Having cringed my way through two recent performances, Hayden Christiensen in Jumper and Matthew Fox in Vantage Point I pondered the above....

Im not sure that people like paris hilton really count because I dont even class her as an actress, Im talking about those actors who star in movie after movie getting paid top dollar and just keep getting away with it

Andie MacDowell has been in a fair few successful films, despite being as wooden as her surname suggests.

Orlando Bloom is blandly one-dimensional too. Taking liberties with the thread title and reaching back to the 90s, there's always Schwarzenegger.

Meg Ryan, yuk, yuk and more yuk:gag:

Ah but Arnie did what he did well. Brando he wasn't, but he was a bolt-hard bloke who could single-handedly fire an M60, and take out whole militia units in one go...normally just after delivering a killer one liner. Thats all you need in those films:)

But modern day? I like the guy, but apart from a couple, Keanu has been pretty wooden...and if she still counts then i think Liz Hurley gets my vote too. Nice knockers though.

Ah but Arnie did what he did well. Brando he wasn't, but he was a bolt-hard bloke who could single-handedly fire an M60, and take out whole militia units in one go...normally just after delivering a killer one liner. Thats all you need in those films:)...
Indeed. He was still a rubbish actor though :D .

Orlando Bloom is blandly one-dimensional too.

Agree with you on Orlando Bloom. I can't remember what he was like in LOTR, but I found him cringe worthy in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Ben Affleck.

Need I say more?:D

Agree with you on Orlando Bloom. I can't remember what he was like in LOTR, but I found him cringe worthy in in the Pirates of the Caribbean films.
There was a quote by a film critic recently that described the love scenes between him and the equally balsa-like Kiera (sp) Knightly as 'the coming together of a pair of nested tables' :hihi: .

I think his defining moment was being skewered on the end of a pitchfork in an early episode of Midsomer Murders.

I really don't rate Michael Fox, even in Lost I think his acting is a bit suspect.

matthew mcconaughey. god knows why he is so vain, he can't act and even looks wooden!

Ben Affleck?

To be fair I can't really think of one bad actor off the top of my head. Examples in the past have seen so-called bad actors shine when handled by a great director. Look at DiCaprio - came across as a talentless pretty-boy for years. Now, under the expert wing of Scorcese, he shines. Even Hayden Christensen showed some ability in Shattered Glass (and to some degree in Awake - out today). My personal hatred to Adam "I'm not as funny as I think I am" Sandler is cast aside whenever I rewatch Punch Drunk Love or Reign Over Me, and instead I see a damned decent actor who tends to sign up to rubbish comedies.

Even legends can come across as quite wooden. Take, for example (and I have been flamed for this on many occasions), Clint Eastwood. He ranks alongside Arnie for me - low on actual acting ability, but fantastic screen presence more than makes up for it (and for the record I own every Eastwood film to date).

Some actors can appear terrible when they are the lead star in a film, but are strong as secondary cast. John C Reilly was terrible in Dewey Cox, but is fantastic when backing up another star. Even Orlando Bloom managed to carry some weight when riding the coattails of Depp in the Pirates films.

I seriously believe that a lot of the time it is not the actor/actress that is bad, just the material or way they are handled by the director.

To be fair I can't really think of one bad actor off the top of my head. Examples in the past have seen so-called bad actors shine when handled by a great director. Look at DiCaprio - came across as a talentless pretty-boy for years. Now, under the expert wing of Scorcese, he shines. Even Hayden Christensen showed some ability in Shattered Glass (and to some degree in Awake - out today). My personal hatred to Adam "I'm not as funny as I think I am" Sandler is cast aside whenever I rewatch Punch Drunk Love or Reign Over Me, and instead I see a damned decent actor who tends to sign up to rubbish comedies.

Even legends can come across as quite wooden. Take, for example (and I have been flamed for this on many occasions), Clint Eastwood. He ranks alongside Arnie for me - low on actual acting ability, but fantastic screen presence more than makes up for it (and for the record I own every Eastwood film to date).

Some actors can appear terrible when they are the lead star in a film, but are strong as secondary cast. John C Reilly was terrible in Dewey Cox, but is fantastic when backing up another star. Even Orlando Bloom managed to carry some weight when riding the coattails of Depp in the Pirates films.

I seriously believe that a lot of the time it is not the actor/actress that is bad, just the material or way they are handled by the director.

But DiCaprio was absolutely FANTASTIC in "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", which was either his first film or an early one he made. The raw material was clearly there for a director to work with.

I've always found Andie MacDowell almost impossible to watch, she makes me want to grind my teeth in frustration at her lack of ability to convey the slightest degree of emotion whatsoever.

Orlando Bloom is a good candidate for the worst actor

StarSparkle

Jude Law - all the acting ability of a plank. He makes Keaunu Reeves look talented.

My initial reaction was Vin Deisel (sp?) as he can barely even talk, the only film of his I've seen which was any good was 'Pitch Black' and that was good in spite of him.

I'll have a proper think and come back...

Keira Knightley, I don't get how people don't see how bad she truly is!!!

