I could never buy David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers. He does a fine job with it, but all I can think is "nice uniform Ross."
I get his Friends persona is strong but it was good casting. Lions lead by donkeys character.
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I get his Friends persona is strong but it was good casting. Lions lead by donkeys character.
ryutaro's mama
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Yep.
Strangelove77
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The guy who played Robocop in the reboot and was the main guy in Suicide Squad. That guy sucks.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a soul.
I'm pretty sure he doesn't have a soul.
shadow_shogun
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I love Keanu as much as the next guy but An actor with a martial arts background would have a better choice, like Van Damme or
Donny Yen.
uncledonnie
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What the fuck were they thinking
This so much. Still love the show but he drags it down to cringe town every second he is on screen.
I never bought Don Cheadle as War Machine. He really feels out of space. Too bad, he's a good actor, but miscast he is.
Honestly I think his problem is that War Machine is a total jobber in the MCU. I honestly don't understand why his character is even there. He's not really done anything useful since he joined haha.
Atomic Playboy
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Don't get me wrong, I think he's the best actor out of the Friends cast. I just can't see him as anything other than Ross. So when he's saying something like "You are standing at the position of attention!" all I see is this:
Kind of kills the suspension of disbelief for me. I feel like I'm watching a paleontologist try cosplay. I guess that's an issue for pretty much any TV actor who gets too well-known in a single role; that's just who I will see them as forever.
George Oscar Bluth II
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Hearing what a cunt Henry Cavill is in person made me wish he wasn't cast as Supes, tbh.
Oh? Hadn't heard about this. What's he been getting up to?
Eh, I thought Vaughn played it as well as he could. The dialogue he was given was some seriously awful shit.
Ninja Scooter
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Arnold in a True Lies
TheChewyWaffles
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An apoplectic decision that prefigured many poor decisions to come.
Violence Jack
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He wasn't the problem with True Detective Season 2.
But on the subject of Vince Vaughn, he should've never been cast as Norman Bates in the Psycho shot-for-shot remake.
lightskintwin
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Henry Cavill as Superman.
Hollow, zero presence, can't act, no charisma. Fake Man from Uncle doesn't count, he is so dull in real life too. Seen him in enough films to judge he is a very bad choice and visually only barely just passes but still think he looks average because he brings nothing. The script, direction is not a pass for him.
He's even worse as Clark Kent where he looks like a hunky GQ Model in the latest fashions.
moltonasty
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Rawr Its Ry
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Rick from the Walking Dead
Can't watch the show because of this casting. Loved the comic, can't stand the show.
Atomic Playboy
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Arnold is the best Bond. (perfect Arabic)
No lies detected.
I never liked Gambon as Dumbledore and always preferred Harris (RIP). Gambon just totally fucked up Dumbledore's character and while I'm not religiously devoted to the source material, his rough schoolmaster Dumbledore doesn't make sense as the loving and loved protector of Hogwarts.
Should have gotten Stephen Fry in for the recast. That would have been neat.
Ghost is Bad
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Brandon Routh was actually a great Superman. Why'd they replace him with Henry What'shisname anyways?
lightskintwin
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Brandon was a perfect Superman, but Bryan Singer fucked it up by putting him in some awkward quasi sequel where Superman now has baby mama drama.
Rick from the Walking Dead
Can't watch the show because of this casting. Loved the comic, can't stand the show.
Interesting. I think he's a great actor on the show, but the writing constantly lets him down by being indecisive on how he is season to season (or often, episode to episode).
Darth Pinche
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Venom in Spiderman 3
Oh god, this X1000.
Because Man of Steel was a reboot of the franchise that happened seven years later and Brandon Routh at that point was most infamously associated with an incredibly unpopular Superman film that didn't make a huge amount of money?
Although speaking of Superman Returns...
Awful. Awful, awful, awful.
Everyone has and will bring up how it wasn't Hayden's fault, it was the dialogue etc. However it was still terrible casting because he just wasn't intimidating. At all. Blame it on his looks, demeanour, acting ability, whatever, he just can't be taken seriously. When an angry Anakin walked into a room everyone should have been scared shitless, this is the guy who became Darth Vader for goodness sake. Hayden was as intimidating as a butterfly. Also whiny and annoying.
VeryGooster
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Venom in Spiderman 3
The first two Spider-Man movies have been on HBO quite a bit lately, and honestly, I still cannot get behind Kirsten Dunst as MJ.
lightskintwin
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Because Man of Steel was a reboot of the franchise that happened seven years later and Brandon Routh at that point was most infamously associated with an incredibly unpopular Superman film that didn't make a huge amount of money?
Although speaking of Superman Returns...
