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Post by moviebuffbrad on May 31, 2020 5:18:11 GMT
I just saw The Shootist, and I'm gonna have to add Ronny Howard. This movie is basically John Wayne's Unforgiven, but you have this Wally Cleaver bullshit performance from Howard stinking up the joint.
Oh yeah, I just remembered Una O'Conner. James Whale made some great movies, but unfortunately he was also fond of this lady's awful "comedy". I can't stand any scene with her in The Invisible Man or Bride of Frankenstein.
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Post by wolf359 on Jun 3, 2020 12:33:34 GMT
That is the one I had in mind.. It's so obvious, no one even has to mention Sophia Coppola! I don't think the movie is that great to begin with, but her awful performance certainly doesn't help.
I actually heard a rumor a while back that her role in that Movie actually almost went to Julia Roberts.
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Post by isabelarooney on Jun 4, 2020 1:17:29 GMT
Paul Dano - There Will be Blood. Mary Steenburgen - BTTF III Wow, I think Paul's performance in TWBB is incredible, even today I am shocked by the fact that he did not receive an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor
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Post by Winter_King on Jun 4, 2020 9:45:20 GMT
Not a great film of course, but I'm sure we could have used someone else besides Keanu Reeves in Dracula. That's exactly the movie that came to my head. I would say that Kingdom of Heaven with a better lead would've made the film much better.
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Post by amyghost on Jun 4, 2020 10:15:54 GMT
Nancy Allen in Blow Out. Easily one of the most annoying female performances I can think of. Good choice. That's a decent film, but Allen plays her role like some sort of cartoon-caricature of a bimbo. She was never much of an actress at best anyway. The fact that she was DePalma's wife readily explains what film career she had.
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Post by TheSowIsMine on Jun 4, 2020 10:50:08 GMT
Stephen Lack in Scanners I don't think Lack is that bad and anyway, his character is supposed to be in a constant state of confusion. But yeah, it's not a good performance. Cronenberg has regretted casting Lack in many interviews. Oh man, that guy was really bad.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 4, 2020 22:35:36 GMT
I don't think the movie is that great to begin with, but her awful performance certainly doesn't help.
I actually heard a rumor a while back that her role in that Movie actually almost went to Julia Roberts.
I hear she turned it down for Pretty Woman, which was probably ba smart move. Winona Ryder actually had the part, but couldn't do it because she got sick. Now that would have been a much better movie.
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Post by marth on Jun 5, 2020 0:57:42 GMT
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 5, 2020 2:30:04 GMT
Not a great film of course, but I'm sure we could have used someone else besides Keanu Reeves in Dracula. Coppola has come to regret the decision to cast Reeves in that role and Reeves has also looked back in embarrassment as well. Should've cast a real Brit, or...Johnny Depp.
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Post by JudgeJuryDredd on Jun 5, 2020 2:32:12 GMT
Malin Akerman just brings down Watchmen down by not even a little, she's gotten better over the years at drama to give her credit.
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Post by Vits on Jun 5, 2020 15:45:06 GMT
Shelley Duvall in THE SHINING. Wow, I think Paul's performance in TWBB is incredible, even today I am shocked by the fact that he did not receive an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor Who would you not have nominated instead?
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Post by isabelarooney on Jun 5, 2020 16:00:47 GMT
Shelley Duvall in THE SHINING. Wow, I think Paul's performance in TWBB is incredible, even today I am shocked by the fact that he did not receive an Oscar nomination for best supporting actor Who would you not have nominated instead? Casey Affleck, he was great on The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford but he wasn’t supporting, so he should have been nominated for Best Actor
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Post by johnspartan on Jun 5, 2020 17:15:01 GMT
The kid that plays the bat boy, Bobby, in "The Natural" can barely say his lines. Yikes, he must have been some producer's son.
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Post by movielover on Jun 5, 2020 17:36:38 GMT
I'd hesitate to call it a great movie - there's possibly one buried in it somewhere - but Julianne Moore in Magnolia. That's the first performance I thought of too. I agree with your other comments about Magnolia as well.
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Post by maya55555 on Jun 6, 2020 5:12:15 GMT
James Caan in "The Godfather".
IMO
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Post by mslo79 on Jun 6, 2020 7:42:21 GMT
Gran Torino (2008)
it's only one of six movies I give a 10/10 and it's featuring one of my 'go to' things for bad acting. like when that kid is in the basement pounding on the door to let him out etc. so while it has some bad acting, it's not enough to damage the overall movie.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Feb 2, 2024 4:38:14 GMT
I just rewatched A Few Good Men and Wolfgang Bodison inspired me to revive this thread. He's not necessarily BAD, but this is a juicy part a real actor could have devoured. Instead Reiner gives the role to his non-acting assistant, and he's just kinda stiff and mediocre.
Others:
Patrick Fugit - Almost Famous Bee Vang - Gran Torino Daniel Radcliffe - Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Katie Holmes - Batman Begins Quentin Tarantino - any of his movies, but particularly Django Patricia Arquette - True Romance
I also find Billy Zane kinda bad in Titanic, but in a delightful way. It's like he's in a completely different, much campier movie.
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Post by vegalyra on Feb 2, 2024 12:54:34 GMT
I know quite a few people find it a slog, but an older film that I think is really well done but marred by one performance is the Greatest Story Ever Told. Of course the performance is John Wayne’s one line that totally disrupts the mood of the film. You almost have to laugh, or cry.
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Post by ntatler76 on Feb 2, 2024 14:43:36 GMT
Brian Cox in Manhunter. No wonder they remade it
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Post by mgmarshall on Feb 2, 2024 15:00:47 GMT
Brian Cox in Manhunter. No wonder they remade it Hard disagree.
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