How is Jim Carrey not on the list? He's still got a $20M quote (though he'll work cheaper for certain projects), and his last three films grossed 68M (Popper's Penguins), 2M (Phillip Morris), and 137M (Christmas Carol, which is animated, but performance capture).
I find Barrymore endearing, ever since it was pointed out to me that in a critical scene of Charlie's Angels she absolutely says, "And that's kicking your ath."
This is an idiotic list. By its own admission, it excludes animated films and films that didn't "star" the actor. And because it's based on a handful of movies per actor, one colossal flop can wildly skew the results.
Beyond that, though, it continues the disturbing the trend that judges a movie's (or actor's) success based on how much money it makes. Whatever happened to the question of whether a movie was, you know, a good movie?
I'm not claiming that Drew Barrymore has actually been in a good movie. I'm just saying tht maybe we ought to pay attention to that side of the equation, too.
The animated exclusion can make sense. Sometimes, an actor's presence is used to sell an animated film (e.g., Will Ferrell in Megamind, the cast of Happy Feet Two, who are all billed above the title), but sometimes, not--few, if any people saw "Puss In Boots" because Zach Galifiniakis played the second banana. It's a judgment basis (while I'd put Megamind on the list of "Will Ferrell movies," I wouldn't call Ratatouille a "Patton Oswalt movie"), with a general rule that Dreamworks and Sony animated movies tend to be far more star-driven than Pixar ones.
And for Drew Barrymore, "Whip It" is a pretty damn fine film (though she's not the lead).
How is Jim Carrey not on the list? He's still got a $20M quote (though he'll work cheaper for certain projects), and his last three films grossed 68M (Popper's Penguins), 2M (Phillip Morris), and 137M (Christmas Carol, which is animated, but performance capture).
ReplyDeleteI find Barrymore endearing, ever since it was pointed out to me that in a critical scene of Charlie's Angels she absolutely says, "And that's kicking your ath."
ReplyDeleteThis is an idiotic list. By its own admission, it excludes animated films and films that didn't "star" the actor. And because it's based on a handful of movies per actor, one colossal flop can wildly skew the results.
ReplyDeleteBeyond that, though, it continues the disturbing the trend that judges a movie's (or actor's) success based on how much money it makes. Whatever happened to the question of whether a movie was, you know, a good movie?
I'm not claiming that Drew Barrymore has actually been in a good movie. I'm just saying tht maybe we ought to pay attention to that side of the equation, too.
The animated exclusion can make sense. Sometimes, an actor's presence is used to sell an animated film (e.g., Will Ferrell in Megamind, the cast of Happy Feet Two, who are all billed above the title), but sometimes, not--few, if any people saw "Puss In Boots" because Zach Galifiniakis played the second banana. It's a judgment basis (while I'd put Megamind on the list of "Will Ferrell movies," I wouldn't call Ratatouille a "Patton Oswalt movie"), with a general rule that Dreamworks and Sony animated movies tend to be far more star-driven than Pixar ones.
ReplyDeleteAnd for Drew Barrymore, "Whip It" is a pretty damn fine film (though she's not the lead).