Great Movies Almost Ruined By A Singular Bad Performance

[@Looper]

What other bad performances should've made this list?

[@medokn99]

Ralph Ineson in The Hurricane Heist

[@MrWizeazz]

Keanu Reeves in Dracula

[@oldenweery7510]

Kevin Costner in "Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves"---although come to think of it, it's NOT a great movie (tampered too much with the Robin Hood legends)...

[@jonathanseegers1211]

Jake Gyllenhaal in Okja

[@aaronh8179]

Quentin Tarantino in Pulp Fiction and Destiny Turns on the Radio.

[@socom54321]

Literally no one was bothered by mike Myers in Inglroious Bastards....except you

[@ksaraf23]

socom54321 I didn’t even remember mike Myers was in Inglorious Bastards....until you.

[@jackcassidy9963]

I didn't even notice the first time I watched it

[@Daniel-ih6ys]

Honestly man I was actually pleasantly surprised when I saw him in the movie. They’re definitely reaching with that one.

[@craig4626]

I loved Mike Myers in Inglorious Basterds. The scene is meant to be a bit absurd and I think he lends perfectly to that.

[@kevlow9494]

Mike and Eli.

[@SpLiC3]

Sorry Looper, you are out of sync with the Mike Myers call.

[@PhoenixLyon]

I have to agree. He was playing a guy who was an actor that had been drafted into British Intelligence, if I remember right. Or he had some film affiliation. I thought it was a great performance. I love Inglorious Bastards. Pity WWII didn't end that way. Including the very end; he may have gotten a new life, but he would always be known as a Nazi. Justice, or at least Karma. ✌😸

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

I didn't get why Mike Myers was a bad casting choice. I know I am not an english speaker but I found him to be true to the tone of the movie, he plays a Tarantino's character and probably he was directed by him to act as he did, so if Myers was sounding like Austin Powers probably was intended to be so.

[@NekoHibaCosplay]

Yep, knowing that he is Canadian and his Austin Powers brit accent was overacted for the sake of the parody I still caught that was pretty flawless so I didn't understood that statement of "watered down Austin Powers"

[@sarahgray430]

He actually does a much more convincing British accent in Inglorious Basterds than he did as Austin Powers, much as his Shrek voice is a more convincing Scottish accent than the one he did as Fat Bastard.

[@MIKELIN8]

Of course he was supposed to have a hint of Austin Powers in his character. Tarantino is a huge pop-culture fan, and he probably will come out with the idea that Gen. Fenech was intended to be Austin's real father through an affair with a waitress who, then married Nigel to give her pregnancy legitimacy. lol

[@thatsthat2612]

His accent was spot on, if you wanna bad Brittish accent then that would be Dick Van Dykes cockney accent in Mary Poppins but thats not to say that i dont love Mr Van Dyke cos i do...(was gonna write i love dick but then i remembered I'm on the internet)

[@Djarra]

Myers sounds and acts a lot like the sort of character he is playing is portrayed in British war films of the 50s. Which is probably what he and Tarantino were going for, and that is what I got out it. It completely works with the context of the film.

[@FranzFerdinand76]

Mike Myers' scene in Inglorious Bastards is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. It's a tongue in cheek movie not meant to be taken as a serious drama. I see no issue with the casting, and I loved his slightly comedic performance.

[@jackcassidy9963]

It was not a tongue and cheek movie it was a drama with few comedic elements but I still didn't mind Mike Myers

[@milesdoyle7683]

@@jackcassidy9963 that's simply not true. It's a dark comedy through and through.

[@PhoenixLyon]

@@milesdoyle7683 Of course, it was. What else do you get from Quentin Tarantino? All of his movies are on the dark side. One reason I love them.✌😸

[@brianpayne4549]

That entire movie was a joke. Good, but a joke.

[@PhoenixLyon]

@@brianpayne4549 It was meant to be. I mean, we are talking Tarantino, here. Have you seen "Four Rooms"? That was my first Tarantino film, and I loved it! Talk about black humor.✌😸

[@ralphwiggins6844]

Cara Delevigne sucks in EVERY movie she's in! Arrogant mugging for the camera works for her modeling NOT for acting. "Valerian" isn't Luc Besson's best but she makes it unwatchable.

[@shinseiki2015]

Valerian is the best movie ever if you compare it to the last jedi, rather watch Care in every movie than another crap like this

[@loriwalters9158]

Suicide Squad. Still Smh

[@svhwdwnut]

Ralph Wiggins yup

[@small_joys2022]

I loved her acting in valerian. She was way better than the guy who played valerian.

