Well let's start with a group which includes Shannon Elizabeth, Denise Richard and Jaime Pressly. Basically the "I hit it big because i took my kit off, then got an ego and thought i could be appreciated as an ahem serious actress and won't accept the fact that really my body is the only piece of me worthwhile"
Jennifer Love Hewitt's career has also jumped the shark, she was a kind of flavour of the month
The actor who played Oliver in the OC. Hopefully that will be his one and only role ever and he will go back to being a paper boy
Sean William Scott's 15 mins are just about over me thinks too
Shannon Nutt
03-25-04, 05:35 AM
They haven't yet, but I hope Colin Ferrell and Ashton Kutcher jump the shark real soon...or maybe the shark will just eat them. I find both these guys talentless and annoying to watch on-screen - particularly Kutcher.
j123vt_99
03-25-04, 09:08 AM
tara reid..actually everyone in the first American Pie is real close
Matthew Chmiel
03-25-04, 09:15 AM
Seann William Scott is a pretty decent actor when given the chance (look at the indie/action flick Stark Raving Mad). Same applies to Ashton Kutcher (The Butterfly Effect) and Colin Ferrell (it looks like he's going back to smaller films with Intermission). It's just too bad that those three guys pick really bad roles over roles they can actually do well in.
There are a few young actors who are actually good at acting, it's just that they choose the wrong roles. James Van Der Beek was good in The Rules of Attraction, but in his other works (Dawson's Creek and Varsity Blues come to mind) he wasn't really flexing his acting chops.
Now, whatever happened to Jason Biggs? Other than a few teen comedies and that Woody Allen flick, he hasn't done much else. Along with what k123vt_99, most of the American Pie cast is real close. Just look at Chris Klein... an awful actor who ruined his career with the remake of Rollerball.
antennaball
03-25-04, 09:25 AM
Neve Campbell is the first one that came to mind when i saw this thread.
hgar78
03-25-04, 10:09 AM
mena suvari, josh hartnet
Deftones
03-25-04, 10:15 AM
Originally posted by antennaball
Neve Campbell is the first one that came to mind when i saw this thread.
I don't know about that one. I heard she was great in that ballet movie she was just in.
matome
03-25-04, 10:38 AM
Originally posted by j123vt_99
tara reid..actually everyone in the first American Pie is real close
Exactly...where the hell is Chris Klein???
Patman
03-25-04, 11:14 AM
Bangin' Katie Holmes if he's smart!
PopcornTreeCt
03-25-04, 01:11 PM
I think Sean William Scott is gonna have a very long career in Hollywood same goes for Colin Farrell. I would say Martin Lawrence, but no matter how much crap that guy puts out he's always in a new movie. As for women, I don't think Jaimie Pressley ever hit it big.
NitroJMS
03-25-04, 01:24 PM
I really think Vin Diesel is done. No one really seems to care about him anymore and I don't think The Chronicles of Riddick can save him.
Meatpants
03-25-04, 04:38 PM
Two words - Gretchen Moll.
talemyn
03-25-04, 04:45 PM
Originally posted by Matthew Chmiel
Now, whatever happened to Jason Biggs? Other than a few teen comedies and that Woody Allen flick, he hasn't done much else. He's in Jersey Girl right now.
Pants
03-25-04, 04:53 PM
Hello...Reese Witherspoon anyone?
She turned in fantastic performances, turned a lot of heads, and got a lot of attention in A+ flicks like Freeway and Election.
Then she sells out to the WB crowd with Legally Blonde!!! BARF
Then she rubs our noses in what a big sell out she is by cheapening herself even more in a sequal.
Oh well, she's done. Next please
ianholm
03-25-04, 04:55 PM
Natalie Portman
PalmerJoss
03-25-04, 07:28 PM
I was thinking Natalie Portman as soon as I saw the title of the thread.
matome
03-25-04, 07:41 PM
Really, is she contractually bound to play those Star Wars parts exclusively? At least she seems to have some other 2004 films in the can at last. I hope she can recover.
Sessa17
03-25-04, 07:43 PM
Originally posted by Meatpants
Two words - Gretchen Moll.
