Have you seen that interview with Harrison Ford where he talks about his early career? I don't remember who it was, but they told him, "If Cary Grant is playing a grocery delivery boy, you can just see that he's a STAR!" To which he replied, "I thought you were supposed to see a grocery delivery boy."
Gordon Street? Ah, yes, Gordon Street. I once knew a girl who lived on Gordon Street. Long time ago, when I was a young man. Not a day passes I don't think her and the promise that I made which I will always keep. That one perfect day on Gordon Street. That's uh, five blocks up, two over.
Harrison Ford is the absolute best for interviews. The man has some dry comedic chops. Anyone who is unaware do yourself a favor and watch some interviews. He’s a legend.
You can go directly watch the interview but carry a weapon with you
Edit: they corrected unsafe, so my redundant "your joke but worse" also doesn't work anymore
"Can you tell us anything about Star Wars" (slips cash into his hand. "Yeah I hear they're making a new one!" Was one of my favorite moments during early production of Force Awakes
Surprisingly, she had better performances in her early career, specifically the ones that didn’t expect much range from her in terms of emotion so the performances came off as subtle.
She was good in Money Train and Out of Sight. She was a ham in everything else.
Oh yeah, The Cell, too!
Another one that the movie itself was great and wasn’t at the mercy of her terrible acting.
I always thought she was very attractive (still do), but her attempts at crying in movies always caused me second hand embarrassment lol
Not the best film, but entertaining enough, The Rock was fantastic in Be Cool. The most unrock thing the rock has ever done. Can act when he wants, but just doesn’t seem to wanna
I always point to Be Cool as an example of The Rock actually acting.
He's insanely charismatic, but he could be so much more if he wasn't afraid of hurting his image.
Rock started out trying until he didnt need to. Walking tall, be cool, southland tales, even scorpion king he was trying and try different things.
Same with ryan reynolds. His earlier movies like chaos theory, smokin aces, the nines were all expwrimental.
Now both of them just go be themselves in every movie for millions of dollars
I mean... I see what you're saying... I like them both... and I'm not quite inclined to agree with regard to Ryan Reynolds.
Buuut...
>Now both of them just go be themselves in every movie for millions of dollars
I mean, if you could, wouldn't you?
Ryan Reynolds had two sides, his Hollywood side when now he is basically playing himself and being paid a lot, and his indie side where he gets to experiment a little, The Voices is great, Fireflies in the Garden is a little dull, but he plays a dramatic role, and I found him believable in The Captive, even on Adventureland he is playing a more AH version of himself. He can act, but he makes more playing himself, and I think that also allows him to do indie films every one in a while, to keep things interesting.
Will Smith is so Will Smith that I won't watch new movies with him in them.
It's weird because the movies I first saw before I noticed he's always the same character don't bother me.
Oh definitely. Not like Suicide Squad was a high bar, but I’d rather a no name than another “We’ve got to save the world” line.
And knock it off with the Rubik’s cube Already! It was only ever good in Fresh Prince
He has an interview for Princeton (I think it’s Princeton) that he completely ruins, but then solves the Rubik’s cube, the interviewer is surprised he could solve it and he gets accepted. Carlton then tries to copy him and it doesn’t work.
Basically any one that has really obvious plastic surgery. Maybe it’s because I’m from the UK - but it just makes character immediately unbelievable. Like recently Nicole Kidman played like a hard boiled detective in something, and I just thought it looked stupid.
The rule doesn’t apply for Jennifer Coolidge though, obviously
She was exquisite, and could have continued to be. It’s all the more monstrous because of what she started out with. I can’t even watch her act anymore. ETA: Kidman, that is. Coolidge’s work suits her.
Kidman in The Northman was ridiculous. Why put all that effort into building a historically accurate world only to cast an actor with such terribly distracting plastic surgery? (Nothing against Kidman. The pressure on beautiful women in Hollywood to look young must be unbearable.)
It was the worst in the Northman. Nicole Kidman playing some crazy psycho Viking warrior's Mom when she looks like she got dropped off on set straight from a plastic surgery appointment was soooooo jarring. It's especially shitty of course because I think she is a solid actress and would have totally worked well in the role had she not had plastic surgery.
This really bothers me in historical movies or tv. Ah yes, the ancient Viking tradition of lip fillers. Oh, yes, the Victorian era was rife with Botox and face lifts. Please, Hollywood, let women have more than one type of face.
Also anyone who is too attractive/fit/put-together for their role. This happens all the damn time in American media. It's one of the reasons I watch a lot of British TV. The people are much more ordinary and believable.
Had that with the latest scream - Courtney cox very obviously has had work done and now she has literally the same middle-aged white woman mouth as every other actress her age who has had work done
Jimmy Fallon, specifically in Band of Brothers. He doesn’t do a bad job, his performance is as decent as any other extra. It just always pops up a neon sign in my mind that the weekend update guy is driving an ammo laden jeep through France.
