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Dan Bobrowski 
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 Topic: "Worst Movie Casting"
Posted: July 26 2004 at 12:29 |
What movie('s) feature questionable casting?
I pointed out Kevin Costner as Robbin Hood and ....
Jim Garten "Yes, but even he was surpassed by Morgan Freeman's Moorish warrior (what the hell was Morgan Freeman doing in that film?)"
What say you?
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diddy
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Posted: July 26 2004 at 13:59 |
I'd say ALL movies with Chuck Norris, Dolph Lundgren, Jean Claude Van Damme and "The Rock" deserve this title. Movies with these "actors" always make me want to throw up  You can often see such movies in the moddle of the night on third-class telestations...and "The Rock" often haunts you when you go to the so called "Sneak Preview Night"...but to be honest, no other actors could make those movies better 
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The Prognaut
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Posted: July 26 2004 at 15:42 |
Anything that is entitled as "Ernest goes...", "Ernest rides...", "Ernest does...", "Ernest needs..." is a piece of s**t! Honestly, what's the deal with this guy? (or was, think he died at the age of 50 and his real name was Jim Varney  ) Is he retarded? He ain't funny, he ain't entertaining, he makes me wanna puke and still, he's filmed over 50 movies!! Is the world upside-down or just gone crazier?
"Know whut I mean?"
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James Lee
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Posted: July 26 2004 at 15:59 |
I think danbo was looking for films with reasonable concepts but bad choices for actors (not just bad ideas for movies in general).
Like the one Jim Garten and I were just talking about, Francis Ford Coppola's remake of Dracula- with Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker, Winona Ryder as Mina
kinda reminds me of the scene in the Exorcist when Detective Kinderman invites Father Karras to see a movie:
KINDERMAN
Yeah, I hate to go alone. You know, I like to talk film; discuss
the critique. D'you wanna see a film with me? I got passes to The
Crest. It's Othello.
KARRAS
Who's in it?
KINDERMAN
Who's in it? Debbie Reynolds, Desdemona, and Othello, Groucho
Marx. You're happy?
KARRAS
I've seen it.
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threefates
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Posted: July 26 2004 at 17:17 |
Well I always wondered what kind of genius would build machines in the future with Arnold Schwarzenegger's voice...
Julianne Moore playing Clarice.. in "Hannibal"... she completely changed personality, looks and accent from Jodi Foster's Clarice. (Although the film itself was horribly done)
I like Ewan McGregor.. but his part in "Moulin Rouge" or "Star Wars".. I just couldn't see... Actually his part in "Big Fish" wasn't there either...
Michael Keaton as the first "Batman".. and then Val Kilmer... what were they thinking?
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: July 27 2004 at 01:30 |
The great Robert De Niro in Cape Fear, totally over acted
Jim Carey in almost every movie (except Man in the Moon) but especially in Ace Ventura, gives me nausea.
Tori Spelling, daddy can't buy talent
Will Smith in Wild Wild West, a terrible remake of a terrible TV show.
Mr Bean, simply stupid.
Iván
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Posted: July 27 2004 at 01:49 |
 ivan_2068 wrote:
Mr Bean, simply stupid.
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He can make me burst into laughter every now and then 
But yes, stupid as hell...
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Jim Garten
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Posted: July 27 2004 at 05:58 |
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Ever seen Mel Gibson's 'Hamlet'??????
wooohoooohoooohooooo
Mwaahahahahahahahahah
Go on Mel, give us the "to be, or not to be" bit again - you know, exactly the same way you deliver your 'sensitive' lines in every other bloody film you're in!
Larry Olivier rools OK?
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Posted: July 27 2004 at 19:18 |
Jim Garten wrote:
Ever seen Mel Gibson's 'Hamlet'??????
wooohoooohoooohooooo
Mwaahahahahahahahahah
Go on Mel, give us the "to be, or not to be" bit again - you know, exactly the same way you deliver your 'sensitive' lines in every other bloody film you're in!
