Nicolas Cage is only good at acting like himself, though he's a bit too obvious of a choice for this.
I'd have to say Adam Sandler.
I'd have to say Adam Sandler.
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That's exactly what happened. He's picked up on his status as an absolutely shitty director and figured he might as well embrace it. He directed a horror short in recent years. "The House that Drips Blood on Alex" is pretty much Wiseau owning up to the fact that he doesn't have a shred of directorial talent and no worth whatsoever as an actor - and using those for maximum effect.Glademaster said:
Watching it, you can tell it's more or less self-conscious, compared to "The Room". The problem is his being self-conscious has robbed his later projects of some of the weird arrogance and self-infatuation you found in "The Room". He's always the principal actor, sure, but "House" is Wiseau playing the victim in a horror short that doesn't make a lick of sense and that knows it.
It's fun, just less of a thigh-slapper than his one serious offering.
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I want to say Tom Cruise. Maybe it's just because I'm too young to have seen his older stuff first, but I just can't take him seriously.
I wouldn't say he has range, but he plays his role well.
There are too many worse actors that belong here before him.
I wouldn't say he has range, but he plays his role well.
There are too many worse actors that belong here before him.
Ok thanks I'll take a look at that then and see if he has any more things like it.IamLEAM1983 said:
I don't think I've ever found an actor/actress that has no redeeming acting ability. I can understand the hatred for some of them, especially later films of Adam Sandler or Will Smith, but I typically can find at least one film that displays real talent.
Now admittedly, I have not seen any Kristen Stewart movies or really anything with any Twilight actors, except for Pattinson in the fourth Harry Potter film, so I cannot judge them.
I do think that sometimes it is not the actor or their lack of ability as it is the director and what they make the actors say and do. I'm mostly looking at the Star Wars prequels with this as there was some very wooden dialogue from some very talented actors in them, but there are other examples out there as well.
Now admittedly, I have not seen any Kristen Stewart movies or really anything with any Twilight actors, except for Pattinson in the fourth Harry Potter film, so I cannot judge them.
I do think that sometimes it is not the actor or their lack of ability as it is the director and what they make the actors say and do. I'm mostly looking at the Star Wars prequels with this as there was some very wooden dialogue from some very talented actors in them, but there are other examples out there as well.
First person who came to mind was Tom Cruise but then I remembered liking Mission Impossible and Tropic Thunder so I let him off.
I chose Orlando Bloom anyway because I always feel he's too poetic and tragic in LOTR and Pirates, yeah I know its his character but if I see him in a film I always get a sense of doom and gloom plus I felt there should have been a different actor for Will Turner.
I chose Orlando Bloom anyway because I always feel he's too poetic and tragic in LOTR and Pirates, yeah I know its his character but if I see him in a film I always get a sense of doom and gloom plus I felt there should have been a different actor for Will Turner.
Ashton Kutcher hasn't been mentioned yet? Really? Figured more people would loathe ever thing he's in and laugh whenever he actually attempts to act.
Also, to parrot the one million other people, Adam Sandler. Though that might not be fair considering I've only seen one movie of his in it's entirety.
Katherine Heigl is pretty shit too.
Also, to parrot the one million other people, Adam Sandler. Though that might not be fair considering I've only seen one movie of his in it's entirety.
Katherine Heigl is pretty shit too.
Yeah, a lot of the names bandied about are essentially character actors. Which is a specific sort of actor who plays one character very well (and naturally, if they get cast as anything else, looks like an idiot).
I didn't mind Shia in his non-transformers stuff (Granted, he still wasn't impressive), I think he has a lot of burden in those films because everytime Shia's on screen is time they could've spent showing actual Transformers.
Costner always seems like he's trying to play a poor mans Sean Connery.
Cera plays his shy dork role well enough, the problem with him is his movies all tried ot make that character a protagonist, which they really don't work as.
