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Top 3, Bottom 3: Actors

oceanRain [Edit] [Delete] 65 replies 08:59, 19 May '13

1. Robert DeNiro - The guy insisted on real handcuffs in Midnight Run. May not have known it was a comedy. He's so damn good that he looks exactly like Marlon Brando in the Godfather.

2. Christopher Walken - Because it would be cosmic-fantastic to know somebody that actually broke up sentences in such bizarro cadences.

3. Michael Caine - Alfie played a cooler spy than James Bond. Thank goodness he became an actor instead of a salesman. If the guy was selling shares in the Brooklyn Bridge, I'd say, "Who do I make the check out to?"

3. (tie) Leonardo DeCaprio - Took me five or six years to get past the ridiculous name, but then he did Blood Diamond and suddenly I realized that he's pretty great, even in his shitty movies. Like Titanic. Tomorrow night I'm going to see Gatsby: I have a feeling I'm going to have to blame that fiasco on Jay-Z's soundtrack and remind you-all about his performance as Howard Hughes.

And:

1. Shia LeBouf - "Daddy-o"? Fuck you. Single-handedly killed the Indiana Jones franchise. Can't speak to Transformers because I've never made it past the three-minute mark.

2. David Caruso - Weird cadence, too, but not in a good way. More the guy-with-a-gun-gone-postal kinda way. CSI: Miami is so bad that I can't even watch an episode of NCIS without thinking this is somehow David Caruso's fault.

3. Hayden Christensen - What's worse than destroying Indiana Jones? Exactly so. I kept thinking: please god, somebody turn that fucker into Darth Vader, like, right now!

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OK then

Top 3:

Philip Baker Hall
Steve Buscemi
Philip Seymour Hoffmann

Bottom 3:

Paul Giamatti
Nicolas Cage (of course)
Sean Penn

blisters | 19 May '13, 10:33 | X
- all your bottom three are really good
  
  anal_schwarzenegger @blisters | 19 May '13, 12:53 | X
  
  politelydeclined, brainfeedr, badmanreturns, JaguarPirate, fuck_this_band, alcxxk, and moker this'd this
Nice, would probably have Caruso and Christensen in my bottomo 3 so I'll try and find 2 more.

Top 3:
Ryan Gosling
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Michelle Williams (are we including actresses?)

Honourable mention for Michael Shannon

Bottom 3:
Terrence Howard
Tilda Swinton
Jared Leto

Smyth2 | 19 May '13, 12:39 | X
- No such thing as actresses any more,
  
  Everyone is an actor
  
  PinkyBrain @Smyth2 | 19 May '13, 15:53 | X
- Leto is so awful
  
  ruined whole sections of My So Called Life, and Requiem For A Dream is barely watchable
  
  JaguarPirate @Smyth2 | 20 May '13, 01:11 | X
  - He wasn't bad at having his face smashed in, in Fight Club
    
    sean @JaguarPirate | 20 May '13, 21:43 | X
- Wasn't Tilda Swinton really good in Michael Clayton?
  
  Which reminds me: George Clooney deserves a top3 honorable mention, eh? Syriana was an amazing film.
  
  oceanRain @Smyth2 | 20 May '13, 03:20 | X
  
  badmanreturns this'd this
  - Tilda Swinton is awesome in everything
    
    She's annoying as fuck in real life but really good at acting
    
    blisters @oceanRain | 21 May '13, 01:43 | X
Top:

John Cusack
Hugh Jackman
Ian Mckellen

Bottom:
Rob Schneider
Al Pacino
Arnie

pichaelmarker | 19 May '13, 12:58 | X
- is Hugh Jackman even an actor?
  
  And Pacino?!
  
  malick @pichaelmarker | 19 May '13, 20:02 | X
  - I'd just watched Les Mis.. which probably explains the decision.
    
    Swap him out for JGL or something.
    
    pichaelmarker @malick | 20 May '13, 23:55 | X
- Arnie is the greatest actor/person of all time you ignoramous
  
  andyvine @pichaelmarker | 20 May '13, 11:59 | X
  - That took longer than I expected.
    
    pichaelmarker @andyvine | 20 May '13, 23:54 | X
- rob schneider, hell yeah
  
  inside-outside @pichaelmarker | 21 May '13, 13:33 | X
Top 3:
Kevin Spacey
Daniel Day-Lewis
Ben Kingsley

Bottom 3:
Shia LeBouf
Ewan McGregor
Adam Sandler

Sibley | 19 May '13, 13:57 | X
- adam sandler is a good shout
  
  japes @Sibley | 19 May '13, 14:05 | X
Bottom:

3. denzel washington - like watching a tree
2. russel crowe - good in gladiator, unbelievably shit in everything else
1. shat leboof - already been said, but it's difficult to hate anyone else as much

Top:

3. fassbender - is quite good
2. steve mcqueen - cool as fuck
1. john cusack - don't understand why I like him so much but I do

japes | 19 May '13, 14:03 | X
- literally everyone loves John Cusack
  
  it's impossible not to
  
  anal_schwarzenegger @japes | 19 May '13, 15:53 | X
  
  japes, brainfeedr, badmanreturns, and JaguarPirate this'd this
  - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j379JbL-xM&sns=em
    
    lemonbrickcombo @anal_schwarzenegger | 20 May '13, 11:49 | X
    
    japes this'd this
Good thread

Top:
1. Michael Shannon - ace in everything I've seen him in, especially My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done. Fantastically creepy face.

