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anotheranon) wrote2005-08-25 08:48 pm
anotheranon) wrote2005-08-25 08:48 pm
Entry tags:
under/over rated
Decided to leave off fencing as 1) I've exercised every day this week, and 2) I've been going/doing after work most of this week and just wanted to get home and stay home tonight.
This has, of course, given me ample time to goof off :P For once in my life I decided to stick to logic and realize that I'll never regret not having folded more laundry!
Reading this, this, and this got me to thinking - who do you think are some of the most overrated and underrated talents of all time?
IMHO:
Underrated: Pop Will Eat Itself. Their "intergalactic punk rock hip hop" may be standard dance rock in 2005 but in 1990 there was truly nothing like it. Regrettably most of their back catalog is out of print, but I highly recommend "This is the Day, This is the Hour, This is This" if you can find it.
Overrated: Morrissey. One of my teenage favorites, either I outgrew him or he is still doing the same whiny thing he was doing back with "Bona Drag". Feel free to correct me if he's doing something new (like not feeling sorry for himself).
Underrated: Christian Bale. Perhaps not so much since "Batman Begins" came out, but this guy simply vanishes into his roles - so much so that I've only recently become aware that I've seen him in lots of movies where his identity didn't even register (Swing Kids, Reign of Terror). Hell, he does American so well I didn't even know he was Welsh!
Overrated: Nicole Kidman. I've enjoyed her movies but I'm not sure she warrants all these awards - just never left too much of an impact. Again, feel free to correct me, as I've only seen a few of her movies (Moulin Rouge, To Die For).
What about you?
This has, of course, given me ample time to goof off :P For once in my life I decided to stick to logic and realize that I'll never regret not having folded more laundry!
Reading this, this, and this got me to thinking - who do you think are some of the most overrated and underrated talents of all time?
IMHO:
Underrated: Pop Will Eat Itself. Their "intergalactic punk rock hip hop" may be standard dance rock in 2005 but in 1990 there was truly nothing like it. Regrettably most of their back catalog is out of print, but I highly recommend "This is the Day, This is the Hour, This is This" if you can find it.
Overrated: Morrissey. One of my teenage favorites, either I outgrew him or he is still doing the same whiny thing he was doing back with "Bona Drag". Feel free to correct me if he's doing something new (like not feeling sorry for himself).
Underrated: Christian Bale. Perhaps not so much since "Batman Begins" came out, but this guy simply vanishes into his roles - so much so that I've only recently become aware that I've seen him in lots of movies where his identity didn't even register (Swing Kids, Reign of Terror). Hell, he does American so well I didn't even know he was Welsh!
Overrated: Nicole Kidman. I've enjoyed her movies but I'm not sure she warrants all these awards - just never left too much of an impact. Again, feel free to correct me, as I've only seen a few of her movies (Moulin Rouge, To Die For).
What about you?