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newb
11-10-2011, 08:26 AM
Ben Kingsley in Bloodrayne

neverending
11-10-2011, 08:33 AM
Where to start....

Sistinas666
11-10-2011, 09:57 AM
Pretty much any move with Nicolas Cage in the last 12 years(other than Kick-Ass)....

neverending
11-10-2011, 10:15 AM
Al Pacino is in the latest Adam Sandler Fiasco.

Nini_luv5
11-10-2011, 11:01 AM
Robert DeNiro in Limitless.

I didnt think the movie was necessarily bad, I just think the film was just too small time for an actor with his prestige.

neverending
11-10-2011, 12:33 PM
Robert DeNiro in Limitless.

I didnt think the movie was necessarily bad, I just think the film was just too small time for an actor with his prestige.

I actually like it when an actor does that. It shows he's not just working for the money, he saw something in a project that he liked and did it regardless of the budget. I'd much rather see that than some of the crap actors of stature will do just for the money.

Nini_luv5
11-10-2011, 12:44 PM
I actually like it when an actor does that. It shows he's not just working for the money, he saw something in a project that he liked and did it regardless of the budget. I'd much rather see that than some of the crap actors of stature will do just for the money.

You make a good point. Im just used to seeing him in more high quality productions.

The Villain
11-10-2011, 02:02 PM
Gary Oldman in The Unborn. What was he thinking?

newb
11-10-2011, 02:57 PM
I know there was a time in his career when he would show up in anything....but this was bad.

Michael Caine----Jaws The Revenge

The Villain
11-10-2011, 03:03 PM
Christopher Walken in Envy. He was the only good thing about that movie.

newb
11-10-2011, 03:09 PM
and what the hell were Bob Hoskins, John Leguizamo and Dennis Hopper thinking

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Nini_luv5
11-10-2011, 04:30 PM
Christopher Walken in Envy. He was the only good thing about that movie.

I actually liked that movie a little even thought it was definetly far fetched.
I wouldnt choose it but when ever its on ill tune in from here to there.

tachii
11-10-2011, 04:58 PM
Christopher Lee in funny man

The Villain
11-10-2011, 05:03 PM
I actually liked that movie a little even thought it was definetly far fetched.
I wouldnt choose it but when ever its on ill tune in from here to there.

I just thought it was really boring and not funny at all.

Zero
11-10-2011, 05:15 PM
everything Dennis Quaid has been in

_____V_____
11-10-2011, 07:18 PM
Jon Voight in Baby Geniuses 2
Jurgen Prochnow in House of the Dead
Roddy McDowall in Laserblast
Forest Whitaker in Battlefield Earth
NeverEnding in Horror Dot Com 2011

hammerfan
11-11-2011, 03:49 AM
Cliff Robertson in 13th Child: Legend of the Jersey Devil
Christopher Lee in The Howling 2: Your Sister Is A Werewolf

ferretchucker
11-11-2011, 07:55 AM
Anjelica Huston in Daddy Day Care...and The Horrid Henry Movie.

The Villain
11-11-2011, 08:07 AM
Robert De Niro in Godsend and Hide and Seek

Nini_luv5
11-11-2011, 09:48 AM
Robert De Niro in Godsend and Hide and Seek

i liked him in these as well. :p

The Villain
11-11-2011, 10:18 AM
i liked him in these as well. :p

Those movies were terrible.

Nini_luv5
11-11-2011, 10:33 AM
just a difference in opinion my friend.

The Villain
11-11-2011, 10:46 AM
just a difference in opinion my friend.

Well yeah that goes without saying

Straker
11-12-2011, 07:41 AM
I know there was a time in his career when he would show up in anything....but this was bad.

Michael Caine----Jaws The Revenge

I'll see your Jaws 4 and raise you Bullseye...

newb
11-12-2011, 12:40 PM
I'll see your Jaws 4 and raise you Bullseye...

never heard of it..I'll have to see if it's on netflix.

_____V_____
11-12-2011, 10:36 PM
I'll see your Jaws 4 and raise you Bullseye...

I'll see your Bullseye and raise you Blame It On Rio.