[@RW77777777]

a moviegoer would have a better impression of Cara if Rihanna wasn't in the damned movie having them side by side magnified all her shortcomings

[@matthewwong9874]

Ngl the actor who played Wilson ruined castaway for me. He tried way too hard.

[@Lightraymuse]

I thought he gave a well rounded performance.

[@txboy2276]

Lightraymuse are you blind? Wilson OBVIOUSLY was trying way to hard, I even heard that he improvised most of his lines backside it was jealous

[@angelsordevils]

They should've casted Spalding.

[@nsbtacoma6650]

Matthew wong couldn’t agree more. TOTAL AIR HEAD!!!

[@andrewparnell5566]

Well, his performance wasn't entirely flat.

[@greenkorn69]

Mike Myers appearance was definitely a wtf moment, IN ALL THE RIGHT WAYS!

[@lynnevetter]

Right?! I never saw inglorious bastards (even though one of my fav German Musicians is in it), but I didn't know Myers was in this, Now I may have to check it out. lol

[@Levelermakelevel]

@@lynnevetter which musician?

[@lynnevetter]

@@Levelermakelevel Bela B from Die Ärzte. 😀❤

[@Levelermakelevel]

Lynne McGee ah right, forgot

[@Greg042869]

I think Mike Myers did a good job acting the part. Yes, it's a WTF moment, but that just reminds you that it's a movie.

[@SethCecil]

Mike Meyers was great!

[@SicMundus-XCV]

Seth Cecil I didn't even noticed it was him untill a friend told me, I think this one is a bit of a stretch and shouldn't be on this list.

[@emilymulcahy]

Ikr?

[@miguelmagana8244]

He was great in the movie. WTF!

[@maxsantibanez3797]

Yeah like wtf

[@ragamuffing]

Also he didn't almost ruined the movie, he barely shows up. Brad Pitt's acting is the weaker link in inglorious basterds imo

[@matthewmutchman9689]

I have never heard of anyone complaining about Scarlett Johansson's casting or performance in The Prestige.

[@Number-wh9vx]

Same

[@ryanlindauer7083]

You should listen more. Literally every intelligent person I've ever talked to that movie about found her laughably bad

[@matthewmutchman9689]

@@ryanlindauer7083 I would like for you to show me them because I have yet to see one person who agrees with you.

[@matthewmutchman9689]

And just because I think Johansson's performance was fine, doesn't mean I or anyone else who agree's with me are not intelligent.

[@thankyoujodi]

I'm not intelligent, but her performance was pretty bad and her accent was worse. Piper Perabo's accent was more convincing. Honestly, I'm not sure she got good until the 2010s.

[@coolstoryneedsmoredragons4336]

i think looper and watch mojo are each others' evil twin

[@kalakritistudios]

Lmao🤣

[@OZMOD3U5]

Two sides of the same coin.

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

You can see a huge trend of people trying to be British and failing

[@techsavvyhero]

Yet, most British and Australian actors can pull off an American accent smoothly. Go figure :)

[@laurencebanks576]

Make one wonder, why not have parts that require a certain accent played by someone that actually speaks / grew up with said accent?

[@supermanprime6758]

Uhm...Myers parents are from Liverpool and he does a fine accent.

[@bettywiththemachine4959]

SuperMAN Prime a fine Scouse accent?

[@ddogbud]

Tech Junkie DSD Correction, they can pull off an ambiguous American accent. Once you try to place them in a certain part of the U.S. with a more distinct accent, e.g. Boston or the South, they also crumble.

[@HunterH12]

So Myers 10 minute scene in a 2.5 hour movie almost ruined the whole thing? Give me a break.

[@AlcyonEldara]

And he is in the tone of the movie. I don't get why looper is making a case here.

[@PhoenixLyon]

Because Looper isn't seeing Tarantino's over-the-top dialogue and dark humor throughout the film. This film is classic Tarantino!✌😸

[@garcianelson123]

Myers was great! I didn't even realize it was him that how good he was.

[@guywholikesgoodmusic]

I don't think he was bad, but it definitely was a weird choice.

[@ProtonJimmy]

Yeah the bad casting in IB was Brad Pitt

[@QFGEE]

Yeah Tarantino knew exactly what he was doing there, I think it's looper that didn't get it.

[@IAteFire]

brad pitt was great too

[@meligoth]

Quite a few significant stars tend to do better when they play non starring roles. Meyers did well in Studio 54, Tom Cruise shined in Magnolia and Tropic Thunder. Even typecast legends like Alan Rickman or Tim Curry can be spotlight stealers.

[@locokj]

I think Myers was a stretch for this list. He's a minor character in one scene and does his job perfectly fine.