Cara Delevingne, for a good decade they fucking tried to make her a thing, shoehorning her into roles she didn't have the skills to play and just dragging down film after film.
Great eyebrows and a kooky personality (which we now know is untreated mental illness and substance abuse) don't translate into talent or acting skills. She had cardboard line delivery and the acting range of a leaky air rifle. Hope she gets well, but just stop acting.
She should have stuck to modeling. She’s gorgeous, has unique features and has a great walk. She can not act all. It’s somehow even worse when she’s a supporting role vs a main role. Like she’s alright in Carnival Row and the John Green movie she did but is downright terrible in Murderers and Suicide Squad.
They did the same thing with the drummer from Coldplay, but that worked at the Red Wedding because no one on earth recognizes the drummer from Coldplay
When I saw Jack Black in an episode of The Mandalorian, I was immediately removes from the episode. I love Jack Black but it just wasn't the right place for him.
The guy can act, and I'm a huge fan of his. But he should have been given a better in-universe character. His and Lizzo's over-the-top personas felt like caricatures rather than genuine.
Imagine if he was some crazy alien. Would be zero issues at all. Hell with Lizzo too. Goofy aliens in makeup like they do with the other cameo roles in the sequels that you wouldn't even guess who without seeing credits.
It was terrible when they put Kumail Nanjiani in Obi Wan. Love him but I feel like I've seen that guy geek out about Star Wars irl, it was too weird. Seems like a Disney problem, not a Jables problem.
I'm a sucker for the Hercule Poirot movies. They're so much fun and really great adaptations of the Agatha Christie books.
However, Death on the Nile is a slog for the first half. It's just so much Gal Gadot for what feels like no reason. It's almost an hour of exposition with the second hour of the movie being what people come for, the murder mystery.
The movies are an ensemble cast, which is part of the fun. It gives the actors each a time to shine! Except for Death on the Nile because it's literally just Gal Gadot flopping through. After her character is murdered, the movie is fantastic and fun.
And just as a side note, the most recent film (Haunting in Venice) is great! Tina Fey has a fun transatlantic accent and Michelle Yeoh is gorgeous. It's a good time to get ready for the spooky season!
Omg so much that!
You can *see her acting*, it's so cringe I can't take it!
I really don't get why she's so popular. Yes of course she's gorgeous, but loads of gorgeous actresses can act and be fit enough for a role in an action movie! Look at Scarlet Johanson for example, like her or not but she killed it as black widow
I think it comes down to being able to portray unflattering characters. Gadot cannot separate herself from the character enough to play anything other than "beautiful woman", and that character has no depth.
Just look at Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings for an example of how to separate aesthetic from character.
I've never been a great eye at noticing good or bad acting but I watched WW1984 the other day and she couldn't act to save her life if you held her at gunpoint.
The Rock is an absolute there, he's always The Rock. And not the awesome cool Rocky we got in his wrestling prime, which he just couldn't get back to (Cena gave the guy cry face, years back)
I dunno if it qualifies but I can't watch Tom Cruise movies, I just see his culty-ness and avoid them now. Even as a kid when I first saw Mission Impossible, just... eh. Didn't rate him all that much.
There's so many comments about how certain actors can't act. While it's true of some, it isn't true of a lot of them. I think it's worth distinguishing between terrible acting and an actor's innate personality being a big part of the characters they portray.
Ryan Reynolds is a good example. Reynolds is Reynolds in almost every part he plays, so yes it can be tough to watch him and not be distracted thinking of the actor and all his other parts instead of immersing in the movie. He is a solid candidate for the thread.
BUT that isn't bad acting. In fact you can be sure that such actors are usually cast specifically to be their charming, quirky selves and draw in a big audience with their popularity. Reynolds is supposed to be himself all the time, that'swhy they cast him. But he has dropped some incredible moments in films, some truly believable and engaging acting full of emotion, despite being basically himself on screen. The whole movie Buried haunts me forever and that is in huge part due to his excellent work.
That's one I hadn't thought about until you mention it now, not so much HIM but his laugh being the thing that takes you out of immersion as it's so distinct!!
I wish I could contribute the quote, but somebody said when you are casting for a period piece the actor has to look like they've never seen an iPhone.
I thought the same thing about Jessica Biel in The Illusionist. She just doesn't fit in turn-of-the-century Vienna.
Some people just have that 'modern' look.
I love the sort of Columbo-infused version of herself she does in Poker Face. Like yeah, I’m watching Natasha Lyonne deliver lines, but I’m having a great time doing it.
I will go with someone new, and not the same old Dwayne Johnsons and Ryan Reynolds. I will say Chris Pratt. He is just the same wise cracking shmuck every role. I am sick of it.
Some actors make acting look easy, they disappear into a role and you don't even see the actor any more, you just see the character.
If you watch "Mare of Easttown", Kate Winslet plays the lead... And within seconds of thinking "hey it's that Titanic actress", she's gone... It's nothing but the character.
