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jagdwolf stated: There are of course exceptions, Tom Hanks can act...as can say Robin Williams or John Cleese... still not true of most comedians who try to act though. John Cleese and Michael Palin can both act well. It is tough to get around their Monty Python days though. Tom Hanks, we agree on him. Even in support in That Thing You Do he was very good. The thing about Robin Williams is that he can act well given a good serious part. His comedies are usually a bust though, which holds some irony. quote:
As for Harrison Ford..we'll have to disagree..I've seen nearly every film he has ever been in and he can't act in any of them. To me he is in the same class of "actor" as many classic "leading men"...he looks good, sells tickets and doesn't flub his lines...so he is a "star". I liked Ford in Regarding Henry, Working Girl, Presumed Innocent, Hollywood Homicide, and Star Wars. Raiders of the Lost Arc and Indiana Jones: The Last Crusade were good films, as was Blade Runner. When watching the casting of Han Solo, one can see that Ford was much better than anyone else that showed up for a casting call. So was Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher. The casting director was smart for that film. It's too bad that the casting and writing of I-III were so very poor. I'd take Harrison Ford from Star Wars over over Hayden Christensen from Attack of the Clones any day of the week. But you may disagree, and that's fine.
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