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Bad Actors

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  • Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    growleaves wrote: »
    Leaving Las Vegas, Raising Arizona, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans

    The ROCK.


  • Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sandra Bullock. She always looks like a deer caught in the headlights. Can't stand her.

    Ryan Gosling. Completely expressionless, which worked fairly well for his role as a replicant in Blade Runner I suppose, but terrible for everything else.

    Bullock is great. An actor doesn’t have to be an Oscar winner for me to be good. Charisma counts for a lot. Like Bill Paxton as someone mentioned earlier.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 750 ✭✭✭Irish94


    Daniel Radcliffe. As soon as the poor boy reached puberty his acting was notably diabolical.

    I am not the biggest Harry Potter fan at all but the films became unwatchable from the Goblet of Fire onwards, single handily, because of his atrocious expressions and acting.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    I don't know the chaps name, but this is something else.

    I really want to see this now. What is it?


  • Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,989 Mod ✭✭✭✭Insect Overlord


    How these threads go:
    Original post
    Absurd answer
    Several dozen posts about absurd answer

    :p

    There's a similar thread in the Literature forum, bursting with similar stupid suggestions. People love being controversial just to get a reaction!


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,815 ✭✭✭SimonTemplar


    Andrewf20 wrote: »
    Yes, I just think the delivery of her lines is very amateur, almost like watching a pantomime actor. Theres no conviction in her voice I find...


    I've only seen Shelley Duvall in The Shining but I'd be curious to see other performances from her as a comparison to The Shining.

    I think the whole point is that her character is very meek which may come across as poor acting. Given how obsessive Kubrick was with detail, I doubt he would have been happy with Duvall unless she was giving the exact type of performance he wanted.

    And of course she was subjected to a lot of emotional manipulation by Kubrick behind the scenes which is bound to affect the performance.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Jackie Chan. Then again english is a second language for him and he is so likeable and such a great martial artist that you don't mind.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Tom Cruise . Has the man acted in a film in the last twenty years? He just plays Tom Cruise in all his movies (maybe that's an act as well :))

    Terrible actor either way.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Hugh Grant

    "I..I...I. I'm so terribly sorry to ask this, but I find you quite attractive and, apologies for being so forthright, but it would mean the world to me if.....if you would be so kind as to have dinner with me" - *swoon*

    **** off Hugh, in real life the girl would prefer to go off with a guy who can string a sentence together. Although he was pretty good in that recent thing with Nicole kidman to be fair


    Another ridiculous call. People seem to think that this thread is about excellent actors, who for some reason, they don't like.

    Hugh Grant is a superb actor. He should have won awards for his role in Paddington 2. And he was excellent in Cloud Atlas and as the sleezy Paparazzi in The Gentlemen. But if you want to see a textbook, top tier piece of acting where the actor plays a real person, watch him in A Very English Scandal, where he plays disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe. He was so good at portraying Thorpe, that Thorpe's real life victim Norman Scott said that he started shaking uncontrollably when he saw him.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,586 ✭✭✭Did you smash it


    Early days but James Galdonfini’s young lad is showing signs of being benefactor of nepotism rather than a possessor of talent.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Bullock is great. An actor doesn’t have to be an Oscar winner for me to be good. Charisma counts for a lot. Like Bill Paxton as someone mentioned earlier.
    I agree but Bullock doesn't have an ounce of charisma in my opinion. I think she's dreadful in everything.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 30,188 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Shelly Duvall is excellent in quite a few films, including several from the great Robert Altman.

    I think there are exceedingly few successful modern actors who are actively ‘bad’. With the right collaborators, most well-known performers can do something good or great. Adam Sandler is often insufferable, but can turn in stunning performances such as those in Uncut Gems or Punch Drunk Love. Robert Pattinson and Kirsten Stewart were criticised as wooden and one-note in Twilight, and have gone on to be two of the most acclaimed actors of their generation (with good cause). Given the right project, there are few who can’t do a good job. The problems mostly come when an actor gets lazy, apathetic or picks terrible projects - like Bruce Willis in recent years.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    Titanic Predator 2 The Terminator A Simple Plan True Lies A Bright Shining Lie etc etc. He was brilliant.
    Don't forget Frailty. He directed it too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,136 ✭✭✭✭is_that_so


    I've only seen Shelley Duvall in The Shining but I'd be curious to see other performances from her as a comparison to The Shining.

    I think the whole point is that her character is very meek which may come across as poor acting. Given how obsessive Kubrick was with detail, I doubt he would have been happy with Duvall unless she was giving the exact type of performance he wanted.

    And of course she was subjected to a lot of emotional manipulation by Kubrick behind the scenes which is bound to affect the performance.
    She was pretty awful in that but Robert Altmann liked her and cast her in Nashville, McCabe and Mrs Miller, 3 Women and Thieves Like Us. She was in Annie Hall and Roxanne too.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,658 ✭✭✭✭lawred2


    Thread is now

    Actors I don't like


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    Shelly Duvall is excellent in quite a few films, including several from the great Robert Altman.