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, his last few films have sucked IMO.. As an actor he makes a great WWE Wrestler.

As for Keira Knightley, she can't act, but she does have *ahem* other redeeming qualities!

I don't really count The Rock and Vinnie Jones etc, because they haven't really spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on acting school. What really grinds me are badly acted cameo appearances like Stan Lee jitter-juttering his way through a few seconds of film. It's embarrassing to see.

Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, his last few films have sucked IMO.. As an actor he makes a great WWE Wrestler.

As for Keira Knightley, she can't act, but she does have *ahem* other redeeming qualities!

What, like the fact that she can't open her mouth when she speaks, so she is always talking through her teeth, the fact that she can't act, the fact that she isn't that pretty, and is just extremely skinny - but still considered curvy?!?! :rant:

Nicholas Cage, he is crap on an epic scale, and so is Willem Dafoe.

I think Keira Knightley is the most over-rated that comes to mind. But al least she tries some different roles. To me there is a huge difference to an actor and a movie star.

Movie Stars are essentially the same character in most films they appear in e.g. Eddie Murphy, Kate Hudson, Matthew Mae Me Moanconaghy, etc.

My list of bad actors would be too long, so I'd go with all of the above'S plus a few dozen more.

Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Renée "porkchop" Zellweger - the unholy trinity

Definately Johnny Depp for me.

People are too busy looking at his pretty face to realise he has all the acting prowess of a dead hen.

Definately Johnny Depp for me.

People are too busy looking at his pretty face to realise he has all the acting prowess of a dead hen.

Dead hen, dont give Tim Burton any ideas for a new Depp film.

Definately Johnny Depp for me.

People are too busy looking at his pretty face to realise he has all the acting prowess of a dead hen.

Do I detect just the tiniest whisper of jealousy there, Jabbers?

Johnny Depp is a bloody good actor as wll as a pretty face :thumbsup:

He certainly does the best impression of Keef Richard that I've ever seen :hihi:

StarSparkle

Certainly not jealousy- whats to be jealous about, he`s him and I`m me.

He IS pretty, and thats his shield against his ratty acting, take the Sweeny Todd thing he recently did as an example, his "English" accent was worse than Dick Van Dykes in Mary Poppins.

Give it a decade and people will realise exactly how bad he is and there will be lots of fun as people start to emulate that accent, then they`ll start to scrutinize his other movies...

I could mention other movies hes been in- and I must admit that he was hilarious in The Fast show when he made a cameo appearance, but ... his acting is FOUL! He wouldnt have lasted 10 minutes in a 50s or 60s movie because then people actually saw acting as an art form, not a means to get rich and try to be pretty at the cost of their art.

Certainly not jealousy- whats to be jealous about, he`s him and I`m me.

He IS pretty, and thats his shield against his ratty acting, take the Sweeny Todd thing he recently did as an example, his "English" accent was worse than Dick Van Dykes in Mary Poppins.

Give it a decade and people will realise exactly how bad he is and there will be lots of fun as people start to emulate that accent, then they`ll start to scrutinize his other movies...

I could mention other movies hes been in- and I must admit that he was hilarious in The Fast show when he made a cameo appearance, but ... his acting is FOUL! He wouldnt have lasted 10 minutes in a 50s or 60s movie because then people actually saw acting as an art form, not a means to get rich and try to be pretty at the cost of their art.

We'll just have to agree to disagree then :)

StarSparkle

PS It is beyond human ability to have a worse English accent than Dick van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"... :D

This is very frustrating!

I have the clip of Depp on the fast show and Im DYING to post it here!

Trouble is its got the F word in it....


Is one F word enough to be classed as too much for a family forum...?

This is very frustrating!

I have the clip of Depp on the fast show and Im DYING to post it here!

Trouble is its got the F word in it....


Is one F word enough to be classed as too much for a family forum...?

I have to agree that he is a pretty face, but he is also a good actor, you just don't like that he has the ability to be funnier than you!! :hihi::hihi:

Just tell us where it is and we can go and find it ourselves.

I have to agree that he is a pretty face, but he is also a good actor, you just don't like that he has the ability to be funnier than you!! :hihi::hihi:

Just tell us where it is and we can go and find it ourselves.

Its here :

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DAMN thats me banned :D

PS It is beyond human ability to have a worse English accent than Dick van Dyke in "Mary Poppins"... :D

Keanu Reeves - Bram Stoker's Dracula - appaling

I have to agree that he is a pretty face, but he is also a good actor, you just don't like that he has the ability to be funnier than you!! :hihi::hihi:

I admit that he IS funnier than me!

His script writers are brilliant :D

Keanu Reeves - Bram Stoker's Dracula - appaling
Kevin Costner and Christian Slater in 'Robin Hood Prince of Thieves'. Though I think they simply gave up trying half way through the film.

And to extend it to TV: Anthony LaPaglia playing one of Daphne's Mancunian brothers in 'Frasier'. A disturbingly dreadful 'English' accent.