Sistinas666
11-12-2011, 10:43 PM
I'll see your Bullseye and raise you Blame It On Rio.

Blame It On Rio is great!!!! Ahhhh, the young, beautiful, topless Demi Moore....:D

metternich1815
04-03-2013, 07:45 AM
Nicholas Cage in the remake of the Wicker Man.

Straker
04-03-2013, 09:06 AM
Nicholas Cage in the remake of the Wicker Man.

I think you misunderstood the thread.... It's about good actors in bad movies. :p

metternich1815
04-03-2013, 11:41 AM
Nicholas Cage is a great actor. It's just he gets into alot of bad movies.

metternich1815
04-03-2013, 11:48 AM
Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation.

Fulg HoarAR
04-03-2013, 08:17 PM
pretty much everyone with a starring role in Caligula, LOL @ Jaws the revenge, I love it when the shark growls, its worthy of Ed Wood, and it is a shame about Nicholas Cage he was a good actor, he must be taking his advice from Kevin Costner...or the IRS

ChronoGrl
04-05-2013, 04:47 AM
Christian Bale in Terminator Salvation.

Bahahaha - I actually enjoyed that movie... Would I call it "good?" Not necessarily but I had fun watching it.

metternich1815
04-05-2013, 08:27 AM
That movie is probably in my top ten worst films ever list! I absolutely hated that movie. The acting was terrible. The action predictable. The story made absolutely no sense (when you could actually find one). The worst part of the movie was that the skies were BLUE! BLUE! After a global nuclear war! How did they miss that one? I could describe what was good about it in two sentences tops. In order to explain everything bad about it would take all day at least (I have provided a general outline of the worst of this film).

roshiq
04-05-2013, 09:20 AM
Michael Fassbender in Jonah Hex.

ChronoGrl
04-05-2013, 11:32 AM
That movie is probably in my top ten worst films ever list! I absolutely hated that movie. The acting was terrible. The action predictable. The story made absolutely no sense (when you could actually find one). The worst part of the movie was that the skies were BLUE! BLUE! After a global nuclear war! How did they miss that one? I could describe what was good about it in two sentences tops. In order to explain everything bad about it would take all day at least (I have provided a general outline of the worst of this film).

See? AMAZING.

metternich1815
04-05-2013, 11:43 AM
See? AMAZING.

What do you mean?

The Villain
04-05-2013, 04:49 PM
Michael Fassbender in Jonah Hex.

John Malkovich and Josh Brolin too for that matter

ChronoGrl
04-05-2013, 06:42 PM
Kenneth Branaugh in Wild Wild West.

roshiq
04-06-2013, 01:19 AM
John Malkovich and Josh Brolin too for that matter

Ditto. Also Malkovich in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

Elvis_Christ
04-06-2013, 07:04 AM
Pretty much everything Mickey Rourke was in during the 90s till Sin City.

Terminator Salvation was fucking great.

roshiq
04-06-2013, 07:54 AM
Pretty much everything Mickey Rourke was in during the 90s till Sin City.


Haven't seen much of his films but I liked Double Team:D

The Villain
04-06-2013, 08:20 AM
Pretty much everything Mickey Rourke was in during the 90s till Sin City.

Terminator Salvation was fucking great.

Better than Rise of The Machines at least

Elvis_Christ
04-06-2013, 08:21 AM
Haven't seen much of his films but I liked Double Team:D

Haha I don't remember too much of that one might give it a DL.

Always been fond of Harley Davidson & The Marlboro Man... you'd probably get a kick out of it.

metternich1815
04-06-2013, 01:01 PM
Pretty much everything Mickey Rourke was in during the 90s till Sin City.

Terminator Salvation was fucking great.

Better than Rise of The Machines at least

I have already broken down why I hate Terminator Salvation. There was virtually nothing good about this movie. Terminator 3 was far superior to Terminator Salvation. Granted of the original three it is my least favorite, I thoroughly enjoyed the third one. Most of the plot of Salvation did not make sense and the characters were greatly underdeveloped (I consider plot and character development to be very important, especially in a movie series like the Terminator). It was not particularly entertaining either. Honestly, i'm shocked that anyone actually liked this movie.