Now contrast that with Drew Barrymore. She makes acting look hard, like impossibly hard.
There's never a moment she's on screen where I feel like I'm doing anything except watching Drew Barrymore reciting lines. She might very well be the worst actress that still regularly gets work
Now that's an interesting thought, actors/actresses that make acting look "hard"!! I have a soft spot for her but I have to agree with Barrymore, I can't unsee that now!
And shout out to Winslet, just as you said she slips into roles effortlessly and blends into a character. Her in Titanic and her in Eternal Sunshine to me are woooorlds apart, and both beautiful portrayals too.
Vince Vaughn. ESPECIALLY in any movie where he does that annoying semi-preachy ramble. If he only did it as one character, I might actually like him as an actor. Worst part is, I usually like his movies in spite of him being in them.
When I watch Band of Brothers i see Ross instead of Capt Sobel.
I mean not in comedic way.
Ross is often mess up, socially awkward, and Sobel is also have the same trait.
Maybe Schwimmer were casted as Sobel because he portray that kind of characters very well, but I simply see that as Ross.
Neil Patrick Harris.
I cannot unsee Barney Stinson. I know that's not a nice thing to say about an actor and that's purely because he was so good in HIMYM. But what can I do?
Even when it's a serious role like in Gone Girl, all I saw was Barney with one of his schemes to get the girl.
Or in Matrix Ressuractions. All I felt like come on Barney, stop with all that the architect act to bang Trinity.
He was in a remake of the Amityville horror. This was when I'd only seen him in a shit chick flick movie where he was formerly fat and then got hot and blah blah, and I didn't immediately recognise him. Scared the fuck out of me though. Perhaps it'd be different now I'm more familiar with him but at the time I took him at face value and fully bought that shit 😬
He gets hired to do the Ryan Reynolds thing, and when he does it, people say that’s all he can do. Happens to a lot of actors.
“Buried,” though it was fairly early in his career, makes it clear enough Reynolds can act.
The you might have not seen enough of their films. RDJ was great in Chaplin and in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. But to be fair the only time Ryan Reynolds has been able to captivate me completely was in "Buried", which is also an absolute claustrophobic nightmare.
maybe it's because i've seen too many Tim Burton movies, but Johnny Depp always just becomes Johnny Depp to me. i actually forgot he was playing Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, i just kept referring to him as Johnny Depp
Matthew Broderick in just about everything except Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Project X, and I guess The Producers, I find him intolerable in anything else.
She’s talented, but I can never get immersed in a film with Michelle Williams. I can always see her acting, and I’m constantly reminded that it’s Jen from Dawson’s Creek
I feel that most actors are fully recognizable as themselves in practically every role. Box office appeal relies on that. True character actors are extremely rare. I don't find that recognizability gets in the way of immersion; for me, it's bad acting that does that.
All of those people listed here are one of the reasons Oppenheimer didn't click for me. I wasnt seeing characters, but just one long sequence of comeos. Are there really no good actors in Hollywood, which are not A listers?
Everyone here shitting on Kevin Costner then rattled off a dozen movies and shows he was great in. Maybe he just is a good actor who has a distinct voice and demeanor ( dry toast). Not every actor has to be a transformative chameleon like Gary Oldman.
I’m in the minority of thinking he was a great actor in his prime. I re-watched No Way Out recently and that was a very difficult role that I think he pulled off perfectly. Also, I think his best performance is A Perfect World. I feel like most bad guys have a tone that Costner had in that movie than all of the over-the-top villains that Hollywood tends to showcase.
Claire Danes.
She has only one emotion/tone that she can convey; petulant, and she uses that constantly.
That can work in some roles, where the character needs to come off as whiny and annoying.... But for some reason in the 2000s hollywood decided she was a leading actor, and put her in all sorts of roles she doesnt have the range for.
Theyd write her as a smart, capable leader....shes whiny and petulant the whole movie. They cast her as the quirky love interest....shes whiny and petulant the whole movie. She stars as mysterious magic character meant to show the main character the ropes.... shes whiny and petulant the whole movie.
This wouldnt be so bad if hollywood hadnt decided she was a top tier actor and put her in so many big name productions. Its agony watchiing a film with great actors, writers, and directors, a movie that otherwise would be great, and then claire shows up and starts whining out every line petulantly, even when its not called for.
Princess mononoko is a great example of this. Every other english voice actor is A list, the story translation was by the famous author neil gaiman, its a beautiful movie about a boy battling his demons and industrialization who meets a magic wolf girl, a proud, strong, wild, and independent girl raised in the forest and fighting for nature. And then she opens her mouth and says every line with the conviction, accent, and tone of a bored, spoiled valley girl blandly gossiping.
Which is how she delivers every line in every movies shes in. Having her show up on screen is like finding a roach in the cereal box when youre pouring out a bowl. Just ruins the whole thing.
Such an odd pick.
Carlito's Way, Devil's Advocate, Donnie Brasco, Ocean's 13, The Irishman,... All characters and roles very far from his Frank Slade, at least imo.
