What actor = "bad movie" to you?

Kehama wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Let's see: he steals a bicycle at gunpoint, he kicks a girl into a wall, he bear-punches a woman, he has his "HOWDITGETBURNEDHOWDITGETBURNED" shout, and of course the ass bees at the end.

And he's a man who's deathly allergic to bees who goes to an island that focuses on tending bees to investigate the kidnapping of a child that he has been told is his and that he had no prior knowledge of and in fact didn't even know existed until the day before. That would be the run-on sentence set-up pitch for Wicker Man.

What's funny is that that is very close to the plot of

Spoiler:

The Dresden Files: Changes, but you have to change bees to vampires, and island to Mayan pyramid

and it worked out really, really well.

I am shocked at the lack of Jim Carrey in this thread. I almost missed "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" because he was in it. It took 3 people swearing to me that his usual "rubber-man" BS was absent that excellent film.

Kehama wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Let's see: he steals a bicycle at gunpoint, he kicks a girl into a wall, he bear-punches a woman, he has his "HOWDITGETBURNEDHOWDITGETBURNED" shout, and of course the ass bees at the end.

And he's a man who's deathly allergic to bees who goes to an island that focuses on tending bees to investigate the kidnapping of a child that he has been told is his and that he had no prior knowledge of and in fact didn't even know existed until the day before. That would be the run-on sentence set-up pitch for Wicker Man.

At least the original had a nude Bond girl.

Grenn wrote:
Kehama wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Let's see: he steals a bicycle at gunpoint, he kicks a girl into a wall, he bear-punches a woman, he has his "HOWDITGETBURNEDHOWDITGETBURNED" shout, and of course the ass bees at the end.

And he's a man who's deathly allergic to bees who goes to an island that focuses on tending bees to investigate the kidnapping of a child that he has been told is his and that he had no prior knowledge of and in fact didn't even know existed until the day before. That would be the run-on sentence set-up pitch for Wicker Man.

At least the original had a nude Bond girl.

Britt Ekland had a body double for that bit. But yes, the film had a naked woman in it.

This was pretty cool

Thin_J wrote:

I saw Kick Ass. He's still the same genuinely terrible Nic Cage we've had for years in it.

I think your film watching gland is broken. Kick-ass is Nicholas Cage doing doing a pretty damn funny Adam West impersonation, and not the typical Nick Cage performance that poisons something otherwise gloriously {ableist slur} like Drive Angry.

Also, Lord of War is pretty watchable.

DudleySmith wrote:
Grenn wrote:
Kehama wrote:
Quintin_Stone wrote:

Let's see: he steals a bicycle at gunpoint, he kicks a girl into a wall, he bear-punches a woman, he has his "HOWDITGETBURNEDHOWDITGETBURNED" shout, and of course the ass bees at the end.

And he's a man who's deathly allergic to bees who goes to an island that focuses on tending bees to investigate the kidnapping of a child that he has been told is his and that he had no prior knowledge of and in fact didn't even know existed until the day before. That would be the run-on sentence set-up pitch for Wicker Man.

At least the original had a nude Bond girl.

Britt Ekland had a body double for that bit. But yes, the film had a naked woman in it.

Dammit.

Alien Love Gardener wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

I saw Kick Ass. He's still the same genuinely terrible Nic Cage we've had for years in it.

I think your film watching gland is broken. Kick-ass is Nicholas Cage doing doing a pretty damn funny Adam West impersonation, and not the typical Nick Cage performance that poisons something otherwise gloriously {ableist slur} like Drive Angry.

Also, Lord of War is pretty watchable.

Surely I am not the only one who enjoyed National Treasure?

Sir Cage is an easy punchline, but he just needs a director on his wavelength, too mighty for his wavelength, or maybe someone who just works with him a little. Bringing Out the Dead (Scorsese), Matchstick Men (Scott), and Bad Lieutenant: PoCNO (Herzog) are great, and make great use of him. I remain a bit skeptical of this list, because I suspect the same can be said of anyone--not too get too Auteur-Theory, but it's kinda like saying "What color ensures a terrible painting?"

SallyNasty wrote:
Alien Love Gardener wrote:
Thin_J wrote:

I saw Kick Ass. He's still the same genuinely terrible Nic Cage we've had for years in it.

I think your film watching gland is broken. Kick-ass is Nicholas Cage doing doing a pretty damn funny Adam West impersonation, and not the typical Nick Cage performance that poisons something otherwise gloriously {ableist slur} like Drive Angry.

Also, Lord of War is pretty watchable.

Surely I am not the only one who enjoyed National Treasure?

very possible.

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

but it's kinda like saying "What color ensures a terrible painting?"

There are several answers to that question:

Fuzzy Wuzzy
Razzle Dazzle Rose
Razzmatazz
Purple Pizzazz
Laser Lemon
Atomic Tangerine
Hot Magenta
Bittersweet
Vivid Violet
Jazzberry Jam
Magic Mint
Outrageous Orange
....

okay, I'm tired of typing now. I'd argue that any paintings with those colors would be bad because nobody would know what those colors really were.

SallyNasty wrote:

Surely I am not the only one who enjoyed National Treasure?

Ah, yes. Ok, so his batting avg isn't great at all. Out of all the movies he has been in, there's barely 3 I'd want to rewatch.

Yes, for the last memorable years, Nic Cage has sucked, badly, and it´s pretty damn obvious he´s accepting everything put across his platter. But let´s not forget good movies he´s in/stars in:

Matchstick Men
Adaptation
Leaving Las Vegas
Bad Lieutenant

I agree he has to have the right director, and I also agree that could be said for a lot of actors, but he´s not bad with proper restraint.

