Movies ruined by a single performance?

[ohiosmith]

David Arquette's performance ruined "Wild Bill".

[Tabasco_Dave]

1. Kevin Costner in Robin hood, with an American Accent.

[frogmarch]

2. Agreed!

It was very distracting. It suspended my suspension of disbelief while I was watching the movie.

[sarge43]

8. Bad enough, but he made it worse by making an occasional stab at an English accent

and that was ridiculous in itself because a 12th century English aristo would have spoken French.

[ohiosmith]

10. Bloody right mate!

[geardaddy]

26. Yes!

Ugh.

[Ineeda]

47. But you got to see his naked butt.

Compensation of sorts.

[sarge43]

49. We weren't amused. n/t

[pinboy3niner]

3. Jodie Foster in 'Nell'

[ohiosmith]

15. One of the worst ever!

[pipi_k]

35. Oh lord...

I thought it was just me.

Truly awful.

[Lasher]

4. This

[loli phabay]

7. for the win hate this guy so much

[ohiosmith]

23. Absolutely!

[d_r]

30. That

[sakabatou]

39. They should have left him and the kid out of the movie.

[Dash87]

63. Oops. You beat me to it.

See my comments below. lol

[frogmarch]

5. No one could ruin

a movie like John Wayne could.

[sarge43]

9. Well, even if Olivier had played G. Khan, that flick would have been a train wreck. n/t

[ohiosmith]

38. Too true!

And,...a chicken hawk scumbag to boot!

[frogmarch]

51. Yes, a scumbag! In another thread,

which was about "unabashed political liberal" actor Burt Lancaster, who was chairman of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Southern California and on Nixon’s “Enemies List”:

During the late 1950s John Wayne approached Lancaster, suggesting they make a western together. Lancaster laughed off the idea, suggesting they would need Kirk Douglas in the film as well. In reality, Lancaster would not work with Wayne, Hollywood's most prominent Republican supporter who had been actively involved in the McCarthy witch hunts as a founding member and later President of the right-wing Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals.

[Doc_Technical]

6. Jason Robards as Brutus

in the 1970 version of Julius Caesar.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065922/

[ohiosmith]

52. And as Al Capone in The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre"!

[kwassa]

11. Steve Buscemi

great character actor in whiny and odd roles. Fabulous in "Fargo".

implausible in "Boardwalk Empire". He doesn't have the big drama chops to play the role he has.

[ohiosmith]

57. Albert Finney would be brilliant as Nucky.

[kwassa]

66. He would, and so would James Gandolfini

not to overwork the Sopranos thing.

This role demands a big drama actor and Buscemi is not it.

[RZM]

70. The creator of the show actually addressed this

The real Nucky was large and stocky like Gandolfini, but they didn't bother asking because they figured that was the last role he would want to take after The Sopranos.

I think Buscemi does a great job. He's put in his time and deserves a leading role for a change.

[Bertha Venation]

84. "I think Buscemi does a great job. He's put in his time and deserves a leading role for a change."

I agree.

[jp11]

12. BLASHPEMER!

Jeff Bridges was so stellar with James Gammon and Ellen Barkin that Arquette's performance had ZERO effect on the movie.

[ohiosmith]

24. Unwatchable with Arquette. Could've been great with a real actor playing Jack McCall.

[EastTennesseeDem]

13. Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight"

Because he made everyone else look like such shit.

[AtomicKitten]

55. +++

[Mad_Dem_X]

56. +1,000

[Enrique]

14. the main boy and girl in "Almost Famous"

the supporting cast was so good that it was very obvious that the two young leads fell short. I noticed I loved the movie in the scenes they weren't in, and hated it when they were in it.

[ohiosmith]

58. Kate Hudson is a truely annoying actress.

[Dash87]

64. Kim Bauer - 24 (everything after the 1st season)

Sorry, but Elisha Cuthbert is just a vanilla actress that rightfully blended back into the wordwork after 24. Thousands of other women could have played her part, and probably better.