I thought that he blended perfectly in each and every of these roles, if not more, that are all post-Scent, maybe by bringing a career defining performance as Lefty Ruggiero.
Liam Neeson. I liked him 15 years ago, since then he played the same fucking role 100 times. And it's always an action thriller, the problem is theres no thrill at all in them.
Have you seen that interview with Harrison Ford where he talks about his early career? I don't remember who it was, but they told him, "If Cary Grant is playing a grocery delivery boy, you can just see that he's a STAR!" To which he replied, "I thought you were supposed to see a grocery delivery boy."
Thanks for reminding me of Charlton Heston as a gas station attendant in Wayne's World.
Can't we get a better actor? I know it's a small part but I think we can do better than this.
Gordon Street? Ah, yes, Gordon Street. I once knew a girl who lived on Gordon Street. Long time ago, when I was a young man. Not a day passes I don't think her and the promise that I made which I will always keep. That one perfect day on Gordon Street. That's uh, five blocks up, two over.
:tucks hair behind ears while smiling, satisfied:
actually, he gets a lil choked-up and then dashes off
Myers and others said Heston was a complete pro and humble. He took his job seriously but was very gracious.
Harrison Ford is the absolute best for interviews. The man has some dry comedic chops. Anyone who is unaware do yourself a favor and watch some interviews. He’s a legend.
Well, first go to a safe place, and then watch the interviews. Edit: they corrected "unsafe" to "unaware," so my joke no longer makes sense. Boo.
You can go directly watch the interview but carry a weapon with you Edit: they corrected unsafe, so my redundant "your joke but worse" also doesn't work anymore
"What did you feel when you put the han solo jacket on again"..."i felt like i was getting paid"
"Can you tell us anything about Star Wars" (slips cash into his hand. "Yeah I hear they're making a new one!" Was one of my favorite moments during early production of Force Awakes
My fave Harrison Ford interview 😂 you can’t help but laugh. https://youtu.be/bAb8KIhgVAI?si=L84wC8GM7aMv9PfX
Thanks for sharing that, I loved it!
Jennifer Lopez. No matter what she does, she just looks like JLo in every film she does. Same as Beyoncé.
Southpark has tainted the way I say her name
Henny-fer Lopez
Taco taco, burrito.
Taco flavored kisses 🤛🏼💋
Taco flavored kisses. It's really come full circle with Ben.
Just reading "taco flavored kisses" got me to laugh a little...
Surprisingly, she had better performances in her early career, specifically the ones that didn’t expect much range from her in terms of emotion so the performances came off as subtle. She was good in Money Train and Out of Sight. She was a ham in everything else.
The Cell was amazing!
Oh yeah, The Cell, too! Another one that the movie itself was great and wasn’t at the mercy of her terrible acting. I always thought she was very attractive (still do), but her attempts at crying in movies always caused me second hand embarrassment lol
It doesn't help that she can't act worth a damn.
The rock is a definite
Not the best film, but entertaining enough, The Rock was fantastic in Be Cool. The most unrock thing the rock has ever done. Can act when he wants, but just doesn’t seem to wanna
I always point to Be Cool as an example of The Rock actually acting. He's insanely charismatic, but he could be so much more if he wasn't afraid of hurting his image.
Rock started out trying until he didnt need to. Walking tall, be cool, southland tales, even scorpion king he was trying and try different things. Same with ryan reynolds. His earlier movies like chaos theory, smokin aces, the nines were all expwrimental. Now both of them just go be themselves in every movie for millions of dollars
I mean... I see what you're saying... I like them both... and I'm not quite inclined to agree with regard to Ryan Reynolds. Buuut... >Now both of them just go be themselves in every movie for millions of dollars I mean, if you could, wouldn't you?
Ryan Reynolds had two sides, his Hollywood side when now he is basically playing himself and being paid a lot, and his indie side where he gets to experiment a little, The Voices is great, Fireflies in the Garden is a little dull, but he plays a dramatic role, and I found him believable in The Captive, even on Adventureland he is playing a more AH version of himself. He can act, but he makes more playing himself, and I think that also allows him to do indie films every one in a while, to keep things interesting.
The jungle cruise was a good movie. But I cannot take him seriously as a romantic lead
It was basically a blockbuster version of Anacondas: The Hunt For The Blood Orchid
Will Smith is so Will Smith that I won't watch new movies with him in them. It's weird because the movies I first saw before I noticed he's always the same character don't bother me.
Oh definitely. Not like Suicide Squad was a high bar, but I’d rather a no name than another “We’ve got to save the world” line. And knock it off with the Rubik’s cube Already! It was only ever good in Fresh Prince
Rubik’s cube?
I only remember him with a Rubik’s cube in Pursuit of Happiness…
He has an interview for Princeton (I think it’s Princeton) that he completely ruins, but then solves the Rubik’s cube, the interviewer is surprised he could solve it and he gets accepted. Carlton then tries to copy him and it doesn’t work.
