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LizzieMaine said:The one who I never got the appeal of is another Icon -- Louise Brooks. She had a Look, but she never did much for me beyond that. I've always felt she was the sort of actress that over-serious college Film Scholars liked because liking her made them feel worldly.
Gingerella72 said:Whew....now that someone else has said it, I can say that I agree 100%! I've always found her acting and voice extremely annoying but felt I wasn't allowed to say such blasphemy against her iconic status.
Miss Golightly said:I've always wanted to like Greta Garbo but I just can't! I've seen several of her movies and I even bought Anna Karenina on DVD as I hadn't seen it before - she just does nothing for me - she was a beauty for sure but there is always something kind of laboured about her performances.
LizzieMaine said:I can take Garbo in silents, but she does nothing for me in talkies. Maybe I've just seen her caricatured in too many '30s cartoons, but between the accent and the Plank Of Swedish Wood expression, I just can't take her seriously.
The only talkie of hers that I like is Ninotchka, because she doesn't take herself seriously either.
Ed Bass said:Had she lived to become an old hag like Bette davis did, Oh brother! I can just imagine....
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Nathan Dodge said:You guys and gals with your Academy of the Overrated need to see MANHATTAN, by "overrated" writer/director/actor Woody Allen, as there's a scene that's perfect for those with lists of the overrated.
I also think those with an overrated performers list should also include someone they think is underrated, so we get an idea of what you like. I'm sure another "overrated" list can spring from that list!
Amy Jeanne said:I still say Kate Hepburn. She's the only Golden Era actress I really despise. I think her acting is forced, overly-theatrical, loud, and obnoxious. I really don't see what most others see and don't try to convince me otherwise because I've already tryed myself (I've seen a LOT of her films and still came out feeling the same way.)
I don't mind actresses who "can't act." It's OVER acting that gets my goat.
MudInYerEye said:Darla Hood.
LizzieMaine said:Hepburn is one of those actresses who got best results when basically playing herself -- that sort of upper-middle-class clenched-teeth personality. But try and picture her playing, oh, a housemaid or a factory hand or a shopgirl, and her acting abilities lose a bit of their lustre. I don't especially dislike her, but she doesn't strike me as having the range of someone like Barbara Stanwyck or -- yes -- Bette Davis. And I say this even though I do a dead-on impression of her.
Miss Golightly said:I've always wanted to like Greta Garbo but I just can't! I've seen several of her movies and I even bought Anna Karenina on DVD as I hadn't seen it before - she just does nothing for me - she was a beauty for sure but there is always something kind of laboured about her performances.
Doctor Strange said:Hey, there are plenty of us who admire Kate Hepburn enormously, even while admitting it's true that she couldn't play convincingly beyond a fairly narrow range of characters. As Viola said, that's true of many (if not most) movie stars, both in the past and now.