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MY CHEMICAL ROADRACE wrote:Andi McDowell in Four Weddings and A funeral
Andi McDowell in several movies. One of my favorite stupid movies is Groundhog Day and she was absolutely awful in that movie. Even though I liked the movie and think Bill Murray is a good actor, I am trying to picture Andi McDowell ever falling for Bill Murray.
I am a big fan of hard core porn and most of the actesses in these movies are not all that good at acting. It really does appear that they rely far too heavily on their bodies (and their flexibility) to carry them through. I think that may be one of the major reasons we have yet to see a hard core performer receive an academy award. Often times the writing and directing appear to be fairly well done but the actors just don't sell the characters.
I was going to say Kristin Stewart, then I saw you said great movies
Just thought of John Malcovich in Rounders.
Great movie but his Russian accent was terrible.
Canoe wrote:
Any except Much ado about Nothing - Shakespeare is his niche for sure!
I know that this is meant humorously, but as best I recall (haven't seen it in ~20 years) Keanu Reeves was okay in that one...especially amidst the general overacting involved (which I have to "credit" to Branagh's direction).
[Curiously enough, to my mind the only actor who "sold" his/her character in that movie was Denzel Washington. (Talk about suspending disbelief!)]
I also thought KR was fine in "Speed"--his acting style seemed to fit that character (and movie) pretty well. And, yes, I would argue that "Speed" *was* a great (action) movie.
...though not at the level of the first "Die Hard." I'm really having trouble picking out a bad acting job in that one. Reginald VelJohnson, maybe?
big al wrote:
Kevin Costner in The Untouchables
i think he sux in all of his movies.
big props to my boy De Niro. Greatest actor of all time~!! ITALIAN LEGEND AND PROUID OBAMA SUPPORTER.
Dennis Reynolds wrote:
Marlin Brando, Godfather
A popular choice, I see. I honestly don't think he was that bad in it--just not an Oscar®-worthy performance.
Pacino should have gotten the Oscar® in that one, IMHO. I found his (very far-fetched) character easy to believe.
His later movies? Not so much.
Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting.
Ben Affleck in everything else Ben Affleck has been in.
SFbayRunner wrote:
Leo in Titanic. He's so bad it's good.
He said "in otherwise great movies".
Daryl Hannah in Wall Street. All she had to do was play a vacuous, not very bright blonde, which you would think would not even require her to act. Or Daryl Hannah in every other movie she's ever been in, except maybe Splash, where she played a dorky mermaid who squeaked like a dolphin, which I guess was in her range.
Wilsonn wrote:
Wilson in Cast Away. An emotionless and flat performance.
Still outshone Helen C\unt
Ted Underhill wrote:
Costner in anything. He has absolutely no range as an actor and has been cast in a number of great roles, No Way Out, Dances with Wolves (not surprising since it was his movie), Bull Durham, The Untouchables.
I don't like Costner but he was actually good in JFK.
Sandra Bullock in anything she's been in that would be considered good. One exception: "Crash."
Renee Zellweger ruins everything she's cast in because of her amazingly annoying voice, and she's been in some OK films, chief among them "Jerry Maguire."
Demi Moore cannot act for shit; her one expression is a quivery-lipped pout. She's on the big screen because of her T & A, nothing more.
Can't believe this hasn't been said. Justin Timberlake in "In Time". He goes through so much crap and can't lose that whiny voice, he can only play one character, himself. That whole cast sucked for the most part, could have been a better movie. JT sucks as an actor period anyway.
Also I will say I need to rewatch a lot of these movies to look out for bad performances
Sensai in Karate Kid
Adam Sandler in Billy Madison.
Cybil Shepherd in Taxi Driver
Sigourney Weaver in Alien.
Neo? wrote:
Justin91 wrote:Keanu Reaves in Point Break.
Keanu Reeves in any of his movies.
Yes he's a crap actor, but his music is worse. I saw one of his gigs in England, it was dreadful.
Yes he's a crap actor, but his music is worse. I saw one of his gigs in England, it was dreadful.
Hmmm, new thread: "Worst musician in otherwise great band?"
Ringo in the Beatles.