[@TheRockerX]

Is it weird that I preferred Katie Holmes to Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel in the Dark Knight trilogy?

[@Armand79th]

Not at all! She was so much better.

[@davidcharles7106]

Yes, now please stop watching old reruns of Dawson's Creek.

[@kevinsmarts9953]

Its often because you find one more attractive that you forgive their lack of charisma. If you manage to overlook that its fairly clear that Maggie brings far more life to the character. She does have slightly more to work with in the story but the difference is much more than that.

[@Jude74]

I did as well.

[@troubleman8430]

She was horrible

[@amko7444]

"Christopher Nolan has clearly had some trouble casting female roles" Me: Have you seen Inception? Marion Cotillard and Ellen Page nail their roles. ScarJo wasn't bad, she just couldn't stand out in an all star cast. In general, Christopher Nolan movies often have complex female characters, which is why it can be so difficult to find the perfect actress

[@fallfall2948]

Dont forget Jessica Chastain and Ann Hathaway in Interstellar. They did really good job too.

[@Luca-bv5ic]

Eh I'm gonna disagree. Love Nolan but his female characters are probably his weakest area. Compare Rachel and Anne Hathaways catwoman in the dark knight trilogy to Vicki Vale and Michelle Pfeiffer's catwoman in the Tim Burton movies says it all. And I definitely prefer the dark knight trilogy overall, by quite some margin.

[@10mingameplay84]

Well, he had cast a Male in a Female role in Inception. What a snob!

[@tedlogan521]

You guy exaggerate, Shakespeare in Love is unwatchable all the time.

[@jenniferdunn7106]

To each their own, its one of my favourite films.

[@tedlogan521]

Jennifer Dunn i was just making a joke. I don’t judge people by movies, unless it’s like Barney or some crap.

[@tipofmytongue1024]

I don't know why ya'll is acting like this! My girlfriend already saw the movie and she says they don't even stay together in the end!

[@amariahxo450]

tipofmytongue1024 😂😂

[@higeorge4060]

wait isnt shakespeare in love from scary movie or whatever when brenda was in the movie theatres?

[@iamlinda100]

I will agree that Charlie Hunnam was not the best choice to play Rayleigh in Pacific Rim, there are many other better actors who could've done a better job, but Hunnam wasn't that bad and I think he did have good chemistry with co-star Rinko Kikuchi

[@dorothysargasso5585]

I actually think that Charlie Hunnam was not great, but that might be part of what I enjoyed about Pacific Rim. It felt refreshing to have the main character portrayed as a good guy with a somewhat average personality. To me he was charismatic, capable, relateable, all the while not trying to steal the show or focus the plot around him. It let the other characters and the plot breath.

[@steprockmedia]

We can happily debate that, but I'd say he didn't ruin the movie - not by a long shot. The film would have been much better and gotten more attention with an A-list actor, for sure, but he wasn't awful. Not great, of course, but not awful at all.

[@hollywoodshopaholic]

I agree with all of these comments lol. He also clearly had good chemistry with Rinko, I bought their trust and friendship

[@HigesoriHanzo]

He’s a horrible actor. I enjoyed SOA but his acting was the worst in a show that didn’t have great acting. Plus he can’t do an American accent.

[@thedarkknight9153]

I know it’s not a great movie, but Emma Watson as Belle in Beauty and the Beast was completely the wrong choice in my opinion.

[@phoenixdavida8987]

Yeah I agree

[@hi-mq3qt]

I don’t fully agree, she looks and has the personality of the perfect Belle, I think it was more of whoever worked on the music editing fault as they just over auto tuned her

[@amypattie7004]

Her acting was fine, she doesn’t belong in musicals and should have been dubbed and had a body double...

[@svhwdwnut]

Anthony DePaola what

[@svhwdwnut]

Emmy Vera yes

[@lifeofslice9864]

Charlie hunnam was one of the best things about pacific rim.he and Rinko Kikucki had some of the best chemistry I have seen in an on screen couple in a long time.

[@conan79x]

That dude is shit ... That's why he's gone...

[@michaeljohn1462]

I didn't see anything wrong with Scarlett Johannson and Katy Holmes And yes The Priestige is Nolan's best movie. It is exceptional.

[@CraftySouthpaw]

Agreed about The Prestige - it's Nolan's masterpiece and arguably the best film of the past 2 decades.

[@michaeljohn1462]

CraftySouthpaw I 100% agree with you. It's my second favourite movie after The Godfather.

