Why in the world did they cast this actor in the movie...

Well Bale is only too old because Lucas made the stupid decision to use a young child to play the Anakin that flies a fighter and blows up a droid ship in the 1st movie. He totally screwed up the timeline he created in the original three by doing that.

At the end of the original Return of the Jedi Anakin's spirit is a man who is significantly older than he could have been using the timeline that Lucas created by making Anakin an infant in Episode 1. Such a stupid man. Ruined his franchise with those three. I pretend those three never existed and that all that has ever been done is the original 3 movies and the books.

 

Thought the same thing when I first heard of the casting but I thought he did a great job in Casino Royale. From what I've read, Craig's Bond is closer to Ian Flemming's character then the abominations that were Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan (minus Goldeneye).

A buddy told me that Seth Rogan is going to be the Green Hornet, preemptive WTF.

 

Jake Lloyd is one of the worst actors I have ever witnessed. His performance in Jingle All the Way should have cost him any future role. But the sad thing is, he was the best choice from the other candidates that were screened. That whole role was poorly written though...they should have made Annakin roughly the same age as Padme.

I used to love Phantom Menace, but as I've re-watched it, it has become clear that it is an incredibly weak movie. The story really doesn't do much to push the Prequel trilogy forward...the Trade Federation? They don't have much of a role in the Star Wars universe. Qui Gon? Outside of the first movie he has a token mention in ROTS and that's it. The Pod Race scene is awesome, but a tangent to the main story. Darth Maul is a bad ass that should have been in the entire trilogy. There was no need to essentially replace him with Christopher Lee. The Gungans are horribly incompetent characters. And while I don't hate Jar Jar, he is a childish character in a movie with plenty of childish humor.

And it's funny that you say Ep I is light on CGI...the entire last act is almost all CGI.

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Marlon Wayans in GI Joe..but that's only 1 of 100 mistakes made with that movie. First time I saw the trailer with him in it I thought, WHY?!

 

Yes, yes and more yes.

But to be fair, Phoenix was mangled by Ratner and Co., not by Singer. Cyclops, damn, he was never given a fair shot. Once Jackman's Woverine garnered so much popularity, none of the other characters stood a chance.

 

Seriously, Cyclops is a fantastic character in the comics and is one of the most popular and powerful X-Men ever. They turned him into an afterthought.

 

i agree. his joker was a far fall from his role in 10 Things I Hate About You.

 

Agreed.

and same goes for Russel Crowe on all his movies.

 

"ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED!?"

 

Colin Farrel in Alexander was pretty bad. Angelina Jolie as his mother as well.

 

I wasn't either at first, but after watching his 2 movies I was. I love his Bond character.

 

good call. I watch some of this movie the other day on TV. It was pathetic. I didnt even bother watching the second half.

 

Surprised I haven't seen this one used yet... but what about Demi Moore as Lt. Galloway in "A Few Good Men?" I definitely don't think she's a horrible actress, but she isn't a great actress either. Going toe to toe with Cruise, Nicholson, Bacon, Sutherland, the immortal J.T. Walsh, even Kevin *bleeping* Pollack, I thought she was wildly out of her league... and frankly she's just a little too pretty for that role.

My personal choice, Rebecca Pidgeon, would've been much better... in my opinion of course.

Come to think of it, to all you Maggie G. haters... if she was old enough at the time (she wasn't), I think she would've crushed that role.

 

Anyone else think Maggie G looks like a sad turtle?

 

LOL Now i do.

 

You lost me at 'Sutherland'. He's pretty awful. And she is supposed to be pretty.

 

Wait....do you mean her??.....everyone looks like sad turtles now!!

 

Does it get any worse then Michael Douglas as Gorden Gekko?

 

I agree that he's no Donald Sutherland, but she just doesn't work for me in that movie.

 

My friend and I were watching the end of 24 yesterday and reminiscing about the show. He said something to the effect of, "Remember Dennis Hopper as Victor Drayzen? Worst. Accent. Ever." I was like, "Yeah...oh wait, no, nothing will ever top Keanu in Dracula" and then I knew immediately what the answer to this thread was. When a performance in a movie is so bad that an entire circle of friends can casually bring it up as a standard-bearer for all other poor acting jobs to fall short of, then you know it's the king.

Some points to reinforce my argument for Keanu Reeves in Dracula as the worst casting job out of all the ones that have already been mentioned:

1. If you're gonna answer this question properly you need to not pick a completely godawful movie (like the Star Wars prequels). It needs to be a movie that was on the fence, a movie that had a real shot at being decent and legitimate before the casting director fell on his face and picked one person for one role to bring the house of cards tumbling down. Star Wars Phantom Menace or Batman Forever would not have been decent with a single re-cast.

2. It also helps to be able to envision what misguided thinking was going on in said casting director's mind. We all know that Maggie Gyllenhaal in Batman or Don Cheadle in Ironman were cast because the actors playing their roles previously were kicked off (plus Maggie Gyllenhaal is perfect if you need someone to DIE, that was my happiest moment in the movie seeing her blow up and then I knew why she got cast), and we know that Kirsten Dunst likely gave head to anyone who had a say in picking her for Mary Jane...but the casting director for Dracula was probably thinking, "oh Keanu, he's so hot right now, he's just finished great movies like Bill & Ted and Point Break, this will definitely reel in the female teenage demographic". You know, the kind of logic from a casting director that, if you were a movie producer, you could forgive, but would never, ever ever, allow to exist in any of your movies ever again, for as long as you live.

3. Your pick for a poor casting job cannot be the lead role. Oftentimes when movies are made, even before the script is made, the lead role is already tied to the movie such that it would not even exist if that actor backed out. This rules out any of the Batman's or any time you want to complain about Ben Affleck or Jake Gyllenhaal. See for me, I too get angry everytime I see Brendan Frasier or Shia LaBoeuf in a movie because I don't think they deserve to be in Hollywood with their terrible terrible acting. But that kind of piss poor CV still won't win you the award for Worst Casting Job of All Time.

Ergo, if you want the ideal pick for this, it has to be someone who plays a supporting role, but nevertheless someone so bad that it not only gives the experience of watching the movie a sour taste to what would otherwise be a satisfying experience, but it takes the movie from any semblance of respectability into the land of absolute farce and campy pandemonium. There is to be no salvation when you watch Dracula and then ten minutes in listen to Keanu's attempt at a British accent, without fail the worst attempt at that accent as has ever been performed by human tongue.

Maybe it's just because I'm a fan of Gary Oldman and that Dracula was the highest profile movie where he was the lead actor, but I was ready to give Dracula the benefit of the doubt. Coppola directed it, and I have to admit I was ready to overlook Winona's bad accent in favor of her hotness. But her accent sounds divine in comparison to Keanu's. Cary Elwes from the Princess Bride was one of the suitors, Anthony Hopkins was Dr. van Helsing, freaking Tom Waits was great as the insane asylum prisoner. Oldman himself was as intense as he's ever been. This movie had a shot people. But Keanu singlehandedly made it a laugher. With probably fifty lines or less too.

People are saying Keanu wants to helm the Cowboy Bebop movie. I hope to God he fails.

 

Casting these alien guys



Instead of robots