When did she ever hit it big? I'd say 9 out of 10 people don't have a clue who she is. Actually, I took my girlfriend to see Chicago on Broadway about a month ago & Gretchen Mol starred in it & I thought she was phenomenal.
Anyway, I definitely think Shannon Elizabeth, Jason Bigs, & Vin Diesel are the 3 failry young actors that have jumped the shark the most.
I think Keira Knightly out of every young actor/actress has the chance to have the longest staying power.
Colin Farrel is the actor I WISH more than any other would just go away. I think the guy is utterly boring to watch. (yes, I even though he was overrated as Bullseye, just your typical psycho bad guy, anyone could have done what he did with the role).
Matthew Chmiel
03-25-04, 08:00 PM
He's in Jersey Girl right now.
But it's as a supporting role. After since American Pie came out, he was the lead role in every film he joined (exclusion Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back). It's too bad most of those films sucked (Loser and Saving Silverman easily come to mind).
It's too bad, cause I'm a fan of the Biggsy.
The Nature Boy
03-25-04, 08:13 PM
Ethan Embry
Lukas Haas
Edward Furlong
Giovani Ribisi
tdirgins
03-26-04, 08:00 AM
I would say Hayden Christensen, but he didn't really "jump the shark"--more like, "crashed and burned on the ramp".
jaeufraser
03-26-04, 01:45 PM
Hey nobody should be knockin Jaime Pressly. She's not the type to get naked, and stop doing that once she becomes big. Cause...she still gets naked, and she ain't that big.
Josh-da-man
03-26-04, 01:48 PM
Just saw a commercial for Scooby Doo 2, so I'll have to name everyone involved in that pile of shit.
Morf
03-26-04, 02:15 PM
Originally posted by Josh-da-man
Just saw a commercial for Scooby Doo 2, so I'll have to name everyone involved in that pile of shit.
:lol:
John Spartan
03-26-04, 03:20 PM
Originally posted by The Nature Boy
Giovani Ribisi
Ribisi is going to be around for a while. He's a character actor, not a star.
Michael Corvin
03-26-04, 04:02 PM
Originally posted by John Spartan
Ribisi is going to be around for a while. He's a character actor, not a star.
:up: exactly. He plays the quirky roles that most actors probably wouldn't want or couldn't pull off.
No mention of Affleck or Lopez yet? I like Affleck, but J.Lo started out great in Out of Sight then had to go make a music career then proceeds to make nothing but crap movies ever since.
wmansir
03-26-04, 04:28 PM
Originally posted by matome
Really, is she contractually bound to play those Star Wars parts exclusively? At least she seems to have some other 2004 films in the can at last. I hope she can recover.
She is (was?) going to Harvard, so she can only do films in the summer.
Suprmallet
03-26-04, 05:23 PM
Jason Schwartzman. Starts on a career high with Rushmore, and now he's doing some show on Fox that is bound to be canceled. He was in Spun, but that blew, and some other crappy college comedy. It's really a shame, because I think he's quite a good actor.
As for Sean William Scott, I think he has enough charisma to stick around for a while.
No one cares about Shannon Elizabeth anymore.
Jason Biggs was great in Anything Else, I can imagine him branching out a bit more.
As for Gretchen Mol...what? She was in The Shape of Things last year and she was great.
Deftones
03-26-04, 05:34 PM
Originally posted by The Nature Boy
Giovani Ribisi
No way. Go watch Saving Private Ryan again.
The Nature Boy
03-26-04, 07:07 PM
Originally posted by Deftones, Esq
No way. Go watch Saving Private Ryan again.
