Beautiful people with very little talent

[Preston_79]

Just wondering who you all think are the best looking men and women in movies that have the least amount of talent?

Lindsey Lohan? Keanu Reeves? Elizabeth Hurley? Can you name a few?

[TheMazVolta]

ALBA - The rest pale in comparison to her combo of hotness and talentlessness

[Otis Driftwood]

I'd add Scarlet Jo in there as well.

Beautiful woman, not so good actress.

[Ratlehed]

Originally posted by Preston_79


Lindsey Lohan? Keanu Reeves? Elizabeth Hurley? Can you name a few?

I think L.L. can actually act and sing. She was good in Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, and the Parent Trap. I haven't seen any of her more recent stuff so I cant comment on that. Her music is good for what it is. Its no better or worse than the other bubble gum pop stuff. She gets compared to Spears, Hilton, Duff and all of them but Lohan is above any of them.

J-Lo. She is below avg. in her music and movies. I dont think any of her movies ever got more than 2 stars. All of her videos feature much more talented music types. She rides alot of coattails IMO.

[Robot]

Originally posted by TheMazVolta
ALBA - The rest pale in comparison to her combo of hotness and talentlessness

When I read the title of the thread..she was the first person I thought of.

I can't think of any men right off that are considered "beautiful" that at least don't have some acting ability..so I don't know where to go on that account.

[Jamesadin]

Originally posted by Robot
When I read the title of the thread..she was the first person I thought of.



Me too.

[JJFlamingo]

Jennifer Garner-stunningly gorgeous, but an incredibly BAD actress. Her emoting monologues on Alias were always high comedy to me...:D

[Vong]

Originally posted by JJFlamingo
Jennifer Garner-stunningly gorgeous, but an incredibly BAD actress. Her emoting monologues on Alias were always high comedy to me...:D

Agreed.

[electriclite]

Originally posted by Ratlehed


J-Lo. She is below avg. in her music and movies. I dont think any of her movies ever got more than 2 stars. .

Out of Sight?

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by electriclite
Out of Sight?


Not to mention Angel Eyes, An Unfinished Life, Selena, The Cell.

She's a MUCH better actress than she's given credit for.


The only people who have been mentioned here that I MIGHT agree with is Alba and Hurley but I believe that's because of the movie's they have been in not because they lack talent. I think give them a role like Charlize Theron had in Monster, and who knows, they may prove to be great actresses afterall.


And Jennifer Garner?! Those are fighting words! LOVED her on Alias, 13 Going on 30 and Daredevil!

Ditto with Scarlett Johansson. Her work in Lost in Translation is among the best ever. I LOVE and ADORE her in that movie!

[therealjohng]

Jennifer Lopez was fucking great in Selena.

[thedudeman69]

Angelina Jolie - She is all tits and no talent.

[Thrizzle]

Denise Richards
Paul Walker
Heather Graham

[NuclearMisfit]

Halle Berry. I dont care how many awards this woman recieves as an actress to me her acting is very routine and her characters hardly change their molds.

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by NuclearMisfit
Halle Berry. I dont care how many awards this woman recieves as an actress to me her acting is very routine and her characters hardly change their molds.

You didn't think Halle Berry was great in Monster's Ball? Great movie and a truly great performance she gave in that movie.

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
And Jennifer Garner?! Those are fighting words! LOVED her on Alias, 13 Going on 30 and Daredevil! Agreed.Originally posted by ilovemovies
You didn't think Halle Berry was great in Monster's Ball? Great movie and a truly great performance she gave in that movie. Agreed, again.

ilm and I rarely agree on anything, so when we do, it's automatically right. Period :D

The male equivalent of Alba is Casper van Dien.

[NuclearMisfit]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
You didn't think Halle Berry was great in Monster's Ball? Great movie and a truly great performance she gave in that movie.

Ive seen it yes, i thought it was a good movie but I tend to avoid any movies with Ms Berry in them. Just a personal belief

[robk]

Shannon Elizabeth
Lexa Doig
Eva Longoria

three babes whose acting leaves much to be desired.

[Scarfather]

Jessica Alba
Jennifer Aniston
Jennifer Lopez
Angelina Jolie
Halle Berry
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Demi Moore
Cameron Diaz
Elizabeth Hurley
Amy Smart

Terrible actresses, molto piacevole, molto erotico.

[Hannibal21]

I agree completely about Elizabeth Hurley, Paul Walker, Heather Graham, Jennifer Lopez (she was great in the 90s, but ever since 'The Cell' all of her performances have ranged from mediocre to downright crappy, still think she's sexy enough though), and Casper Van Dien.

That said.....

While I tend to really dislike Lindsay Lohan as a celebrity, I have to admit that she can be a solid (thought far from great) actress when given the right material. Mean Girls & Freaky Friday were both enjoyable movies, and she was really good in them. She also showed a reasonable amount of potential in Robert Altman's 'A Prairie Home Companion'. Actually, the more I think about, she's given more good performances than bad.

