What Actors do You Find to Be Warning Flags

[Enchantress]

I would recomend Mystery Men, Zoolander. Both of those are terrifically funny films, though I'd have to admit he is in a lot of cringe inducing films ("Meet the Parents").

Bleh! I hated Zoolander. I've never seen Mystery Men, but I'd much rather watch Meet the Parents, or There's Something About Mary, then Zoolander. :\

 

[Hypersmurf]

The Baldwin Family - (Possibly excepting Alex : He's been in enough good films that his prescence doesn't necessarily indicate a turkey). There are so many Baldwin brothers and they've been in so many bad films, does more need to be said?

Usual Suspects?

Just what exactly is Christopher Lambert's accent anyway?

"Lots of different places."

-Hyp.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

David Carradine. If he's in the movie, the movie probably sucks. Kill Bill has been an atypical experience.

That's because he really wasn't in it. Don't know abt Vol. 2 but he wasn't in the first one to amount to more than a cameo.

 

[Darth K'Trava]

Bleh! I hated Zoolander. I've never seen Mystery Men, but I'd much rather watch Meet the Parents, or There's Something About Mary, then Zoolander. :\

Mystery Men rocked! That was a funny, great movie, IMO.



Never saw Zoolander but had at one time a crapload of so-called "sunscreen" packets from that movie.

 

[Enchantress]

Never saw Zoolander but had at one time a crapload of so-called "sunscreen" packets from that movie.

I really hated it. I thought for sure it was going to be a laugh my ass off kind of movie, but it was just stupid, pure and simple.

 

[Villano]

Just what exactly is Christopher Lambert's accent anyway? It doesn't sound quite french or german...a friend mine best summed it up when she said..."he sounds European"...I followed up with the question... "from where"...the answer... "like I said, from Europe".

I can't understand why people have a problem with Lambert's accent. I mean, the man was born in Long Island.

No, seriously, he was. He moved to Switzerland when he was two. I'm not sure what language they speak there. I did a quick search and the closest I got was that schools there teach "the official language of Switzerland". Is it just Swiss? It's hard to tell with languages. After all, Americans speak English, Mexicans speak Spanish, etc., etc..

And, personally, I like Lambert. The first Highlander and Mortal Kombat are personal favorites. Strangely, I also liked Beowulf and parts of, gasp, Mean Guns. I'd have loved Beowulf if they didn't go with that awful Mortal Kombat inspired music. It worked in MK, but not here.

Bleh! I hated Zoolander. I've never seen Mystery Men, but I'd much rather watch Meet the Parents, or There's Something About Mary, then Zoolander. :\

I agree with you about Zoolander. I've heard people rave about it, but I was unimpressed. The direction, by Stiller, was especially bad, looking like an episode of a sitcom.

Mystery Men is great, though. Meet The Parents and Something About Mary, however, I have no interest in seeing. I'n not a big fan of that kind of comedy.

Back to the topic, I'm with the Anti-SNL crowd. Meyers has had a few good films, and I kind of like Will Farrell. You can keep Sandler, Farley, Dana Carvey, and the rest, especially Cheri Oteri and Chris Kattan (whose idea of comedy seems to be that if you scream something over and over, it's funny).

Jim Carrey (aside from The Mask), Steven Seagal, the Wayans Bros., and Stallone are all pretty good warning signs for me. Also, any drama starring Johnny Depp. I like him in comedies (Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow), but his dramatic performances all look alike to me.

Of course, my list of hated actors is transplanted here since I doubt I'll enjoy watching a film with someone I can't stand, like Tom Greene, Bruce Paine, etc..

To give another example : Roger Corman - His good films are about as common as Ed Woods. If he's directed a film then you know it's got to be crap.

I have to disagree with you on this. Corman directed some pretty good films, especially his Poe films of the '60s. If you were referring to the films he produced, well, those are a mixed bag. He started the careers of guys like Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, Peter Bogdanovich, Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and Joe Dante and produced some good cult films like Death Race 2000, Humanoids From The Deep, and Big Bad MaMa. OTOH, he was responsible for stuff like DinoCroc and Vampirella.

 

[Enchantress]

Also, any drama starring Johnny Depp. I like him in comedies (Ed Wood and Sleepy Hollow), but his dramatic performances all look alike to me.

See, I'm the exact opposite. For me, any movie with Depp in it is an automatic must see. Not just because I want him, but because he always chooses different, out-of-the-ordinary roles.

How did you see Sleepy Hollow as a comedy? Edward Scissorhands is considered a comedy as well, but while their were funny parts, I still consider it to be a tradgedy/drama.

 

[D+1]

I'm really surprised at how many people dislike Jim Carrey. He's actually one of my favorite actors. True, I'm not an Ace Ventura fan, but I think he's an awesome actor personally. Some of my favorite movies have him as the lead.

Little tidbit I heard/read several years ago, but don't take it as gospel. Steven Spielberg apparantly said of Carrey that if a good director could tame his off-the-wall kind of energy and antics that he could be one of the greatest actors of his generation. I have ever since really seen that to be true - but it hasn't yet happened. Got close in a few movies but just one silly face seems to blow it. If he could BE serious through an entire movie he could be REALLY good.

 

[D+1]

The Rock?

Do not mistake ACTORS for MOVIE STARS. The lines between the two blur, and even merge, but often you can solidly plop people into one of the two categories where they will remain forever.

 

[Enchantress]

Little tidbit I heard/read several years ago, but don't take it as gospel. Steven Spielberg apparantly said of Carrey that if a good director could tame his off-the-wall kind of energy and antics that he could be one of the greatest actors of his generation. I have ever since really seen that to be true - but it hasn't yet happened. Got close in a few movies but just one silly face seems to blow it. If he could BE serious through an entire movie he could be REALLY good.

He stayed serious through nearly all of The Majestic, if my memory serves. Personally, I love him just as much in his corny roles. I can't count how much I laughed when I saw the Grinch. I own it and watch it often and I still think it's hilarious.