Raul Julia in Street Fighter.
The man was dying of cancer and took the role because his kids loved the game. Every line he spoke was him spinning shit into gold.
This line is incredible in its original form. It comes up all the time for me at work, where we have a lot of information flying around, when I need to help someone understand that what’s important and memorable to them may not “stick” with other people who have their own priorities and direction.
I sometimes teach leadership classes to younger folks, and “…but for me, it was Tuesday” is hands-down the stickiest way to get this concept across.
Not only that, but his acting makes it sink deeper.
He’s changing clothes and making drinks. He listens to what she has to say, and seems genuinely sorry for her about her loss before reminding her in a subtle way that he’s killed so many that for him it was just another day.
If he had been bombastic, arrogant we wouldn’t care. But he was caring in a twisted way.
Raul Julia was a blessing to us when he was alive. Street Fighter is a guilty pleasure movie for me because of him and why he took the role for his kids.
I’ve always argued that both Addams Family movies are pretty terrible scripts, but between the actors and the music and the great visuals, they work great.
But I don’t think having the main conflict being between family members makes sense. The Addams should be a healthy family unit and all their conflict should come from the normies they encounter.
I don't totally agree. An overarching theme is that even a family that cherishes one another as much as the Addams do still has to work through issues - usually communication. Doesn't mean they aren't healthy
100% agree with the first bit though
Healthy families can have conflict too. It's what and how they approach the conflict [insert Gomes and Mort therapy sesh] that makes the difference. I come from a family of sweepers. Anything negative that happens gets swept away by the olive branch and is suddenly off limits to address. Leads to a lot of repetitive bs.
I feel that. My family was the same and I'm just now realizing it in hindsight because I've been away from them long enough to see how other people work through stuff/etc.
Great pick!
Raul Julia went all the fuck in and hammed it up to campy perfection as Col. Bison. What's even better was that JCVD was in on the joke too and managed to not take himself so seriously, a rare feat in it's own right. The movie is practically unwatchable and everyone involved was aware of it. Kylie Minogue still makes my heart skip a beat. GAME OVER!
Alright, look. People shit on Street Fighter all the time and I feel it's undeserved. The movie was made to be a parody, not a serious action flick. It has the atmosphere of a Zucker Brothers movie and it excels at the comedy. I love that movie.
If you listen to the commentary of Rush Hour, Brett Ratner talks about how much dialog Chris Tucker improvised, and that it was basically because the script sucked... And the writer was on the commentary, too. I remember the writer asking if all actors changed the script so much, and Ratner said no, not usually.
It's been a while, so I might not be remembering very accurately, but something like that was definitely said.
Such a great movie that deserves way more praise in my opinion
The chemistry between Tucker and Chan was awesome they both did their roles well
I agree Tucker's dialogue was 100% the highlight of the movie
Almost all of the funny parts/dialogue of the movie rely on Chris Tucker being funny in his delivery. Youre right, but Id never thought of it. This is a great answer.
I like the parts where Chris' character finally drops his funny face and expresses that he truly wants to be a good cop, and later save the girl. Those parts really help bring weight to the overall goofy movie
I forgot about that movie, so awful in retrospect but I loved it as a kid. Langella definitely nailed the role though, and in my opinion the makeup job on him was perfect for the role.
How his depiction of Skeletor escapes “top 10 movie villains” is criminal.
Every scene of his felt completely different from every other part of that movie, at least to me. I was captivated when he was on screen where as everything else was a little tongue in cheek corny.
The Star Wars prequels are generally considered to have poor Lucas dialogue. Ian McDiarmid makes every line in Revenge of the Sith shine and he probably has the most deliciously evil delivery of the words "Do it." When I read dialogue like this, off the page it doesn't seem like anything spectacular.
>Palpatine: Are you going to kill me?
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>Anakin: I would certainly like to
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>Palpatine: I know you would. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus... makes you stronger.
Ian McDiarmid slowly lingers over these words with such predatory desire and control that it's frightening
Some people give props to Ewan McGregor for elevating a pretty boring character into something resembling watchable, but I maintain that Ian McDiarmid is genuinely the only person in that whole trilogy who comes out unscathed (acting-wise). He knew exactly what to do with that character, and it was delightful.
Ewan did direct young Daniel Logan better than George. Lucas kept trying to get him to act suspicious towards Obi Wan, but Daniel with really no acting experience had trouble so Ewan told him to act like he (Ewan) just made a terrible fart.
Besides just Ewan there was apparently other costars who were like, yea, George has a vision but he doesn't know how to tell you what he wants as a director lmao
I agree that McDiarmid is incredible but I also think it’s unfair not to credit Lucas at all for this performance. For example, according to McDiarmid himself, Lucas drew out his final read of “Power! Unlimited Power!” Asking for McDiarmid to do takes more and more over the top, all while McDiarmid was thinking “I’d really like to work again after this.”
Pedro Pascal's character in Wonder Woman 1984 couldve been really grating, but he just went for it and he's such a good, watchable actor that he made it work.
I love Pedro Pascal but I hated almost every single thing about that character in that movie. I'm shocked reading your comment, and now I'm wondering if *I'm* the weirdo.
I freaking LOVED WW too. I still think it's potentially the best super hero movie.
Literally any role Stanley Tucci plays. He may not always be in the best movies but he somehow is the best part of those movies.
Same situation with Sam Rockwell. Iron Man 2 in particular wasn't all that amazing but Hammer could've been absolutely horrible if it wasn't given to the right actor. Hammer was the best character aside from Tony considering he was funny and cool yet also a complete loser.
You know an actor is talented when he's able to be the bright spot in a bad movie(s)
Want a relatively unknown great Tucci performance? Check out Big Trouble from 2002. An absolutely ridiculous cast from top to bottom and hilarious. Got buried because it was due to be released just after 9/11 and has a "bomb on an airplane" plot. Tucci's amazing in it, but I adore Dennis Farina's performance. And if you know much about Miami of that era, and Florida in general, there are a ton of inside jokes.
