I am sure many of us here follow directors more than actors/actresses, and I am wondering. It got me to thinking: is there any actor or actress I will watch ANYTHING they are in regardless of who directs them or what movies they are in?
I honestly have to say I can't think of many...or really any. I mean, there is Bill Murray and I always try to pay attention to what he does but he did Garfield and then there was that horrendous Broken Flowers. Johnny Depp is perhaps one of my favorite serious actors but he accepts some crappy roles I will never watch him in.
I was just wondering if anybody here could think of actors they would watch regardless of what they were in? And why?
The Bus
10-30-09, 09:08 PM
No, there isn't. There's plenty of actors I like who do work I'm not interested in.
TomOpus
10-30-09, 09:19 PM
Katie Morgan
Dr Mabuse
10-30-09, 09:53 PM
Yes, there are too many to list.
Drop
10-30-09, 10:09 PM
I love Broken Flowers, further cemented my love for Murray. But yea, he's been in stinkers, the odds really work against everyone in Hollywood. Maybe John Cazale was the only who had a great career, but it was cut short, I'm sure sooner or later he would've been in a truly bad film.
kstublen
10-30-09, 10:24 PM
Broken Flowers is a great movie.
Chadm
10-30-09, 11:38 PM
In the last 4 years, easy, Robert Downey Jr
Solid Snake PAC
10-30-09, 11:59 PM
Downey Jr for sure the last 4 yrs....
MinLShaw
10-31-09, 12:27 AM
His filmography may be uneven (to say the least), but I've yet to see a disappointing performance by Sean Connery (except, in all honesty, Diamonds Are Forever). He was great in Medicine Man; the most enjoyable part of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, The Rock and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; he was flat-out great in The Untouchables and I will forever have a soft spot for the eerie Darby O'Gill and the Little People.
Charlie Goose
10-31-09, 12:41 AM
Clint Eastwood is my favorite actor, but he's been in a bunch of real turds.
Maybe Edward Norton, but there's that movie with him as a priest and Ben Stiller as a rabbi.
AnonomusBob15
10-31-09, 02:46 AM
Daniel Day-Lewis seems to be the kingpin of excellent actors. Does whatever he wants, and turns in "the best performance of the year" every so often.
obscurelabel
10-31-09, 03:34 AM
Watching ANYTHING an actor might be in is a tall order, and I've not seen his entire filmography so there may be plenty of stinkers in it, but this is the guy who came immediately to mind for me:
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Warren Oates (shown here in the Outer Limits episode The Mutant)
I love Broken Flowers, further cemented my love for Murray. But yea, he's been in stinkers, the odds really work against everyone in Hollywood. Maybe John Cazale was the only who had a great career, but it was cut short, I'm sure sooner or later he would've been in a truly bad film.
If Pachino and DeNiero can appear in crap so would have Cazale.
Ash Ketchum
10-31-09, 08:31 AM
Jason Statham and Megan Fox.
Patman
10-31-09, 10:04 AM
Clint Howard
Solid Snake PAC
10-31-09, 10:07 AM
Daniel Day-Lewis seems to be the kingpin of excellent actors. Does whatever he wants, and turns in "the best performance of the year" every so often.
He's never acted good in my opinion. It's all great.
sherm42
10-31-09, 10:07 AM
George Clooney get close.
calhoun07
10-31-09, 11:21 AM
George Clooney get close.
He will always have Batman and Robin.
coli
10-31-09, 11:37 AM
Ah-nold. Now he is retired now, but I would always give his movies a try because you knew what you were getting each time: good action, cheesy one liners, and arnold kicking ass.
Dr. DVD
10-31-09, 11:45 AM
Ah-nold. Now he is retired now, but I would always give his movies a try because you knew what you were getting each time: good action, cheesy one liners, and arnold kicking ass.
He too, will always have Batman and Robin.
There really isn't anyone I can think of, except maybe Daniel Day Lewis, and that might be proven wrong with "Nine".
