Posted on 06/26/2011 5:56:22 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
I was just watching the original "True Grit" starring John Wayne. Yes, he deserved his Oscar for the role of Rooster Cogburn but opposite him was someone who played his part horribly. I am talking about Glenn Campbell as the Texas Ranger. Sheesh! Talk about stilted delivery. Really bad. Another example of bad acting was also in a John Wayne movie---"The Alamo." It was Frankie Avalon as Smitty who was supposed to be a young Tennessee frontiersman. I like Frankie Avalon in the beach flicks but, let's face it, he was waaay too urban to be believable in the role of Smitty. Whenever I see "The Alamo," it is impossible to forget that this is just a movie because of Frankie Avalon's completely unconvincing acting.
There are many other major movies with examples of really horrible acting. I cited a couple of such examples, so please list yours.
“If you took Val Kilmer’s “Doc Holliday” out of “Tombstone” it would have been a boring film.”
Well, it is true that Kilmer made that film. His performance was riveting. Without him playing off the other actors, it may have been a bit wooden. I also did not like the love affair of Earp and that theatre gal angle in Tombstone. Silly. It was the relationship of Earp and Holliday that made the drama crackle in the movie. It also made for really good gunslinging scenes. Earp’s adulterous leanings did not need to have such an exalted place in the film’s unfolding drama. I don’t keep up with awards, but did Kilmer get any kind of official recognition for the Doc Holliday portrayal? He should have gotten an academy award in my opinion. I never tire of that performance.
Oh, yes. I had forgotten about that awful movie. I will never forget him dancing as they brought the ark of the covenant into Jerusalem. Embarrassing.
Wesley Snipes, John Leguezamo (?), Patrick Swayze in To Wong Foo...
Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron in Devil’s Advocate
Maggie Gyllenhaal in Dark Knight
Katie Holmes in Batman Begins
Orland Bloom, Brad Pitt, Peter O’Toole and Diana Kruger in Troy (aw heck, the entire movie sucked)
Many of my other choices are already listed.
Ali McGraw Love Story.
Kristin whatever her name is Twilight.
For the few minutes I watched of it, the scenery is amazing. But when a 6’4, white guy, nicknamed, ‘The Duke’ came on the scene with three little whiskers on each side of his nose, playing the part of a Mongolian man, whose height was closer to 5’6, I changed the channel really quick because I knew this movie wasn’t going to work for me.
Teen heartthrobs in that time period being put into movies were horrid.
I love his music, but check out the wooden acting of Ricky Nelson in Wackiest Ship in the Army.
Or Tab Hunter in Damn Yankees. Both movies I love.
I remember that one.
Let’s not forget Raquel Welch in “Clan of the Cave Bear” or Theresa Russell in “Whore”.
And of course John Travolta and Lily Tomlin in “Moment by Moment”, a film that was so bad that it closed a couple of days after opening because the audiences broke up in uncontrollable laughter even though the film was supposed to be a serious drama.
Tom Laughlin, Delores Taylor and everyone else in “Billy Jack”
Uh, the story or plot of Forbidden Planet comes from a play called The Tempest written by a fellow named William Shakespeare. He may also have created the character of Robby the Robot, I forget.
Big Jim McLaine. Also the actors playing commies in that flick were completely unconvincing. The worst role was the guy playing an Hawaiian police official. Actually I think he really was an Hawaiian police official.
“Johnny Guitar” - the worst job of acting. I nearly got killed in order to finish watching this flick.
This one needs a “Like” button.
By far the worst performance ever (by a guy)...Andie MacDowell in “Green Card” runs a VERY close second...
...and the mall rat that played his wife.... can’t remember her name.
He was pretty decent in Collateral.
Kevin Costner in Waterworld and Keanu Reeves in Dracula.
I was lazy...everyone in the movie “Giant”. Had to see it 5 times since the acting was such a yawner, it knocked me out.
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