(Oops - This was a reply post somehow)

[GreenPartyVoter]

16. Any time I see the actor instead of the character, I feel embarrassed for him/her and the movie is

ruined for me. I just sit there squirming.

[pipi_k]

37. I agree, and have always been impressed

with the "actors" in those Babe the pig movies.

At the end of the movie, I'm absolutely convinced that animals can really talk.

[mucifer]

17. the movie where Matthew Broderick played a general in a war.

It was called "Glory". Oy I sure could not suspend my disbelief.

I just kept seeing that obnoxious rich kid "Ferris Bueller"

[ohiosmith]

72. Amen!

[Broken_Hero]

18. War of the Worlds,

the Tom Cruise version. My beef is with the kids in the movie, both of them were so annoying, and idiotic, and plain fucking offensive to my eyes/ears, I cannot watch that movie ever again....I especially disliked Dakota Fannings constant screaming, and J. Chatwin acted like a pure fucking idiot.

[Ikonoklast]

19. I was rooting for the Martians to eradicate everyone that had a part in that movie.

I cried when they died in the end before accomplishing that goal.

[Broken_Hero]

20. I dig this post...

Agree on all counts!

[kwassa]

68. The original War of the Worlds was so much better.

Gene Barry!

The special effects were great, and terrifying, and gave me nightmares for weeks. A much better film than the remake.

[applegrove]

21. Sophia Coppola in Godfather Part III

[LynneSin]

28. People gave her a standing ovation when the was killed in the end

She was wretched.

[HopeHoops]

22. Anything with George Clooney in it.

[Ikonoklast]

25. Have you ever seen "Burn After Reading"?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0887883/

He was hilarious playing a feckless dolt in that movie.


Brad Pitt was pretty funny, too.

[applegrove]

41. Yeah George Cloony was great in that. Really played against type.

[Kaleva]

42. I thought Brad Pitt was great in that movie.

Brad Pitt can just as convincingly play a bumbling, gum chewing fool as he can a serious lead role in a drama or action flick.

[Ikonoklast]

45. The Coen Brothers really got me when, well, I'm not going to spoil it, you know.

I was wondering who was going to be first, and I guessed wrong.

[GoCubsGo]

60. I laughed my ass off watching that one.

I thought he did a great job in "Oh Brother! Where Art Thou?" and "Syriana", too. I liked him and Brad in the "Ocean's" movies, too. Not the best movies out there, but they were entertaining.

[HopeHoops]

78. I actually own "Burn After Reading", and he plays a dolt in every movie.

That's ESPECIALLY true of the 4th Batman. What the HELL where they thinking putting him in that role?

[Ikonoklast]

83. I think whoever cast that movie was some sort of practical joker.

Or insane.

[geardaddy]

27. Tom Cruise in anything.

[KamaAina]

53. Even "Rain Man"?

Agreed, he jumped the shark a looooooong time ago, but some early Cruise (e.g. "The Color of Money&quot is watchable.

[geardaddy]

54. Yes, even Rain Man.

I know he's supposed to play an unsympathetic character, but I just can't stand his performance. The movie is fantastic otherwise.

[GoCubsGo]

59. I thought he was a hoot in "Tropic Thunder".

I didn't even realize it was him until I saw the credits.

[ohiosmith]

73. Totally agree!

[geardaddy]

77. Haven't seen that.

I'll have to see it and let you know.

[GoCubsGo]

79. I highly recommend that film.

And, not for Tom Cruise's performance. Robert Downey, Jr. definitely deserved the Oscar nomination he got for his role in it. And, the movie was also pretty damn hilarious.

[geardaddy]

82. I've heard good things about that film.

It's on my list of "To See" movies, so I'll get there eventually.

[tanyev]

80. +1

Haven't wanted to see him in anything after Risky Business. Finally got around to seeing Jerry Maguire years after it came out, only because I wanted to see how Renee Zellweger was in it. She was not good enough to make up for having to watch Tom Cruise for two hours.

