# Wow they really can't act! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 19, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551 "2007-12-19T04:19:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/1 "2007-12-19T04:19:35Z")
Lindsay Lohan and a Prairie Home Companion. I’ve never seen her before or since, except in the grocery checkout line, but wow, was that just a target audience maneuver? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/2 "2007-12-19T04:21:09Z")
This thread was meant to be about Kevin kostner. In fact Kevin Kostner was _born_ to have this thread made about him. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/3 "2007-12-19T04:33:51Z")
Costner doesn’t need to act, apparently. ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/4 "2007-12-19T04:36:23Z")
Boobs. Too late for the edit. Why do I assume his last name begins with a K? ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/5 "2007-12-19T04:39:48Z")
Because you hope his middle name is Kristlethwaite? ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/6 "2007-12-19T04:43:44Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Because you hope his middle name is Kristlethwaite? [/QUOTE] I was thinking along those sort of lines now you mention it. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/7 "2007-12-19T04:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] Because you hope his middle name is Kristlethwaite? [/QUOTE] Or Keanu. That’s who the thread is really about. NB Is it me or does :dubious: look like Roger Moore? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/8 "2007-12-19T04:56:35Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Or Keanu. That’s who the thread is really about. NB Is it me or does :dubious: look like Roger Moore? 😃 [/QUOTE] Roger Moore invented :dubious: . The Rock (or whatever his trailerpark name is) is a pale immitation. ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/9 "2007-12-19T04:58:37Z")
Not enough mousse. I’d like to nominate Andie MacDowell next, can’t watch anything with her in it. (except Groundhog Day, that’s OK, right?) ---
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/10 "2007-12-19T05:05:34Z")
[QUOTE=Kuboydal] (except Groundhog Day, that’s OK, right?) [/QUOTE] Groundhog Day is more than OK. It’s one of my fave films, but not because of Andie Macdowell obviously. I loved the whole idea of being able to retry a whole day over and over again. And the idea of being able to accumulate knowledge through each retry (which enabled the guy to learn the Piano) ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/11 "2007-12-19T05:08:55Z")
[QUOTE=Tapioca Dextrin] Or Keanu. That’s who the thread is really about. [/QUOTE] Yep, that’s who I came in here to post about. His Shakesperean acting is so close to the Critic episode that spoofed it that it’s not funny. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/12 "2007-12-19T05:10:46Z")
Not one person in [Malevolence](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388230/) could act their way out of a paper bag. That’s just one reason it’s one of the worst horror movies ever made. Homage my foot… ---
**Author:** ![Kuboydal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Kuboydal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuboydal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/13 "2007-12-19T05:16:13Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Slit] Yep, that’s who I came in here to post about. His Shakesperean acting is so close to the Critic episode that spoofed it that it’s not funny. [/QUOTE] Try Season Two of Slings and Arrows for quality Keanu mocking. ‘Whoa’ ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/14 "2007-12-19T06:55:48Z")
Denise Richards in “Tomorrow Never Dies Another Day Is Not Enough” All I have to say is, “Phew!! Who farted??” ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/15 "2007-12-19T07:01:11Z")
A buddy of mine used to always say “and starring Kevin Costner AS Kevin Costner.” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/16 "2007-12-19T07:36:35Z")
Poor Mr. Costner. He tries so hard. ---
**Author:** ![LH75](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lh75/32/4438_2.png) [@LH75](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LH75)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/17 "2007-12-19T13:17:17Z")
[QUOTE=madmonk28] A buddy of mine used to always say “and starring Kevin Costner AS Kevin Costner.” [/QUOTE] John Wayne was also pretty much John Wayne in all of his movies. The difference here is that John Wayne was entertaining while Kevin Costner Is…Kevin Costner. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/18 "2007-12-19T13:21:28Z")
Same thing with Sam Eliott. Up until Golden Compass, I had some vague realization that he always played Sam Eliott, but this brought it into stark reality since the character was somewhat out of place. ---
**Author:** ![Baldwin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baldwin/32/7264_2.png) [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/19 "2007-12-19T13:24:52Z")
Lindsay Lohan was really good in _A Prarie Home Companion_. Unfortunately, her actual talents are overshadowed by her disastrous personal life. Kevin Costner is really good in the right kind of comedy. He has a bad habit of overreaching, trying for big dramatic parts that don’t suit him. Keanu Reeves nailed his part in _Devil’s Advocate_. Maybe it takes the right part and the right director to break him out of his usual persona. All these people can act, given the right circumstances. Maybe we should be talking about Rebecca Pidgeon. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2007, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551/20 "2007-12-19T13:37:30Z")
It took me a while to be able to admit it, because she’s so darn cute, but Ashley Judd just can’t act all that well. There, I said it. The shame! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-they-really-cant-act/430551.md?page=2)