How would you rate these actors and actresses?

[jason_L]

Hey guys!
I'm new to this great website and i'm not sure if you guys are into movies, but i would like to ask everyone, how would you rate these actors and actresses in the scale of 1 to 10 and if you can be bothered than tell a reason why you rated them that way too, ok here goes:

Johnny Depp 7
Cate Blanchett 9
Edward Norton 8
Jodie Foster 6
Robert De Niro 10
Nicole Kidman 7
Brad Pitt 6
Marlon Brando 10
James Stewart 10
Salma Hayek 5
Tom Hanks 9
Sean Penn 8
Russell Crowe 7
Kevin Spacey 9

Thats how i would rate them, what about you guys?
And based on talent of course:)

[Yomar]

Johnny Depp 8
Cate Blanchett 8
Edward Norton 8
Jodie Foster 8
Robert De Niro 8
Nicole Kidman 6 (she annoys me)
Brad Pitt 8
Marlon Brando 5 (hype and I'm too young to remeber when it wasn't)
Salma Hayek 5
Tom Hanks 7
Sean Penn 8
Russell Crowe 6
Kevin Spacey 8

a lot of very good actors

[Henry]

Let's see here ...

Johnny Depp 6
Cate Blanchett 9
Edward Norton 10
Jodie Foster 9
Robert De Niro 7
Nicole Kidman 6
Brad Pitt 7
Marlon Brando 9
James Stewart 9
Salma Hayek 4
Tom Hanks 10
Sean Penn 8
Russell Crowe 7
Kevin Spacey 9

[Brave]

Edward Norton 9
Robert De Niro 8
Tom Hanks 9
Kevin Spacey 9

Don't care enough about the rest to vote. :)

[Kizer Jose]

Depp 8. Very underrated.
Norton 6. Too hot and cold.
Foster 8.
De Niro 10. Of course.
Kidman 8.
Pitt 6. Limited.
Brando 10.
Stewart 8. Somewhat limited range, but very charming.
Hayek 4. Hot, but can't really act.
Hanks 6. Candy-*** roles, but serviceable.
Penn 10. Best actor of his generation.
Crowe 7.
Spacey 9.

Some other actors ranked between 8 and 10: Del Toro (9), Paul Newman (10), James Dean (8), Philip Seymor Hoffman (8), Mark Ruffalo (8), Tom Cruise (8)...

[jason_L]

Originally posted by Kizer Jose
Norton 6. Too hot and cold.

What does that mean? :)

[Kizer Jose]

Norton can be impressive at times, but mostly it looks like he's trying too hard to act. I like him most when he's downplaying his role or is directed to do so (Fight Club). I think he's got a lot of talent, but by "hot and cold" I mean performances such as in American History X or Red Dragon (although to a lesser degree in this one). In one scene he comes across as entirely believable, but in the next he looks so self-conscious that his role is compromised. Also, some of the choices he makes bring me to believe that he's just not very smart, or at least that he doesn't see his role through the lens of the entire movie. As a result, I see this choppy acting, where the character seems more confused than complex. This, by the way, isn't uncommon among actors who primarily act on film (as opposed to stage), where the scenes are often shot all out of order under all kinds of unreasonable circumstances (weather, crew mishaps, different times of day, etc).