Abysmal performances
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Abysmal performances
Off the top of my head, a few of the worst acting efforts (to use the word loosely) I've ever seen:
-Peter Spitzer in The Meateater (1978) - A legendary bad performance. Here's a good summation of his thesping skills: www.brainsonfilm.com/meateater.html
-Christa Lang in Sam Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972) - This girl's more wooden than a pallet of two-by-fours.
-Sofia Coppola in Godfather III (1990) - Nepotism at its most disastrous. Not only couldn't she act to save her life, but she was ass-ugly too.
-Peter Spitzer in The Meateater (1978) - A legendary bad performance. Here's a good summation of his thesping skills: www.brainsonfilm.com/meateater.html
-Christa Lang in Sam Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972) - This girl's more wooden than a pallet of two-by-fours.
-Sofia Coppola in Godfather III (1990) - Nepotism at its most disastrous. Not only couldn't she act to save her life, but she was ass-ugly too.
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Denise Richards in "The World is not enough". As a rocket scientist.
As Rolling Stone put it: "You can fake a lot of things on screen. But you can't fake intelligence"
As Rolling Stone put it: "You can fake a lot of things on screen. But you can't fake intelligence"
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Originally posted by custom001
Denise Richards in "The World is not enough". As a rocket scientist.
As Rolling Stone put it: "You can fake a lot of things on screen. But you can't fake intelligence"
Denise Richards in "The World is not enough". As a rocket scientist.
As Rolling Stone put it: "You can fake a lot of things on screen. But you can't fake intelligence"
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Originally posted by grunter
Alan Rickman - "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves"
Where did that Spinal Tap refugee with the wildly teased hair come from?
Alan Rickman - "Robin Hood:Prince of Thieves"
Where did that Spinal Tap refugee with the wildly teased hair come from?
Now if you would have said Kevin Costner in a lot of his films, including Robin Hood, I might have agreed w/ you. Oh well, everyone's tastes are different and that is what makes this world so enjoyable.
I completely agree w/ Denise Richards in her 007 appearance.
I nominate Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard to be the two actors who are consistently terrible in any film they get near.
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Originally posted by bahist17
I nominate Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard to be the two actors who are consistently terrible in any film they get near.
I nominate Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Matthew Lillard to be the two actors who are consistently terrible in any film they get near.
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I agree about Denise Richards in THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.
Hal Sparks in any QAF episode. Just awful. Of course so are the scripts and the dialog, so it may not be entirely his fault.
The entire cast of BATMAN AND ROBIN.
Hal Sparks in any QAF episode. Just awful. Of course so are the scripts and the dialog, so it may not be entirely his fault.
The entire cast of BATMAN AND ROBIN.
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Originally posted by mookiemeister
Come on, Andie MacDowell is not that bad. She's good in Groundhog Day and Green Card.
Come on, Andie MacDowell is not that bad. She's good in Groundhog Day and Green Card.
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Originally posted by nyr4321
Beyonce Knowles in Goldmember.
Beyonce Knowles in Goldmember.
Speaking of Heather Graham, my nomination is Heather Graham in anything (except maybe Swingers). She's a Stepford wife.
Originally posted by LBPound
Kevin Costner in that movie, what was called, oh yes...everything he's been in.
Kevin Costner in that movie, what was called, oh yes...everything he's been in.
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