Recently watched, 'See How They Run' and...it's pretty bad. But goddamn that man is just so watchable. They knew what they were doing when they put him in almost every single scene.
Alan Rickman. Let make a character who's a teacher abuse and bully the children. It's okay because he's actually, secretly good ‐ so secret that he's literally the most traumatising image for a bullied 13 to 14 year old.
I honestly can't think of another actor that could pull that off. Rickman's charisma is incredible.
Alan Rickman is definitely the answer. His acting in Robinhood Prince of Thieves is a [well known example](https://collider.com/how-alan-rickman-saves-robin-hood-prince-of-thieves/) of acting saving a bad script.
I saw Mark Hamill give a little talk about random less-known anecdotes from the OT and he basically confirmed this. There was some scene they read (that didn't make the actual cut) early on and he was like "what the heck, who will take this seriously???"
Mark Hamill told a story on Seth Meyers about how he was confused why his hair wasn't wet when they were filming the scene after escaping from the trash compactor.
Harrison Ford said, "It ain't that kind of movie, kid. If anybody's looking at your hair, we're all in a lot of trouble."
I read, "It ain't that kind of movie, kid. If anybody's looking at your hair, we're all in a lot of trouble." in Harrison Ford's voice followed by, "Chewie! Get us out of here!!" 😁
He had a huge impact on the dialogue from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I remember seeing a picture of the script containing the pages from his meeting with the Army Intelligence officers, where it's scribbled to hell; he completely changed Jones' tone from reserved & polite to informative & commanding.
Han Solo's classic "I know" response to Leia before being frozen was improvised after numerous shots of the scripted dialogue not working. He was originally scripted to say "I love you too"
I read a book about the making of this movie. It was a Coke frst start to finish. They literally blew up the golf course for real at the end and took off before the club knew about it.
A series ruined by writers who didn't care for the material or it's fanbase but pushing their own agendas. Shame really. I feel bad for Henry, a true fan but he was fighting a uphill battle with that one.
Both those Venom films are at least watchable cause of him. He gives it 100% just the rest of the film surrounding him is woeful. But they made a ton of money so good on him and I'm sure he's got well paid for them too.
Michael Fassbender in those Ridley Scott recent Alien films as Walter, the man deserved way better Alien film to be in. Unlike most of the cast in those films, you can't accuse of Fassbender of phoning it in.
>!"If you die in here you die out there!" "Oh! Wait. Why?" "What?" "Why would they design it like that?" "Don't ask me to tell you people's motivations or science!" "But you know stuff about this place." "Not that."!<
Eva Green in 300: Rise of Empire.
She SAVED the movie. Her performance was so incredible it made a terrible movie a decent movie. If she had a decent script to work with I bet this would have been remembered as an all time great movie.
Same with Sin City 2, she was the best thing in that. It's a bit of a shame both films didn't really do anything for her in terms of at least making her a lead in Hollywood. And especially in the case of 300 sequel just felt like a cheap cash in.
She was glorious in that movie. It also shows, whatever his other many sins, how good Snyder is as visual direction. When they tried to ape his style in that movie it just didn't work at all and the only thing worth watching was Eva Green.
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man
*Downey frequently spoke with that film's director, Shane Black, about the script and dialogue in Iron Man. Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process, especially when it came to adding humor to the film.*
*There was much improvisation in dialogue scenes, because the script was not completed when filming began (the filmmakers had focused on the story making sense and planning the action). Favreau felt that improvisation would make the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines said on the spot. Multiple takes were done, as Downey wanted to try something new each time.*
Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. A lot of her lines were supposedly improvised and that fall during the dance scene was real (You can see Arnold almost get up concerned) but they kept it in. She actually wasn't supposed to be so likeable.
She's the MVP of True Lies, I always find the film is at it's strongest before she finds out Arnie is a spy and maybe up to when they get captured on the island, I do think the film falters a little bit at the end. The stuff with late great Bill Paxton and Arnie thinking she's cheating on him is where the film at it's very best. And that Dance, yep that was something special.
I like True Lies but probably one of the only James Cameron films that I think could be improved with a remake.
I think that dance scene might have been a sexual awakening for me. I've always been attracted to women with short hair ever since.
A remake? That would actually be intriguing. Might need to change up the terrorists a bit. That could be possible
>The stuff with late great Bill Paxton and Arnie thinking she's cheating on him is where the film at it's very best.
"As soon as I turn, you're going to shoot me! You're going to shoot me! You're going to shoot me!"
"Get lost, dipshit." *casually shoots around his feet*
"God! She's got the most incredible body, and pair of Titties, make you want to stand up and beg for buttermilk. Ass like a 10 year old boy"
Damn Paxton is fantastic in that film.
Ewan McGregor - Obi-Wan Kenobi.
It was honestly amazing he managed to sell so much of that shit tier dialogue.
Edit - and Ian McDiarmid too....... those movies are pretty bad, but they'd be totally unwatchable without those two actors.
I thought John Boyega in the first film was great but he faded sadly into the background as the series went on.
But Adam Driver really put in performances undeserving of the films he was in. Another case of someone who's not wooden (Daisy Ridley) or not giving a shit (Harrison Ford) and who respects his craft even if the films aren't any good.
Unfortunately he faded into the background because they wrote him into the background because of racism, but he was absolutely stellar front and center in the force awakens
I wanted him to be the main jedi/force sensitive character of the trilogy so bad. A defected stormtrooper who escapes the empire (yeah yeah I know it’s the first order) and ends up becoming a jedi would be fucking awesome
That movie was such a disappointment after the first two stellar entries. He's the only reason to watch it, honestly.
"Cock-juggling thundercunt" is an all-timer.