2. Daniel Day-Lewis - for obvious reasons (esp. 'I drink your milkshake'!)

3. Danny DeVito - It's Always Sunny cemented him as the funniest man alive in my eyes.

honourable mention for Gosling for being really handsome and being great in Lars and the Real Girl, but he's a bit shit in quite a lot of stuff too (Gangster Squad for example).

Bottom:
1. Gerard Butler - just what the fuck is with him? Does he read the scripts he's sent?

2. Shia LeBouf - just a gigantic floppy cock of a man. To fall from the heights of Even Stevens to whatever the fuck he's in now makes it even worse.

3. Sylvester Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Van Damme/etc. - being muscly is NOT ENOUGH. Action movies can't just consist of muscly people shooting at stuff. (Notable exceptions include Bruce Willis (great) & Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock (super nice and surprisingly funny)).

brainfeedr | 19 May '13, 15:34 | X
- I thought about Shannon
  
  he's been amazing in everything I've seen, just not seen that many of his films
  
  japes @brainfeedr | 19 May '13, 15:39 | X
  - Have you watched his work with Jeff Nichols?
    
    Shotgun Diaries is excellent.
    
    Stu_ @japes | 20 May '13, 22:31 | X
    - no
      
      will have to check it out
      
      japes @Stu_ | 21 May '13, 12:14 | X
cant think of the rest but the very worst is the guy from smallville

ThingsThatFly | 19 May '13, 17:36 | X
no mention for seagal in any bottom 3?!

TheKennedyCurse | 19 May '13, 21:13 | X
- He's definitely included in Stallone/Schwarzenegger/Van Damme
  
  and is in my bottom three.
  
  brainfeedr @TheKennedyCurse | 20 May '13, 10:02 | X
As follows

Top:

1) Daniel Day-Lewis
2) James Stewart
3) Paul Newman

Worst:

1) Shia LeBouf
2) Gerard Butler
3) Kristen Stewart

Honorable mentions for best:

Robert Redford, Tommy Lee Jones, Clint Eastwood, John Wayne, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Henry Fonda, Matt Damon, Ralph Fiennes, James Dean, Bill Murray.

didyousayhand | 19 May '13, 21:39 | X
- I swear I am the only person here who actually likes Kristen Stewart
  
  When she's cast correctly she's brilliant. And ignore twilight.
  
  lemonbrickcombo @didyousayhand | 20 May '13, 11:53 | X
  
  japes and dorftrottel this'd this
  - She was absolutely fucking perfect in On The Road
    
    If you want an example
    
    lemonbrickcombo @lemonbrickcombo | 20 May '13, 12:22 | X
  - She's decent in Adventureland.
    
    shucks @lemonbrickcombo | 20 May '13, 23:31 | X
    
    pichaelmarker this'd this
    - Only until you notice the whole lip-lick-then-bite thing.
      
      marckee @shucks | 20 May '13, 23:46 | X
Actually, I was going to do an identical thread for actresses

But as this one's all-inclusive, I guess I'd have to swap in Meryl Streep somewhere. I mean, she really is all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips good.

Didn't think of Daniel Day-Lewis...or Paul Newman and Steve McQueen, for that matter.

I'm tempted to add Megan Fox to my bottom list, but if you think about it, she's really pretty good. Director: "Stand here and look hot." Nailed it!

Kristen Stewart is a good shout. Director: "You've just won the lottery and you're ecstatic." KS: "Wouldn't I be sulking in the corner looking bored?"

oceanRain | 20 May '13, 02:33 | X
best

#1 Johnny Depp
#2 Lon Chaney
#3 Marlon Brando

there's so many bad ones i wouldn't know where to start.

sunstroke_house | 20 May '13, 03:43 | X
Best

John Barnes
Eric Cantona
Usain Bolt

Worst
Rory McIlroy
Jensen Button
Gary Lineker

licky_kicky | 20 May '13, 11:13 | X
Ctrl F

"Hurley"

WTF?!

ehwhat | 20 May '13, 11:18 | X
Ctrl F

"Aiden Gillen"

WTF?!

sadpunk | 20 May '13, 11:38 | X

lemonbrickcombo this'd this
- shit, I knew there was someone I was forgetting
  
  stick him in my bottom 3, phenomenally shit actor
  
  Smyth2 @sadpunk | 20 May '13, 11:43 | X
- liked him as carcetti
  
  japes @sadpunk | 20 May '13, 11:48 | X
  
  GrandMoffTarkin this'd this
- Oh jesus, this is a great shout.
  
