#3 worst actor nomination thread

I assume it's because they're all called Chris

― shivers me timber (sic)

When they all team up to fight aliens it could be called

Infite earth chrisses

I have to say it is galling how often I think of someone and then remember the one perf I liked (e.g., Jim Caviezel)

just putting these here to muse over:

Bradley Cooper
Ryan Reynolds

jesus that gif an all oof

No idea who the guy is apart from your posting him right at the start tho

Cera, of course, is a no way. Scott pilgrim and arrested development and superbad? Excellent in them all

you mean, crap, crappier, and crappiest? Nah garbage in, garbage out

Ryan reynolds is vvvv annoying ofc but cant really

Cooper, as upthread, has convinced me in performances as an american man

The bar is guys who if they played a carrot in their school play would make you wonder did carrots really exist or did you dream them

I’d like to submit this in favour of my earlier worst nomination, Richard Madden.

haha yes! Robb Stark! He makes Kit Harrington look good!

I have to say it is galling how often I think of someone and then remember the one perf I liked (e.g., Jim Caviezel)

― rob

The bar is the bar, the measure, the challenge, etc

I’ll second Ryan Reynolds, Hollywood has evolved past the need for multiple Ryans.

Yerman from american pie, the lacrosse one, he never really took off after, he would be a strong candidate now

I can't think of a Cooper perf I didn't dislike, but true I'm not sure total incompetence is the reason

Caviezel post was a nod of respect to the bar tbc

Megan Fox

Marky Mark has been mentioned already, but he's pretty terrible a lot of the time.

Um, Tarantino as actor is pretty terrible. I think a key issue (maybe addressed in thread?) is the different between "bad actor" and "bad because miscast." For example, is Keanu Reeves a good actor? For sure he's been terrible in a lot of things, but he's also been absolutely great in a few things. Same with Stallone, Bruce, Arnold, et al. Or Kevin Costner, who has been good and bad in almost equal measure, depending. Even Adam Sandler (who, ironically, is typically at his worst when he's in his wheelhouse) has been great in a couple of roles. Whereas someone like Tarantino is always bad. Then again, he's not really an actor.

I got u rob

keanu has been too well cast to qualify

Post #2

Ah!

Because, ftr, he is an awful actor

Really guys, he is. Worse actor than anyone offered bar the two

To me Bradley Cooper is one of those actors like Sam Worthington where I’ve seen the name a million times, I’ve seen them in things, but I wouldn’t bet 50p on being able to identify them out of four different actors. That’s not the same thing as being on Bloom’s level.

yeah, if Keanu's only role in his career was Harker in Dracula, he'd be a good nom, but he's been good in too much since then.

he's bad in Devil's Advocate but it doesn't hurt the film either. nothing makes me LOL more than his delivery on "According to the Bible....u LOSE"

Megan Fox

Sam Worthington's your guy if you're filming in 2009 and nobody is going to remember your film in 5 years

xpost missed that one!

Shame on any director not using keanu correctly but point break alone, and so much else besides

Daniel radcliffe may have a role like this, sic insists its a farting corpse, i dunno can i see it tbh

Marky Mark is a massively entertaining screen presence in Boogie Nights, Three Kings, The Big Hit and Huckabees, three of which are also very good films, and you can tell he's doing what he's doing on purpose in all four.

OTM and the other guys and the departed (which performances are, imo, companion pieces)

Absolutely not. Very good in Jennifer’s Body.
― scampless, rattled and puce (gyac), Wednesday, February 3, 2021 1:55 PM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

otm

“He just about convinced as a lifeless body” is the obvious joke about Swiss army man, so much that I p much assume it’s the sole reason they cast him

should Wahlberg be on this list?

Maybe...maybe no

maybe fuck yrself

I totally agree with those. And There Departed. Maybe it's just having the right director?

Keanu is bad in *lots* of stuff. He's not even necessarily good in his good roles, like "The Matrix," just right. But he's just right in lots of stuff.

There are a couple of old school guys I don't quite get. Like Fred MacMurray in "Double Indemnity," I've never found much about that performance good, and the movie is a masterpiece. Same with "The Apartment," though it's been a while. Especially compared to his co-stars in that one.

Hell, i heart huckabees, hes very good in that

Not exactly showing range across em all or anything but def better than a spark of interest and humour

I was xposting re: Marky Mark

How was he in Pain & Gain?

Sort of agree that McMurray lurches in those roles, not sure what else ive seen him in but def drags two great movies if they are his big ones

Also an opposite thread

What would you even ask

"Who is always great despite ......?"

Ans would be John Leguizamo anyway

what do we think about William Shatner?

Way too charismatic for this

But also responsible for the single worst lead male performance i can recall

https://i.gifer.com/FAKw.gif

Q: Did Bloomps lose his contact lens halfway through this gif, y/n, because I'm pretty sure that's what the facial expression suggests

Hmm. I always appreciated an acting appearance by Sydney Pollack, despite him just moonlighting.

gonna FP anyone who makes me see that gif again

No mention of Gerard Butler in the stinker list? Or does he just *make* stinkers?

I assume it's because they're all called Chris

― shivers me timber (sic), Wednesday, February 3, 2021 8:45 PM

I saw twitter memes, a lot of asian people tweeting "how are we supposed to tell these guys apart?"

I once saw a woman on television crying and talking about something traumatic and I was thinking "god, that's just abysmal acting", then I had the horrible realization that it wasn't a film and this was a real person talking about a real traumatic experience.

Marky Mark has been mentioned already, but he's pretty terrible a lot of the time.

like Hanks, he is redeemed by one role that brought me genuine joy. In Mark's case, it was "I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy." The Departed.

Also, I give a blanket exemption for anyone in L.A. Confidential because the casting and direction was just great imo

shit, you might be right, Spacey is maybe p good in that?

"Damn, it fell out again."

http://cdn.lowgif.com/small/8f238d9e1424b8cb-cindy-s-open-house-blog-rivendell-a-tolkien-legend.gif

ok fine that is lol

I had to have the chat with mrs mac last night to clarify spacey in LA confidential and whether he was good in it, this thread is getting to me

In Mark's case, it was "I'm the guy that does his job, you must be the other guy." The Departed.

Also, I give a blanket exemption for anyone in L.A. Confidential because the casting and direction was just great imo

― sarahell,

Best quote, and now you're getting into the swing of things

Do you know who can get into the box with spacey and malkovich, and this is not gonna go down well?

macmurray’s smug anticharisma is being used v deliberately in both of those movies