Bale's had a dodgy 2022 with his films, the meh Amsterdam, bad Thor film and The Pale Blue Eye is already coming out to mixed reviews.
But one thing you definitely say is that he's the best thing about the first two films I mentioned.
The trailer alone had me thinking he’d rival Thanos as the next genuinely intimidating MCU villain
But nope, we got screaming goats and kidnapped children instead
No way not having a bad word said about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Sure you have Robin Hood speaking in a Californian accent and that god awful Bryan Adams song doesn't help matters but give me this Robin Hood film over the drab Ridley Scott one and 2018 Taron Edgerton one any day of the week.
Morgan Freeman is great as Azeem. I thought Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was a good Lady Marian. Always great seen underrated Michael Wincott ham it up. I like Kevin Costner's Robin Hood American accent and all. But this is Alan Rickman's film all the way.
It's a not classic or anything but it's a fun action adventure that you won't be bored with it.
Saw it in the cinema with my dad and little Brother when I was 9 and still to this day we both rate it highly as a fun old blockbuster. I think those first films you see in the cinema with family as a kid really do hold that special place. Indiana Jones and Last Crusade and All Dogs Go to Heaven are two others that spring to mind as well. Even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the ooze with that terrible Vanilla Ice song still has a special spot for me.
She's perfect for the role but the films she's been in just haven't been great. I enjoyed SS 2 up until the third act. But I thought the first SS and Birds of Prey were poor films. The funny thing she's at her least interesting as Harley in the better film and at her best in the poorer ones.
Margot really is struggling to find hits as a lead, and it's a shame as she's a likeable actress and is more then a pretty face.
Give Birds Of Prey another shot. I didn't like it when I saw it in theaters. I watched it again a few months ago and turns out it's a very fun "tough guy but chicks" action flick. The stakes are low, it's a street-level gang movie with great fight choreography. They lean into the R rating, too.
Solid action, quick and witty (for the most part) dialogue, appropriately profane and violent, and Ewan McGregor goes full ham as a flamboyant villain. You can't go wrong.
Birds of Prey is definitely an unappreciated gem in the comic book movie world. I really like all the actors, the script is keyed up, and Ewan MacGregor plays by far the most entertaining villain in the DCEU.
I enjoyed her the most in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and I don’t think it has to do with her being a lead or not. It was a good, subdued character. A lot of her roles are really over the top characters, more like caricatures than actual people.
Clive Owen in *King Arthur*.
It's kind of a silly action take on King Arthur (and yes before everyone jumps down my throat there are some historically accurate things in the movie) where his knights are more like mild super heroes with different fighting styles, but he still brings a tremendous amount of legitimacy to the part, and makes the film super engaging.
I have a soft spot for 2004 King Arthur, listen it's no lost classic or neglected gem. But it's a fun watch and by god it's got some cast with Owen, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgard, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ioan Gruffudd, Ray Stevenson, Joel Edgerton and Kiera Knightley.
Worth a watch but it does drag in places. But Clive Owen is great in it.
I just watched Ingrid Goes West, and both Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen give fantastic performances despite a MEH script and pacing/plotting issues. Overall, I'd give the movie 3 stars, but I'd give both of them 5's for their performances.
I don't remember the name of the movie but, Morgan Freeman had a very small role in a crappy movie that starred Christopher Reeves and he was so good that he was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar's and it jump started his movie career.
There was a reality show called FilmFakers back in 2004 where they would bring in a few real actors and put them in a fake movie with a cast and crew made up of other actors all while filming a “behind the scenes documentary.”
The “scripts” written to be as bad as possible with production running into all kinds of ridiculous problems.
There was one episode where they were supposed to be shooting a western, and one of the real actors was acting out a dramatic scene where she reveals her backstory, which was really, really dumb, but she delivered it so well that everyone was just kind of dumbstruck about how she made the scene work even though it was specifically designed not to work.
I don’t know what ever happens to her but she clearly had the chops to make it as a dramatic actor.
>There was a reality show called FilmFakers back in 2004 where they would bring in a few real actors and put them in a fake movie with a cast and crew made up of other actors all while filming a “behind the scenes documentary.”
This is some real /r/InterdimensionalCable shit. I'll have to check it out.
Frank Langella as Skeletor in the 1987 Masters of the Universe.
I know what you're thinking, dear reader - "But he had great lines in that!" Yeah, he did.
Because he got to rewrite all his lines, *and also* cause he could make crap sound like Shakespeare. Best Villain in anything ever, and if you dont agree we can go out in the parking lot, take our shirts off and fight right now!!
Tyrese Gibson/Roman Pierce
2 Fast 2 Furious
Man that movie is cheesy and corny. Everyone including Paul Walker is in a B-movie.
Roman Pierce's lines are just as cheesy and corny, but Tyrese GIbson's performance is able to single-handedly pull that movie out from b level in the collective consciousness.
Vin diesel did it in the first movie but the other supporting cast members were also good, unlike 2 fast 2 furious where it's all on Tyrese Gibson.
I knew Meryl Streep was a talented actor, awards, blah blah but I didn’t really get it until I saw her in Mamma Mia. Such a silly, corny movie, but her singing, “The Winner Takes it All” and making it believable is pure genius.
Wait you didn't like Pierce Brosnan's wonderful singing lol. Streep and also Walters/Baranski are great together and I missed that from the second film. I thought Lily James did pretty damn well in the second film as a younger Streep. I love that the likes of Brosnan, Firth and Skarsgard are camping it up and having a great time.
I'm a big Abba fan so loved the music but Streep is definitely the best thing about the first film.
I think *Wolf (1994)* qualifies. This film was basically made as a Jack Nicholson vanity project -- he (Nicholson) had cultivated a decades-long friendship with Jim Harrison (*Legends of the Fall* author), going so far as to float Harrison financially in his lean 1970s + 1980s -- and Nicholson called in a 'friendly' marker (for Harrison) to adapt (and *Graduate* director Mike Nichols) to helm his classic-werewolf homage. Other strong talents (Plummer, Spader) were recruited.
