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“And who has said that Rupert is more talented that the other two?Rupert’s fans?Dan has received GREAT reviews for Equus and My boy Jack.December Boys isn’t a good movie but his performance is very good , he will be Dan Eldon and i think that he will be fantastic because the movie will be very interesting,ah and the debut on Broadway.Emma has received great reviews for Ballet Shoes.so,they has proved that the two are great actors and not only “popularity”and “images”.

Thank you captain obvious. If you aren’t a fan of someone, you don’t think they are talented. I am not a Johnny Depp fan. I think he’s been the same character for the last decade. If I said, I hate Johnny Depp’s acting but he’s a good actor, I would sound ridiculous.

Rupert has gotten more positive CRITICAL reviews for his ACTING than Emma has. That is provable, and I’ve offered it up in these comments before. Dan has done more, and therefore has lots of accolades. But if you just look at the reviews for GoF and OotP, the consensus is indifferent on Dan, talks only of Emma’s looks, and talks about how underused and underrated Rupert is.

Please, prove me wrong.

@Sarah please stop trying to turn this into a Dan v Rupert or Emma v Rupert debate, because its NOT. We get your point, your a big Dan fan. Well, for the record, so are most of us too. People are just giving their opinions and just because someone thinks rupert is good does not automatically mean that they think Dan is bad (although, I guess some people may)!

I agree, Dragonhandler!

I am a huge Dan Fan. I hated December Boys, but that wasn’t his fault. I was moved by his performance in OotP and My Boy Jack. I think Dan is amazing. He deserves praise over and over.

I’m a bigger Rupert fan. I just like his style better. I think his acting is more subtle and he can do more with his face than most. That is a valuable characteristic. Dan tends to be over the top sometimes.

I am not a fan of Emma. Though that may change. I like her clothes, I think she’s sweet and bright…but I dont’ see anything special about her acting. I actually can find more bad points than good.

I agree with everything Mario said about Dan and Emma I do love Rupert Grint, I think he is a good actor, and just adorable

However, I was able to see Watson’s performance in Ballet Shoes, and I thought her acting took a great step up from the Harry Potter series, she still has lots of room from improvement as she is still growing as an actress and, but she does have that potential. People are all allowed to have opinions of course, but everywhere I go, usually livejournal , they are always saying how she’s a horrible actress , complaing about her eyebrows etc., I think people shouldn’t be so quick to judge when we haven’t really seen what she can accomplish outside of the HP series.

Eruditewitch, you do have a good point of the awards giving a illusion of great talent, but I’m sure Emma knows she has lots of room for improvement , I mean for goodness sake she’s only 18! Her confidence in becoming an actress was severally lacking a couple of years ago, so Im sure Emma certainly does not think she’s the greatest actress out there today.

I kinda like all of the trio to be honest but I dont think ANY of them are the most amazing actors. I just would really really like Daniel Radciff to learn how to cry on film for Deathly Hallows!

“but if you just look at the reviews of GOF and OOTP”YES I LOOK,i look so much reviews and in the 90% say that Dan was really good in the two movies.hey,i don’t say that Rupert is a bad actor,he is very good but i only say that the three are very good,well Emma has the problem of the eyebrows,but only this.this is my opinion,you could have other.

I wonder how Liam Aiken would have done as Harry. Just saying.

If you are directing your poorly worded rants at me, Sarah, maybe you should pay attention to what I say.

I think Dan is really good. I never once doubted Dan.

Emma is not worthy of all the praise she gets, as they create the illusion she is more talented than she is.

Rupert gets enormous critical acclaim. Did you miss that part when you apparently read all of those reviews?

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rupert doesn’t have a lot of screen time compare to Dan, that’s why critics see less flaws while playing Ron compare to Dan while playing Harry, but even with the inmense amount of screen time Dan has he gets critical acclaims reviews. Lets take alsp on consideration that Rupert has to prove he can act as a different character to Ron, Ben was a very similar charater to Ron nothing that made an impact on his career. you may like an actor but sometimes the IMO has not barrel for who really is the talented one.