[@2004mojo]

I agree with the majority. The Prestige was really a good film that should have been talked about more.. I didn't find ScarJo's performance bad. I liked her. Tom Cruise definitely did not want Holmes in the Batman films. If Nolan didn't want her either I don't know why the producers did. What memorable role had she done then or afterwards? But I didn't love Maggie Gyllenhall as Rachel. By then she knew his secret life yet she was such a hard-ass in TDK when it came to Bruce. He's the one risking his life and she's acting like Harvey Dent is the best thing ever to happen to Gotham. I did not feel bad when Bats couldn't save her.

[@FanSeitz]

Charlie Hunnam wasn't terrible, he was just upstaged by just about everyone else.

[@Bob.martens]

I agree. He's been upstaged in everything I've seen him in...

[@jonahnelson60]

WE ARE CANCELLING... THIS LIST!

[@svenusling]

I really disagree. Everybody else played comedy he played it straight. The problem with the film is that it needed to be played straight.

[@ClareesyPeasy]

What they failed to realize was his chemistry with kinuchi was to be friendship and not a forced romance.

[@rufmono5559]

Michael Anderson so true 😂

[@Mandrake42]

I though Mike Myers was just fine in Inglorious Bastards. He played it straight enough that I didn't even realise it was him at first.

[@cnote9958]

I thought Charlie Hunnam did a decent job in Pacific Rim

[@fedfan3079]

Yes him being flat was news to me. It was a decent entertaining movie. Not great but not bad either.

[@jdice6868]

It wouldn't have been a great movie no matter who you put in Hunnam's place. Hunnam was good. The movie was entertaining. I'd advocate a purely Idris Elba edit. No, I don't care if it wouldn't make sense anymore.

[@thebarksman]

Me too. I thought hunnam was decent enough. It was not a bad acting per se.

[@melodramatic7904]

Yeah, I thought his performance was good. It fit the movie for me. He was someone who suffered a huge loss and lost his mojo because of it. He SHOULD seem like a shell of a human.

[@josephm8294]

He regularly turns in understated performances. That works for him as an actor. He did a fine job. Can you imagine someone else narrating the beginning?

[@GSP-76]

Katie Holmes took a lot of flak for Batman Begins but in all honesty, she wasn't nearly as bad as everyone made her out to be.

[@badhombre4942]

Yep. She was worse.

[@magoo9279]

It was her. It was the character, cause Maggie Gilli..... how ever you spell her name, sucked also.

[@troubleman8430]

Yea she sucked bad

[@advancedstupidity5459]

@@magoo9279 Lowkey, me and my homies cheered when Maggie Gyllenhaal died in that movie because she was so bad.

[@alphavegas1]

@@advancedstupidity5459 Me too Maggie was distractingly bad

[@michaelchriss3302]

Keanu Reeves Bram Stoker's Dracula. I like him, but the other fine performances in the film couldn't overcome his struggle with the accent.

[@dontbefatuousjeffrey2494]

Oh that poor young man. You could tell he was trying really hard, too...

[@canondocre8650]

Not only the accent. His acting was terrible.

[@ginnyh5148]

You're sooo right, Keanu Reeves seems like a good guy but that performance was awful.

[@Jo-chilin]

Ya that was just bad

[@cristigiambasu2306]

Mike Meyers in Inglorious Basterds looks shagadelic, baby!

[@jonnysmith5998]

Diaz, Johannson and Myers didn’t even slightly damage their films, Gangs of New York, The Prestige and Inglorious Basterds are all nearly flawless

[@geowynleda4641]

As you say, Gangs of New York is nearly flawless. Apart from Cameron Diaz.

[@jonnysmith5998]

Geowyn Leda True, but they weren’t “almost ruined” by a long shot

[@MaddBadgerr]

Geowyn Leda As an Irishman, GONY is absolutely NOT flawless. All the Irish-character casting was awful except for Brendan Gleeson and that guy from Step Brothers.

[@jonnysmith5998]

MaddBadgerr I did say nearly, don’t take everything too literal. What I’m saying is they’re all fantastic films and aren’t slightly ruined by one performance.

[@MaddBadgerr]

Jonny Smith Even 'nearly flawless' is giving it too much credit.

[@CaptainFirefred]

As a german I am not an english native speaker, so maybe that saved me from perceiving bad accents, meaning for me the performances still worked, no issues with Johannson, Meyers or Diaz. I liked them all in their mentioned roles. Also, Hunnam was great in Pacific Rim and there was chemistry with his female counterpart. The whole clip is opinion sold as common agreement.

[@uliczka]

Pacific Rim was amazing because it subverted a lot of the classic "wounded hero reluctantly saves the day" tropes. Charlie Hunnam's performance reflected that.

[@SimpaticoReal]

Myers wasn't even that bad. He was fine.