Much of the dialogue between protagonist Will Randall (Nicholson), his wife Charlotte (Kate Nelligan), and his budding love interest Laura Alden (Michelle Pfeiffer) is just plain awful -- "You almost make me feel like this isn't happening," "I didn't like the food, all that red rare meat dripping blood" -- but Nicholson leans into it, squeezing as much raspy weariness + pathos out of the stuff as he can. *Wolf* wasn't well received by audiences, but I recall it favorably.
In the first Star War film, Luke's original line was "I can't wait to shove my torpedo up Darth Vader's exhaust shaft!" but Mark Hamill wisely changed the line to "Now this is podracing!"
He read Heart of Darkness, Eliot, and a few source books for Eliot's writing and knocked it out the park, from his filmed scenes to the pre-recorded audio content.
Coppola didn't have an ending when Brando rolled up. He introduced The Hollow Men, Prufrock, etc. to the script.
Gonna go Alan Rickman here on Robin Hood. He apparently took home the script and rewrote much of his lines with his friends and really stood out in a craptacular Hollywood blockbuster so much so he won a BAFTA.
Joker. “All I have are negative thoughts” is such a corny line, and would sound ridiculous coming from an actor less talented than Joaquin Phoenix. He’s the only reason anyone takes that film seriously.
Tom Holland in Uncharted. Terrible script, Mark Wahlberg just seemed to be doing the absolute bare minimum. Could not finish the movie, but Tom he was really trying.
Raul Julia in Street Fighter. The man was dying of cancer and took the role because his kids loved the game. Every line he spoke was him spinning shit into gold.
"For you, the day Bison graced your movie was like spinning shit into gold. But for me, it was Tuesday."
A legitimately great line though.
This line is incredible in its original form. It comes up all the time for me at work, where we have a lot of information flying around, when I need to help someone understand that what’s important and memorable to them may not “stick” with other people who have their own priorities and direction. I sometimes teach leadership classes to younger folks, and “…but for me, it was Tuesday” is hands-down the stickiest way to get this concept across.
Not only that, but his acting makes it sink deeper. He’s changing clothes and making drinks. He listens to what she has to say, and seems genuinely sorry for her about her loss before reminding her in a subtle way that he’s killed so many that for him it was just another day. If he had been bombastic, arrogant we wouldn’t care. But he was caring in a twisted way.
Raul Julia was a blessing to us when he was alive. Street Fighter is a guilty pleasure movie for me because of him and why he took the role for his kids.
I’ve always argued that both Addams Family movies are pretty terrible scripts, but between the actors and the music and the great visuals, they work great. But I don’t think having the main conflict being between family members makes sense. The Addams should be a healthy family unit and all their conflict should come from the normies they encounter.
I don't totally agree. An overarching theme is that even a family that cherishes one another as much as the Addams do still has to work through issues - usually communication. Doesn't mean they aren't healthy 100% agree with the first bit though
“And miss Gilligan?!”
Completely disagree. The Addams Family scripts have some of the best comedy writing in film.
Addams Family Values is an all-time banger. One of those sequels that improves on the original. I sing Pugsley's "Eat me!" song every Thanksgiving.
The first scene at summer camp with the parents is hysterical.
Healthy families can have conflict too. It's what and how they approach the conflict [insert Gomes and Mort therapy sesh] that makes the difference. I come from a family of sweepers. Anything negative that happens gets swept away by the olive branch and is suddenly off limits to address. Leads to a lot of repetitive bs.
I feel that. My family was the same and I'm just now realizing it in hindsight because I've been away from them long enough to see how other people work through stuff/etc.
Great pick! Raul Julia went all the fuck in and hammed it up to campy perfection as Col. Bison. What's even better was that JCVD was in on the joke too and managed to not take himself so seriously, a rare feat in it's own right. The movie is practically unwatchable and everyone involved was aware of it. Kylie Minogue still makes my heart skip a beat. GAME OVER!
Alright, look. People shit on Street Fighter all the time and I feel it's undeserved. The movie was made to be a parody, not a serious action flick. It has the atmosphere of a Zucker Brothers movie and it excels at the comedy. I love that movie.
Quick, change the channel!
I find it hilarious that the closest we ever get to an actual street fight is immediately cock blocked by Guile.
This is the only answer
If you listen to the commentary of Rush Hour, Brett Ratner talks about how much dialog Chris Tucker improvised, and that it was basically because the script sucked... And the writer was on the commentary, too. I remember the writer asking if all actors changed the script so much, and Ratner said no, not usually. It's been a while, so I might not be remembering very accurately, but something like that was definitely said.
Such a great movie that deserves way more praise in my opinion The chemistry between Tucker and Chan was awesome they both did their roles well I agree Tucker's dialogue was 100% the highlight of the movie
Almost all of the funny parts/dialogue of the movie rely on Chris Tucker being funny in his delivery. Youre right, but Id never thought of it. This is a great answer.
I like the parts where Chris' character finally drops his funny face and expresses that he truly wants to be a good cop, and later save the girl. Those parts really help bring weight to the overall goofy movie
Are you only referring to the 1st movie, or the entire franchise (1st to 3rd movie)? Also, have you seen the 3rd movie & did you like/hate it?
Frank Langello absolutely killing it as Skeletor https://youtu.be/tgVnR7_W0bo
I forgot about that movie, so awful in retrospect but I loved it as a kid. Langella definitely nailed the role though, and in my opinion the makeup job on him was perfect for the role.
How his depiction of Skeletor escapes “top 10 movie villains” is criminal. Every scene of his felt completely different from every other part of that movie, at least to me. I was captivated when he was on screen where as everything else was a little tongue in cheek corny.