[Robyn66]

29. Ok first of all I am not saying Mama Mia was a good movie....

but my daughters liked it and I listened to it more than watched it while I was doing other things when it was on tv, but Pierce Brosnen's HORRIFIC singing made me want to throw heavy objects.

ALso, anything with Tom Cruise in it is an automatic turn off for me

[Ineeda]

48. I agree.

And to top it off, my sister-in-law thought Meryl would win the Academy Award for that role! However, I admit to loving ABBA, the scenery was to die for, and I loved the shabbiness of the Inn.

[RZM]

71. I noticed that about Mama Mia

The other two men looked uncomfortable, but Brosnan looked like he really didn't want to be there. You could almost see him checking his watch and calling his agent to remind him how much he was getting paid.

[begin_within]

31. Mickey Rooney in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"

Didn't exactly ruin the whole movie, just the scenes he was in.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

34. That performance is cringe-inducing. :(

WTF were they thinking with that.

[CBGLuthier]

32. Both Fantastic Four movies were completely ruined by Jessica Alba

she can not act in the slightest.

[Ikonoklast]

46. She even plays the Jessica Alba part badly.

She needs to hire someone that can play her IRL, they'd do a better job of it.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

33. John Travolta in "Hairspray"

Wrong wrong wrong on sooooo many levels. He just stunk up the screen.

When I finally watched it I made myself have little "out of body" experiences every time he came on screen.

[liberalhistorian]

74. John Travolta in

ANYTHING is wrong, wrong, wrong. LOL

[pinboy3niner]

76. Travolta in 'Battlefield Earth'

Not that a different casting choice would have helped a whole lot. I think The Razzies named it the worst movie of the decade.

[Xyzse]

36. Starz Series

Camelot was ruined for me by Jamie Campbell Brower.
The Arthur of that whole thing ticked me off.

It had a great supporting cast.
Merlin - Joseph Fiennes
Morgan - Eva Green
Mother of Arthur - Claire Forlani

Decent cast all around, except for Arthur. Him, I wanted to drop kick.

[Art_from_Ark]

40. Whatever movie it was

that had Jar-Jar Binks in it.

[pinboy3niner]

44. See Post #4

[Kaleva]

43. The guy who played the lead in the 2011 Conan The Barbarian

Maybe it was hard to feel any empathy for him as he was already a cold blooded killer as a kid. As a child, he decapitated three men he defeated in battle and brought the heads back to the village to show to his proud, beaming father.

[ohiosmith]

81. Fortunately I missed that one!

[sarge43]

50. Taylor Kitsch, John Carter

His one and only expression throughout the film

[kayakjohnny]

61. Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra

Mailed it in, phoned it in, texted it in.

She was bored and boring.

Wrecked the whole production.

Richard Burton, however, certainly held up his end of the bargain.

[Dash87]

62. Jar Jar Binks arguably ruined The Phantom Menace

That might have been more character-related, though, or the fact that the movie was hacked-up to begin with. The character was just grating beyond belief.

[frogmarch]

65. Shirley Jones in Elmer Gantry

I know she rec'd an Academy Award for her performance, but I thought she was terrible in it.

[JonLP24]

67. The butterface guy

from Citizen Kane. I can't get any more specific then that. Well the actor I'm thinking of, IMO, was overacting.

[ThoughtCriminal]

69. Anything OJ Simpson was in

Loved the "Naked Gun" movies, but now it's kind of creepy to watch him.

[liberalhistorian]

75. Glen Campbell in the

original True Grit. UGH doesn't justifiably describe it. How and why he received an Oscar nomination for that disgrace is beyond me. I like the guy as a singer, but holy geez........that's what he should have stuck with, singing.

[Bertha Venation]

85. She didn't ruin the movie, but in "Amadeus"

the woman who played Mozart's wife Constanza completely and utterly sucked. Just sucked. She may be a good actress, but this was a horrible portrayal.

Elizabeth Berridge