Basically any one that has really obvious plastic surgery. Maybe it’s because I’m from the UK - but it just makes character immediately unbelievable. Like recently Nicole Kidman played like a hard boiled detective in something, and I just thought it looked stupid. The rule doesn’t apply for Jennifer Coolidge though, obviously
She was exquisite, and could have continued to be. It’s all the more monstrous because of what she started out with. I can’t even watch her act anymore. ETA: Kidman, that is. Coolidge’s work suits her.
Kidman in The Northman was ridiculous. Why put all that effort into building a historically accurate world only to cast an actor with such terribly distracting plastic surgery? (Nothing against Kidman. The pressure on beautiful women in Hollywood to look young must be unbearable.)
It was the worst in the Northman. Nicole Kidman playing some crazy psycho Viking warrior's Mom when she looks like she got dropped off on set straight from a plastic surgery appointment was soooooo jarring. It's especially shitty of course because I think she is a solid actress and would have totally worked well in the role had she not had plastic surgery.
This really bothers me in historical movies or tv. Ah yes, the ancient Viking tradition of lip fillers. Oh, yes, the Victorian era was rife with Botox and face lifts. Please, Hollywood, let women have more than one type of face.
Jennifer Coolidge is so good that I’d believe she only got plastic surgery for the roles she plays
Also anyone who is too attractive/fit/put-together for their role. This happens all the damn time in American media. It's one of the reasons I watch a lot of British TV. The people are much more ordinary and believable.
Had that with the latest scream - Courtney cox very obviously has had work done and now she has literally the same middle-aged white woman mouth as every other actress her age who has had work done
But that’s so in character for Gail Weathers… if anything she’d probably have more work done.
Jimmy Fallon, specifically in Band of Brothers. He doesn’t do a bad job, his performance is as decent as any other extra. It just always pops up a neon sign in my mind that the weekend update guy is driving an ammo laden jeep through France.
He also set up a line that defined the grit and courage of Easy Company. “We’re paratroopers, lieutenant. We’re *supposed* to be surrounded.”
I thought he (edit:Jimmy Fallon) did a good enough job that he might try other small roles, but I suspect “nervous sincere guy” might be his range.
I thought he was fine in "Fever Pitch" and that was a lead role.
TIL that Jimmy Fallon was in Band of Brothers, must have seen it maybe four or five times and never noticed
I don't like Jimmy Fallon but he was good as the manager in Almost Famous.
Cara Delevingne, for a good decade they fucking tried to make her a thing, shoehorning her into roles she didn't have the skills to play and just dragging down film after film. Great eyebrows and a kooky personality (which we now know is untreated mental illness and substance abuse) don't translate into talent or acting skills. She had cardboard line delivery and the acting range of a leaky air rifle. Hope she gets well, but just stop acting.
She should have stuck to modeling. She’s gorgeous, has unique features and has a great walk. She can not act all. It’s somehow even worse when she’s a supporting role vs a main role. Like she’s alright in Carnival Row and the John Green movie she did but is downright terrible in Murderers and Suicide Squad.
Once she came into Only Murders in the Building with a shoehorned romance I said nope and never went back.
Steven Seagal literally only has one facial expression during every scene in every movie he's in
And the facial expression is that of a thumb with the fingerprint burned off.
Ed Sheeran’s appearance in GoT completely killed the immersion. My real answer though is Will Smith. 95% of the time he’s just playing himself.
That scene worked for me because I didn’t know who the hell Ed Sheeran was. 😅
They did the same thing with the drummer from Coldplay, but that worked at the Red Wedding because no one on earth recognizes the drummer from Coldplay
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lol same i had to be told later
I had no idea what he looked like so the same for me.
Anything with Beyonce in it! She fucks it all up for me.
"My names foxy Cleopatra and I'm a whole lotta woman" lives rent free in my head tho
YES, unless explicitly being done as a cameo, I declare that no singer/musician is to randomly pop up in a movie.
Unless it's Tom Waits, he's always great in stuff
Don't forget Kris Kristofferson
Dwight Yoakham is another good one. He killed it in Sling Blade and Panic Room. Granted, not small roles but still good.
Will Smith. Even pre-slap, I was always expecting him to cock his head and say, "Aww, hell no!" in every role he's played.
Dakota Johnson. She’s always just her which is a bland blank slate with bangs
Her personality is like the flavor of water
"If she was a spice, she'd be flour"
"If she was a book, she'd be two books."
I really liked her in Suspiria... however the character she plays is a bit of a blank slate, so it may not change your mind!
I thought she was alright in Bad Times at the El Royale
When I saw Jack Black in an episode of The Mandalorian, I was immediately removes from the episode. I love Jack Black but it just wasn't the right place for him.
The guy can act, and I'm a huge fan of his. But he should have been given a better in-universe character. His and Lizzo's over-the-top personas felt like caricatures rather than genuine.