[@babyfaceaviator7862]

Hey, Charlie Hunnam was okay in Pacific Rim. He wasnt overly trying hard and that’s what made Raleigh Beckett a badass

[@babyfaceaviator7862]

Lula I guess. I just found the character relatable, and I kinda liked how the movie didnt focus too much on the main character, but also with the boss, the scientists, the co-lead, and the fight scenes.

[@jrkunkel]

Counterpoint - Mike Meyers was the perfect actor for that part. He was amazing!

[@MainerdLoyd]

With any other director Mike Meyers would have been wrong. Tarantino is known for quirky characters and Meyers fills the role. It's kind of what you expect to see.

[@DI-uk9rj]

Mike Myers was fine he was one of the few characters in the movie to not have a horrible British accent.

[@carmstrong6507]

Mike Myers' British accent sounded like his voice as Austin Powers.

[@dylansewell237]

if you think Mike Myers was out of place, I don't think you get what Tarantino was trying to do. He was great in that part and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@OfAngelsAndAnarchist]

You could say the same thing for anything ya mook

[@dylansewell237]

@@OfAngelsAndAnarchist I suppose that's true lol.

[@Borganov20]

Spooky Boyy you can’t call me a mook

[@VinceDick]

@@Borganov20 He didn't.

[@rumpleforeskin4586]

Kristen Stewart in snow white should be on here

[@MainerdLoyd]

I agree. She seems to have only one facial expression.

[@beercheesefries]

Bless you for pointing this out.

[@caroldowning5964]

Kristen Stewart in anything.

[@PureSkyeblade]

I don't even think she acted the part poorly. But who could ever possibly buy into her being 'fairer' than charlize theron?

[@clairefisher1088]

Yes! Thank you! That casting fail messes up the entire movie

[@jesseMadoo]

Sofia Coppola in Godfather Part III. "Are you coming to my party? " and "Are they trying to kill you? ", both lines delivered with the exact same expression, i.e. none.

[@Starkardur]

except it wasn't a great movie

[@gra6649]

Except for Sofia Coppola it was a great movie.

[@SpeckleKen]

It was a terrible casting decision. I felt sorry for her - if FFC says you can do it you are likely to believe him. His bad - not hers.

[@peterkent5153]

The trouble with Sofia, in my opinion, is that she was supposed to be acting a naive, uncertain, gauche young woman rather than actually being those things, which broke the film for me because you could then see that the others were all acting instead of being as real as her. Mind you the film couldn't survive the lack of Robert Duval and Pacino's haircut anyway.

[@VC-xj1fs]

Dad?

[@Jordan-lr4bi]

Didn't even notice scar jo's bad performance during the prestige

[@rozhanb]

her performance wasn't bad. it was okayish. just her presence in the movie feels like something doesn't connect with the movie. she just look too modern to me not suitable for early 19th century settings

[@davidlecorchick8864]

Me neither, Jordan, could it be we focused on her.....um......more positive attributes?

[@marcelo2169]

She is there to look pretty.

[@southumpquaslideshows4680]

marcelo2169 ironically that is exactly why her character is there too; so I guess she nailed it. 😁

[@marcelo2169]

No, man. the list is about actors who couldn't do their shit. She fuck it being pretty.

[@freaklives]

Never understood the hate for Katie Holmes in BB. I thought she was great and a lot more likeable than Maggie Gyllenhaal, who IMHO was a huge let down in the sequel. BTW, Nolan didn't recast the part because Katie was bad, he had to recast it because she was filming Mad Money (or Tom Cruise wouldn't let her, depending what you choose to believe). Just goes to prove acting can be a very subjective thing.

[@deweygerard4143]

could not agree more! especially about maggie gylleenhall( who i love btw ) but Katie Holmes nailed it.

[@jacobaurelius5361]

Oh cmon mike Myers appearance was a total cameo that we all laughed at

[@nullnvoid3559]

Bowie as Tesla though...👌

[@Ambrosia.apples]

Bowie was amazing in The Prestige. His parts were my favourite parts of the movie.

[@ewanmacvicar]

Apparently the part of Wallace in Blade Runner 2049 was to be Bowie .... imagine that for a moment.

[@turbo8628]

I love the prestige. I didn't even realise it was david bowie until i saw the credits!

[@td8552]

I know everyone can have his opinion about Ben Affleck and that´s fine, but i think he´s always so bland and boring, every time i watch him i got kinda mad :D

[@webvan150]

Phantoms

[@gp2917]

At least he can direct

[@Hessed3712]

tine djuric 😊

[@td8552]

:)

[@Akash_158]

tine djuric right

[@garrickwally8820]

This list doesn't make any sense!!!