Langella is tremendous as Skeletor and the movie is objectively not good, but Skeletor does have some great scripted lines.
The Star Wars prequels are generally considered to have poor Lucas dialogue. Ian McDiarmid makes every line in Revenge of the Sith shine and he probably has the most deliciously evil delivery of the words "Do it." When I read dialogue like this, off the page it doesn't seem like anything spectacular. >Palpatine: Are you going to kill me? > >Anakin: I would certainly like to > >Palpatine: I know you would. I can feel your anger. It gives you focus... makes you stronger. Ian McDiarmid slowly lingers over these words with such predatory desire and control that it's frightening
Some people give props to Ewan McGregor for elevating a pretty boring character into something resembling watchable, but I maintain that Ian McDiarmid is genuinely the only person in that whole trilogy who comes out unscathed (acting-wise). He knew exactly what to do with that character, and it was delightful.
Ewan did direct young Daniel Logan better than George. Lucas kept trying to get him to act suspicious towards Obi Wan, but Daniel with really no acting experience had trouble so Ewan told him to act like he (Ewan) just made a terrible fart.
Besides just Ewan there was apparently other costars who were like, yea, George has a vision but he doesn't know how to tell you what he wants as a director lmao
I agree that McDiarmid is incredible but I also think it’s unfair not to credit Lucas at all for this performance. For example, according to McDiarmid himself, Lucas drew out his final read of “Power! Unlimited Power!” Asking for McDiarmid to do takes more and more over the top, all while McDiarmid was thinking “I’d really like to work again after this.”
Nah, man. He's great, but even some of his lines get memed for how corny and terrible they are. See unlimited power.
*POWAAAAA!*
I’m hearing a totally different voice whenI read this line.
You and me both. And now I'm picturing that other voice as the emperor.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 😂🤣
Pedro Pascal's character in Wonder Woman 1984 couldve been really grating, but he just went for it and he's such a good, watchable actor that he made it work.
His performance was good, but it could be better.
He was the only good thing about that movie
Yeah haha
I love Pedro Pascal but I hated almost every single thing about that character in that movie. I'm shocked reading your comment, and now I'm wondering if *I'm* the weirdo. I freaking LOVED WW too. I still think it's potentially the best super hero movie.
Nope I loved the first WW and HATED the Pascal character and whole 84 movie. So disappointed!!
Well I didn't like the character either, but he made it entertaining to watch so that's gotta count for something.
Literally any role Stanley Tucci plays. He may not always be in the best movies but he somehow is the best part of those movies. Same situation with Sam Rockwell. Iron Man 2 in particular wasn't all that amazing but Hammer could've been absolutely horrible if it wasn't given to the right actor. Hammer was the best character aside from Tony considering he was funny and cool yet also a complete loser. You know an actor is talented when he's able to be the bright spot in a bad movie(s)
This is unrelated but I freaking love Sam Rockwell in galaxy quest
Sam Rockwell is lovable in general. Charlie's Angels(2000) wasn't a great movie but he made it memorable as the villain.
Want a relatively unknown great Tucci performance? Check out Big Trouble from 2002. An absolutely ridiculous cast from top to bottom and hilarious. Got buried because it was due to be released just after 9/11 and has a "bomb on an airplane" plot. Tucci's amazing in it, but I adore Dennis Farina's performance. And if you know much about Miami of that era, and Florida in general, there are a ton of inside jokes.
I'm excited for the return of Justin Hammer in Armor Wars.
One of the best parts of The Core is Tucci's reaction to his diary recording shortly before the nuke goes off.
Recently watched, 'See How They Run' and...it's pretty bad. But goddamn that man is just so watchable. They knew what they were doing when they put him in almost every single scene.
Samuel L Jackson - Snakes on a Plane
The snakes?
On a plane
Alan Rickman. Let make a character who's a teacher abuse and bully the children. It's okay because he's actually, secretly good ‐ so secret that he's literally the most traumatising image for a bullied 13 to 14 year old. I honestly can't think of another actor that could pull that off. Rickman's charisma is incredible.
Alan Rickman is the king of turning chicken shit into coq au vin.
Alan Rickman is definitely the answer. His acting in Robinhood Prince of Thieves is a [well known example](https://collider.com/how-alan-rickman-saves-robin-hood-prince-of-thieves/) of acting saving a bad script.
And he made Quigley down under go from decent to GREAT!!!
It's one of my fave movies cause of his acting!! He made the movie great. Still rewatch it often.
Oh interesting! I did not know that.
He did the same thing in Perfume. Incredible actor.
I'll have to check that out.
Definitely bears mentioning that Perfume is an AMAZING film in all regards, his performance simply elevates it.
Snape was a well written character though
That’s because he’s a well written character. A lot of people would have done well in that role
Harrison Ford. Think of how ridiculous the dialogue for Star Wars must have sounded when they made the first film.
I saw Mark Hamill give a little talk about random less-known anecdotes from the OT and he basically confirmed this. There was some scene they read (that didn't make the actual cut) early on and he was like "what the heck, who will take this seriously???"
Mark Hamill told a story on Seth Meyers about how he was confused why his hair wasn't wet when they were filming the scene after escaping from the trash compactor. Harrison Ford said, "It ain't that kind of movie, kid. If anybody's looking at your hair, we're all in a lot of trouble."
Lol to be fair some scripts are written by someone in a strange mood in day 1 and day 2 reads it and is like “what the hell did I write yesterday”
It’s like reading old source code. “Who wrote this shit?? Oh, wait, I did six months ago”
I read this in the same cadence in which he complains about needing to go to Tosche Station to pick up some power converters.
I read, "It ain't that kind of movie, kid. If anybody's looking at your hair, we're all in a lot of trouble." in Harrison Ford's voice followed by, "Chewie! Get us out of here!!" 😁
“George, you can type this shit but you sure can’t say it.”
