Juliette Lewis wasn’t in Requiem, that was Jennifer Connolly.
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If you changed the word ‘manages’ in the OP to managed’ I would nominate Chevy Chase.
Some of his SNL work (the pratfalls, Weekend Update) was at least memorable, although he pretty much never made me laugh. “Hey, I’m acknowledging the fourth wall – isn’t that hilarious?”
And it was all downhill from there.
And I always considered Adam Sandler the heir to Chase’s ‘legacy’.
And the winners are:
For completely unable to act in the least but still gets hired anyway award:
Freddie Prinze Jr.
For making a career out of only one ability, jaw clenching division:
Tom Cruise.
The lifetime achievement award for falling from great to terrible actor:
George Segal. (“King Rat” & Biff in “Death of Salesman” to “Just Shoot Me”)
The Fran Drescher memorial one-note award goes to:
Fran Drescher. (Kelsey Grammar, honorable mention)
Alec Baldwin* puke *
Mel Gibson
Adam Sandler
Angelina Jolie
And Khadaji obvoiusly hasn’t seen Donnie Darko.
Juliette Lewis isn’t awful, she’s just one-note.
Angelina Jolie deserved her Oscar, so hush up.
(And who the hell is David Spade?)
I haven’t seen Shattered Glass (goes to add it to my Netflix queue), but Haydn Christensen was pretty good in Life as a house, but maybe being in scenes with Kevin Kline helped. Perhaps a little overdramatic in parts, but he was playing an angsty teen, so it was in character.
My nominees:
Rob Schneider
Matthew Lillard (although I admit his casting as Shaggy is pretty spot-on)
Denise Richards
You know what? I was actually thinking that very thing when I posted. My Madonna reference reminded me of when she was asked if she thinks it’s fair to call her a bad actress, and she said; “I think I’ve been in a lot of bad movies.”*
But Ashley just seems to alternate between underacting and hamming it up, with no in-between.
Whenever I bring up her awful performances, I do point out that in 1998, she was the only actor who looked any good at the Oscars. Gwyneth looked like a scarecrow in that awful pink bag she wore, and the whole trend was ill-fitting, unflattering gowns in dreadful colours. Then out came Ashley in that fabulous curve-hugging white thing with a magnolia in her hair, looking very Old-Hollywood. She was the most beautiful woman there.
*I say: it’s both. Madonna’s only good if she is playing herself, or has a director who will smack her down.
Another vote for Denise Richards.
And C. Thomas Howell.
I believe that if you had seen SLC Punk you would change your mind on this one. Masterful.
I also gotta recommend a viewing of Ruby in Paradise before you pass final judgement on Ashley Judd. She definitely HAD talent, at least.
You know, for almost 10 years, I agreed with you 100%. He tried playing a very diverse set of roles, but came across like a dumb California surfer dude in ALL of them.
And yet… while I still don’t think he’s a great actor, I think he’s actually improved tremendously. I don’t see him winning any Oscars, but he’s actually been personable, likeable and even charming at times, in the past few years. It’s been quite a while since he was embarrassingly bad.
I never dreamed I’d see the day Keanu became a decent (not veru good, just decent) actor… but he has.
I HATE Andie McDowell. With the burning passion of a thousand white hot suns.
My sisters and I were obsessed with St. Elmo’s Fire (we were definitely children of the '80’s) and we still fast-forwarded through all her parts.
I would like to nominate David Schwimmer. He makes me want to kick my tv.
No one has mentioned such class “acts” as
Chuck Norris
Steven Segal
Jean Claude van Damme
and all those other martial arts “performers”
About Schmidt was amazing. Jack was understated and quite compelling. But hey, I love the hell outta Jack and have since One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. If that was the only movie he ever made, he’d still be the greatest. How he belongs in this thread escapes me, but there’s no accounting for taste.
Most of my least favorites are already on here. I really don’t like Brittany Murphy or Ashton Kutcher. What is so great about them? Neither of them are cute enough to justify their fame, they are so damn annoying.
:smack:
Of course, you’re right. In my defense, finals are next week.
I believe you have nailed the male worst with Adam Sandler, but folks, you haven’t even come close to the worst excuse for the worst actress to hit the screen since Melanie Griffith.
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you Jennifer Tilly, whose coy, cutesy, baby-talking act is not only vomitous, but about 30 years too young for her. Her latest appearance in a Frasier episode made me wretch. Her continued presence in the film industry is a complete mystery to me.
Eve must have had a mild stroke when she heard Jennifer Tilly was going to play Clara Bow.
Meg Ryan. Bad. Badbadbad. America’s sweetheart? Oh vomit.
I’d throw in Billy Crystal too, but damned if he didn’t get a chuckle out of me as Miracle Max.