# Best--and worst--onscreen chemistry **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 12, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694 "2007-06-12T12:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/21 "2007-06-12T17:32:37Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] As for non romantic love/chemistry (fanfic notwithstanding), few relationships could ever hope to beat (imho, ymmv) the holy trinity of Kirk/Spock/Bones. :dubious: [/QUOTE] Spike & Angel had excellent–mostly humorous–chemistry in the last season of Angel. Quite The Odd Couple–one reason I’d have liked another season or two. And I’m not talking slash–“except for that one time.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/22 "2007-06-12T17:36:56Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Likely the [Thin Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025878/) series with William Powell and Myrna Loy. [/QUOTE] Powell & Loy made 14 films together, and though the movies themselves weren’t always great, the two together were always wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/23 "2007-06-12T17:54:31Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] Likely the [Thin Man](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025878/) series with William Powell and Myrna Loy. [/QUOTE] That’s exactly it! Thanks for the tip! I don’t remember much about the plot of the film; I just enjoyed watching the two of them act together. ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/24 "2007-06-12T17:55:00Z")
Trapper John Mcyntyre and Hawkeye Pierce (best). ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/25 "2007-06-12T17:57:57Z")
Ooo! best: The two guys in Midnight Run, Jack & the Duke. They were freakin’ hilarious together, better than any married couple. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/26 "2007-06-12T18:30:48Z")
I thought Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze did well in _Dirty Dancing_, especially when you consider they did not get along ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/27 "2007-06-12T19:08:26Z")
I know I’m going to screw up this quote Lisa Simpson (in reference to _Love Story_): “Ali McGraw is wooden and unlikable, and no matter what he does, Ryan O’Neal is still Ryan O’Neal” Love Story: “love means never having to say you’re sorry” Lisa: “No it doesn’t!” ---
**Author:** ![Martha\_Medea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/43a26b/32.png) [@Martha\_Medea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martha_Medea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/28 "2007-06-12T19:10:59Z")
Hugh Grant and Andie McDowell in Four Weddings and a Funeral - zero chemistry. ---
**Author:** ![KidCharlemagne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ed8c4c/32.png) [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/29 "2007-06-12T19:11:24Z")
As soon as I saw “The Breakup,” I knew Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughn wouldn’t last. Ashton Kutcher and any woman he’s been on screen with. Julia Roberts and Brad Pitt in “The Mexican.” ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/30 "2007-06-12T19:15:24Z")
[QUOTE=Poysyn] I thought Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze did well in _Dirty Dancing_, especially when you consider they did not get along [/QUOTE] Really? I thought Patrick Swayze had refused to do a sequel unless he could be reunited with the original cast, including Grey. Did they kiss and make up? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/31 "2007-06-12T19:22:34Z")
[QUOTE=Rhythmdvl] Um… did anyone else open this thread thinking it was a science-niche hyper-nitpicking thread? My .02: Dave and Maddy Sam and Diane Drew and Mimi Mal and Anarah (sp?) Above topped by Wash and Zowie [/QUOTE] I think you mean “Zoe.” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/32 "2007-06-12T19:25:10Z")
[QUOTE=KidCharlemagne] Ashton Kutcher and any woman he’s been on screen with. [/QUOTE] Did Any Couple On That 70’s Show Have Any Sexual Chemistry Whatsoever? Wost: House & Cuddy. Best: House & Wilson. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/33 "2007-06-12T19:26:02Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] Did any couple in That 70’s Show Have Any Sexual Chemistry Whatsoever? Wost: House & Cuddy. Best: House & Wilson [/QUOTE] Are Cuddy and House SUPPOSED to have chemistry? I’m pretty sure she utterly despsies him on a personal level. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/34 "2007-06-12T19:33:47Z")
A Vote for worst: David Thewlis and Leonardo DiCaprio as Verlaine and Rimbaud in _Total Eclipse_. While their relationship was violent and dysfunctional, there needed to be some element of attraction other than Verlaine’s lust for Rimbaud, and there wasn’t. (IIRC John Malkovich was the original actor signed to play Verlaine which perhaps would have worked better, but he dropped out due to salary issues.) ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/35 "2007-06-12T19:41:20Z")
How did this thread get so many replies with no mention of Lex and Clark on Smallville? ---
**Author:** ![vibrotronica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@vibrotronica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vibrotronica)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/36 "2007-06-12T19:47:04Z")
Jimmy Stewart and Grace Kelly are awesome together in _Rear Window_. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/37 "2007-06-12T20:17:55Z")
Harrison Ford and Anne Heche in Six Days & Seven Nights were terrible together. I blame Anne Heche, 'cus I don’t like her in anything, and Harrison Ford could have chemistry with a coat rack, so there you go. ---
**Author:** ![ArrMatey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/arrmatey/32/3522_2.png) [@ArrMatey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArrMatey)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/38 "2007-06-12T20:24:21Z")
In _Remember WENN_, Nick Sherwood and Betty had incredible chemistry. The only show that I’ve watched that could let romantic tension simmer for so long and still make it watchable. Nick was a con man at heart, and he trully wanted to be whatever Betty wanted him to be… But he couldn’t not be a con man, and she, while attracted to him, certainly could NOT be in love with a con man. (Damn A&E for leaving that show on a handful of cliffhangers!) ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/39 "2007-06-12T20:25:46Z")
[QUOTE=Annie-Xmas] How did this thread get so many replies with no mention of Lex and Clark on Smallville? [/QUOTE] I’ve never seen it. Are you voting them for best or worst? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2007, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694/40 "2007-06-12T20:28:55Z")
[QUOTE=Anaamika] I’ve never seen it. Are you voting them for best or worst? [/QUOTE] Almost certainly best. The corruption of Lex Luthor is the second most interesting thing about that show and is almsot enough to make me watch it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-and-worst-onscreen-chemistry/407694.md?page=3)