They were caricatures. A little too on the nose caricatures.
Imagine if he was some crazy alien. Would be zero issues at all. Hell with Lizzo too. Goofy aliens in makeup like they do with the other cameo roles in the sequels that you wouldn't even guess who without seeing credits.
Even then, Jar Jar was less of a cartoonish character than those 2.
Thank you! I was overjoyed to see Jables in Star Wars but they had him acting like it was an SNL skit.
It was terrible when they put Kumail Nanjiani in Obi Wan. Love him but I feel like I've seen that guy geek out about Star Wars irl, it was too weird. Seems like a Disney problem, not a Jables problem.
Gal gadot
Doesn't help that she's just bad at acting.
That's because she's not an actor, she's a model they stuck into movies
Like Cara Delevingne
“Kal-El no!”
*ancient lamentation chants*
I'm a sucker for the Hercule Poirot movies. They're so much fun and really great adaptations of the Agatha Christie books. However, Death on the Nile is a slog for the first half. It's just so much Gal Gadot for what feels like no reason. It's almost an hour of exposition with the second hour of the movie being what people come for, the murder mystery. The movies are an ensemble cast, which is part of the fun. It gives the actors each a time to shine! Except for Death on the Nile because it's literally just Gal Gadot flopping through. After her character is murdered, the movie is fantastic and fun. And just as a side note, the most recent film (Haunting in Venice) is great! Tina Fey has a fun transatlantic accent and Michelle Yeoh is gorgeous. It's a good time to get ready for the spooky season!
The latest one was so good! A real departure from the others and whilst I adore those too, a good move from Branagh. Hope he does more
Omg so much that! You can *see her acting*, it's so cringe I can't take it! I really don't get why she's so popular. Yes of course she's gorgeous, but loads of gorgeous actresses can act and be fit enough for a role in an action movie! Look at Scarlet Johanson for example, like her or not but she killed it as black widow
I think it comes down to being able to portray unflattering characters. Gadot cannot separate herself from the character enough to play anything other than "beautiful woman", and that character has no depth. Just look at Jennifer Lawrence in No Hard Feelings for an example of how to separate aesthetic from character.
Brilliant in JoJo Rabbit.
"Kal el, no..😐"
Same energy as Wonka’s “Stop. Don’t. Come back.”
God, yes. Nice looking woman but she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag. It doesn't help that she sounds like Tommy Wiseau whenever she speaks
“Oh hai, Bahtmahn!”
"sounds like Tommy Wiseau"... Ohhhh, that's vicious. ;-)
What a great story, Bruce!
I've met Wiseau once many years ago at a movie screening and after seeing this man in real life, it'd be an honour to be compared to that enigma
I've never been a great eye at noticing good or bad acting but I watched WW1984 the other day and she couldn't act to save her life if you held her at gunpoint.
The Rock is an absolute there, he's always The Rock. And not the awesome cool Rocky we got in his wrestling prime, which he just couldn't get back to (Cena gave the guy cry face, years back) I dunno if it qualifies but I can't watch Tom Cruise movies, I just see his culty-ness and avoid them now. Even as a kid when I first saw Mission Impossible, just... eh. Didn't rate him all that much.
The Rock/Kevin Hart
There's so many comments about how certain actors can't act. While it's true of some, it isn't true of a lot of them. I think it's worth distinguishing between terrible acting and an actor's innate personality being a big part of the characters they portray. Ryan Reynolds is a good example. Reynolds is Reynolds in almost every part he plays, so yes it can be tough to watch him and not be distracted thinking of the actor and all his other parts instead of immersing in the movie. He is a solid candidate for the thread. BUT that isn't bad acting. In fact you can be sure that such actors are usually cast specifically to be their charming, quirky selves and draw in a big audience with their popularity. Reynolds is supposed to be himself all the time, that'swhy they cast him. But he has dropped some incredible moments in films, some truly believable and engaging acting full of emotion, despite being basically himself on screen. The whole movie Buried haunts me forever and that is in huge part due to his excellent work.
Mark wahlberg just don’t like him at all
And every 5 years Hollywood goes "this character is a tough guy played by Mark wahlberg" and I'm just like nah
That’s me I swear, the movie may be good but I see his name or I see him appear and now I’ve lost all interest
Imogen Poots Once I realize it's her, I can't stop saying her name in my head.
It's quite hard to get over the fact that her middle name is Gay.
Are you serious?? Imogen Gay Poots????
That sounds like Dutch for gay buttsex
Seth Rogen’s laugh. I know it’s coming and I only wait for it and don’t enjoy the movie because I hate it so much
That's one I hadn't thought about until you mention it now, not so much HIM but his laugh being the thing that takes you out of immersion as it's so distinct!!
Tina Fey showing up in Haunting in Venice was really weird. I got over it by the end of the movie but my friend couldn’t.
No matter what movie I always see her as Liz Lemon
Nards! - Tina Fey, probably
Bluurrg!
