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Worst Acting in a Major Movie (Name your examples)
Self | June 26, 2011 | PJ-Comix

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.


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To: PJ-Comix

As much as I love him, Freddie Couples playing himself in Tin Cup was the worst. Add in his playing partner that day, too. Corey Pavin, was it?


61 posted on 06/26/2011 6:21:36 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: PJ-Comix

Kevin Costner in anything but Robin Hood Prince of Thieves was the worst.


62 posted on 06/26/2011 6:21:41 PM PDT by Lucky2 ( NObama - Done in One - Herman Cain in 2012)
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To: Revolting cat!

Cagney had been a dancer in vaudeville before he became a movie star.


63 posted on 06/26/2011 6:22:19 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: mnehring
Silver Medal- Brooke Shields in Furry Vengeance.

Gold Medal - Brooke Shields in "Blue Lagoon."

64 posted on 06/26/2011 6:22:36 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: PJ-Comix
Brad Pitt in everything except 12 Monkeys.

Ben Affleck in everything he's been in.

65 posted on 06/26/2011 6:22:52 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Sondra Locke in The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Gauntlet, Bronco Billy, Any Which Way You Can, Sudden Impact. UGH


66 posted on 06/26/2011 6:23:04 PM PDT by sleddogs
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To: yarddog

That’s a good one.it was so bad I can still remember


67 posted on 06/26/2011 6:23:14 PM PDT by hecht (TAKE BACK OUR NATION AND OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM)
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To: PJ-Comix

My short list:

-Rosie O’Donnell as Betty Rubble in one of the Flintstones movies. Every guy (whether they will admit it or not) who ever watched the cartoon had a childhood fantasy of what a real-life Betty would look like. I guarantee you none of them ever thought of Rosie O’Donnell.

-Sharon Stone in the remake of Gloria. Gena Rowlands you ain’t, baby.

-Brad Pitt as Achilles in Troy.

-William Shatner as Alexander the Great (TV pilot). A pre-Trek Shatner and his loyal sidekick (a pre-Batman Adam West) fight off the Persians.

-And, last but not least: Jack Palance in CHE! as...wait for it..Fidel Castro.


68 posted on 06/26/2011 6:23:21 PM PDT by DemforBush (Serpentine, Shel! Serpentine!)
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To: PJ-Comix

Frances Ethel Gumm in anything!


69 posted on 06/26/2011 6:23:37 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: Revolting cat!

Alright, now you’re just being annoying.


70 posted on 06/26/2011 6:23:51 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (Obama promised a gold mine, but will give us the shaft.)
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To: PJ-Comix

Elizabeth Taylor as “Cleopatra”.


71 posted on 06/26/2011 6:24:03 PM PDT by randita
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To: PJ-Comix

Denise Richards as a scientist in The World is not Enough.


72 posted on 06/26/2011 6:24:41 PM PDT by The_Sword_of_Groo (HTML impaired)
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To: DemforBush

Brad Pitt was just AWFUL in Troy.


73 posted on 06/26/2011 6:24:41 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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To: rintense

Brad Pitt had the WORST German accent in “7 Years in Tibet.”


74 posted on 06/26/2011 6:24:57 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
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To: Revolting cat!
What was that singing and dancing bit about?

I think it had something to do with the title song, and the lyrics "I'm singin', and dancin' in the rain."

75 posted on 06/26/2011 6:25:29 PM PDT by synbad600
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To: PJ-Comix

Kevin Costner in Water World.

Scott Baio in Zapped

Lou Diamond Phillips in Young Guns

Michael Keaton in Batman. Arnold as Mr. freeze in Batman. Uma Thurman in Batman. Chris O’Donnel in Batman.

Andrew McCarthy in Mannequn

That’s a start.


76 posted on 06/26/2011 6:25:30 PM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Liberals who graduate from Ivy League schools are the dumbest people on the planet.)
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To: mnehring

“Gold Medal- Sean Connery in Zardoz”

Unfair!

Zardoz was good... in a Barbarellaish sort of way.


77 posted on 06/26/2011 6:25:38 PM PDT by PetroniusMaximus
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To: LibFreeOrDie
Oh, so you liked Joey Dee in Hey, let's Twist. OK. What about Teddy Randazzo?
78 posted on 06/26/2011 6:26:17 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: PJ-Comix

I always thought William Shatner wasn’t a very good actor, that whole Star Trek crew was lucky to get their parts and even luckier to have the fan base grow. Luckily for us, Galaxy Quest came out as proper satire.


79 posted on 06/26/2011 6:26:42 PM PDT by Kevmo (Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn't make any sense at all. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: martin_fierro

Angelina Jolie in Alexander. AWFUL!!! Though I am not a fan of her or her acting.


80 posted on 06/26/2011 6:26:42 PM PDT by rintense (The GOP elite & friends can pound sand.)
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