    Don't forget he seminal role as Pansy in Time Bandits! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,196 ✭✭✭trashcan


    I have three. David Caruso (CSI) Leo from Fair City and Dev from Coronation St. someone needs to give them a show together. It would be epically bad :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 165 ✭✭FHFM50


    Dobbytoes wrote: »
    Another ridiculous call. People seem to think that this thread is about excellent actors, who for some reason, they don't like.

    Hugh Grant is a superb actor. He should have won awards for his role in Paddington 2. And he was excellent in Cloud Atlas and as the sleezy Paparazzi in The Gentlemen. But if you want to see a textbook, top tier piece of acting where the actor plays a real person, watch him in A Very English Scandal, where he plays disgraced politician Jeremy Thorpe. He was so good at portraying Thorpe, that Thorpe's real life victim Norman Scott said that he started shaking uncontrollably when he saw him.

    Spot on.

    Hugh Grant is the British Matthew McConaughey, everyone called him **** until True Detective came along, and then the Oscar for Dallas Buyers Club.

    Hugh has taken some great roles along the past 5 years and I genuinely think we could be seeing some even better things in the next 5.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 176 ✭✭Hockney


    Bill Pullman.
    Initially didn't think he was noticeably bad in Independence day but watched a whole series of The Sinner and he was absolutely cat.

    Looking back on it he was cat in Independence Day too


  • Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    trashcan wrote: »
    I have three. David Caruso (CSI) Leo from Fair City and Dev from Coronation St. someone needs to give them a show together. It would be epically bad :D

    I'd actually WATCH that!!!!!!....... dev & Leo as a couple of likeable fools inadvertently rip off the biggest drug kingpin in the city ( caruso) & go on the run--- c'mon youd HAVE to watch it!!!! I see " cult classic" written all over this


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  • Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hockney wrote: »
    Bill Pullman.
    Initially didn't think he was noticeably bad in Independence day but watched a whole series of The Sinner and he was absolutely cat.

    Looking back on it he was cat in Independence Day too



    Couldn't agree more.....the Sinner was a 'gift' role for 99% of actors.....Pullman ruined it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 148 ✭✭Sakana


    Natascha McElhone


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,791 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Tzardine wrote: »
    Has anybody mentioned Colin Farrell yet?

    No he is a decent actor given the right role Intermission In Bruges and The Gentleman to name a few


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,689 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    Tom Cruise . Has the man acted in a film in the last twenty years? He just plays Tom Cruise in all his movies (maybe that's an act as well :))

    Terrible actor either way.

    American made was a great movie , he should do more like that


  • Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    What about Bono's young one in ' behind her eyes'?????
    I dont see any oscar nominations acoming


  • Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    American made was a great movie , he should do more like that



    He NAILED IT as Jerry Maguire


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    IrishLad90 wrote: »
    An actor i have enjoyed over the years but is highly criticised. profile cast in his roles as a tatt'd mexi hardnut.

    TREJO
    To be fair he is a tatt'd mexi hardnut.

    But the reason he plays the same character in Spy Kids and Machete is because it's the same character in the same universe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,029 ✭✭✭✭AndyBoBandy


    American made was a great movie , he should do more like that

    Edge of Tomorrow was quite good as well I thought.

    Tom wouldn’t be an Oscar winner in my eyes, but he’s a reliable enough actor and puts in the graft on his movies.
    Definitely does not belong on this list (in my opinion).

    Same with Colin Farrel, solid enough, and certainly wouldn’t turn me off a movie...
    I like that now he keeps his Irish accent in a lot of his movies lately...


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Clint Eastwood. Never got him at all

    "More than an actor, I needed a mask, and Eastwood, at that time, only had two expressions: with hat and no hat.”.
    - Sergio Leone


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,201 ✭✭✭Mister Vain


    Say what you like about Tom Cruise, he knows how to do a good action movie.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭Church on Tuesday


    I really want to see this now. What is it?

    From wiki: Tough Guys Don't Dance is a 1987 crime mystery comedy-drama film written and directed by Norman Mailer based on his novel of the same name. It is a murder mystery/film noir piece that was scorned by audiences and critics alike. It was screened out of competition at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.[4]

    A writer wakes up with a terrible hangover, a tender new tattoo on his arm, a severed female head in his drug stash, and no recollection of the events of the night before.

    I haven't seen it yet but it sounds extremely awful.


  • Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    American made was a great movie , he should do more like that



    He NAILED IT as Jerry Maguire


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Edge of Tomorrow was quite good as well I thought.

    Tom wouldn’t be an Oscar winner in my eyes, but he’s a reliable enough actor and puts in the graft on his movies.
    Definitely does not belong on this list (in my opinion).

    Same with Colin Farrel, solid enough, and certainly wouldn’t turn me off a movie...
    I like that now he keeps his Irish accent in a lot of his movies lately...
    Tom Cruise puts me off big budget movies.

