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Worst acting performance in a major motion picture
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Disagree on that one. He was excellent. It is the character you despise, not the actor.
Almost ruined Episode 2 for me. I think he did better in Ep 3 though. Still not great but at least he was tolerable. Well except for the ending parts.
Almost?
I always cite the woman from the first Star Trek movie as an example of bad casting and horrible acting.
They thought so much of this woman (Persis Khambatta) they put her on the movie poster, replacing DeForest Kelley. So there was the grand triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and One-Off Lady.
The whole deal was this woman was a Deltan, supposedly one of the sexiest women from the most sexually attractive species in the galaxy. In the film she notes, "My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain!" and there's a deleted scene where Sulu is so distracted by this woman's ... whatever ... that he mistakenly presses the wrong buttons on his console.
But ... I can't imagine there would be a woman less attractive than Khambatta. She's emotionless and uses the same voice whether she's a real woman or a robot duplicate. There's a scene where she's supposed to look wistfully at her former lover, Decker, and she sort of drops her mouth open stupidly. That's acting for her. Even seeing this movie as a child I recognized this woman as a talentless car crash, and was glad when she was killed off.
They thought so much of this woman (Persis Khambatta) they put her on the movie poster, replacing DeForest Kelley. So there was the grand triumvirate of Kirk, Spock, and One-Off Lady.
The whole deal was this woman was a Deltan, supposedly one of the sexiest women from the most sexually attractive species in the galaxy. In the film she notes, "My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain!" and there's a deleted scene where Sulu is so distracted by this woman's ... whatever ... that he mistakenly presses the wrong buttons on his console.
But ... I can't imagine there would be a woman less attractive than Khambatta. She's emotionless and uses the same voice whether she's a real woman or a robot duplicate. There's a scene where she's supposed to look wistfully at her former lover, Decker, and she sort of drops her mouth open stupidly. That's acting for her. Even seeing this movie as a child I recognized this woman as a talentless car crash, and was glad when she was killed off.
FO-totality
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Heath Ledger as the Joker
captainnapalm
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The little kid in Phantom Menace.
Even some of the good actors in those movies came off lookng really bad, though. I mean, wooden performances for people like Natalie Portman and Ewan MacGregor. That's when you know you're doing something wrong, George.
Even some of the good actors in those movies came off lookng really bad, though. I mean, wooden performances for people like Natalie Portman and Ewan MacGregor. That's when you know you're doing something wrong, George.
This is not the greatest acting performance in a major motion picture thread.
djplaeskool
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Discotheque
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Shit was hilarious and entertaining.
ScarJo in The Prestige was just awful with no redeeming qualities.
Evolution_1ne
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I swear to god I was going to post this becasue I knew it was only a matter of time
well lets just cut to the chase
He wasn't an actor, but he played his role perfectly. The giant man who is afraid to talk to the Godfather, thus showing the audience how respected/dangerous he is.
FO-totality
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I swear to god I was going to post this becasue I knew it was only a matter of time
well lets just cut to the chase
He was mediocre at best.
He was actually that nervous and flubbing his lines IRL because he'd be working with Marlon Brando. Coppola decided to just go with it and it worked out pretty well.
triplestation
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Daniel Day Lewis as the oilman.
Yeah, it is kind of a hard thing to judge. If bad acting works in the context of the movie, is it still bad acting?
TheContact
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easily!
LiveFromKyoto
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Do you not know the story with him? He was a pro wrestler who also moonlighted as a Mafia enforcer in real life. They cast him because he looked the part, but he didn't really know how to act.
The part was originally meant to be read straight, as an unflappable tough guy. When he got in front of the camera though, he was totally intimidated to be acting with Marlon Brando. Like, he was so outclassed he literally couldn't handle it. Coppola loved it, how it made the Godfather look so much more badass that even this huge dude was intimidated to be around him, so they added the scene with him practicing his speech before going in right after that.
It's little things like that which totally make the film.
Hmm really? I think he was a good Obi-Wan. Probably the best casting in Eps 1-3.
FO-totality
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You should watch him in Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" alongside Denzel Washington, Kate Beckinsale, and Micheal Keaton.
It's the most important topic of all time.
Agreed. Ewan was kinda stiff in Ep 1, but he really hit his stride in 2 & 3, evoking Alec Guinness' dry wit in Ep 4.
Pai Pai Master
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Louis CK in the remake of The Godfather.
My favourite Louie skit. Gets me every time.
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Even just seeing this photo makes me cringe.
Almost ruined Episode 2 for me. I think he did better in Ep 3 though. Still not great but at least he was tolerable. Well except for the ending parts.
easily!
wtf, reggie does movies??
Just a shame he had such dire scripts to work with.
"I have seen...a security hologram of him....killing younglings!"
Beat me to it.
I'm not sure about the first two, but he basically slept through the third one. As if someone dragged him out of the retirement home and sat him in front of a camera.
You know the story behind that, don't you? Marlon Brando was already a superstar at the time the movie was being made. The actor playing Luca Brasi was so afraid to be in his scene with Brando that he kept messing up his lines. However, Martin Scorsese kept it in the movie because it ended up showing just how a huge, scary guy like Luca Brasi is afraid of the Godfather. The scene was not meant to play out this way. Luca was simply supposed to say his line in a confident manner and then leave this room.
His frightened performance actually improved the scene. The scene showing Luca rehearsing his speech before he enters the room was added later.
TheContact
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"the room" ...."acting"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgjsIHoaTgo
the best part is the "orgasm face" starting at 19 seconds. SOMEONE needs to make a Gif of that
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgjsIHoaTgo
the best part is the "orgasm face" starting at 19 seconds. SOMEONE needs to make a Gif of that
Joe Shlabotnik
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That's completely fair and yet not the topic of the thread at all, so....
infinityBCRT
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Ugh.
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