In terms of people the general masses always seem to give a free pass to regardless of how crappy their movie is, I would say Will Smith and Vince Vaughn. I also tend to notice that older audiences are always willing to give Jodie Foster a free pass (until recently).
Even in bad movies, she's always good in my opinioin.
Lemmy
10-31-09, 12:13 PM
I can't think of a single actor or actress who I enjoy every film by...wow! I honestly would have thought that there would be several (for me) when I read the thread title...but when I started to think of all my favorites, I could come up with something for each (very easily) that I didn't watch/wouldn't watch/would never re-watch. To the OP: This is a very interesting and thought-provoking thread. Thanks!
arminius
10-31-09, 02:30 PM
http://img2.allposters.com/images/MMPH/175087.jpg
I liked him in every movie I saw him in.
rw2516
10-31-09, 02:55 PM
Paul Newman
Gene Hackman
Glenn Ford
Lee Marvin
Kurt Russell
Bob Hope
Hokeyboy
10-31-09, 02:59 PM
This thread has gone so off-topic it's not even funny, from "actors that can do no wrong" to "actors I really really like".
KillerCannibal
10-31-09, 03:27 PM
This thread has gone so off-topic it's not even funny, from "actors that can do no wrong" to "actors I really really like".
So, what you're saying is it's devolved like every other similarly-themed thread on here? ;)
UAIOE
10-31-09, 03:36 PM
He too, will always have Batman and Robin.
I enjoy Ah-nuld's movies, but his Mr. Freeze one-liners were too much. But they weren't really one-liners because every line of dialog pretty much dealt with something cold.
I also didn't really care much for "End of Days" and "The 6th Day".
Ah-nuld did a lot of good, but he wasn't infallible.
Jippy
10-31-09, 03:38 PM
Peter O'Toole FTW
Daytripper
10-31-09, 03:51 PM
Ed Norton
Cate Blanchett
Robert Downey Jr. (again, these past few years mainly)
Meryl Streep
Robert DeNiro
Toni Collette
all immediately come to mind.
Jack Straw
10-31-09, 03:56 PM
Clint Eastwood is my favorite actor, but he's been in a bunch of real turds.
Maybe Edward Norton, but there's that movie with him as a priest and Ben Stiller as a rabbi. Yeah, and they team up on Jenna Elfman for a 3-way. Not very holy.
AnonomusBob15
10-31-09, 05:04 PM
Robert DeNiro has done wrong so many times, it's not even funny.
Well, not as funny as Meet the Fockers.
MWB
10-31-09, 05:15 PM
John Cazale
Hokeyboy
10-31-09, 07:47 PM
Peter O'Toole FTW
Caligula? (The UNRATED version... and other movies that can be easily considered softcore pornography...)
Rockmjd23
10-31-09, 07:56 PM
In the last 4 years, easy, Robert Downey Jr
Downey Jr for sure the last 4 yrs....
Even The Shaggy Dog? ;)
Shannon Nutt
10-31-09, 09:41 PM
Russell Crowe
Meryl Streep
Their movies aren't always home runs, but they never phone-it-in when it comes to a performance.
Solid Snake PAC
10-31-09, 10:02 PM
Ok....what can be guaranteed for sure? All I see now is just Day-Lewis and Streep
JZ1276
11-01-09, 02:09 AM
Ed Norton
Cate Blanchett
Robert Downey Jr. (again, these past few years mainly)
Meryl Streep
Robert DeNiro
Toni Collette
all immediately come to mind.
i'd say Deniro also, but Flawless and Hide and Seek sucked
movielib
11-01-09, 06:24 AM
Meryl Streep comes to mind.
Even in bad movies, she's always good in my opinioin.
I agree. The fact that she was good even in one of the all-time turds, She-Devil, clinches it.