The Villain
04-06-2013, 01:58 PM
I have already broken down why I hate Terminator Salvation. There was virtually nothing good about this movie. Terminator 3 was far superior to Terminator Salvation. Granted of the original three it is my least favorite, I thoroughly enjoyed the third one. Most of the plot of Salvation did not make sense and the characters were greatly underdeveloped (I consider plot and character development to be very important, especially in a movie series like the Terminator). It was not particularly entertaining either. Honestly, i'm shocked that anyone actually liked this movie.

Rise of the Machines was ridiculous. At least Salvation took itself seriously. ROTM was a big joke, it was like a parody of the Terminator movies. John Connor became a big whimpering baby and was pushed to the side in favor of Kate who was really annoying. As for your comments on acting in Salvation, the acting wasn't much better in ROTM either, neither was the story. Salvation wasn't good but it was a little better then ROTM at least.

metternich1815
04-06-2013, 02:37 PM
Well, I disagree. The acting in three was not great, but it was much better than in Salvation. Additionally, the story was believable, granted it did stretch things, but was not completely implausible. Salvation barely had a story and likewise barely had any acting. There was too much focus on action, instead of character development and story. I came into the film really excited, only to be supremely disappointed. As I mentioned, the sky was blue after a nuclear war, this is one of the most implausible things to have occurred in film history. Another thing was that Conner kept relying on the recordings of his mother, which would have made sense if two and three did not happen. But, they did. In fact, he had as much, if not more experience with the machines as his mother, so why does he keep looking to her tapes for advice about the machines? If this was just for sentimental value it would be fine, but he was actually using it for advice about the machines.

Nightmare Fiend
04-06-2013, 03:51 PM
Sean Connery in ZARDOZ!!!

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The Villain
04-06-2013, 04:10 PM
Well, I disagree. The acting in three was not great, but it was much better than in Salvation. Additionally, the story was believable, granted it did stretch things, but was not completely implausible. Salvation barely had a story and likewise barely had any acting. There was too much focus on action, instead of character development and story. I came into the film really excited, only to be supremely disappointed. As I mentioned, the sky was blue after a nuclear war, this is one of the most implausible things to have occurred in film history. Another thing was that Conner kept relying on the recordings of his mother, which would have made sense if two and three did not happen. But, they did. In fact, he had as much, if not more experience with the machines as his mother, so why does he keep looking to her tapes for advice about the machines? If this was just for sentimental value it would be fine, but he was actually using it for advice about the machines.

Im not arguing if Salvation was good, i didnt hate it but i was disappointed in it. I just liked it over ROTM. Just like you have your reasons for not liking Salvation, i have my reasons for not liking ROTM. In my opinion ROTM did not have a believable story and i hated all the silly antics. It was just dumb. I don't blame you for not liking Salvation, just surprised you would grade it above ROTM. But to each their own.

metternich1815
04-06-2013, 06:41 PM
I am not attempting to convert you to my way of thinking, I am merely breaking down the reasons why I thought 3 was better than 4 or more accurately what was terrible about 4. I definitely agree that experience of films are subjective, regardless to what critics might argue. You can point to specific things into films, but how much this impacts your opinion of the film definitely varies.

Sculpt
04-06-2013, 10:45 PM
Four good actors in two bad movies... Hoffman and Beatty in Ishtar; and Nicholson and Meryl Streep in Ironweed. When a dark, cold and depressing movie is also bad... it's really a bad time.

Nich and Streep both got best actor nominations for it. Interesting too, they were both 1987.

Sculpt
04-06-2013, 10:56 PM
I was a big fan of Terminator and T2. I was disappointed in both Rise of the Machines and T Salvation. Both were pretty forgettable. But I had a little fun watching ROTM, which actually had some thrills on the big screen; whereas on the small screen, it losses a lot (like Cloverfield does). T Salvation did take itself seriously, which I liked. Some cool special effects, but was mostly fairly bla; plus I remember the ending really pissed me off.