[@kummakummakummakummakummac8606]

Opinions are like bum holes everyone has one.

[@generaalnaarling]

Yes, but not everyone compiles them into lists and uploads them to KZbin.

[@Ninaofthe90s]

Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula. His acting was ridiculous next to the great Gary Oldman.

[@gamleskalle1]

Movie was shit so it was suitable

[@Cancoillotteman]

Reeves had a difficult team to contend with : how to exist when you're caught up in a faceoff between Gary Oldman and Anthony Hopkins ?

[@We_Want_It_All]

Yeah, but his part wasn't really that big, so i guess it wasn't such a big deal. Unlike Scarlett Johansson in Prestige.., love the movie but not Scarlett in it. Didn't really feel her.

[@willhuey4891]

bram stokers dracula is actually one of my favorites.

[@S1lk3nWt3rs]

I remember thinking what a wimpy character they put together, expecting Keanu to breathe life into it. Gary oldman is so natively creepy I always feel the need to go take a shower or something to "clean off" after seeing some of his movies. This was one in particular where he creeped me out.

[@Jared_Wignall]

I don’t think Katie Holmes was bad in Batman Begins. I thought she did a fine job. I wasn’t all that fond of Maggie Gyllenhaal taking over the role. There was a sort of innocence that Holmes brought to the character which seemed to fit the character due to the situations she got herself in. Rachel is in over her head to a degree in Batman Begins. I felt Gyllenhaal was lacking the innocence aspect of the character in The Dark Knight, granted that also could attribute to the way the character was written in The Dark Knight. Also, Gyllenhaal seemed to have the same expression on her face a lot of the time to me and rarely changed expressions unless it was very specific that Rachel had to be scared in a scene or something along those lines, where Holmes seemed to be able to express more emotions than Gyllenhaal. That’s just me though. I don’t hate Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight, she was just the weakest part of the film for me.

[@CookiesOnaMilkyRiver]

Katie Holmes got replaced because Tom Cruise is a psychopath & didn’t want her to be kissing Christian Bale. Also Scarlett Johansson was not bad at all in The Prestige that is why you didn’t show a single clip of her not nailing the part.

[@steprockmedia]

Really? I thought she was pregnant?

[@blkbelt42]

The real reason Kate Holmes was replaced is that Christopher Nolen never wanted to cast her in the first place. The producers made him because she was on Dawson's Creek and had "star power". Christopher Nolen was still an up and coming director who didn't have the leverage to say no. But he did have that leverage after the success of Batman Begins and demanded he cast his first choice Maggie Gyllenhaal, in the Dark Knight.

[@alysiamerdavid-wasser9165]

CookiesOnaMilkyRiver i think it was the Cruise thing, too. i also posted the same thing abt the missing clip, before realizing BOTH were missing, which probably means that Nolan charges more for legal use of his footage for "non-edu fair right use" than Looper will pay. They're both Nolan films..

[@CookiesOnaMilkyRiver]

Alysia Mer David-Wasser You got it buddy only real fans know that it was because of Tom Cruise being a control freak. Nolan had plenty of leverage he has made perfect movies before TDK trilogy such as Following, Memento, Insomnia, & The Prestige.

[@2004mojo]

The only star power Katie Holmes had when she was cast in 'Batman Begins' was being Mrs Tom Cruise.

[@thedarksiderebel]

Got to disagree on the Nolan entries here. Scarlett did a fine job in the Prestige, and while Maggie is clearly a better actor than Katie, i much prefer Katie's performance as Rachel. She makes her optimistic and relatable, Maggie is just too serious and intense an actor to connect with

[@tornonet35]

I agree completely. I didn't really like Maggie's performance really at all in the dark knight.

[@piedude3572]

Darkside Rebel I agree, however I did not like Maggie at all. See may be the better actress but she wasn’t a better Rachel.

[@Jo-chilin]

Ya I don’t like Maggie of her portrayal of the character

[@davidcharles7106]

Maybe the director switched because he wasn't sure Katie could handle the death scene - this scene requires a more serious and intense actress.

[@jackcassidy9963]

@john osborn that doesn't mean anything though

[@carltondean3005]

KATIE HOLMES WAS EXCELLENT AS RACHEL DAWES!

[@damienlbphant]

That was just Afleck being Afleck. He almost (or flat out does) ruins every film in which he appears.

[@manukrishnanms1317]

See argo

[@jtno2]

Not a big Afleck fan but I thought he was good in The Accountant.

[@thedavidjscott_]

Hard disagree on Mike Myers in Inglorious Basterds. I enjoyed his character in that movie.