Keanu Reeves - Bram Stoker's Dracula - appaling

He almost single handedly ruined that film

If you listen to mosts actors with your eyes closed you'll be surprised how bad they sound, listen to Kevin Costner :gag:

If you listen to mosts actors with your eyes closed you'll be surprised how bad they sound, listen to Kevin Costner :gag:

Why what does he sound like ? (shouldnt you be at work sis ?)

Its here :

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DAMN thats me banned :D
You can't say that he is a bad actor in that, he has about two words to say in the whole thing!! ha ha.

Admit it, you love him don't ya Jabs!!

You can't say that he is a bad actor in that, he has about two words to say in the whole thing!! ha ha.

Admit it, you love him don't ya Jabs!!

He went up a lot in my estimation after being on the Fast show, and Id have him if we were on a desert island and there were so women or animals around.

I watched the Fast Show clip and he wasn't funny. At all. In the slightest.

I watched the Fast Show clip and he wasn't funny. At all. In the slightest.

Out of context it isnt that funny if you havent seen the entire series.
Then theres the interview with Depp that was filmed a few months before the clip where Depp was begging to be included in a sketch.

Seen together its hilarious.

I watched the Fast Show clip and he wasn't funny. At all. In the slightest.

Ive watched Jabbers link, and thought it was very funny! :D

I don't really count The Rock and Vinnie Jones etc, because they haven't really spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on acting school. What really grinds me are badly acted cameo appearances like Stan Lee jitter-juttering his way through a few seconds of film. It's embarrassing to see.

What annoys me about The Rock, is that he seems to have forgotten his roots, he was a wrestler first, and THEN an actor, all he's done for wrestling lately though is induct his Dad and his Grandad into the WWE Hall of Fame last weekend.

Jason Statham. End of. :D

Jason Statham. End of. :D

Now I agree with this, but he is pretty to look at.:love:

What annoys me about The Rock, is that he seems to have forgotten his roots, he was a wrestler first, and THEN an actor, all he's done for wrestling lately though is induct his Dad and his Grandad into the WWE Hall of Fame last weekend.

You do know its not real don't you?

He is first and foremost an entertainer....nothing more...he owes no allegiance to the role he played as a wrestler

Jason Statham. End of. :D


Can't believe it took three pages before someone came up with this. It was my first choice.


I saw Ken Stott in a "Hollywood" film a while ago (possibly Charlie Wilson's War) and he was shockingly bad. Loved him in Rebus. Then saw him the other day in Hancock and Joan and thought he was awful again.

Look at DiCaprio - came across as a talentless pretty-boy for years. Now, under the expert wing of Scorcese, he shines.

Good point. He put in two great performances with The Departed and Blood Diamond.

My vote for worst actor? Josh Hartnett and Jessica Alba. So wooden you could make furniture out of them

There was a quote by a film critic recently that described the love scenes between him and the equally balsa-like Kiera (sp) Knightly as 'the coming together of a pair of nested tables' :hihi: .

I think his defining moment was being skewered on the end of a pitchfork in an early episode of Midsomer Murders.

That'll be Mark Kermode. "The coming together of Orloondo Bland and Ikea Knightly was like watching a pair of tables nesting".

His best review ever was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is more enjoyable than the first Hary Potter. But then shutting your hand in the car door is more enjoyable than the first harry potter.


:hihi: :hihi: :hihi:

That'll be Mark Kermode. ...
Indeed it was. His best review was of Guy Ritchie's 'Revolver' though. Infinitely more enjoyable than the putrescent film, and the inclusion of clips from an interview with said director, where he outlines his cod philosophy, added to the hilarity.

Indeed it was. His best review was of Guy Ritchie's 'Revolver' though. Infinitely more enjoyable than the putrescent film, and the inclusion of clips from an interview with said director, where he outlines his cod philosophy, added to the hilarity.

I see your Revolver and raise you a Pirates of the Carribean III Vodcast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZMfe4qnoKU

I see your Revolver and raise you a Pirates of the Carribean III Vodcast.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZMfe4qnoKU
LOL I concur.

That inspired me to revisit a few others from the good doctor's back catalogue:

On Little Man:
This is an evil film. Genuinely evil. It's horrible, it's vile, it's the end of western civilisation as we know it. If you see this film, shame on you!
On Santa Claus 3:
The cinematic equivalent of tertiary syphilis.
And possibly best of all, a gem I'd forgotten about. On Norbit:
If you paid to see Norbit, look deep inside yourself. Look deep inside yourself and take the same amount of money you paid to see that movie and give it to a good cause because believe me, you're karmically unbalanced if you paid to see that film.

You do know its not real don't you?

He is first and foremost an entertainer....nothing more...he owes no allegiance to the role he played as a wrestler

Apparently Dwayne'The Rock'Johnson has bought his trademarked name from the W.W.E, so he is no longer obligated to them in any way. If he appears on anything W.W.E related, it is his choice now, not the companies.
Just watched 'Condemned' with Stone Cold Steve Austin, good film.

Hmmm.... Depends what you call 'worst actor' tbh.

Are we talking about someone who has made a pretty poor film or, someone who is pretty poor in every film?

I've never seen Ben Affleck act well but i have seen him in a few good films for example :)