I'm not disputing the talent boys, his turn in the Gift was one of the most brillantly twisted performances of the 90's for my money. But what has he done of note lately? SPR is 7 years ago now, and then he seemed on the fast track and he's simply not on the fast track now. He'll still work, everyone mentioned will still work, but I think some have jumped.
antennaball
03-26-04, 10:20 PM
Originally posted by The Nature Boy
I'm not disputing the talent boys, his turn in the Gift was one of the most brillantly twisted performances of the 90's for my money. But what has he done of note lately?
i thought he did an awesome job in both Basic and Cold Mountain. as was said, he's a great character actor...possibly the Harry Dean Stanton of the newer generation.
boobietheclown
03-26-04, 10:54 PM
Originally posted by wmansir
Natalie Portman
She has a role in 'Garden State' and that looks like a winner.
hgar78
03-27-04, 09:12 AM
Originally posted by Sessa17
When did she ever hit it big? I'd say 9 out of 10 people don't have a clue who she is. Actually, I took my girlfriend to see Chicago on Broadway about a month ago & Gretchen Mol starred in it & I thought she was phenomenal.
when rounders came out she was considered the next big "it" girl. i never understood it myself, but she was pretty hot. she's a good actress but she has pretty much run that early prediction to death.
Hokeyboy
03-27-04, 02:11 PM
Originally posted by The Nature Boy
I'm not disputing the talent boys, his turn in the Gift was one of the most brillantly twisted performances of the 90's for my money. But what has he done of note lately? SPR is 7 years ago now, and then he seemed on the fast track and he's simply not on the fast track now. He'll still work, everyone mentioned will still work, but I think some have jumped. He was asbsolutely fantastic in Tykwer's Heaven. As mentioned before, Ribisi isn't a "star", he's an actor, and a damned good one.
scott shelton
03-27-04, 02:23 PM
Two pages, and nobody mentions Paul Walker?
You guys are slipping. :)
UAIOE
03-27-04, 02:32 PM
I can't consider Paul Walker as someone who has "jumped the shark" because i have never seen him in anything worthwhile.
EvilConradBain
04-18-04, 12:11 AM
I haven't seen Skeet Ulrich in a movie since Chill Factor
cruzness
04-18-04, 12:33 AM
Shannon Elizabeth - started off in a couple of decent flicks and now she has fallen so far that she is pimpin herself on While You Were Out and that 70's Show.
Tara Ried how is she in movies? She is THE WORST actress I have ever seen. Pornstars in bestiality films have more charisma.
Giovanni Ribisi is a great actor and he will have a long career.
cupon
04-19-04, 02:25 PM
Kirsten Dunst, whose last noteworthy films were Interview with the Vampire and Bring it On.
Elisha Dushku, whose last noteworth film was Bring it On.
Jessica Alba. Why exactly do we know this lady's name.
Everyone on the cast of that 70's show. They should have killed that show after its first season and ended in greatness.
Piper Perabo: burnout.
antennaball
04-19-04, 02:50 PM
Originally posted by cupon
Kirsten Dunst, whose last noteworthy films were Interview with the Vampire and Bring it On.
Yeah, nobody saw that pesky Spiderman movie.
Hiro11
04-19-04, 02:51 PM
Originally posted by cupon
Jessica Alba. Why exactly do we know this lady's name.
Everyone on the cast of that 70's show. They should have killed that show after its first season and ended in greatness. We know who Jessica Alba is because she has an absolutely fabulous ass. It got J Lo pretty far...we'll see.
Also, that kid from That 70s Show was pretty damn good in Traffic.
cupon
04-19-04, 03:57 PM
Originally posted by antennaball
Yeah, nobody saw that pesky Spiderman movie.
Yeah, I'm sure Kirsten's appearance in spiderman added a good $200 - $300 million to the bottomline.
Rivero
04-19-04, 05:05 PM
I think the phrase "jump the shark" has jumped the shark a while ago.
Suprmallet
04-19-04, 05:07 PM
Originally posted by antennaball
Yeah, nobody saw that pesky Spiderman movie.
Or The Virgin Suicides, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, etc.
BernieStolar
04-19-04, 06:52 PM
I don't think anyone gives a crap about Heath Ledger anymore. He was all the rage when A Knight's Tale came out and then did some other movie where it looked he played a priest which tanked.
jeffkjoe
04-19-04, 06:53 PM
CONNIE AND CARLA was the a 25 foot Great White shark for Nia Vardalos.
Rypro 525
04-19-04, 07:14 PM
Originally posted by Hiro11
We know who Jessica Alba is because she has an absolutely fabulous ass. It got J Lo pretty far...we'll see.
and from dark angel (you hit it right about that ass.
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