[@FanSeitz]

Shakespeare In Love should NEVER have won the Oscar, it's nowhere near a great movie at all.

[@ajpat9620]

Jonathan Seitz Because the motherfucker Harvey Weinstein manipulated it for Shakespeare in Love to win. That's why Steven Spielberg was so pissed that Saving Private Ryan didn't win and knowing he was cheated.

[@backlandlands5793]

Hollywood loves films about their industry, It's why La La Land got so many nominations

[@rjaybee5870]

Ya didn't it beat out Saving Private Ryan....WTF!

[@dlxmarks]

'Argo' is wildly overrated as well. I recently watched it again and the best I can say is that it's an adequately made movie with nothing really special or memorable in it. I think the only reason it got any attention was because it was Ben Affleck's make or break project and if it bombed, his career would be over. It turned out to be a decent film but due to extremely low expectations, Hollywood blew it up into something great. I bet if the exact same film had been made by say Billy Crudup or some other actor of about Affleck's age, no one would have paid it much attention.

[@Frankie2012channel]

The Hollywood ELITISTS hate anything war related or patriotic (that is unless it bashes America). Seriously. When was the LAST time a movie where the American military are the good guys WON at the academy. The Academy is packed with social justice ultra liberals and marxists who literally hate America (or at least America's traditions and culture). The last time a 'war movie' won, it was Platoon and despite being a great film, it still portrayed the American military as inept, corrupt and exploitive ( which worked for the movie, but also gave the leftists 'cover' for voting for it).

[@Prmeupct]

Personal think all george clooney films should be on this list, he play's the same dull character in every film he's in, weather its a vampire killer or a casino robber its always the same

[@richardharris6507]

haha you funny troll

[@Prmeupct]

Richard Harris Not trolling, just think he's one of the most overrated actors in Hollywood. Along with Jennifer Lawrence, how she won an Oscar I'll never know

[@lukejack9551]

Pr1me 5u5p3ct finally someone said it!!!! Thank you.

[@danfors1333]

And his head always wobbles when he speaks. Even with the Batman cowl and it's supposedly stiff rubber neck Clooney still manage to wobble his f*cking head. He's the only one who does that and it's exposing that Bruce Wayne and Batman is the same person.

[@theragingplatypus4743]

Agreed

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

shakespeare in love was horrible even without affleck's performance

[@HarlequinSkin]

THIS

[@arikalamari19]

yea, he fit well in to the incoherent cast

[@jmcfintona999]

iftlatlw yeah gwenth must having been giving Weinstein great head

[@drdarkeny]

I disgree that Charlie Hunnam was a bad choice for PACIFIC RIM. I liked that he seemed a bit broken during much of the film, and felt he clicked when his character needed to click.

[@PhoenixLyon]

Agreed! ✌😸

[@evilmasterstudios]

“The film is almost unwatchable when Affleck is on screen!” That can be said about ALL of Afflecks movies!

[@linusfotograf]

Seann Ryan He’s one of the worst a-listers.

[@Merrick]

LOL, yep. Except Mallrats, just played himself and it was his best performance

[@linusfotograf]

Merrick I like him in Gone Girl too

[@Merrick]

@@linusfotograf Haven't seen it, but it's on my list

[@darwinxavier3516]

@@Merrick Oh, and Dogma, Clerks 1 and 2...pretty much anything Kevin Smith. Lets face it. Tons of actors can't really act outside of themselves. It usually comes down to a matter of whether we like their shtick or not in the first place. And then whether or not their shtick fits their particular role. Like as much as I like Benedict Cumberbatch, he plays pretty much the same thing in everything I've seen.

[@AWThethrower]

I thought charlie hunamn was good in pacific rim.

[@MsChampagneSanity]

Anything with Ben “wooden top” affleck in, ruins it for me

[@maneliste]

Gone girl and argo are great

[@leis7454]

there are moments that i like him and there are moments that i absolutely fucking hate him lol

[@Mariciella]

Absolutely! I have a really really hard time watching him trying to be an actor.

[@mb5358]

I love The Prestige and Batman Begins, and I do NOT think Scarlett Johansson or Katie Holmes we’re bad in their roles. If anything, I feel like Amy Adams is a pretty bland and bad Lois Lane.

[@2004mojo]

Amy Adams as Lois Lane was still better than the awful Kate Bosworth's Lois in 'Superman Returns'.

[@Jordishness]

Saige Hope; Amy Adams literally adds life to a completely undeveloped character. You’re kidding. Amy Adams is stunning as an actor. She hardly makes a misstep.

