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19 out of 28 people found the following review useful:
Ha!, 4 December 2004
Author:
MovieAddict2013 from UK
Ewan McGregor: #9. Kevin Spacey: #4.
WILL SMITH IN THE TOP 50?!!?!
OF ALL-TIME?!
I don't think so.
I've really come to loathe these "specials" by Channel 4. On their list
of Best Musicals, "My Fair Lady" was (to my knowledge) not even
featured, "Singin' in the Rain" was about #13 and in the top 10 was
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The TV Musical."
It's almost laughable.
It's the equivalent of people having voted "Lord of the Rings" as the
greatest film of all time on IMDb - in my opinion many of these people
(similar to those who voted for Will Smith as the greatest actor of all
time) just don't know much and are relying on their very brief
knowledge of film history to form an answer. Most people I talk about
movies to truly don't have any interest in anything predating the '90s,
they're always raving about the newest crappy blockbuster that I've
heard (via IMDb, of all places!) is trash.
But why should I take it so seriously - these are the same people who
voted Gen-X actors into the list. I half expected to see Josh Hartnett
pop up or something.
11 out of 16 people found the following review useful:
An Interesting Turn-out, 26 July 2003
Author:
Greatwhitewhale from London, England
Al Pacino has been voted the greatest movie star of all time by the
British
public. But what about the list?
I was very surprised by such people as Robert Downey Jr and Winona Ryder
in
it. And Kate Winslet came in No. 55. Above Richard Burton, Elizabeth
Taylor
and Vivien Leigh. And what has she done? Titanic? Quills?
Apparently, Audrey Hepburn is the greatest actress of all time, only
coming
in at No 13.
Michael Douglas has beaten his own father coming in at No. 100, as Kirk
Douglas wasn't even in the list at all!
People have questioned why such people as Laurence Olivier, Alec Guinness
and John Gielgud are not in it but this is who the British public voted
for,
and really it's not about the acting, it's about the movie star quality
of
these people.
It was an entertaining show to watch though I do wonder why they
concentrate
on how dodgy these people's private lives are (Hugh Grant for example).
Well
done, Mr. Pacino.
22 out of 38 people found the following review useful:
The Trouble With Democracy ...., 14 August 2004
Author:
Theo Robertson from Isle Of Bute, Scotland
.... Is that any idiot can cast a vote . Take THE 100 GREATEST MOVIE STARS
OF ALL TIME yet another list show from Channel 4 . If we`re talking about
movie stars we`re talking about movie stars from all eras of cinema , people
like Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy , Spencer Tracy and Kirk Douglas none of
whom actually appeared in the top 100 list
That`s bad enough but Ewan McGregor landed at number 9 ! What an actor who
is only convincing playing an Edinburgh junkie is the 9th greatest movie
star ever ! I`d thought maybe STAR WAR fans had stuffed the poll but that
theory collapsed when I realised Alec Guiness didn`t make the list . If
McGregor deserves to be number 9 then the entire cast of EASTENDERS deserve
to be in the top 50 somewhere . Kevin Spacey landed at the lofty heights of
number 4 , another travesty .
I will give some of the voters credit for NOT voting DeNiro ( Number 2 ) as
the greatest ever movie star . Bob has shamefully let himself down by
continually appearing in B movies for many years whilst the winner of the
poll Al Pacino does give the impression he has some standards when it comes
to appearing in films
A very flawed list and I`m getting really fed up with these type of shows
from Channel 4 . That`s why I didn`t vote in their meaningless poll
6 out of 17 people found the following review useful:
The 100 Greatest Movie Stars, 13 June 2005
Author:
Jackson Booth-Millard from United Kingdom
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
This was probably one of the most essential 100 Greatest that I can remember, I just needed to know who the public (including me) had voted as the greatest movie star. Narrated by Richard E. Grant, and appearing contributions from some of the stars themselves, and Gabriel Byrne, Colin Farrell, Stephen Frears, Peter Howitt, Mark Kermode, James King, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Madsen, Christopher Nolan, Bryan Singer, Martin Scorsese and Ray Winstone. Stars in the list are Michael Douglas, Halle Berry, Burt Reynolds (interviewed), Wesley Snipes, Uma Thurman, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kevin Costner (interviewed), Julie Christie (interviewed), Gerard Depardieu, Gwyneth Paltrow, Juliette Binoche (interviewed), Winona Ryder, Grace Kelly, Daniel Day-Lewis (interviewed), Doris Day, Ralph Fiennes (interviewed), Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Dennis Hopper (interviewed), Vivien Leigh, Oliver Reed, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Gere, Meg Ryan, Angelina Jolie, Hugh Grant, George Clooney, Woody Allen, River Phoenix, Eddie Murphy, Gene Kelly, Cameron Diaz, Clark Gable, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Redford, Jude Law, John Malkovich, Meryl Streep, Peter Sellers, John Wayne, Kate Winslet, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Harvey Keitel, Sidney Poitier, Will Smith, Sir Charlie Chaplin, Bruce Lee, John Cusack, Jim Carrey, John Travolta, Sir Michael Caine (interviewed), Jack Lemmon, Gene Hackman (interviewed), Jackie Chan (interviewed), Gary Oldman (interviewed), Marilyn Monroe, Katherine Hepburn, Cate Blanchett (interviewed), Humpherey Bogart, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken (interviewed), Nicholas Cage, Tom Cruise, Christopher Lee (interviewed), Marlon Brando, Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman (interviewed), Russell Crowe, Susan Sarandon (interviewed), Dustin Hoffman, Jodie Foster, Johnny Depp, Nicole Kidman, Sigourney Weaver (interviewed), Robin Williams, Clint Eastwood, Mel Gibson, Brad Pitt, Steve McQueen, Audrey Hepburn, James Stewart, Samuel L. Jackson, Cary Grant, Ewan McGregor, Sir Sean Connery, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Jack Nicholson, Harrison Ford, Kevin Spacey, Tom Hanks, Robert De Niro, and the deserved number one Al Pacino (interviewed). Outstanding!
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