Is there an actor that u like so much you'll sit through a bad movie....

[LynneSin]

....that they are in?????

I've been reading the Steve Buscemi thread and it really made me ponder about this question because Steve Buscemi is one of those people that I'll watch anything he's in even if the movie sucks big time (Like Armageddon and Con Air). Another person I can think of is Angelina Joile. I absolutely adore her and I'll even sit through those crappy Lara Croft movies because I think she's pretty talented.

Who's on your list???

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. William H Macy

I sat through Happy, Texas

[Zomby Woof]

23. ever see House of Games?

David Mamet's first movie, with a then-little-know Macy in a bit part. Came out in 1987, and filmed in Seattle. Kind of fun!

[Racenut20]

2. Sandra Bullock and Alicia Silverstone of course.

The don't make "Bad" movies. They make BAD movies. hehehehe

[Blue-Jay]

3. Walken

He can make the worst movie watch-able. I agree with William Macy too.

[Westegg]

13. Yeah, Walken

You're totally right. It's hard to take your eyes off the guy, even in stinkers---and he's been in a few. My favorite Walken performance? "King of New York." Sheer madness. Utter brilliance.

[stanwyck]

38. Oh, yeah. Walken

one of my favorites. I remember reading an interview with him once. He said people were always asking him what country he came from...he said New York. No, they said, BEFORE you moved to the U.S.

[Clark Campaigner]

44. yep

I agree

[Pale Blue Dot]

4. I used to watch everything Nicholas Cage made

He used to be such an adventurous actor that he would turn in performances that were absolutly brilliant ("Vampire's Kiss", "Raising Arizona") or positively awful ("Zandalee", "Time to Kill"). Once he started doing Bruckheimer crap, I lost the faith.

I'll still sit through anything with Susan Sarandon, Samuel L. Jackson, Denzel Washington or Kevin Spacey.

[slackmaster]

14. I admit it, I am a closet Nicholas Cage fan

That was the first name that came to mind when I read the thread subject.

He often seems like he's kind of detached and not really into his characters, but somehow he usually works for me.

[toddzilla]

29. cage has come around again..

check out matchstick men, he is absolutely awesome in it. also adaptation was a fantastic film.

i'm glad he stopped doing that trash, at least for now.

[librechik]

5. Hugh Jackman

he's great, but he's been in some crappy movies: Someone Like You, Kate and Leopold, and Paperback Hero.

Things are improving nowadays though--

[wryter2000]

6. Brendan Fraser

I've watched some real dogs of his.

[LynneSin]

10. You actually watched "Dudly Do-Right" and "George of the Jungle"

God Bless you my child

[terrya]

31. Well, one was rewarded with a VERY buff Brendan Fraser in a loincloth...

In "George of the Jungle", so it wasn't ALL bad. :-)

[jimbo fett]

7. Harry Dean Stanton.

And Sean Connery - not for his acting though. Just his voice.

[Westegg]

16. Connery...Sean Connery

A super actor, but I have to say: I heard Sean doing a voice-over on some TV commercial recently, and he sounded so mush-mouthed that it was like a parody of Sean. What's he storing in those cheeks? Nuts for the winter???

[jimbo fett]

19. LOL. Yeah, he is getting kinda mush-mouthed in his old age. I wonder...

if he needs to have his hearing checked.

[supernova]

8. Johnny Depp

He usually picks good material, but The Astronaut's Wife was less than stellar. He made the most of his part, however.

Agree with Steve Buscemi, too.

[murielm99]

30. Yes! Anything Johnny Depp...

He made some terrible ones when he was younger. Look for a movie called "Cry Baby." He starred, and it was dreadful. He was the only good part, of course.

[Westegg]

9. Cary Grant, Jack Nicholson, Jack Black...

To name a few. There's a force of personality that can sometimes transcend bad material, and dumb direction. I think I'll add Bill Murray to this list as well.

[HuckleB]

11. Juliette Binoche

[XNASA]

12. Spacey or Pacino

[mac56]

15. John Cusack, Dustin Hoffman, Marisa Tomei.

nm

[joeybee12]

17. Only two--Katharine Hepburn and Vivien Leigh--in fact, if they're in the

movie, then it can't be bad, in my opinion! They've been in a few that have been labeled real stinkers, but legends can get away with that!