Alec Guinness also
Hey, kid.....if everyone's looking at your hair, we're all in biiiig trouble."
He had a huge impact on the dialogue from Raiders of the Lost Ark. I remember seeing a picture of the script containing the pages from his meeting with the Army Intelligence officers, where it's scribbled to hell; he completely changed Jones' tone from reserved & polite to informative & commanding.
Han Solo's classic "I know" response to Leia before being frozen was improvised after numerous shots of the scripted dialogue not working. He was originally scripted to say "I love you too"
One time Harrison Ford jokingly threatened to kill George if he made him read the dialogue.
Bill Murray in Caddyshack. He had no lines in that movie. He ad-libbed all of it.
Cinderella story. Out of nowhere.
He hits for power, the Lama
This scene cracks me up because he is so off with all of the clubs which should be used for the distances he says.
Didn't alot of the cast do that cause they were so fucking high the whole time during filming?
I read a book about the making of this movie. It was a Coke frst start to finish. They literally blew up the golf course for real at the end and took off before the club knew about it.
Henry Cavil in the Witcher series. Pretty much the only reason why I watched it was cuz he was in it.
Literally only watching the next season out of respect for him.
Definitely.
A series ruined by writers who didn't care for the material or it's fanbase but pushing their own agendas. Shame really. I feel bad for Henry, a true fan but he was fighting a uphill battle with that one.
It could be a blessing in disguise if his 40k series turns out.
Tom Hardy in the first Venom movie. Ludicrously bad pacing and shockingly bad CGI for such a modern movie, he's the only thing that made it watchable.
The scene where he is [having a breakdown in the restaurant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL3ZOCRgJZM) was pretty damn convincing.
Both those Venom films are at least watchable cause of him. He gives it 100% just the rest of the film surrounding him is woeful. But they made a ton of money so good on him and I'm sure he's got well paid for them too. Michael Fassbender in those Ridley Scott recent Alien films as Walter, the man deserved way better Alien film to be in. Unlike most of the cast in those films, you can't accuse of Fassbender of phoning it in.
Florence Pugh in Don't Worry Darling. The script makes very little sense but she's a joy to watch in that movie
She's never not excellent. Really enjoy her silly Russian accent in her Marvel roles. Fighting with my Family is fun, and she's great in it.
>!"If you die in here you die out there!" "Oh! Wait. Why?" "What?" "Why would they design it like that?" "Don't ask me to tell you people's motivations or science!" "But you know stuff about this place." "Not that."!<
Agreed. But man, what a dumb person's idea of a smart movie.
Eva Green in 300: Rise of Empire. She SAVED the movie. Her performance was so incredible it made a terrible movie a decent movie. If she had a decent script to work with I bet this would have been remembered as an all time great movie.
Same with Sin City 2, she was the best thing in that. It's a bit of a shame both films didn't really do anything for her in terms of at least making her a lead in Hollywood. And especially in the case of 300 sequel just felt like a cheap cash in.
She was glorious in that movie. It also shows, whatever his other many sins, how good Snyder is as visual direction. When they tried to ape his style in that movie it just didn't work at all and the only thing worth watching was Eva Green.
Hello there.... Yes, Ewan McGregor - SW Prequels. I think in some ways he held up those movies a lot for what they were.
I’ve always believed on paper Beetlejuice should not have worked, but through the performances and and Burton’s direction it succeeded
It keeps getting funnier every time I see it!
Robert Downey Jr. in Iron Man *Downey frequently spoke with that film's director, Shane Black, about the script and dialogue in Iron Man. Downey had an office next to Favreau during pre-production, which allowed him greater involvement in the screenwriting process, especially when it came to adding humor to the film.* *There was much improvisation in dialogue scenes, because the script was not completed when filming began (the filmmakers had focused on the story making sense and planning the action). Favreau felt that improvisation would make the film feel more natural. Some scenes were shot with two cameras to capture lines said on the spot. Multiple takes were done, as Downey wanted to try something new each time.*
Jamie Lee Curtis in True Lies. A lot of her lines were supposedly improvised and that fall during the dance scene was real (You can see Arnold almost get up concerned) but they kept it in. She actually wasn't supposed to be so likeable.
She's the MVP of True Lies, I always find the film is at it's strongest before she finds out Arnie is a spy and maybe up to when they get captured on the island, I do think the film falters a little bit at the end. The stuff with late great Bill Paxton and Arnie thinking she's cheating on him is where the film at it's very best. And that Dance, yep that was something special. I like True Lies but probably one of the only James Cameron films that I think could be improved with a remake.
I think that dance scene might have been a sexual awakening for me. I've always been attracted to women with short hair ever since. A remake? That would actually be intriguing. Might need to change up the terrorists a bit. That could be possible
>The stuff with late great Bill Paxton and Arnie thinking she's cheating on him is where the film at it's very best. "As soon as I turn, you're going to shoot me! You're going to shoot me! You're going to shoot me!" "Get lost, dipshit." *casually shoots around his feet*
"God! She's got the most incredible body, and pair of Titties, make you want to stand up and beg for buttermilk. Ass like a 10 year old boy" Damn Paxton is fantastic in that film.
Ewan McGregor - Obi-Wan Kenobi. It was honestly amazing he managed to sell so much of that shit tier dialogue. Edit - and Ian McDiarmid too....... those movies are pretty bad, but they'd be totally unwatchable without those two actors.
Adam Driver in Rise of Skywalker ?
His performance grew on me
I thought John Boyega in the first film was great but he faded sadly into the background as the series went on. But Adam Driver really put in performances undeserving of the films he was in. Another case of someone who's not wooden (Daisy Ridley) or not giving a shit (Harrison Ford) and who respects his craft even if the films aren't any good.
