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by Stewball
Thu Aug 14, 2014 1:38 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!
Replies: 16
Views: 7278

Re: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!

[spoiler]
Rice Trick wrote:
Stewball wrote:Wait a minute, wait a minute....it's actually an awesome movie.

I'd never seen Christina Ricci in a role like that, and I think that's why her performance is the only one that stands out in my memory. I was very impressed with her at the time.


And justly so. But might I suggest that you re-watch the film.[/spoiler]

FYI, I was watching TV when this was put up. WTF?...though for the likes of me I can't figure out why.
by saudade
Wed Aug 13, 2014 11:31 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!
Replies: 16
Views: 7278

Re: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!

ShogunRua wrote:Not only is this an excellent movie, but I would rank DiCaprio's performance as only the third best in the picture, behind Winslet's and Michael Shannon's. In fact, every significant actor in the film (those three plus Kate Hudson) had a strong performance.


I can barely remember movies I didn't like, so I can't really add anything here. But, my measure of quality is my own personal taste, so I don't mean to declare any movie to be bad. DiCaprio's performance is the one that sticks with me for some reason.

Stewball wrote:Wait a minute, wait a minute....it's actually an awesome movie.

I'd never seen Christina Ricci in a role like that, and I think that's why her performance is the only one that stands out in my memory. I was very impressed with her at the time.

MikeH wrote:I remember loving the whole Willy Wonka film, but I haven't seen it in 30 years. I'm damn sure it'd beat the pants off Tim Burton's update tho.

I like it heaps more than Burton's, of course. The child actors always bothered me, though. They seem to muster too much enthusiasm into every line.
by Stewball
Wed Aug 13, 2014 6:37 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!
Replies: 16
Views: 7278

Re: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!

Rice Trick wrote:I wouldn't consider all of these movies bad, but I don't really feel that they deserve these performances:

Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan


And Samuel L. Jackson as Lazarus, the well grounded, contradictory god-fearing blues man
And John Cothran as the only preacher in cinema history (or real life?) worth a damn
And Neimus K. Williams as the boy who had no idea what picking up some butter beans could lead to
And the Chain, as itself (which should've been listed in the credits)
And the outstanding soundtrack
(Well I waded through water
and I waded through blood
till I come to this place
they calls the bucket o' blood.
** heavy guitar interlude **
You know that bartender gave me
a dirty look and a dirty glass.
I said, 'Hey motherfucker
do you know who I am,
he said hell no nigga
I don'tgiveagoddamn.

**needless to say, it didn't end well for the bartender**)
And even Justin Timberlake did reasonably well in his small role.

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Wait a minute, wait a minute....it's actually an awesome movie.
by saudade
Wed Aug 13, 2014 1:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!
Replies: 16
Views: 7278

Re: Great performances in bad films and vice versa!

I wouldn't consider all of these movies bad, but I don't really feel that they deserve these performances:

John P. Ryan in 'It's Alive'
Clancy Brown in 'Pet Sematary II'
Carol Burnett and Tim Curry in 'Annie'
Sam Rockwell in 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'
Brittany Murphy in 'Riding in Cars with Boys'
Janet McTeer in 'Tumbleweeds'
Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Revolutionary Road' and 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape?'
Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Daines in 'Romeo + Juliet'
Don Cheadle in 'Manic'
Christina Ricci in 'Black Snake Moan'
Nick Stahl in 'The Man Without a Face'
Gene Wilder in 'Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'
Richard Gere in 'An Officer and a Gentleman'
Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams in 'Blue Valentine'
Most of the cast of 'Ransom'

As for bad performances in good movies:

Everyone killed in 'Halloween' (1978)
Thora Birch in 'American Beauty'

Also, I might be alone here, but I've always considered 'Hocus Pocus' a genuinely good movie, made cheesy by some of the performances.