Halle Berry was incredible in Monster's Ball. Not necessarily my top choice for Best Actress of 2001 but she deserved it nevertheless. None of her other works come close to that, but she's given some noteworthy performances in films like Jungle Fever, Bulworth, and Introducing Dorothy Dandridge.

Keanu Reeves, Denise Richards, and Jessica Alba I would agree with, but I don't even see the "hotness" part.

The same goes for Scarlett Johansson. I absolutely loved the gal back in her Lost in Translation & Girl with a Pearl Earring days. Back then, I found her to be one of the few "natural beauties" in Hollywood as well as a powerful actress who really knows how to be subtle in her performances. Nowadays, her looks are completely bland, with very little to set her apart from all the fake, plastic, big breasted blonde bimbos out there. Her acting skills have also since deteriorated; in her recent films she seems to be either (1) sleepwalking through her scenes or (2) directed to be as over-the-top as possible.

Don't really have an opinion on Jennifer Garner.

Other gorgeous no-talent performers? Try Colin Farrell. I don't care how he was good in Minority Report and Tigerland. Between 2003 and 2006, he's been responsible for giving some of the most dreadfully boring performances in recent memory.

[Tagia_Romero]

I have to disagree with Keanu Reeves. His turn in 'The Gift' was quite unlike anything I have seen him do before, and you know what? His character made me want to inflict all sorts of incredible pain on him, and that means he did his job well.

Overall, Reeves knows he may never be Mr. Versitility, but these days, he's hardly an offensive actor by any means. And he's a swell guy, or so I've heard.

[The Heart Collector]

Scarlett Johansson was a fairly respected actress until she turned popular.

Partly because she hasn't really acted well since then, but when she started with The Ghost Whisperer, Ghost World, The Man Who Wasn't There, etc, she was respected.

I guess she was more respected as a child actress.

I should add that a lot of directors can get good performances out of anyone. Case in point: HALLE BERRY.

To me the great actors are the ones that'll give a hell of a performance no matter what shitty movie directed by McG they're in.

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
Try Colin Farrell. I don't care how he was good in Minority Report and Tigerland. Between 2003 and 2006, he's been responsible for giving some of the most dreadfully boring performances in recent memory.


Have you seen A Home at the End of the World? Because that's his best performance.

[powersauce]

Originally posted by ilovemovies



And Jennifer Garner?! Those are fighting words! LOVED her on Alias, 13 Going on 30 and Daredevil!



Same here. As flawed as the season was, she really deserved an Emmy for Season 3.

bad - Alba: Rusty is right on the money.
overrated - Scarlett J: I know Elder will disagree with me on this in a vice versa way but she is basically Rachel McAdams minus the emotional range. She sounded like Tara Reid in The Island and that's definitely not good. I'll take Rachel making a flawed movie (Hot Chick) better over SJ bringing down a great movie (Prestige) any day.

[SweetEnLow]

Originally posted by Thrizzle

Paul Walker


Normally I would agree until I saw him in Running Scared.

[SweetEnLow]

Originally posted by therealjohng
Have you seen A Home at the End of the World? Because that's his best performance.

I agree; great performance.

[electriclite]

Ever think that the basis for the accusations of some actors being talentless can be more accurately based on them being involved in bad movies rather than lack of talent?

I mean don't get me wrong, there are definitely people in H-town who it is a mystery as to how they got to where they are. But there are people who are just talentless or unfortunate enough to not be able to pick proper vehicles that compliment or stage their gifts properly.

A good example would be the Star Wars prequels. If we were to go by those films alone we would come to the conclusion that Hayden Christensen can't act for shit (at least that's what I had thought), or Natalie Portman as well. But in reality we all know that perception was due in part to Lucas' shitty writing, not the talents or lack thereof by the actors.

[gyro_44]

Originally posted by Tagia_Romero
I have to disagree with Keanu Reeves. His turn in 'The Gift' was quite unlike anything I have seen him do before, and you know what? His character made me want to inflict all sorts of incredible pain on him, and that means he did his job well.

Overall, Reeves knows he may never be Mr. Versitility, but these days, he's hardly an offensive actor by any means. And he's a swell guy, or so I've heard.
Ditto on everything that you said, I like Reeves.

Paris Hilton came immediately to mind for me - although she's only been in a few movies. But she's also now a recording artist among other things and she doesn't have a shred of talent, just money and fame.

[ilovemovies]

Originally posted by The Heart Collector


I should add that a lot of directors can get good performances out of anyone. Case in point: HALLE BERRY.




No offense, but that's bs. Director's can't just magically get great performances if the actor him/herself doesn't have it within them.

And I agree with everything electriclite said.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by gyro_44
Paris Hilton came immediately to mind for me - although she's only been in a few movies. But she's also now a recording artist among other things and she doesn't have a shred of talent, just money and fame.