    He's a competent action hero, but they are two a dozen because every TV action series has at least one. He's way overpriced.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 60 ✭✭BrenMar


    Emma Watson, good thing she's minted because the roles will be drying up and she could never carry a movie on her own.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    Jean Claude Van Damme. At least he could kick I suppose
    Try JCVD sometime starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as Jean-Claude Van Damme. A tired, washed-out failure, struggling for work


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,943 ✭✭✭✭the purple tin


    He NAILED IT as Jerry Maguire
    He had a good turn in Magnolia too.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27 Tarah04


    I've only seen Shelley Duvall in The Shining but I'd be curious to see other performances from her as a comparison to The Shining.

    I think the whole point is that her character is very meek which may come across as poor acting. Given how obsessive Kubrick was with detail, I doubt he would have been happy with Duvall unless she was giving the exact type of performance he wanted.

    And of course she was subjected to a lot of emotional manipulation by Kubrick behind the scenes which is bound to affect the performance.

    My actual childhood friend irl, was brought up in a very abusive household and when I think back now she even looks a bit like Shelly Duvall and her mannerisms are very similar to how my friend was.

    I think Shelly was cast perfectly and probably relate to her on a subconscious level because of my friend amongst other things. Others might not appreciate that and think her acting was bad because they don't have the same insight.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,791 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Say what you like about Tom Cruise, he knows how to do a good action movie.

    I think he is an adrenaline junkie loves stunts and action which he does well with but when he changes genre he surprises you as he can act, I really enjoyed him in Magnolia and Tropic Thunder


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 94,006 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    snoopy84 wrote: »
    Oh my god he's AWFUL
    How about Alden Ehrenreich as young Solo ?

    Compare to Ansel Elgort in Baby Driver to see what might have been.
    Sony Movies Fri 19.03.2021 21:00 - 23:15 (135 min.)


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    American made was a great movie , he should do more like that

    Loved American made and he made tropic thunder even better as Grossman!

    His movies are always entertaining.. He gets a lot of stick unfairly imo


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭saabsaab


    aaronc182 wrote: »
    Loved American made and he made tropic thunder even better as Grossman!

    His movies are always entertaining.. He gets a lot of stick unfairly imo


    I wouldn't agree I think he deserves the stick usually. He was very good in Collateral 2004 suited him.


  • Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tom Cruise puts me off big budget movies.

    He's a competent action hero, but they are two a dozen because every TV action series has at least one. He's way overpriced.

    You’ve missed out on some good movies then. He’s more of a star than a great actor but that’s ok. And he can act when we wants to.


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    saabsaab wrote: »
    I wouldn't agree I think he deserves the stick usually. He was very good in Collateral 2004 suited him.

    For what though.. his acting? Wouldn't say he's an Oscar winning actor and hes done some ****e movies but what actor hasn't... But he's not a bad actor either..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,168 ✭✭✭ypres5


    Coybig_ wrote: »
    Cameron Diaz is a really bad actress. She has had the odd decent performance but has the ability to single handedly ruin a movie with her "acting".

    she was **** in gangs of new york if it wasn't for daniel day lewis and Leonardo di caprio she would've sunk it


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    saabsaab wrote: »
    I wouldn't agree I think he deserves the stick usually. He was very good in Collateral 2004 suited him.


    I mentioned Cruise a few pages back saying he hadn't actually acted in the last twenty years so i looked up his film list since 2001 and there is a hell of a lot of films where he's just Tom Cruise in it and I'd have to say Collateral is one of the very few movies where i would say he was alright in.
    Maybe that's more down to Collateral being a good film, likewise I enjoyed American Made an enjoyable film.
    But Cruise is a mega star and gets paid the very top dollar so judging him as someone who is supposedly at the very top pinnacle of his profession, nay sorry a good actor he is not.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 27 Tarah04


    ypres5 wrote: »
    she was **** in gangs of new york if it wasn't for daniel day lewis and Leonardo di caprio she would've sunk it

    Ye but she gave us Something About Mary


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,128 ✭✭✭✭Oranage2


    Paul Dano - The weird guy in there will be blood. Such a weak performance by him.

    Also all those tight cast Jewish actors that just do one liners as comedy like Michael Cera, Jessie Eisenberg, Justin long, Ezra Miller and probably a few others.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,418 ✭✭✭Infernal Racket


    Tarah04 wrote: »
    Ye but she gave us Something About Mary

    And the mask. Holy jaysus when when walked into the bank wearing that red dress.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,231 ✭✭✭Hercule Poirot


    Oranage2 wrote: »
    Paul Dano - The weird guy in there will be blood. Such a weak performance by him.

    I'm not having this, Dano is an excellent actor and more than holds his own with Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood

    He may "specialise" in playing characters that are a little off the beaten track but he does it very well - it may be a case that you dislike the character rather than the performance? Prisoners and Taking Lives would be other examples of him playing creepy weirdos to perfection


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,689 ✭✭✭✭Ash.J.Williams


    I'm not having this, Dano is an excellent actor and more than holds his own with Day Lewis in There Will Be Blood

    He may "specialise" in playing characters that are a little off the beaten track but he does it very well - it may be a case that you dislike the character rather than the performance? Prisoners and Taking Lives would be other examples of him playing creepy weirdos to perfection

    Yeah he’s an amazing actor (and a top class weirdo character actor )


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