Talented Actors and the bad movie choices they've made

[LynneSin]

Let's face it - every great actor has a few really bad movies they've made in their lifetime. Like me, I'm the biggest Tim Robbins fan, a great progressive actor, but what the hell was he thinking when he signed on to play in "Mission to Mars" (talented cast in a horribly scripted movie).

So in honor of the Oscars - list some of your favorite actors and the horrible movie choices they've made in their careers.

[GOPisEvil]

1. Robert Duvall in Days of Thunder

[TlalocW]

2. Clint Eastwood

A very bit part in "Revenge of the Creature" as a lab assistant that loses the white rat that was raised in a cage with a cat from both their births to demonstrate that they aren't natural enemies. The rat somehow got into his pocket, causing much embarrassment for Clint. This was one of, if not the, first time he was on the silver screen.

Saw it on MST3K on Sci-Fi. I think one of the robots commented, "He'll never work in movies again!"

TlalocW

[demnan]

3. Wyona Ryder

Autumn in New York was one of the worst sentimental, phoney crap movies I've ever seen. I expect that from Gere, but not Ryder, not after all the good offbeat films she's done.

[SaveElmer]

4. Tm Hanks

Joe vs. the Volcano

[TlalocW]

9. I LIKED Joe Vs. The Volcano!

I have it taped off of HBO! :)

TlalocW

[Kamika]

5. Michael Caine

He starred in Jaws 3 I think.

He said he never saw it

[Doctor_J]

6. Paul Newman

Harry And Son

about right for Robbie Benson, sad for Paul

[democracyindanger]

7. Forest Whitaker

He does The Crying Game, Bird, Pret a Porter, Smoke--and then Battlefield Earth?

[bif]

8. Richard Pryor in just about ever movie he made

Except for his stand-up films.

[DrWeird]

12. Speaking of revolutionary black comedic SNL veterans...

Eddie Murphy really needs to pick better scripts.

[LynneSin]

17. amen to that one

Geez, all his roles anymore are really bad comedies or boring kiddie flicks

[Bertha Venation]

19. Are you forgetting Silver Streak? Or Stir Crazy?

Both hilarious films.

[bif]

21. I respectlfully dissagree

And didn't Gene Wilder do the same blackface routine in both movies? Wow! someone had a lack of imagination.

[Bertha Venation]

23. Okay.

My dad thought "Ishtar" was fabulous. :shrug:

[bif]

24. have you ever seen his stand-up movies?

They're truly pee in your pants funny. After you see those, his movies are a big letdown.

[Bertha Venation]

25. no

But I know Richard Pryor is funny. He's a great comedian.

[bif]

27. One of them was after he caught on fire

Freebasing. He actually turns it into a comedy bit. I can't remember what it's called--Maybe "Live at the Hollywqood Bowl" or wsomething. Definitely worth renting.

[On the Road]

10. Robert Vaughn Was Not Really a Top Actor

but Mystery Science Theater showed an old B&W movie with "The Man from UNCLE" cast as a cave man. Absolutely hilarious! And not the best thing for your future career.

[Another Bill C.]

11. Ray Milland and The Thing with Two Heads

It was the worst movie I've ever seen.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

22. However...

it was Rosie Greer's BEST movie!

[Khephra]

13. Rod Steiger

In "American Gothic", a horrible little horror film.

[Khephra]

14. Marlon Brando

The Island of Dr. Moreau

[Khephra]

15. George Clooney

Batman & Robin

[Shrek]

16. Rene Zellweger & Matthew McConaughey

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre : The Next Generation.



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[Burma Jones]

18. Lawrence Olivier in Clash of the Titans

[wryter2000]

20. Brendan Fraser

I about half of his movies. Bedazzled and Dudley Doright, for example. There are more.

[Richardo]

26. Monkey Bone, perhaps?

Never saw it, but heard it reeked. x(

[wryter2000]

31. That wasn't even close to the worst

Monkeybone was creative and had its moments. Not like Bedazzled. That really stank up the place.

[NightTrain]

33. You heard wrong. That film was a hoot!

I loved every second of it.

[TrogL]

28. Sean Connery in Zardoz

Granted he spends the entire movie wearing about 3 square inches of clothing, but acting it's not.

[Kat45]

29. Ben Stiller: talented comic actor, movies all stupid comedies

When I used to watch The Ben Stiller Show (a sketch comedy show on early Fox), I saw an enormously talented comic actor. But he seems to have settled for doing the stupid comedy shit a la Jim Carrey. I can't even watch his movies, and I'm saddened by that fact; I hope he eventually gets back to doing the kind of inventive comedy that he is so good at.

[NightTrain]

30. Clark Gable in "Parnell" (1937)

Easily the worst film he ever made!

[NightTrain]

32. Here are a few more....

Faye Dunaway, MOMMIE DEAREST (1981)
Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, ISHTAR (1987)
Meryl Streep, SHE-DEVIL (1989)

[stanwyck]

34. Susan Sarandon

who I like. But she made a terrible movie with Julia Roberts (Stepmom?)and also a horrible movie with Goldie Hawn (The Banger Sisters). She needs more scripts like "Light Sleeper" (with Willem Dafoe), "Dead Man Walking", and "Thelma and Louise".