Jennifer Lopez should be damned grateful she’s considered hot and has a big ass. WAKE UP, BEN!!
I have to put in another vote for Tom Cruise… You can replace him in all of his movies with just about any other actor. I’m still waiting for him to just go away…
I think Wil Smith has enough talent that his handsome looks complement his so called ‘Big Willie’ style without overwhelming it.
Ben Affleck
Dudes- Lorenzo "spank the: Lamas, Ricki Fartin’, and Justin Wimperlake (And his boy band)
Skanks- J. Ho, Christina Skankulara, Tori Spewing, Britany Dirty, and the one the only Suzanne “Ms. Big time Threes Company Star” Somers
I’ll throw in about 70% of national news anchors (men and women, both) who basically have nice hair and read out loud well.
There was a thread about this not long ago. TV News Anchor must be a pretty cushy job if you can get it.
Melanie Griffith? She was in some movie where she played a cop working undercover with Hassidic Jews. I remember watching that and thinking she was horribly out of her league among the lesser known co-stars.
I think of her as the female Keanu Reeves.
Justin Timberlake
He is not overly good looking!
He isnt a brilliant singer!
Why does the world apparently idolise him?
ANNA KOURNIKOVA
Gads, I’ve never understood what people see in her. I mean, she’s blonde, but not really that stunnning. But then, I’ve never understood what some people see in blond-ness, period.
Has she even won a tennis tournament yet?
As much as I adore this guy, Michael Vartan (Never Been Kissed; “Alias”) is more about delicate good looks than anything else.
Not singles. She’s won several doubles.
I make fun of Anna a lot, but she’s quite successful as a doubles player - in fact, a few years ago she won the Wimbledon mixed doubles championship (a major accomplishment, even if no one cares about mixed doubles) with one of my favorite male players, Max Mirnyi.
This is going to be the longest thread ever.
Mmmmmm…Anna Kournikova…
What were we talking about?
I could not agree more. I hate to betray a fellow Georgian, but she is the most over-rated female actress of my generation. I was having a pub-argument with a friend about this the other night, so I compared her to Nicole Kidman. Can anyone really see Julia taking on some of Nicole’s roles? Could Julia play Virginia Woolf? Could Julia play a Russian mail-order bride who is conning her husband? Could Julia have played Suzanne Maretto in To Die For? Julia is a pretty face who continues to play the exact same role in every damn movie she’s in.
I have to disagree with you here. Will Smith went from being a successful 80’s rapper/teen to being the megastar he is. Not all of his films are the same. The Legend of Bagger Vance, Ali, and Six Degrees of Separation all gave him very challenging roles. And to be honest, he’s not that good-looking.
And can you really put Reese in this list? The Importance of Being Earnest, Election, American Psycho, Pleasantville, Fear and most importantly Man in the Moon. She was a kid, for God’s sake. She would have been about 15 in that film. I think Election really cemented her dark horse ability.
Pam Anderson
She was better looking before all her plastic work was done, in my opinion.
I think Kirsten Dunst is getting by because of what she looked like when she was 10 (or whatever age she was when she did Interview With a Vampire). Now she’s just another ditzy blonde with stringy hair.
That was “A Stranger Among Us” and her lesser known costars included Tracy “Mrs. Michael J. Fox” Pollan, a pre-Sopranos James Gandolfini, John Pankow (Ira on “Mad About You”), Mia Sara and Jamey Sheridan (Law & Order: Criminal Intent). No other “A name” stars, but they all acted circles around her in what was to be her vehicle. Speaks volumes, I think.
As for Kirsten Dunst, I have to disagree a bit with Grace – she has made a lot of career limiting film choices, and I think she’d be viewed differently if she had chosen roles which expanded her range at all. But she’s allowed herself to get pegged into teenybopper flicks (Crazy/Beautiful and Bring It On – which was actually darn cute, but still) or fluffy stuff (Spiderman) while Reese Witherspoon, who is only a couple of years older, if that, has balanced teenybopper fluff (that Dangerous Liasions ripoff the title of which eludes me at the moment) with some very bold choices (Freeway, Election) and is now making $15 million a pic and has her own production company. Kirsten’s reliance upon her mother to guide her career has hurt her, but since she’s apparently skipping college to continue in films, she may end up somewhere. Or at least I think she might.
On my list:
Melissa Joan “Sabrina” Hart - she will have no career in adult films
Lucy Liu - her main “talent” seems to be her ability to convincingly make a frustrated/constipated facial expression, even when such is not called for
Lara Flynn Boyle - now that she’s not got her weekly TV gig, she’s going to be right back to making crap like “Road to Wellville”
Penelope Cruz - what is the hype there? Is screwing Tom Cruise really enough to launch a successful career? Maybe. Mimi Rogers is proof, I think, that it’s not enough in the long run, and I fear the same fate awaits Ms. Cruz.
Matt Damon - Okay, he wrote a good movie. But its his face that’s his sole credit now, and all of his performances since Good Will Hunting have been various degrees of big budget crap.
And then there’s a group of actors who I call the “one expression club” because they all have one trademark expression that endears them to people, and they’re all good looking (to some people) and hence, they’re popular. Talented, however, is another matter altogether.
Brad Pitt
George Clooney
Ben Affleck
Gary “Movie Mike Brady” Cole
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Modine
Excellent! And true! For a minute I was feeling whooshed. Might I add:
Rowan Atkinson (not particularly ugly…but Mr. Bean just wouldn’t be Mr. Bean without his looks)
Jennifer Aniston.