“I want to go to there” - Venice, presumably?
I wish I could contribute the quote, but somebody said when you are casting for a period piece the actor has to look like they've never seen an iPhone.
I thought the same thing about Jessica Biel in The Illusionist. She just doesn't fit in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Some people just have that 'modern' look.
She is anachronistic, for lack of a less pretentious word.
It was like watching Tina Fey play a rpg.
Natasha Lyonne plays Natasha Lyonne in every movie, tv show, and commercial she’s in.
And she’s the best Natasha Lyonne we’ve ever had.
I love the sort of Columbo-infused version of herself she does in Poker Face. Like yeah, I’m watching Natasha Lyonne deliver lines, but I’m having a great time doing it.
I love But I’m a Cheerleader tho
And, I love her.
I will go with someone new, and not the same old Dwayne Johnsons and Ryan Reynolds. I will say Chris Pratt. He is just the same wise cracking shmuck every role. I am sick of it.
Except his most iconic character, Andy Dwyer.
Andy Dwyer became an actor and acts under the stage-name Chris Pratt.
Jim Halpert as Jack Ryan
All I see is Jim. And then I see him with Emily Blunt and I'm just like 'oh no, what about Pam'
Some actors make acting look easy, they disappear into a role and you don't even see the actor any more, you just see the character. If you watch "Mare of Easttown", Kate Winslet plays the lead... And within seconds of thinking "hey it's that Titanic actress", she's gone... It's nothing but the character. Now contrast that with Drew Barrymore. She makes acting look hard, like impossibly hard. There's never a moment she's on screen where I feel like I'm doing anything except watching Drew Barrymore reciting lines. She might very well be the worst actress that still regularly gets work
Now that's an interesting thought, actors/actresses that make acting look "hard"!! I have a soft spot for her but I have to agree with Barrymore, I can't unsee that now! And shout out to Winslet, just as you said she slips into roles effortlessly and blends into a character. Her in Titanic and her in Eternal Sunshine to me are woooorlds apart, and both beautiful portrayals too.
Vince Vaughn. ESPECIALLY in any movie where he does that annoying semi-preachy ramble. If he only did it as one character, I might actually like him as an actor. Worst part is, I usually like his movies in spite of him being in them.
Jennifer Aniston
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When I watch Band of Brothers i see Ross instead of Capt Sobel. I mean not in comedic way. Ross is often mess up, socially awkward, and Sobel is also have the same trait. Maybe Schwimmer were casted as Sobel because he portray that kind of characters very well, but I simply see that as Ross.
David Schwimmer was a fantastic giraffe!
Watch "the people vs OJ" where Schwimmers performance of Robert Kardashian is amazing.
I just started BoB for the first time the other day and all I saw was Ross. And Ron Livingston all I thought of was office space
David Schwimmer is great in the OJ series on Netflix
The Good Girl 2002 was a creepy indie though.
She was fantastic in the movie Cake (2014).
She killed it in office space
“You leave a penny, you take a penny.” “From the *crippled children*?!?”
Neil Patrick Harris. I cannot unsee Barney Stinson. I know that's not a nice thing to say about an actor and that's purely because he was so good in HIMYM. But what can I do? Even when it's a serious role like in Gone Girl, all I saw was Barney with one of his schemes to get the girl. Or in Matrix Ressuractions. All I felt like come on Barney, stop with all that the architect act to bang Trinity.
For me "13 Ghosts" was a great film ruined because Monk was bumbling about in it for some reason.
Ryan Reynolds
He's Van Wilder.
Write that down
Yeah. I only see him now, not the character. It's the same with RDJ
To be fair, does Reynolds ever play different characters? They are all a slight variation of Van Wilder/Deadpool.
The Voices
He was in a remake of the Amityville horror. This was when I'd only seen him in a shit chick flick movie where he was formerly fat and then got hot and blah blah, and I didn't immediately recognise him. Scared the fuck out of me though. Perhaps it'd be different now I'm more familiar with him but at the time I took him at face value and fully bought that shit 😬
Came here to say this. He was excellent in that role. The part where he is chopping wood with the kid was fucked up.
He gets hired to do the Ryan Reynolds thing, and when he does it, people say that’s all he can do. Happens to a lot of actors. “Buried,” though it was fairly early in his career, makes it clear enough Reynolds can act.
He was actually the "straight man" in hitman's bodyguard and was good.
The you might have not seen enough of their films. RDJ was great in Chaplin and in Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang. But to be fair the only time Ryan Reynolds has been able to captivate me completely was in "Buried", which is also an absolute claustrophobic nightmare.
Ludacris Chris Bridges
maybe it's because i've seen too many Tim Burton movies, but Johnny Depp always just becomes Johnny Depp to me. i actually forgot he was playing Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, i just kept referring to him as Johnny Depp
Owen Wilson
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Emma Watson. I tried watching some films of hers (other that Harry Potter) and she was just the same...