SpacePPoliceman wrote:

not too get too Auteur-Theory, but it's kinda like saying "What color ensures a terrible painting?"

As I have noted in "Cahiers du Man-Cinema," sh*t-brown, while posing a challenge to the true artist, almost ensures failure in less-skilled hands.

Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
CSteel wrote:

Ever since I saw the Wicker Man with Nicholas Cage, I've been reluctant to watch any of his movies.

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Okay this gif has had me in stitches for a couple minutes now. I figure that with all the Nicholas Cage talk, I'd present you guys with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwFYQ_NMIw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLEA250AA29C573C6C

Bah, embedding is disabled.

Pauley Shore

Please tell me I'm a filthy skimmer and that this thread has not existed for 2 years without the mention of this man:

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Nomad wrote:

Please tell me I'm a filthy skimmer and that this thread has not existed for 2 years without the mention of this man:

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I see the url on the quote, but nothing appears, and pasting it doesn't show an image. Could you elaborate? The suspense is killing me...

kexx wrote:
Nomad wrote:

Please tell me I'm a filthy skimmer and that this thread has not existed for 2 years without the mention of this man:

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I see the url on the quote, but nothing appears, and pasting it doesn't show an image. Could you elaborate? The suspense is killing me...

Brendan Fraser (and man, that's a messed up URL, which after copying and pasting for me shows up in the image tag(!?))...

CSteel wrote:
Bonus_Eruptus wrote:
CSteel wrote:

Ever since I saw the Wicker Man with Nicholas Cage, I've been reluctant to watch any of his movies.

IMAGE(http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b296/Bonus_Eruptus/gifs/Beesinmyass.gif)

Okay this gif has had me in stitches for a couple minutes now. I figure that with all the Nicholas Cage talk, I'd present you guys with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrwFYQ_NMIw&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLEA250AA29C573C6C

Bah, embedding is disabled.

This never gets old:

trueheart78 wrote:

Out of all the movies he has been in, there's barely 3 I'd want to rewatch.

That's not really the point of the thread. We're looking for actors that make you wish you had never seen the film at all. There are movies I rewatch all the time, and there are movies I enjoyed that I don't care if I watch again or not. The movies that I regret watching and wish I could get the last 2 hours of my life back are few and far between.

The Rock
Arnie (except for Terminator)
Shia Leboef

trueheart78 wrote:
kexx wrote:
Nomad wrote:

Please tell me I'm a filthy skimmer and that this thread has not existed for 2 years without the mention of this man:

IMAGE(http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BOTcxNDU0NjU5OV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwODMyNjYwMw@@._V1._SY314_CR0,0,214,314_.jpg)

I see the url on the quote, but nothing appears, and pasting it doesn't show an image. Could you elaborate? The suspense is killing me...

Brendan Fraser (and man, that's a messed up URL, which after copying and pasting for me shows up in the image tag(!?))...

Here are a few more then...

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lostlobster wrote:

The Rock
Arnie (except for Terminator)
Shia Leboef

I know I'm newish here and all, but get out.

InspectorFowler wrote:
lostlobster wrote:

The Rock
Arnie (except for Terminator)
Shia Leboef

I know I'm newish here and all, but get out.

+1.

Also, I don't get the hate on Shia Labeouf. Yes, he's annoying in Transformers. What in Transformers isn't annoying? Everything is. EVERY DAMN THING. Megan Fox? Yes, annoying as hell. So where does this hate come from? What am I missing?

kexx wrote:

+1.

Also, I don't get the hate on Shia Labeouf. Yes, he's annoying in Transformers. What in Transformers isn't annoying? Everything is. EVERY DAMN THING. Megan Fox? Yes, annoying as hell. So where does this hate come from? What am I missing?

Shia is always annoying.

With the exception of Surfs Up.

kexx wrote:
InspectorFowler wrote:
lostlobster wrote:

The Rock
Arnie (except for Terminator)
Shia Leboef

I know I'm newish here and all, but get out.

+1.

Also, I don't get the hate on Shia Labeouf. Yes, he's annoying in Transformers. What in Transformers isn't annoying? Everything is. EVERY DAMN THING. Megan Fox? Yes, annoying as hell. So where does this hate come from? What am I missing?

There's also Crystal Skull.

kexx wrote:

Also, I don't get the hate on Shia Labeouf. Yes, he's annoying in Transformers. What in Transformers isn't annoying? Everything is. EVERY DAMN THING. Megan Fox? Yes, annoying as hell. So where does this hate come from? What am I missing?

You know what's not annoying about Transformers? Peter-Frackin'-Cullen voicing Optimus Prime. That was epic and gave me chills the first time I heard it. Also, whether you like it or not, Shia is very good at that fast, nervous, stammering, rambling schtick that he does.

Strewth wrote:

You know what's not annoying about Transformers? Peter-Frackin'-Cullen voicing Optimus Prime.

In the first one, when he got to use that voice for awesomely cheesy Saturday morning dialogue, like "They deserve the chance to choose for themselves!" "Then join them in extinction!!" Between 1 and 2, though, he seemed to have spent a lot of time learning Halo trash talk.

InspectorFowler wrote:
lostlobster wrote:

The Rock
Arnie (except for Terminator)
Shia Leboef

I know I'm newish here and all, but get out.

Please educate me as to the good movies he's been in, and I will.