almost all his movies.

Honorable Mentions:
Paul Walker - Anything
Christian Bale - Batman movies
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty

 

[AzStevenCal]

Another tough one, but it's gotta be Ryan Gosling. I'd say his performance from La La Land, where he was pretty one-note. But he's like that in almost all his movies.

Honorable Mentions:
Paul Walker - Anything
Christian Bale - Batman movies
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty

Yep, you stole my Gosling. He's my vote for most overrated everything. I'd leave Paul Walker out of this one, I don't know any one that speaks well of him as an actor. But, recent problems aside, I think Spacey is a special actor. Apparently, far more special as an actor than a human being.

 

[Chaplin]

Yep, you stole my Gosling. He's my vote for most overrated everything. I'd leave Paul Walker out of this one, I don't know any one that speaks well of him as an actor. But, recent problems aside, I think Spacey is a special actor. Apparently, far more special as an actor than a human being.

I like Kevin Spacey the actor as well, I'm just not as over-the-moon about his performance in American Beauty.

 

[AzStevenCal]

I like Kevin Spacey the actor as well, I'm just not as over-the-moon about his performance in American Beauty.

Ahh, same here. Actually I wasn't very impressed by anything about that movie.

 

[GatorAZ]

Another tough one, but it's gotta be Ryan Gosling. I'd say his performance from La La Land, where he was pretty one-note. But he's like that in almost all his movies.

Honorable Mentions:
Paul Walker - Anything
Christian Bale - Batman movies
Kevin Spacey - American Beauty

Was Paul Walker seen as an “esteemed actor?

 

[Chaplin]

Was Paul Walker seen as an “esteemed actor?

He certainly has been universally loved since his death. The fact that he was even an actor is overrating him, IMO. He might have been a good guy in real life, but he couldn't act his way out of a paper bag.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting

 

[Chaplin]

Ben Affleck - Good Will Hunting

This is a fascinating answer, considering he was basically a supporting character.

 

[MadCardDisease]

This is a fascinating answer, considering he was basically a supporting character.

I just can't stand his acting in general and this was the movie that made him a household name and kind of kick-started his overrated acting career.

 

[Chaplin]

I just can't stand his acting in general and this was the movie that made him a household name and kind of kick-started his overrated acting career.

Believe it or not, Mallrats and Chasing Amy were before Good Will Hunting, so I'd say those, especially Chasing Amy, did more to jumpstart his career as a lead. But it's arguable either way.

 

[Cheesewater]

Leonardo DiCaprio - The Revenant

 

[Bert]

Dicaprio in Titanic

Granted a lot of that was source, but the writers didn't make his accent fade in and out through the film lol.

 

[NJCardFan]

Johnny Depp in anything but the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.

 

[NJCardFan]

Dicaprio in Titanic

Granted a lot of that was source, but the writers didn't make his accent fade in and out through the film lol.

Yes but he was brilliant in What's Eating Gilbert Grape.

 

[MadCardDisease]

Believe it or not, Mallrats and Chasing Amy were before Good Will Hunting, so I'd say those, especially Chasing Amy, did more to jumpstart his career as a lead. But it's arguable either way.

yeah I know but those were cult classics. Good Will Hunting made him a household name after winning an Oscar.

 

[Hoop Head]

Ben Affleck in Gone Girl


Love the film, great performances from everyone but Affleck. His performance was like a Lifetime movie of the week performance mixed in with everyone else nailing every bit of their parts. He was carried by a great script and how the audience wasn't supposed to like him like that much.