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Todays actors that put butts in the seats

posted 7 years ago by actionkamen (23176)
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In the 80s and 90s there are many actors that singlehandedly bring people into a movie simply by starring in it, like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Stallone, Tom Cruise (which still is even today), Harrison Ford, Eddie Murphy, Clint Eastwood, and others.

Todays movie landscape is almost totally different. There are so few actors that can pull off this feat. I wonder why.

RDJ might be ridiculously popular in Marvel movies as Tony Stark, but his Sherlock Holmes inevitably crumbled. J Law could not even help Red Sparrow. Vince Diesel dindu nuthin' to his Bond version of Dominic Toretto in xXx. Chris Hemsworth doesn't worth a thing outside being Thor.

However, there are still some that could, I think...

Chris Pratt (probably the most convincing box office draw today)
Dwayne Johnson
Tom Cruise
Leo DiCaprio (somewhat, maybe?)
Scarlett Johansson (she sure was a few years back, but I'm not so sure today)
And maybe Tom Hardy (but let's see how Venom turns out)
Nic Cage is probably worth mentioning (his silly movies would have nobody to see if not only because the fact that he is in them)

Any additions are welcome...

[–] [email protected] (690) 7 years ago

I'm not sure I'd recognize a photo of Chris Pratt,
But Chris Pine seems to get a lot of roles.

[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

I think the rock is the biggest movie star in the world. Will he ever win an Oscar ? Probably not. He’s even resurrecting Neve Campbell’s career

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7398) 7 years ago

I agree with Dwayne Johnson. And maybe Hugh Jackman.

But the thing is, everyone is on the decline. Even actors like Will Smith and Amy Adams, who could do no wrong, kind of bore everyone now. So I think we're moving out of that phase of movie actors. TV actors on the other hand are more popular because TV as opposed to film is where the good stuff is at.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 7 years ago

But the thing is, everyone is on the decline. Even actors like Will Smith and Amy Adams, who could do no wrong, kind of bore everyone now.

Yeah, why is that?

[–] Wint3rFir3 (7398) 7 years ago

Because most movies that come out are not good and we've stopped expecting that they will be. Even if you are a fan of, say, the superhero craze, I think you can still fairly say those movies aren't the best quality, they're not that exciting, they're very predictable, and all the actors that feature in them, you probably wouldn't watch elsewhere in other films.

Even the actors who deserve the attention aren't being featured in decent movies because...what decent movies?
Like, Leonardo di Caprio in The Great Gatsby - great actor, mediocre film. It's been like this for a while.

TV has all the quality content.

I mean, what was the last movie you went to see that you were really excited about? And did it meet expectations?