I didn't mind Shia in his non-transformers stuff (Granted, he still wasn't impressive), I think he has a lot of burden in those films because everytime Shia's on screen is time they could've spent showing actual Transformers.
Costner always seems like he's trying to play a poor mans Sean Connery.
Cera plays his shy dork role well enough, the problem with him is his movies all tried ot make that character a protagonist, which they really don't work as.
I find him entertaining as hell, because you never know when he's going to flip the fuck out and go into that special zone of overacting.F said:
He's terrible in the best way (watch the Vampire's Kiss, you'll see what i mean)
though not always, he's an odd duck, for every Leaving Las Vegas or Lord of War there are a half dozen "Wicker Man" quality
Also going with LeBoeuf; followed by Michael Sera. He's the same character in every movie he's been in: Irritating awkward Teenager! Which is why I was pissed off when the Scott Pilgrim movie had him casted. I swear, the first 30 minutes made me CRINGE because of him! I like the comic Scott because he was a stupid, funny, asshole; not because he was excessively awkward to the point of being unable to function!SckizoBoy said:
[sub]Aside from that, the movie was pretty fun. Kim and all the evil exes were spot on.[/sub]
jigaboon said:
really? (eye brows raise really really high untill they reach the back of my head)
he's done some 'ungood' films but he is a very good actor such as his roles in American psycho and the machinist
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good point captcha.
Rich Hall on Tom Cruise, funny as fuck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFal553wR3k
Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell, they both try to be funny and both fail amazingly. If I was to pick one person from a recent movie though it would be an actor from a Transformers movie who IS NOT Shia Le Bouf. That Rosie Huntington - Whiteley... what the hell was going on when they cast her? Not sure if it was pure bad acting or the fact that she was so miscast it hurt. I mean Megan Fox, yeah the character she played maybe a million to one chance that Shia's character could hook up with her but the character that Rosie played... just NOOO!
I don't really hate any actors particularly, I generally just tend to be irritated by certain people. If I HAD to pick under pain of tickling torture, I'd have to say Kirsten Stewart and Michael Cera. For me, their existence alone is proof that there is no God. I don't really hate them per se, just find them incredibly annoying to the point of atheism.
Not really actors but on the topic of people I used to/actively do hate:
I used to find my arm instinctively pulling itself into a position to launch a punch every time I saw Professor Brian Cox on T.V., but since he's toned down being himself a bit, I can tolerate him a bit more these days.
But the only person I can say I genuinely despise: Michael McIntyre. He is just such a goddamned fucking smug ****! I'd beat him to death, but I could just see that as I'm repeatedly punching him in the face shouting "DIE FUCKWAD, DIE!!!!" he'd just keep goddamned smiling that arrogant prickish overly middle class smile and laughing he's supposedly quirky, over chirpy laugh and I'd have to keep punching his face even after he's dead just to get rid of that fucking smile and even then that wouldn't be enough and I'd have to......
Okay, sorry. Got a little carried away there.
But yeah, Kirsten Stewart and Micheal Cera, if I had to choose.
[sub]God, I hate Michael McIntyre...[/sub]
Not really actors but on the topic of people I used to/actively do hate:
I used to find my arm instinctively pulling itself into a position to launch a punch every time I saw Professor Brian Cox on T.V., but since he's toned down being himself a bit, I can tolerate him a bit more these days.
But the only person I can say I genuinely despise: Michael McIntyre. He is just such a goddamned fucking smug ****! I'd beat him to death, but I could just see that as I'm repeatedly punching him in the face shouting "DIE FUCKWAD, DIE!!!!" he'd just keep goddamned smiling that arrogant prickish overly middle class smile and laughing he's supposedly quirky, over chirpy laugh and I'd have to keep punching his face even after he's dead just to get rid of that fucking smile and even then that wouldn't be enough and I'd have to......
Okay, sorry. Got a little carried away there.
But yeah, Kirsten Stewart and Micheal Cera, if I had to choose.
[sub]God, I hate Michael McIntyre...[/sub]