[Nomad559]

18. Uma Thurman

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[StClone]

20. Freak No

I can not believe the amount of time and money people spend watching average movies let alone bad movies to see their favorite star. Me, I cannot sit still for it.

[SiobhanClancy]

21. Liam Neeson

Never miss the lad:)

[MissMarple]

22. Katherine Hepburn, David Niven, and Myrna Loy.

But I don't think their movies were that bad, for the time, that is.

[tigerbeat]

24. Janeane Garofalo and William H. Macy

n/t

[Grassrooter]

25. Richard Gere.

And he's made some baaaaad ones. But, there's something about him - well, for me anyway.

[terrya]

26. Jude Law.

He's a good actor and watchable in anything.

[Cat Atomic]

35. He was great in Gattica and Enemy at the Gates.

[jonnyblitz]

51. Even in Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

Everybody hated that movie but I liked it. He was great in The Talented Mr. Ripley too! Oh yeah and he played Oscar Wilde's young boyfriend in the movie Wilde. Yes he is a damn good actor.

[101 Proof]

27. No matter how much I like an actor...

I will never sit through a bad movie.

[Maddy McCall]

28. Kevin Spacey or James Spader...love them both, can't explain why

[Piperay]

32. Clark Gable

would be the only one and his acting isn't that good but I still like him. :-)

[Maeve]

33. I'd listen to Sean Connery read a phone book--does that count?

And Liam Neeson is awful good on the eyes no matter what..

[RebelOne]

34. Vin Diesel. He doesn't have to know how to act.

[Mz Pip]

36. Cary Grant

but I don't think he ever made a bad movie. :loveya:

MzPip
:dem:

[IronLionZion]

37. I hate Tom Cruise but I watched the Last Samurai

and it rocks! Cruise could not ruin it, it was that good.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

39. I'm ashamed of you all.

Not one of you folks has mentioned Bruce Cambell. Greatest actor. ever.

[stanwyck]

40. Scary family secret

but my husband (who is VERY loyal...to a fault) will rent any VHS/DVD with Eric Roberts or Rutger Hauer based on years ago faves Runaway Train and Blade Runner. Do you know how many horrible straight to video movies these guys have made? Well, I think the rental costs would be enough for a European vacation.

[jonnyblitz]

45. Uh Oh

You must have seen Pope OF Greenwich Village a few times then. Did you watch that tear jerker "Its MY Party? You must have. I can't think of many Rutger Hauer movies off the top of my head

[LynneSin]

47. You married him "For Better or For Worse"

I guess this is the "Worse" part they were talking about

:shrug:

[Nevernose]

52. I have seen EVERY Rutger Hauer movie

But his best wasn't "Blade Runner," it was "Soldier of Orange." Your husband obviously has excellent taste, and you are a very lucky woman to have been witness (subjected?) to endless Rutger Hauer movies.

[jonnyblitz]

41. parker posey

the only movie she was in that I saw but didn't like was "You Got Mail" because I can't stomach Tom Hanks anymore.

[Lisa]

42. Martin Sheen and Christopher Lee

Especially in villain roles. Watching them chew the scenery is priceless.

[Rabrrrrrr]

43. It's the only reason I go to Ron Howard movies - always shitty,

but always good actors who are worth seeing.

Although now it's to the point that I also go to Ron Howard movies just to watch the train wreck that is guaranteed.

[mitchum]

46. Sean Penn and Madeline Stowe

[chefgirl]

48. Colin Farrell

I sat through 'Phone Booth' and 'SWAT' just to watch him for 2 hours.
I haven't decided yet if he's as good an actor as I think he is, or if I just think he is because I have a serious case of infatuation. :shrug:
At present, however, it doesn't much matter to me either way.
I could very happily climb up one side of him and down the other. :evilgrin:

-chef-

[Skittles]

49. Samuel L. Jackson, Sean Penn,

Forrest Whittaker, Johnny Depp; I can think of a few . . .

[kskiska]

50. William Holden

especially in Picnic, even though he was too old for the part.

Robert Mitchum, too.

[populistmom]

53. Tim Robbins

But I can't think of any movie he was in that completely sucked. Some better than others, but most are pretty good really.

[maggrwaggr]

54. Katie Holmes and Jennifer Conelly

Ouch. Those two women could make me do horrible things.

[jobycom]

55. Edward R Norton, Cate Blanchet, Julianne Moore, Russel Crowe

nt.