The title says "beautiful people;" she doesn't qualify. ;)

The first that came to mind was Jessica Alba; the woman is stunningly beautiful, but has done little as far as a wide range of roles is concerned. She hasn't impressed in anything and has been hired mostly for her looks, rather than any semblance of talent.

As far as what electriclite said, yeah they might be in bad movies, but Alba has been in Sin City and Fantastic Four and I doubt she was hired because of how well she did during screening test (hell, she had to dye her hair blonde for the FF role). And I think she knew what she was doing when she accepted a role in Into the Blue - she knew she wasn't going to be accepting any awards for that role.

I also agree with the Denise Richards, Cameron Diaz mentions and would like to throw in Carmen Electra and Jenny McCarthy.

[Buck Turgidson]

Originally posted by bigred760
The title says "beautiful people;" she doesn't qualify. ;) Agreed.

Personally, I would put Diaz under that rubric, too. No talent and frighteningly ugly.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
Personally, I would put Diaz under that rubric, too. No talent and frighteningly ugly.

Very true, very true.

[ilovemovies]

Have you guys seen Being John Malkovich or Any Given Sunday? I thought Diaz was SUPERB in both of those of those movies.

[bigred760]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Have you guys seen Being John Malkovich or Any Given Sunday?

Yes.

I thought Diaz was SUPERB in both of those of those movies.

That would make one of us.

[Buck Turgidson]

The whole Glamour Girl Dons A Fright Wig And Gets Credibility schtick is not one that works on me, so that takes care of the Jonze/Kaufman garbage, and she played an obnoxious, spoiled bitch in Any Given Sunday. Real stretch, there.

My personal favorite Cameron Diaz performance was Anna Faris' in Lost In Translation :cool:

[ilovemovies]

She had to go toe to toe with Al Pacino in a shouting match in that movie and nobody shouts like Al Pacino yet, I really felt like she more than held her own opposite him. And that ain't easy to do. So I really don't think you are giving her enough credit for her work in Any Given Sunday when you claim that it's "not a stretch" for her.

[therealjohng]

Originally posted by Buck Turgidson
My personal favorite Cameron Diaz performance was Anna Faris' in Lost In Translation :cool:



Touche.

[Buck Turgidson]

If yelling made you a good actor, Michael Keaton would have half a dozen Oscars®

[Thrizzle]

Im going to go old school: James Dean. I know a lot of people will disagree with me but damnit, i just didnt see the need for him to play each of his characters as hammered 24/7. Whether he was actually drunk or not, we'll never know.....

[echo_bravo]

Bridget Moynahan

Gorgeous, but a dreadfully bad actress. Did anyone see her "performance" in The Recruit or Lord of War? Gawd awful.

[ilovemovies]

I thought Moynahan was good in The Recruit. She was bad in I, Robot though. She was stiff in that movie that I almost confused her for being a robot! :D

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
I thought Moynahan was good in The Recruit. She was bad in I, Robot though. She was stiff in that movie that I almost confused her for being a robot! :D

That was intentional, thought. She was asked to act in a robotic way in the beginning, and become increasingly human towards the end. If look at her performance, it's totally different in the 3rd act than the 1st act. And like all movies, I Robot was shot out of sequence.

She is a solid actress.

[ilovemovies]

Why would she be asked to act robotic in the begining? That doesn't make any sense.

But that movie aside, I agree that she's a mostly solid actress.

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by ilovemovies
Why would she be asked to act robotic in the begining? That doesn't make any sense.

But that movie aside, I agree that she's a mostly solid actress.

Thematically it makes a lot of sense, since the point of the movie pretty much is that there isn't difference between robots and humans. A robot can be like human, and human can be like robot.

Her character was someone who had lost touch with her humanity, she had essentially become a robot. Over the course of the film she reaches her humanity again. If you re-watch the film, this is pretty clear both from her performance, from her dlalogue, and character actions and motivations. She is cold, detached and unemotional.

The change is adressed in her looks as well - In the beginning she is extremely tidy and stiff in her her style - Very robot-like and plasticky in fact. But progressively her looks and style loosen up as the film goes on.

I didn't really get it until 2nd viewing myself, and later on I read an interview with Proyas where he stated this them very clearly - Or maybe it was on the commentary track.

[BadCoverVersion]

I like Ashton Kutcher very much, as long as the goof doesn't talk.

*runs away*

[Tuukka]

Originally posted by BadCoverVersion
I like Ashton Kutcher very much, as long as the goof doesn't talk.

*runs away*

A lot of people have said that he was actually really good in that sea-saver flick he did last year. Haven't seen it myself.

[Tagia_Romero]

Originally posted by Tuukka
A lot of people have said that he was actually really good in that sea-saver flick he did last year. Haven't seen it myself.

And he was quite decent in "The Butterfly Effect" too. Not a masterstroke, but he did his work well and managed to convey many layers.