8 Reasons Why Adam West is the Most Resilient Victim of Typecasting Ever (http://www.toplessrobot.com/2009/07/8_reasons_why_adam_west_is_the_most_resilient_vict.php)
Jaymole
11-01-09, 09:35 AM
Ed Norton
Cate Blanchett
Robert Downey Jr. (again, these past few years mainly)
Meryl Streep
Robert DeNiro
Toni Collette
all immediately come to mind.
Actually DeNiro (recent vintage) would have been one of my choices for an "actors who can do no right" thread.
GoldenJCJ
11-01-09, 11:59 AM
Peter O'Toole FTW
King Ralph ranks up there as one of the worst movies Ive ever seen.
The closest I can come up with is Tom Hanks. Can't say Ive hated any of his movies, though there are a few I haven't seen.
Groucho
11-01-09, 12:22 PM
The closest I can come up with is Tom Hanks.Mazes and Monsters is a masterpiece!
Axeramm
11-01-09, 02:32 PM
Really liked Joseph Gordon-Levitt's work. Brick and The Lookout especially. Felt his role in G.I. Joe wasnt much more than a cameo.
movielib
11-01-09, 02:39 PM
Really liked Joseph Gordon-Levitt's work. Brick and The Lookout especially. Felt his role in G.I. Joe wasnt much more than a cameo.
500 days of Summer. :up:
shanester
11-01-09, 03:23 PM
Christopher Walken steals ever scene he's in reagrdless of the movie
His cameos are the best imo :thumbsup:
I think Gene Hackman has always given a great performance no matter what the film
All he has to do is stay out of Adam Sandler movies and he would personify this topic.
Rypro 525
11-01-09, 09:21 PM
Christopher Walken steals ever scene he's in reagrdless of the movie
His cameos are the best imo :thumbsup:
I think Gene Hackman has always given a great performance no matter what the film
even the Country Bears???????
james2025a
11-02-09, 08:10 AM
There is hardly anyone that has a clean report for appearing in only good movies. The closest i can think of is Gary Oldman. He always seems to do interesting work and is always great to watch and most of his movies are very watchable. The only other person is Christopher Walken and fine he has appeared in some real crap, but he is always so entertaining to watch and is always great to no matter how bad the movie.
movielib
11-02-09, 08:29 AM
There is hardly anyone that has a clean report for appearing in only good movies. The closest i can think of is Gary Oldman.
Lost in Space and The Contender are enough to blow that theory.
meshershark
11-02-09, 08:46 AM
Kate Winslet
Bill Nighy
Keira Knightley
Adrien Brody
I don't think I've seen a bad or embarrassing performance from any of them.
Ash Ketchum
11-02-09, 11:32 AM
Kate Winslet
Bill Nighy
Keira Knightley
Adrien Brody
Except for Brody in KING KONG, I don't think I've seen a bad or embarrassing performance from any of them.
Fixed.
tdirgins
11-02-09, 12:23 PM
I'll probably catch some shit for this, but Matt Diillon....ok, maybe not for Herbie Fully Loaded.
Agree with Kurt Russell. The man can do it all.
tommyp007
11-02-09, 12:30 PM
Batman excluded....I gotta go with Clooney
mndtrp
11-02-09, 09:13 PM
I would have said Edward Norton comes the closest, but someone brought up the priest movie. I had forgotten about that one.
Would I go as far to say that he is my favorite person? Yes, yes I would.
Giles
11-02-09, 11:35 PM
Edward Norton, and yes I did enjoy that Priest movie ... ;)
DeputyDave
11-03-09, 04:15 AM
Maybe Edward Norton, but there's that movie with him as a priest and Ben Stiller as a rabbi.I was going to say this and that movie is a favorite guilty pleasure of mine.
So Norton and maybe John Cusack.
james2025a
11-03-09, 09:19 AM
Lost in Space and The Contender are enough to blow that theory.
As i said, i don't think there is anyone with a clean sheet....but Oldman is close. These two movies were not great, but he has made up for it with many other roles.
james2025a
11-03-09, 09:20 AM
I would have said Edward Norton comes the closest, but someone brought up the priest movie. I had forgotten about that one.
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