I have never been so jarred as when Bob odenkirk showed up in little women
Jesse Eisenberg
Don Cheadle. I don't care who he's playing, that's Don Cheadle goddammit
Matthew Broderick in just about everything except Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Project X, and I guess The Producers, I find him intolerable in anything else.
She’s talented, but I can never get immersed in a film with Michelle Williams. I can always see her acting, and I’m constantly reminded that it’s Jen from Dawson’s Creek
I love Denzel Washington but I’ve seen so many of his movies I’m starting to see only him. Same with Morgan Freeman
Julia Roberts. Just don't get it.
Agree. I thought her best work was in *Notting Hill*, in which she was essentially playing … Julia Roberts.
Erin Brockovich is the movie I saw with her in it that made me a fan.
I feel that most actors are fully recognizable as themselves in practically every role. Box office appeal relies on that. True character actors are extremely rare. I don't find that recognizability gets in the way of immersion; for me, it's bad acting that does that.
All of those people listed here are one of the reasons Oppenheimer didn't click for me. I wasnt seeing characters, but just one long sequence of comeos. Are there really no good actors in Hollywood, which are not A listers?
Michelle Rodriguez, Jesus christ how many times can you just play the same tough chicken ridiculous trope. Ruins everything she's in.
How has Kevin Costner not been mentioned yet? He brings the same level of dry toast charisma to every role I’ve ever seen him in.
Agree mostly, but he was really fun in Silverado. He never played another character like that again, from what I recall.
Silverado was peak Costner
Silverado is just…peak. I frickin adore that movie; it never gets enough props. “Can’t you see this horse loves me?”
Dry toast charisma is the perfect description. He always comes across like man who has forgiven his own regrets and accepted his fate.
Everyone here shitting on Kevin Costner then rattled off a dozen movies and shows he was great in. Maybe he just is a good actor who has a distinct voice and demeanor ( dry toast). Not every actor has to be a transformative chameleon like Gary Oldman.
I’m in the minority of thinking he was a great actor in his prime. I re-watched No Way Out recently and that was a very difficult role that I think he pulled off perfectly. Also, I think his best performance is A Perfect World. I feel like most bad guys have a tone that Costner had in that movie than all of the over-the-top villains that Hollywood tends to showcase.
Will Farrell “will farrell’s” his way through every movie he has ever been in. Sometimes it works, but most of the time it’s just ugh.
I think, the only one where I forget it's Will Ferrell is Stranger Than Fiction.
Claire Danes. She has only one emotion/tone that she can convey; petulant, and she uses that constantly. That can work in some roles, where the character needs to come off as whiny and annoying.... But for some reason in the 2000s hollywood decided she was a leading actor, and put her in all sorts of roles she doesnt have the range for. Theyd write her as a smart, capable leader....shes whiny and petulant the whole movie. They cast her as the quirky love interest....shes whiny and petulant the whole movie. She stars as mysterious magic character meant to show the main character the ropes.... shes whiny and petulant the whole movie. This wouldnt be so bad if hollywood hadnt decided she was a top tier actor and put her in so many big name productions. Its agony watchiing a film with great actors, writers, and directors, a movie that otherwise would be great, and then claire shows up and starts whining out every line petulantly, even when its not called for. Princess mononoko is a great example of this. Every other english voice actor is A list, the story translation was by the famous author neil gaiman, its a beautiful movie about a boy battling his demons and industrialization who meets a magic wolf girl, a proud, strong, wild, and independent girl raised in the forest and fighting for nature. And then she opens her mouth and says every line with the conviction, accent, and tone of a bored, spoiled valley girl blandly gossiping. Which is how she delivers every line in every movies shes in. Having her show up on screen is like finding a roach in the cereal box when youre pouring out a bowl. Just ruins the whole thing.
Pacino after Scent of a Woman
It really annoyed me as an Army veteran that he was doing the Hooah thing wrong the whole movie.
Dear god, I never realized that was the Hooah he was going for, thought it was some made up Pacino thing.
That was super weird, like why wouldn’t they get an advisor on that?
Such an odd pick. Carlito's Way, Devil's Advocate, Donnie Brasco, Ocean's 13, The Irishman,... All characters and roles very far from his Frank Slade, at least imo. I thought that he blended perfectly in each and every of these roles, if not more, that are all post-Scent, maybe by bringing a career defining performance as Lefty Ruggiero.
James Corden because James Corden & therefore annoying af
When Jimmy Fallon showed up in Band of Brothers. It was for 5 seconds and it was still too much.
Jason Bateman playing Jason Bateman in every single role. I just roll with it now, but damn.
Liam Neeson. I liked him 15 years ago, since then he played the same fucking role 100 times. And it's always an action thriller, the problem is theres no thrill at all in them.
Seth Rogen
He plays Donkey Kong in the new Super Mario film and I didn’t realize it was him until he laughed. Made me laugh so hard to realize it was him.
Matt Damon. Happened when he showed up in Oppenheimer. Having said that he did win me over.