“I just would really really like Daniel Radciff to learn how to cry on film for Deathly Hallows!” (kayley)

I don’t get why people expect tears from Harry in DH. Are we reading different books? Nowhere in the series, except possibly towards the end of HBP, did I read Harry as crying, certainly nowhere in DH. Maybe there’s a cultural difference; perhaps in other cultures you expect to see more emotion so you read tears into any emotional scene. But Harry isn’t the crying type (in the films they have had him blubbing once or twice, for which I blame the screenwriter!). He’s quite emotionally stifled, and even ashamed of showing such a weakness. This is why I like how Dan portrays Harry, because he underplays emotion, which for me is exactly as it should be done with Harry.

“But if you just look at the reviews for GoF and OotP, the consensus is indifferent on Dan, talks only of Emma’s looks, and talks about how underused and underrated Rupert is.” (eruditewitch)

Whilst I agree with your views in general and that Dan especially was subject to indifference in early films I do just want to say that this wasn’t my experience with the OotP reviews. I read about 200. Half were quite vague; if they mentioned the actors it was as a group in a generally positive way (typical quote: ‘the three leads are improving with every movie’) or a generally negative way (‘the three leads still can’t really act’). Of the decent length reviews (100 ish) I read a few negative ones of all three actors. But a large proportion specifically single out Dan for praise; the only other two actors who were singled out in that way are Imelda and Evanna. Only a handful actually mentioned Emma and Rupert as individuals (and then it was alongside Dan rather than singled out); those that mentioned Rupert were mostly positive whereas if Emma was mentioned (which was not as often as Rupert) it was negative. I remember all this because I was very pleased to read such a positive consensus about Dan, who I personally began to admire after GOF (I was more of a Rupert fan before).

Congrats on the Win you two. I also leave a vote for Rupert.

Congratulations! Radcliffe did a great job in OotP so he really deserves all awards.

Rupert’s fans are booooring, always saying the same things…

I would usually, at this point, direct you to a page on Rupert-grint.us where you can read a VERY long list of positive reviews about Rupert in OotP, but the site seems to not be working.

There are more than a few that mention Rupert positively.

But I do agree, Dan gets praise, and with good reason.

The fact of the matter is no matter who played Harry Potter, they’d be getting the same accolades. It’s not Dan winning, it’s his popularity as Harry Potter that is winning. When Dan wins for something non-Potter or when he gets nominated for an actual merit based award instead of these joke awards, then he’s made a mark. Until then, only the very naive will not see how it’s all Potter popularity based.

The same for Emma. Her portrayal of Hermione is subpar at best, but because she’s cute and the female figure head of a HUGE movie series, people decide to pay attention. Heck, how can she even be the “Best Actress” if she’s a supporting character? Those titles are usually saved for women who actually carry the movie with their performance, which she doesn’t. If some other cute girl played Hermione, they’d be getting the exact same awards.

That’s how it goes. It’s never more apparent than to see just how Rupert is treated with these things. His skill is clearly better than Emma’s, but because he plays the second male to Dan’s main character and because he’s not necessarily conventionally good looking like Emma is (even though I will say I think he’s adorable) he gets passed over for the more popular (Dan) and the cuter (Emma) actors. Quite sad really.

I agree, this is just practically another popularity contest. =) Congrats to DAN! :D

Awards are just the way the film industry celebraties their most successful films by showcasing their most popular actors. Awards are a popularity contest, not a true assessment of talent. Emma is an attractive young woman, but she’s only a fair actress. Dan is somewhat better, but he benefits more from wise type casting than acting talent. Ironically, the best of the HP three, Rupert Grint, is not cited for an award. Alfonso Cuarion speculated that of the three, Rupert was the most likely to have a successful career as an adult actor.

Yes Jedsil,Alfonso Cuaron said that but when the three had 14 years.Dan is a fine actor now.i think that now he has the better future of the three leads.and if Rupert is the best actor of trio why he has done only one film in 7 years?

Ok, none of us actually go for the amazing and stellar acting of the trio. They’re great, but I go to see harry potter, not the acting. This is just a popularity contest, not an acting contest. If they brought Rupert out more, maybe they would see him for his acting too.

I would like to thank anna (with the small a) above for talking about HP reviews, I could not have said it better. I read almost all reviews on Rotten Tomatoes too and my recollection is that Dan got just about the same positive reviews as Rupert, and while Rupert was cited for being under-used, Dan was commended on the way in which he had carried the franchaise. I feel that Rupert is a better actor in the beginning but at this moment, there are little differences between him and Dan, whatever Dan lacks in term of based-line natural talent, he makes it up by cultivate it. So, at this particular junction, whoever get award or recognition, I will say congratulation to them all.