# Will Keanu Reeves be considered one of the greatest Sci. Fi. actors of all time? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 19, 2005, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921 "2005-02-19T18:52:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/41 "2005-02-21T15:46:31Z")
Accent. Don’t forget the accent. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/42 "2005-02-21T15:53:49Z")
If you’re talking box office success, I think the sci-fi and fantasy title has to go to Arnold Schwarzenegger: The Terminator (I, II, and III) Total Recall The Sixth Day Predator Last Action Hero Conan the Barbarian The Running Man Batman and Robin (_shudder_) End of Days ---
**Author:** ![Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/43 "2005-02-21T16:26:49Z")
I can understand everything on that list except Conan The Barbarian. Fantasy =! science fiction The runner up is Will Smith, who deliberately picks sci-fi movies because they have good box office: Men in Black I and II Independence Day I, Robot ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/44 "2005-02-21T16:41:04Z")
To paraphrase a famous quote about Katharine Hepburn: “Keanu Reeves covers every emotion from A to B.” He is the absolute worst. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2005, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/45 "2005-02-21T17:18:02Z")
> [@Barbarian](#): > > The runner up is Will Smith, who deliberately picks sci-fi movies because they have good box office **Bruce Willis** is up there, too: Armageddon The Fifth Element Twelve Monkeys Unbreakable Death Becomes Her (sorta) And **Jeff Goldblum** is an even better candidate: Independence Day Jurassic Park The Lost World: Jurassic Park Powder The Fly Mister Frost Earth Girls are Easy The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978 version) ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/46 "2005-02-22T08:18:08Z")
I find disturbing your apparent assumption that Keeanu Reeves must rely on his Sci. Fi. portfolio to obtains industry credibility. [Evidence exhibit A](http://imdb.com/title/tt0098752/) [Evidence exhibit B](http://imdb.com/title/tt0102685/) Are there any other 2 movies with such socially dramatic impact credited to one individual? Sheeeeeaaah! Like this Star Wars thing prematurely destroyed Mark Hamill’s career. He was so ready to [take off](http://imdb.com/title/tt0077372/) when he suddenly became ensnared in an [type-cast trap](http://imdb.com/title/tt0076759/) from which he never escaped. ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2005, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921/47 "2005-02-22T09:49:43Z")
> [@Long Time First Time](#): > > Count me as an “older” woman who thinks Keeanu is dreamy. It’s those exotic eyes that do it for me. I don’t care that he has the emotional range of a step ladder because just looking at him is good enough. He was most pretty, and did a decent acting job, in _My Private Id_aho. > > His best acting - BY FAR - was done in _Point Break_. Specifically the wet t-shirt, full THO scene. > Yummy Can’t you like Johnny Depp instead? He’s pretty, and he can _act_. Or Brad Pitt? A character actor trapped in a leading man’s body, as someone said, but he’s no slouch either. Even Tom Cruise can surprise you occasionally. But _Keanu_? What would you talk about afterwards? “Whoa, that was like, awesome.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-keanu-reeves-be-considered-one-of-the-greatest-sci-fi-actors-of-all-time/290921.md?page=2)