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islandclaws 10-31-09 02:27 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Hokeyboy (Post 9807626)
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 02:36 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Dr. DVD (Post 9807319)
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.

dvduser6 10-31-09 02:38 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
Peter O'Toole FTW

Daytripper 10-31-09 02:51 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
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 02:56 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Charlie Goose (Post 9806877)
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 04:04 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
Robert DeNiro has done wrong so many times, it's not even funny.

Well, not as funny as Meet the Fockers.

Matt 10-31-09 04:15 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
John Cazale

Hokeyboy 10-31-09 06:47 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Jippy (Post 9807703)
Peter O'Toole FTW

Caligula? (The UNRATED version... and other movies that can be easily considered softcore pornography...)

Rockmjd23 10-31-09 06:56 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Chadm (Post 9806783)
In the last 4 years, easy, Robert Downey Jr


Originally Posted by Solid Snake PAC (Post 9806810)
Downey Jr for sure the last 4 yrs....

Even The Shaggy Dog? ;)

Shannon Nutt 10-31-09 08:41 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
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 10-31-09 09:02 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
Ok....what can be guaranteed for sure? All I see now is just Day-Lewis and Streep

JZ1276 11-01-09 01:09 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Daytripper (Post 9807726)
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 05:24 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by onebyone (Post 9807341)
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.

darkhawk 11-01-09 05:58 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
Will Smith
Tom Hanks
Meryl Streep

MrSmearkase 11-01-09 07:55 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
http://bat-mania.co.uk/blog/wp-conte...9/adamwest.jpg

8 Reasons Why Adam West is the Most Resilient Victim of Typecasting Ever

Jaymole 11-01-09 08:35 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Daytripper (Post 9807726)
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 10:59 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Jippy (Post 9807703)
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 11:22 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by GoldenJCJ (Post 9808908)
The closest I can come up with is Tom Hanks.

Mazes and Monsters is a masterpiece!

Axeramm 11-01-09 01:32 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
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 01:39 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by Axeramm (Post 9809255)
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 02:23 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
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

cungar 11-01-09 07:49 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
http://thefaust.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/buscemi.jpg

All he has to do is stay out of Adam Sandler movies and he would personify this topic.

Rypro 525 11-01-09 08:21 PM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by shanester (Post 9809378)
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 07:10 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 
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 07:29 AM

Re: Actors/Actresses that can do no wrong
 

Originally Posted by james2025a (Post 9810820)
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.


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