"She Can't Act!" (What do you mean?)

acting in my opinion is the ability to portray different characteristics unique to each character.
take Megan Fox for example:
she imo, cannot act.
her bodily habits and speech do not change from her interviews to her screen presence from Transformers.

a GREAT example of someone who CAN act is Gary Oldman:
he has portrayed vicious sociopaths to a family man who is trying to do his job the best he can.
his rendering of these characters are remarkedly different from each other and himself. all the way down to the mannerisms.

if i cannot tell the difference between an actor's characters and him/herself, then i claim that that "actor" cannot act.

i dont mean any actor ill will but i do play favorites with my actors.

"and added to that why do I only see this comment on actresses and I never see "He can't act"?"

Keanu Reeves
Paul Walker
Hayden Christensen
Channing Tatum

On the matter of the actresses, I don't know if they can't act, per se, but they didn't possess the range for the roles they were given.Halle Berry is great when you put her in Queen and Monster's Ball.She is adept at playing vulnerable characters.On the other hand, she is not the person to get for a strong, authoritative character like Storm.

Jessica Alba, who I liked on Dark Angel, just seems to hit a sour note on everything after that.I have no clue what the problem is.

Anna Paquin, like Halle Berry, is good in playing the vulnerable characters.The problem is, her portrayal of Rogue is completely different than the Rogue we know from the comics.Not sure if it was her choice to play it that way, or the director's.She wasn't a bad actress, she was a bad Rogue.But, the average person doesn't differentiate.

Kirsten Dunst is just like Paquin.She is a bad Mary Jane, and that leaves a bad taste in people's mouths.While she's probably not a bad actress(I haven't seen her in anything but Spider-Man), her overall acting abilities are associated with her weak performance.

Now, I truly believe Megan Fox is a bad actress.She appears to have no emotion or character when she's acting.It may be due to her age and lack of experience, but there are plenty actors younger than her with loads of talent.

I think quite a few people here have said that either Ackles nor Worthington can't act either

@ Kenny: good examples

Oi Sorathekeay: What pray tell do YOU mean when you say "typical fanboy"?

@Kenny you forgot ben affleck he cant act either.

Halle can act you ever seen Losing Alesia or something along those lines,she was cool in Bond,Swordfish,and of course Queen. I think she's really not the hero type Catwoman and Storm just wasnt in her to pull out.

Paquin I dont think she's bad either she does a good job as Sukie on HBO in that Vampire series. Rogue was just boring Im not sure if it was her or the writing,but I could say that for the X-Man franchise so....

Meagan Fox didnt like Transformers maybe she had a little something to do with that. I havent seen her in anything else so I cant say whether she can act or not.

As far as the guys go I like Keanu I met him back in the late 1990's 99 I think and he's cool. I thought he was fine in Constantine and the Devil Adovcates not Oscar worthy or MTV Choice award,but good enough.

Van Damme,Steven Seagal,Dolph Lundgen,I know their has beens but they did make a few movies they should've been able to make. Paul Walker,Vin Diesel,and Channing Tatum all fall into I cant act mode ,but manages to land pretty decent roles and keeps on getting work.

What do all of these guys and gals all have in common they either look or looked good at one point or have or had amazing bodies.

Hey this ain't a COMIC BOOK???? ; D

@jusme6 & LEEE777: It's just something I've wanted to know... seriously not trying to pick a fight... I just wanted to know what was behind the "she can't act" comment I see a lot...

Comic book... no? but it is Marvel related as the fan site is focused for...

All of those Actresses named can Act except for Megan Fox.
Those Actresses have been in great Tv series/Movies All showing their great acting ability.But Megan Fox Cant Act! All of her movies she's only in there for her looks.

I think all those actresses are good except Fox. But I mean come on not everyone in Hollywood can be Daniel Day Lewis or Gary Oldman who IMO are the 2 greatest actors alive today.

When I say someone can't act, it doesn't necessarily mean they can't act. It's just that they are such terrible actors or actresses that it shouldn't even be considered acting. They can't spout out lines in terrible fashion, but in order to act, they need to make us feel like they are that person they're conveying. In her movies, Megan Fox comes off as an uppity female douche, and if that's what her character was supposed to be, she'd be great, but her character isn't supposed to be. Kristen Stewart, everytime she tries to get a line out, in all of her movies, Twilight, New Moon, Adventureland, Zathura, she seems like she's laboring to get a shit out and words come out instead. The way she portrays a character is the same in every movie, and I doubt they are all written that way. The list goes on.

Good article/question SoratheKey. Basically for me as I have also have read through these comments is the ability to make me believe that they believe. To be able to actually take the time to learn how to make an accent or don't do it at all, to show range of emotion beyond happy and pissed, I want to see the frustration, suspense, all the things that make us human and to appear genuine, not forced or stale. Same thing goes for male actors, I call them out just as easily as I would call out a female; Keanu Reeves, Chatum Tatum, Ben Affleck, Hayden Christensen, Marlon Wayne, Ioan Gruffudd, Chris Evans, etc.

So there you go!

and i also don't know how you can say people never call male actors bad actors. it actually happens all the time on this site. stumblin just named quite a few that i've heard people bad mouth around here.

Indeed CorndogBurglar! And the thing is I can come up with more males that can't act than I can of females.

@ stumblin

lol, i'm sure you can, man! i don't know how many times i've said a certain male actor shouldn't play a character because "they can't act their way out of a nutsack".

gotta love that eric cartman :)

Yeah Ukboy28, Evans did fine with "Fantastic Four", he was tolerable, but after watching "Push" I realized he wasn't good, he's as stale as Keanu.

Megan fox is a [frick]tard.....nuff said