Larry Olivier rools OK? |
He officially sux! Thanx Jim, I almost forgot how bad he is... 
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Posted: July 27 2004 at 19:21 |
And if you pay enough attention, you might find out Mel Gibson looks quite the same as this Ernest guy I was talking about earlier... if not, at least they equally stink
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dude
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Posted: July 28 2004 at 08:27 |
HOW ABOUT JOHN WAYNE AS THE ROMAN CENTURIAN IN "THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD"
"SURELY THIS MAN WUUUUUZ THE SON OF GAWWWWD"...............PILGRIM!!!
MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES ARE NOT REALLY NOTED FOR THEIR ACTING SO IT IS A LITTLE UNFAIR TO TRASH THE LIKES OF VAN DAMM ETC EXCEPT WHEN THEY TRY THEIR HAND AT "LEGITIMATE"ACTING.
DICK VAN DYKE IN "MARY POPPINS"(JUST TO SET JIMS TEETH ON EDGE )
SOMEONE FROM THE STATES MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THIS(WHERE ARE YOU DANBO!!!) BUT I BELEIVE JIM VARNEY STARTED OFF DOING COMMERCIALS BEFORE HE DID THE EARNEST MOVIES IS THIS TRUE?
I THOUGHT TONY CURTIS WAS WOEFULLY MISCAST IN "TARAS BULBA"(YUL BRYNNER WAS GOOD THOUGH!!)
BIG ARNIE AS "MR FREEZE"
PERSONALLY I THINK ROBIN WILLAIMS TENDS TO OVERACT AT TIMES BUT I ACCEPT, HE HAS HIS FANS.
I ALSO BELEIVE THAT NONE OF THE BATMAN MOVIES WERE CAST WELL
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Dan Bobrowski
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Posted: July 28 2004 at 11:32 |
Jim Varney used ot do a lot of commercials where he spoke to the camera, who he referred to as "Vern." Funny enough, the "Vern thing" is still around, just like "Whatchu talkin' 'bout Willis" from a stupid TV show.
Proof positive that if you throw enough sh*t at a wall, some sticks.
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James Lee
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Posted: July 28 2004 at 15:58 |
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The worst major casting weirdness I can think of is Charleton Heston as a mexican policeman in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil". He did a pretty good job, considering he looks about as hispanic as Woody Allen.
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Posted: July 29 2004 at 11:20 |
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Mel Gibson in Braveheart. To be fair to Mel, the script is so historically inaccurate as to be libelous, but that's Hollywood for ya!
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Posted: July 29 2004 at 12:16 |
keanu reeves in almost any action film
bill and ted, now that was his greatest moment
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Easy Livin
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Posted: July 29 2004 at 15:27 |
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As I've just mentioned in another thread, the Bee Gees and Peter Framton in "Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band". Is this the worst music related film ever?
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The Prognaut
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Posted: July 29 2004 at 16:09 |
danbo wrote:
Proof positive that if you throw enough sh*t at a wall, some sticks.
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You damn right...
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Posted: July 30 2004 at 03:34 |
Easy Livin wrote:
As I've just mentioned in another thread, the Bee Gees and Peter Framton in "Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band". Is this the worst music related film ever? |
Er - does nobody remember "The Wiz" - the woeful remake of "wizard of Oz"?
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James Lee
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Posted: July 30 2004 at 06:02 |
It's hard to beat the Wiz and the Sgt. Pepper movie, but...
what about that flaccid film Paul McCartney made- "Give My Regards to Broad Street"?
or even "Xanadu" with Olivia Newtron-Bomb...I'd rather watch "The Wiz" than that one...
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dude
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Posted: July 30 2004 at 08:11 |
ON BEHALF OF ALL AUSTRALAINS I MUST APOLOGIZE FOR OLIVIA NEUTRON BOMB!!!
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