Same actor, different movie

What’s been going on lately with the slew of movies coming out that has the same people in different clothes doing the same thing they did in their last movie? I can’t remember what it’s called, but that Mike Myers movie with Gwyneth Paltrow has him doing the “…he put the wrong emphasis on the wrong syllable” thing he was doing years ago.

Not only that, but Adam Sandler’s new movie Anger Management… didn’t we see him make that same face and hit people in The Waterboy?

I’ve heard of movies being similar to other movies for lack of originality, but when it’s the same actor it just seems to be a lack of material.

Doesn’t he do that in all his movies?

I have a theory that all Steven Seagal movies are the same movie.

I agree, and he’s stuck on 3 word movie names too…

Above the Law
Hard to Kill
Marked for Death
Out for Justice
On Deadly Ground
Under Seige 2 (ok, that’s a stretch)
The Glimmer Man
Fire Down Below
Half Past Dead

E3

John Wayne.

Hugh Grant

Plus, you can create a sentence simply by putting a “is” between his name & the title , e.g., Steve Seagal is above the law . . . hard to kill. . . on deadly ground. . . (Well, except “Fire Down Below”, which I’ve never heard of before. Damn.)

Um, from the previews, it looks like Anger Management’s theme revolves around the fact that Sandler’s character never gets angry.

First one that came to mind is Colin Firth.

  • in BBC’s Pride and Prejudice, he was Mr. Darcy

  • in Bridget Jones’ Diary, he played Mr. Darcy (not wholly fair - the book is loosely based on P&P)

Then there was that movie where Tom Cruise played the cocky young guy…I can’t recall the name…

Julia Roberts

For that one they used “is on.” “Steven Seagal is on Fire Down Below.”

It was about bad mexican food.

A quick jump to the imdb shows that you’re exactly right… just proves that I tune out when I see the commercial come on. It also kind of proves my original point, that the same actor is doing the same schtick in a different situation, i.e. not angry at first but ultimately making that face and hitting people (as in Waterboy).

I can kind of understand if certain actors always play the same types of roles, but my OP was regarding different movies that had the same actors doing the same jokes.

Best. Consecutive Posts. Ever.

And Eddie Murphy always plays Eddie Murphy.

I think I saw that one. Isn’t it the one where she plays the muppet-faced freak with the maniacal smile? <shudder> It gave me nightmares for weeks.

Al Pacino. All that dude does in a movie is scream and rant. There is actually a website on this where you can hear him in different movies do the same thing.

I like Adam Sandler, except for 8 Crazy nights. He plays the same dude all the time. Even in Punch Drunk Love, he was the same guy, but without the humor. He is 36-37 now, he does need to improve his style.

Samual L. Jackson. Every S.L.Jackson movie except for Star Wars, SLJ always says fuck, mother fucker, or nigger. He is hilarious. I love listening to him rant and go off, unlike Al above.

Jackie Chan plays the same dude in every movie, a cool Hong Kong Chinese dude with godlike powers, who does incredible stunts. Some of his movies are dumb, but watching him move is worth the price of admission.

William H Macy plays a similiar guy in all movies, slightly nervous white guy whose life gets unnerved or unrattled. Whiz kid in Magnolia, Car salesman in Fargo, and the cameraman guy in Boogie Nights, and the hitman in Panic, were all the same character.

Lassie played the same dog.

SP

I was dissapointed by G.I. Jane.

I mean, how dare they make a movie about Navy SEALs without casting Micheal Biehn?

You may be thinking of Jet Li. Jackie Chan’s repetitive schtick is that he isn’t cool and when he fights, he succeeds through sheer desperation. You can see it in his facial expressions; constantly on the verge of panic.

He’s still kicking ass, of course, but he doesn’t make it look ridiculously easy as Bruce Lee, Steven Seagal or Jet Li do.

Originally posted by InTransit:
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Originally posted by Enright3
I agree, and he’s stuck on 3 word movie names too…

Above the Law
Hard to Kill
Marked for Death
Out for Justice
On Deadly Ground
Under Seige 2 (ok, that’s a stretch)
The Glimmer Man
Fire Down Below
Half Past Dead

E3

Plus, you can create a sentence simply by putting a “is” between his name & the title , e.g., Steve Seagal is above the law . . . hard to kill. . . on deadly ground. . . (Well, except “Fire Down Below”, which I’ve never heard of before. Damn.)

Hehe. This is hilarious, and soooo true.

Me either, but he was trying to live up to the memory of his dead dad. . .right?