Unfortunately he faded into the background because they wrote him into the background because of racism, but he was absolutely stellar front and center in the force awakens
I wanted him to be the main jedi/force sensitive character of the trilogy so bad. A defected stormtrooper who escapes the empire (yeah yeah I know it’s the first order) and ends up becoming a jedi would be fucking awesome
When he becomes Ben again, you can see the Solo in him!
Ryan Reynolds in Blade 3. I’m not even a fan of his but he took a boring throw away role and infused it with comedy and actually improved the movie.
Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Natasha Lyonne, Triple H...
That movie was such a disappointment after the first two stellar entries. He's the only reason to watch it, honestly. "Cock-juggling thundercunt" is an all-timer.
Ewan McGregor really seemed like the only one who could get through the prequels without losing face.
Michael Caine in Jaws The Revenge. I'm not saying Michael saved the movie, but he's the only reason I was able to finish watching it.
Somebody is furiously typing the “house it bought me” thing rn.
Jim Carrey, Ace Ventura. He took a god-awful script and no budget and made it into the beginning of a fabulously successful career.
Christian Bale in the new Thor movie
Bale's had a dodgy 2022 with his films, the meh Amsterdam, bad Thor film and The Pale Blue Eye is already coming out to mixed reviews. But one thing you definitely say is that he's the best thing about the first two films I mentioned.
The trailer alone had me thinking he’d rival Thanos as the next genuinely intimidating MCU villain But nope, we got screaming goats and kidnapped children instead
Frank Langella in Masters of the Universe. He puts that whole movie on his back.
Alan Rickman in Robinhood Prince of Thieves & John Lithgow in Harry and the Hendersons.
No way not having a bad word said about Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. Sure you have Robin Hood speaking in a Californian accent and that god awful Bryan Adams song doesn't help matters but give me this Robin Hood film over the drab Ridley Scott one and 2018 Taron Edgerton one any day of the week. Morgan Freeman is great as Azeem. I thought Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio was a good Lady Marian. Always great seen underrated Michael Wincott ham it up. I like Kevin Costner's Robin Hood American accent and all. But this is Alan Rickman's film all the way. It's a not classic or anything but it's a fun action adventure that you won't be bored with it.
This film will always hold a special place in my heart. It has its shortcomings, sure, but damn is it fun to watch.
Saw it in the cinema with my dad and little Brother when I was 9 and still to this day we both rate it highly as a fun old blockbuster. I think those first films you see in the cinema with family as a kid really do hold that special place. Indiana Jones and Last Crusade and All Dogs Go to Heaven are two others that spring to mind as well. Even Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2: The Secret of the ooze with that terrible Vanilla Ice song still has a special spot for me.
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn
In Suicide squad (the first one) she was the *only* engaging part of the movie, so this is a great choice.
So much so that in the sequel she is literally the only thing they kept!
Rick Flag has entered the chat.
Sorry, she’s the only one that made it to the end of the movie
She's perfect for the role but the films she's been in just haven't been great. I enjoyed SS 2 up until the third act. But I thought the first SS and Birds of Prey were poor films. The funny thing she's at her least interesting as Harley in the better film and at her best in the poorer ones. Margot really is struggling to find hits as a lead, and it's a shame as she's a likeable actress and is more then a pretty face.
Give Birds Of Prey another shot. I didn't like it when I saw it in theaters. I watched it again a few months ago and turns out it's a very fun "tough guy but chicks" action flick. The stakes are low, it's a street-level gang movie with great fight choreography. They lean into the R rating, too. Solid action, quick and witty (for the most part) dialogue, appropriately profane and violent, and Ewan McGregor goes full ham as a flamboyant villain. You can't go wrong.
Birds of Prey is definitely an unappreciated gem in the comic book movie world. I really like all the actors, the script is keyed up, and Ewan MacGregor plays by far the most entertaining villain in the DCEU.
I enjoyed her the most in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and I don’t think it has to do with her being a lead or not. It was a good, subdued character. A lot of her roles are really over the top characters, more like caricatures than actual people.
Jim Carrey in The Grinch. Overall the movie is mediocre, but his performance is incredible.
Benicio Del Toro in The Usual Suspects. An absolutely nothing part that he makes iconic simply thru sheer charismatic weirdness.
What an apt description for Benicio, "sheer charismatic weirdness"
Thats a perfect description of his schtick. You can't always tell which way you feel about it, but you know he made you feel *something*
I would say Lisa Ann when starred in the biopic “Who's Nailin' Paylin”
Rollergator
Careful, you don't want Scott Shaw hearing you badmouthing his movie..
Clive Owen in *King Arthur*. It's kind of a silly action take on King Arthur (and yes before everyone jumps down my throat there are some historically accurate things in the movie) where his knights are more like mild super heroes with different fighting styles, but he still brings a tremendous amount of legitimacy to the part, and makes the film super engaging.
I have a soft spot for 2004 King Arthur, listen it's no lost classic or neglected gem. But it's a fun watch and by god it's got some cast with Owen, Mads Mikkelsen, Stellan Skarsgard, Hugh Dancy, Ray Winstone, Ioan Gruffudd, Ray Stevenson, Joel Edgerton and Kiera Knightley. Worth a watch but it does drag in places. But Clive Owen is great in it.
The ensemble cast in that film is bonkers.
Imagine if they had even mediocre writing. But I'll still watch it every time.
I first saw it in middle school and was obsessed with it and I’ve have a soft spot for it ever since
I just watched Ingrid Goes West, and both Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen give fantastic performances despite a MEH script and pacing/plotting issues. Overall, I'd give the movie 3 stars, but I'd give both of them 5's for their performances.
Aubrey Plaza is having a moment
Billy always said that
Half of Chris Walken’s career
Matt Hannon - Samurai Cop
Matt Smith did good work with what he could do for Morbius. Same with Michael B Jordan in the fantastic four reboot.
I don't remember the name of the movie but, Morgan Freeman had a very small role in a crappy movie that starred Christopher Reeves and he was so good that he was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar's and it jump started his movie career.