  In the fucking smorgasbord of terrible/just plain weird accents that is Game of Thrones, his is the least tolerable.
  
  brainfeedr @sadpunk | 20 May '13, 21:54 | X
Top

1. Daniel Day Lewis - "I'VE ABANDONED MY CHILD!!!"
2. Larry David - my hero
3. Harrison Ford - has made some guff but you can't argue against Han Solo, Indiana Jones and Rick Deckard

Bottom

1. Toby McGuire - Saw Gatsby on Friday. Fucking Hell.
2. Jake Lloyd - everyone blames Christensen for ruining Star Wars
3. Ewan McGregor - it's worse up here, everyone loves him because he's Scottish. With the exception of Trainspotting I haven't liked him in anything. Scotland's Shame.

hanshotfirst | 20 May '13, 12:21 | X
- Ewan McGregor is indeed absolutely shite
  
  blisters @hanshotfirst | 21 May '13, 01:45 | X
- He's pretty good in Shallow Grave too.
  
  brainfeedr @hanshotfirst | 21 May '13, 01:59 | X
bottom 10 (in no particular order)

tobey maguire
mark hamill
matthew broderick
ryan gosling
keira knightly
orlando bloom
any actor who can't do a decent accent
that scottish guy in sliding doors and the mummy
orlando bloom
orlando bloom

meths | 20 May '13, 12:40 | X

Royter-Hatfood this'd this
- I hate mathew broderick with a passion
  
  japes @meths | 20 May '13, 12:43 | X
- John fucking Hannah
  
  Great shout
  
  AcceptanceIII @meths | 20 May '13, 23:45 | X
- you left out orlando bloom
  
  orlando bloom
  
  funkycow @meths | 21 May '13, 13:03 | X
Top 3 well good

1. The fat guy who says "HEY ABBOT!" in Robin Hood: Men in Tights
2. Jake the cat from The Cat From Outer Space
3. Radar from M*A*S*H

Top 3 well shit
1. The one with that face who just stares and you think oh the dvd is broke, oh wait he moved it's all ok again
2. Scenery chewing tosspiece
3. Tits McGee

shucks | 20 May '13, 14:42 | X
- HEY ABBOT
  
  ha ha ha, he was great
  
  andyvine @shucks | 20 May '13, 16:30 | X
Hahaha! So many funny answers on this thread.

MadameChaos | 20 May '13, 15:02 | X

fluffybum this'd this
oh is this the monthly lets argue about how atrocious/incredible Nicholas Cage is?

He's atrocious by the way

Smee | 20 May '13, 16:35 | X

labmonkeya529 and twentynine this'd this
- Nah he's amazing
  
  moker @Smee | 20 May '13, 16:45 | X
  
  shucks and funkycow this'd this
- Con Air.
  
  Great Nick Cage.
  
  He is in some shit films though.
  
  Wooly31 @Smee | 20 May '13, 21:52 | X
- Raising Arizona
  
  Con Air
  Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
  Adaptation
  Kick-Ass
  
  He can be really good when he wants to/the film deserves it, he just telephones performances in the majority of the time, presumably to earn filthy lucre.
  
  brainfeedr @Smee | 20 May '13, 21:57 | X
- I really must finish my spreadsheet correlating
  
  His wig/hair length and the rotten tomatoes rating of each of his films
  
  twentynine @Smee | 21 May '13, 00:26 | X
i hate gerard butler

shrewbie | 20 May '13, 21:53 | X

brainfeedr and 84joe this'd this
Top 3 Bottom actors:

1. Ade Edmondson
2. Rik Mayall
3. Steven O'Donnell

marckee | 20 May '13, 23:25 | X

shucks, Smee, and about_today this'd this
- came here to post this
  
  about_today @marckee | 20 May '13, 23:53 | X
  - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=bottom+actors
    
    about_today @about_today | 20 May '13, 23:54 | X
Top Three:

Heath Ledger
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Aaron Johnson

And I'd bottom for:

Logan Lerman
Hayden Christensen
Michael Fassbender

twentynine | 21 May '13, 00:01 | X
- You really like Batman, eh?
  
  brainfeedr @twentynine | 21 May '13, 02:00 | X
Jonathan Rhys-Meyers

Can occupy all three of my bottom three actors. And to think he's been linked with the new star wars. Shite.

funkycow | 21 May '13, 00:21 | X
Old skool Hollywood

Top 3:
Bette Davis
Edward G Robinson
Jimmy Cagney

Bottom 3:
Mickey Rooney
Audrey Hepburn
Jimmy Stewart

blisters | 21 May '13, 01:50 | X
Surprised no mentions for

Paddy Considine and Peter Mullan.

NoahVale | 21 May '13, 12:11 | X
top three: 3 men

bottom three: 2 men, 1 woman

DarwinDude | 21 May '13, 13:09 | X
- That's quite a sandwich you got there.
  
  marckee @DarwinDude | 21 May '13, 13:29 | X

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