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Great Performances In Disappointing Movies
« on: March 20, 2016, 02:41:59 PM »
Thought this would be an interesting topic. Sometimes a strong acting performances can make the unbearable ever-so-briefly watchable. What are you favorite acting performances in otherwise bad or disappointing movies? 

Morgan Freeman in Street Smart immediately comes to mind for me

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Re: Great Performances In Disappointing Movies
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2016, 03:05:21 PM »
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.

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« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2016, 12:13:19 AM »
Nicolas Cage in __________.
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« Reply #3 on: March 21, 2016, 01:51:34 AM »
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« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2016, 06:49:59 AM »
Nicolas Cage in __________.

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« Reply #6 on: March 21, 2016, 06:52:50 AM »
What's a nice cage pillow ?

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« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2016, 07:18:23 AM »
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.

So much this. He was amazing. The movie was kinda meh, though I enjoyed most of it. Not as much as him.

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« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2016, 08:20:18 AM »
What's a nice cage pillow ?

It's a magical thing. But seriously, even in the most badly written movies that have not a chance of being good, that man gives it his all. And sometimes more :lol
The one exception maybe being Left Behind. The whole thing was very meh. But then again, how could it have been any good?

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« Reply #9 on: March 21, 2016, 08:52:53 AM »
What's a nice cage pillow ?

It's a magical thing. But seriously, even in the most badly written movies that have not a chance of being good, that man gives it his all. And sometimes more :lol
The one exception maybe being Left Behind. The whole thing was very meh. But then again, how could it have been any good?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQkgLLL9XQ

He is legendary, but he definitely has no quality control filter..  :)


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« Reply #10 on: March 21, 2016, 11:21:36 AM »
Damn auto correct! :lol

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« Reply #11 on: March 21, 2016, 01:30:07 PM »
Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.

So much this. He was amazing. The movie was kinda meh, though I enjoyed most of it. Not as much as him.

Also the actor who played Charlie was *ok* but you spend the whole movie thinking " why didn't they just get Tom Hardy ? "

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« Reply #12 on: March 21, 2016, 01:56:46 PM »
What's a nice cage pillow ?

It's a magical thing. But seriously, even in the most badly written movies that have not a chance of being good, that man gives it his all. And sometimes more :lol
The one exception maybe being Left Behind. The whole thing was very meh. But then again, how could it have been any good?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrQkgLLL9XQ

He is legendary, but he definitely has no quality control filter..  :)

Matchstick Men is one of the best, but I'm biased because I love movies about grifters.

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« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2016, 03:21:08 PM »
Matchstick Men is one of the best, but I'm biased because I love movies about grifters.

I really liked Matchstick Men as well.  I thought Nicholas Cage was the shit back in the early 2000s, but like someone else said, quality control filter is seriously lacking.

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« Reply #14 on: March 21, 2016, 03:25:13 PM »
Has he not paid off his debts yet ?

He has done a few critically acclaimed movies here and there. Like "Joe".

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« Reply #15 on: March 21, 2016, 03:46:13 PM »
he's got quite a few bangers:

Con Air
Face/Off
The Rock
Valley Girl
Adaptation
Moonstruck
Snake Eyes
Lord of War
Rumble Fish
Raising Arizona
National Treasure
Leaving Las Vegas
Peggy Sue Got Married

unfortunately there's a lot of mash as well.

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« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2016, 03:57:45 PM »
Loved him in Kick-Ass as Big Daddy..

National Treasure is more mash than banger for me, but it was kinda silly fun. Did we get a signature freak out in that one? Maybe it was the second one, can't remember..  :D

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« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2016, 04:07:13 PM »
Loved him in Kick-Ass as Big Daddy..

National Treasure is more mash than banger for me, but it was kinda silly fun. Did we get a signature freak out in that one? Maybe it was the second one, can't remember..  :D
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« Reply #18 on: March 21, 2016, 04:14:08 PM »
the part where he's burning is pretty weird tho, how he calls out.  its not quite 'not the bees' level but its close.

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« Reply #19 on: March 21, 2016, 04:38:44 PM »
:lol, never seen that one. Not meaning to derail but Wild at Heart is also fucking awesome. That's one of my favorites of his.
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« Reply #20 on: March 21, 2016, 04:49:23 PM »
Raising Arizona  :metal

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« Reply #21 on: March 21, 2016, 04:53:43 PM »
Those Nicolas Cage movies are great (some of them, anyway) in spite of him, not because of him.
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« Reply #22 on: March 21, 2016, 06:09:33 PM »
you take that back!

but yeah nah seriously I don't get why people hate on him so much.  I reckon he's quality. 

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« Reply #23 on: March 22, 2016, 08:22:14 AM »
Cage has a very campy style that a lot of people really like...or dislike.  I don't mind him sometimes, as long as the film is entertaining, but put his acting style in a poorly written film and it's just ugly.

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« Reply #24 on: March 22, 2016, 08:34:23 AM »
I loved him in The Rock.  That character made the movie.
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« Reply #25 on: March 22, 2016, 08:38:35 AM »
I loved him in The Rock.  That character made the movie.
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« Reply #26 on: March 22, 2016, 08:30:14 PM »
I loved him in The Rock.  That character made the movie.

Yikes! That was a fun movie, and he was the worst part of it for me. Though I do enjoy "COULD WE GET A CUP OF COFFEE IN HERE?" 
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« Reply #27 on: March 23, 2016, 07:46:50 AM »
I loved him in The Rock.  That character made the movie.

Yikes! That was a fun movie, and he was the worst part of it for me. Though I do enjoy "COULD WE GET A CUP OF COFFEE IN HERE?"
See, I thought it was an OK movie, and he was easily the best.  He held it all together.

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« Reply #28 on: March 23, 2016, 03:25:06 PM »
I liked Bangkok Dangerous (but I saw it long ago).
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« Reply #30 on: March 24, 2016, 03:25:46 AM »
There's probably still more juice in the Nicolas Cage tank yet  :), but here's a couple of other suggestions:

  • Ryan Reynolds in Blade Trinity.
  • Alan Rickman in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves.
  • Kevin Spacey in Superman Returns. (This one is probably considered disappointing by the general public, and we've discussed it in another thread, but I actually quite liked it. KS was a great Lex Luthor)

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« Reply #31 on: March 24, 2016, 07:38:34 AM »
John Goodman in The Babe


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« Reply #32 on: March 29, 2016, 06:02:03 AM »
There's probably still more juice in the Nicolas Cage tank yet  :), but here's a couple of other suggestions:

  • Ryan Reynolds in Blade Trinity.

First thing i'd seen him in. Him doing rom-coms after that didn't seem right.

He's been in a few superhero movies now. Blade 3, X Men Whatever , Green Lantern and Deadpool as far as I'm aware.

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« Reply #33 on: March 30, 2016, 11:46:02 AM »
You do know he started his career in a sitcom, right?

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« Reply #34 on: March 30, 2016, 12:39:44 PM »
And I liked that sitcom as well.
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