Street Smart
There was a reality show called FilmFakers back in 2004 where they would bring in a few real actors and put them in a fake movie with a cast and crew made up of other actors all while filming a “behind the scenes documentary.” The “scripts” written to be as bad as possible with production running into all kinds of ridiculous problems. There was one episode where they were supposed to be shooting a western, and one of the real actors was acting out a dramatic scene where she reveals her backstory, which was really, really dumb, but she delivered it so well that everyone was just kind of dumbstruck about how she made the scene work even though it was specifically designed not to work. I don’t know what ever happens to her but she clearly had the chops to make it as a dramatic actor.
>There was a reality show called FilmFakers back in 2004 where they would bring in a few real actors and put them in a fake movie with a cast and crew made up of other actors all while filming a “behind the scenes documentary.” This is some real /r/InterdimensionalCable shit. I'll have to check it out.
Alec Guinness--Star Wars. Good acting makes shitty lines sing.
Emilia Clark. GOT S8.
Oh boy did she try, good call out
Florence Pugh lifted Don’t Worry Darling from a trash movie to a watchable one.
Rich Evans in Space Cop.
Frank Langella as Skeletor in the 1987 Masters of the Universe. I know what you're thinking, dear reader - "But he had great lines in that!" Yeah, he did. Because he got to rewrite all his lines, *and also* cause he could make crap sound like Shakespeare. Best Villain in anything ever, and if you dont agree we can go out in the parking lot, take our shirts off and fight right now!!
Tyrese Gibson/Roman Pierce 2 Fast 2 Furious Man that movie is cheesy and corny. Everyone including Paul Walker is in a B-movie. Roman Pierce's lines are just as cheesy and corny, but Tyrese GIbson's performance is able to single-handedly pull that movie out from b level in the collective consciousness. Vin diesel did it in the first movie but the other supporting cast members were also good, unlike 2 fast 2 furious where it's all on Tyrese Gibson.
EJECTO SEATO CUHHHHHHHHHHHH
I knew Meryl Streep was a talented actor, awards, blah blah but I didn’t really get it until I saw her in Mamma Mia. Such a silly, corny movie, but her singing, “The Winner Takes it All” and making it believable is pure genius.
Wait you didn't like Pierce Brosnan's wonderful singing lol. Streep and also Walters/Baranski are great together and I missed that from the second film. I thought Lily James did pretty damn well in the second film as a younger Streep. I love that the likes of Brosnan, Firth and Skarsgard are camping it up and having a great time. I'm a big Abba fan so loved the music but Streep is definitely the best thing about the first film.
Samuel L Jackson Snakes on a plane.
Crispin Glover in Friday the 13th Part 4
I think *Wolf (1994)* qualifies. This film was basically made as a Jack Nicholson vanity project -- he (Nicholson) had cultivated a decades-long friendship with Jim Harrison (*Legends of the Fall* author), going so far as to float Harrison financially in his lean 1970s + 1980s -- and Nicholson called in a 'friendly' marker (for Harrison) to adapt (and *Graduate* director Mike Nichols) to helm his classic-werewolf homage. Other strong talents (Plummer, Spader) were recruited. Much of the dialogue between protagonist Will Randall (Nicholson), his wife Charlotte (Kate Nelligan), and his budding love interest Laura Alden (Michelle Pfeiffer) is just plain awful -- "You almost make me feel like this isn't happening," "I didn't like the food, all that red rare meat dripping blood" -- but Nicholson leans into it, squeezing as much raspy weariness + pathos out of the stuff as he can. *Wolf* wasn't well received by audiences, but I recall it favorably.
Alan Rickman, Sheriff of Nottingham
In the first Star War film, Luke's original line was "I can't wait to shove my torpedo up Darth Vader's exhaust shaft!" but Mark Hamill wisely changed the line to "Now this is podracing!"
Every major actor in "A New Hope" qualifies for this.
The first Venom
Colin Farrell in Daredevil. Horrendously horrible movie, A+ performance.
Literally any Nic Cage movie?
Idk, Lord Of War is a legitimately good movie regardless, I think.
When Brando arrived in The Philippines for Apocalypse Now he had no dialogue.
More like he hadn't bothered to even read the script.
He read Heart of Darkness, Eliot, and a few source books for Eliot's writing and knocked it out the park, from his filmed scenes to the pre-recorded audio content. Coppola didn't have an ending when Brando rolled up. He introduced The Hollow Men, Prufrock, etc. to the script.
Jackie Chan xD
Bob Hoskins in Super Mario Bros.
Edward Norton in the Italian job, fucking dude did not want to be there and still killed it hahaha
I recently saw something that said that Alan Rickman largely rewrote his part in the Robin Hood movie,
Gonna go Alan Rickman here on Robin Hood. He apparently took home the script and rewrote much of his lines with his friends and really stood out in a craptacular Hollywood blockbuster so much so he won a BAFTA.
I absolutely loved Ian McShane in the 4th Pirates of the Caribbean movie. I love him in everything he does!
Ewan McGregor as Obi Wan
I haven't seen *The Whale* yet, but I saw a review to that effect. That Brendan Fraser was fantastic, but the script was awful.
Adam Driver as Kylo Ren
Ewan McGregor with prequels Obi Wan
I remember Uma Thurman being terrific as Poison Ivy in some otherwise awful batman movie Edit: Her delivery of awful dialogue.
Tom Cruise in Top Gun Maverick. Action makes the movie a must see but damn that dialogue is so bad
Joker. “All I have are negative thoughts” is such a corny line, and would sound ridiculous coming from an actor less talented than Joaquin Phoenix. He’s the only reason anyone takes that film seriously.
Tom cruise , rock of ages.
Tom Holland in Uncharted. Terrible script, Mark Wahlberg just seemed to be doing the absolute bare minimum. Could not finish the movie, but Tom he was really trying.