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General => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Accelerando on March 20, 2016, 02:41:59 PM
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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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Michael Fassbender in Prometheus.
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Nicolas Cage in __________.
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Nicolas Cage in __________.
:lol
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Nicolas Cage in __________.
I don't trust this opinion. She has Nice Cage pillow.
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What's a nice cage pillow ?
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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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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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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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Damn auto correct! :lol
Jackie, post your pillow!
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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
That is to me great example of Great Performance In Disappointing Movie.
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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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: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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Raising Arizona :metal
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Those Nicolas Cage movies are great (some of them, anyway) in spite of him, not because of him.
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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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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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I loved him in The Rock. That character made the movie.
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I loved him in The Rock. That character made the movie.
Great movie.
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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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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.
"How in the name of ZEUS'S BUTTHOLE did you get out of your cell?! I only ask because in our current situation, well, it could prove to be useful information. MAYBE!"
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I liked Bangkok Dangerous (but I saw it long ago).
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Yessss, Zeus's butthole :rollin
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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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John Goodman in The Babe
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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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You do know he started his career in a sitcom, right?
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And I liked that sitcom as well.
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You do know he started his career in a sitcom, right?
First thing i'd seen him in.
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Sigourney Weaver in Alien 3 and Alien:R
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Samuel L. Jackson in Pulp Fiction.
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Bryan Cranston in the latest Godzilla movie.
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Bryan Cranston in the latest Godzilla movie.
Whilst I did enjoy the movie I also have no desire to see it again.