Awful. Awful, awful, awful.
Yeah, I remember reviews talking about she was too attractive to play that part, and I agree. It's a problem Hollywood continues having by getting people who look like models to play the everyman. And that's not even getting to her acting.
I could never buy David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers. He does a fine job with it, but all I can think is "nice uniform Ross."
"MYYYYY SANDWICH?!"
I am gonna say it, the prequels suck because the source material sucks.
It's not Lucas or the cast,
the events of the prequels are just boring. they used 3 films to ilustrate Anakin's turn to the darkside,
we were all basically waiting for episode 3, which mostly delivered because we saw some sort of exciting conflict between obiwan and anakin. it's regarded as the better film of those three and that's because it gets the things going, plotwise
there is a reason why lucas chose episodes 4, 5 and 6 instead of 1 2 and 3. back in the 70's
boneyjangles
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I never saw the movie, but Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne just looked hilariously out of place. Then again I think Mark Wahlberg in anything is enough to put me off the film.
Ninja Scooter
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He's not good at hiding his accent.
Col WillieSharp
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He's captivating as Kobayshi.
Razgriz-Specter
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Rick from the Walking Dead
Can't watch the show because of this casting. Loved the comic, can't stand the show.
What The Fuck?
I legitimately dislike the series at this point but Andrew Lincoln/Rick is the only reason I keep going.
Daryl has completely fallen away in the last 2 seasons.
Gurgelhals
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Sofia Coppola in The Godfather III
Nepotism at work I guess. She's just not a good actress and whenever she delivers a line in that movie it's like nails on a chalkboard. It also doesn't help when you're sharing the screen with the likes of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, etc.
Nepotism at work I guess. She's just not a good actress and whenever she delivers a line in that movie it's like nails on a chalkboard. It also doesn't help when you're sharing the screen with the likes of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, etc.
As I get older im starting to agree with this, Hayden may not be the greatest actor, but the direction and dialogue made Hayden's performance cringeworthy. Cant blame him for the shitty lines and having to a green screen most of the time.
Keanu's martial arts stuff isn't bad especially when you take into account that he did all of the training for the movie in a neckbrace because he was recovering from spinal fusion surgery.
George Oscar Bluth II
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I can't find the right link but I remember reading how he goes to bars hoping people recognise him and harasses women too. I recall reading a moment where a woman turned around and he said something like "Oh, your tits are small, aren't they?"
Maybe it's not true but given some interviews, I wouldn't be surprised.
broncobuster
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Between the weirdly racist undertones in the Wonder Woman thread and this, maybe stick to hating on the movies instead of the people involved with them.
I don't recall the attractive thing. Age was definitely a oddity considering she's a 22 year old actress meant to be Margot Kidder's Lois in her late 30s.
Sofia Coppola in The Godfather III
Nepotism at work I guess. She's just not a good actress and whenever she delivers a line in that movie it's like nails on a chalkboard. It also doesn't help when you're sharing the screen with the likes of Al Pacino, Diane Keaton, Andy Garcia, Eli Wallach, etc.
May be getting the story mixed up, but think that was part nepotism, part short notice due to the previously cast actresses leaving the film (I believe it was Winona Ryder).
I'm not sure why but now I'm imagining Jackie Chan in the lead role. Maybe in an alternate universe version with Sean Connery as Morpheus and Michael Ironside as Agent Smith
Venom in Spiderman 3
As written, I thought he was a really good douche-bag version of Peter Parker, and if that version of Venom had been fleshed out more (like in his own movie) he would have been fine. The casting alone was not the problem.
Septimus Prime
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Wow. Yeah. And I usually like her in most of her roles, too.
It's kind of telling that the CGI versions of Anakin on The Clone Wars and later Rebels don't even look like him. With every other character, you can at least see the resemblance, despite the stylistic difference, but Anakin looks like a completely different person.
lightskintwin
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Yeah, it was in contrast to Margot Kidder and why she worked as Lois Lane, and why Superman fell for her and how it conveyed to the audience it wasn't due to her superficial looks.
shadow_shogun
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Didn't know about his injury, and this is no insult to his injury but I was found the fight scenes quite stiff, it wasn't THAT bad but it could've been better with more experienced martial artist actors.
Lord, a Matrix Movie starring Jackie would've been pretty epic.
George Oscar Bluth II
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I didn't intend for what I said in the WW thread to have racist undertones. I was just suggesting that given her views on certain things (Israel-Palestine situation), she'd probably dislike being mistaken for Iranian (like a few people with the same views I've met). I fucked up on implying what I meant rather than straight saying it.
Edit: I already said I fucked up in that thread anyway.
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