[@mb5358]

Jordan Taylor I’m sorry, but I have to tremendously disagree with your opinion.

[@FieryFlamingFajitas]

If you are going to try and claim that Amy Adams isn't a good actor, then you need to go and watch Sharp Objects, Arrival, Nocturnal Animals, Julie & Julia, Big Eyes, Doubt and The Fighter and then get back to me. Show me which one she was bad in :)

[@AmitZinmanVideo]

I agree, that was terrible casting in every which way, Kate as Lois looks like she is somehow the daughter of her character from the pervious movie.

[@wvupiphi]

Charlie Hunnam was the only part of Pacific Rim worth watching.

[@advancedstupidity5459]

How you gonna disrespect Idris Elba like that?? The "Today we are cancelling the apocalypse!" speech was gold.

[@uliczka]

disrespectful, there are literally no bad performances in this movie

[@rasaecnai]

It is criminal that Shakespeare in Love won over Saving Private Ryan.

[@Skankhunt-lp5zn]

Harvey Weinstein is the answer

[@Lightningfnk]

the narrator singular performance almost ruined this video, the way he says Christoph Waltz makes my ears bleed

[@badabingmike]

Kevin Costner's British accent in Robin Hood.

[@maxheadroom3839]

badabingmike I don't think he attempted one did he all I heard was American.

[@PlusUltraAdrian]

Yeah I think he refused to do one.

[@diana6echo]

and god bless him for that, otherwise it would be a nightmare

[@richardharris6507]

Eh? He never tried to do one, who cares about accents.

[@num1Jaysta]

The movie script

[@drewsaluk6860]

WTF IS WRONG WITH U?? Maggie Gyllenhaal should’ve been nominated for a Razzie for her performance as Rachel!!!!!!!

[@sinkthebounty122]

Sofia Coppola in The Godfather: Part III

[@GustavoCALovatto]

Erm, the idea of the Charlie Hunnam character in Pacific Rim was... that: being waterdown because of the drama of losing his brother and having to pilot a Jaeger single handed. Also, putting that perfomance but leaving Sofia Coppola in Godfather III out is beyond me.

[@jimmyb2655]

having meyers in Inglorious Basterds was purposeful...it goes towards the satire of the entire movie...the rest of the list is spot on tho

[@AhavaMath]

Well, I clicked on this video thinking it would be interesting, but I ended up a bit confused. I have to disagree with every single one of these, amazingly. In fact, I'm even surprised by the Shakespeare in Love one, as he was one of my favorite characters in the movie. ::shrugs::

[@TheToledoTrumpton]

Yeah, I didn't get that. He was OK. The accent wasn't that bad as far as being English was concerned. It was a bit stylised. Look at a video of Brian Blessed. If someone did his voice in a movie, everyone would say that the accent was ridiculous, but it exists.

[@neadod2902]

Really, u disagree with Cameron Diaz?

[@andresreydecastro]

When I think " memorable female character" Amy Adams as Lois Lane is not exactly what crosses my mind.

[@maliecollins4872]

That was a bad cast for sure. Her worst role.

[@andrewi.crocker8675]

Totally disagree with Mike Myers being on this list. His cameo in Inglorious Bastards was great

[@bettynolo23]

I actually really like Ben Affleck in Shakespeare in love. I thought he played the cocky, theatre actor perfectly, and I'm not usually a fan of his.

[@Baelzar]

"SUFFERING CATS!"

[@angelpoys]

I don't know what they mean about the accent - it's a really good affected theatre actor type of accent. Perhaps it just doesn't match what americans think a british accent is?

[@LastBastian]

So, funny that before watching this my first thought was literally *Maggie Gyllenhaal* in TDK as one of the worst performances / casting choices... and low and behold you actually end up praising her as the opposite??? LMFAO!

[@ChaosSquirrel86]

I agree with the list except I think Scarlet Jo was fine in The Prestige..

[@captainhowlerwilson508]

I thought she did a great job. I don't get the hate and I found her character to work on so many levels.

[@AkodoAkira1]

Wait. Maggie Gyllenhall was *great* in Dark Knight Rises? Did we see the same movie?

[@mloftin6472]

She was very good in Dark Knight.

[@johnmarc1986]

You didn't really care that she got killed. That's bad for the actress and the director.

[@deepakpanicker]

Sometimes your hatred for someone makes you blind.

[@makkam999]

scarlett johansson did nothing wrong, yall trippin on that one

[@reighserene]

She was so far out of her league, it was painful.

[@katherynemero9355]

I have to admit that when she wasn't in the scenes, they were much better. I wanted her to go away. She was stereotypical, one dimensional character. But the movie is just too depressing and sad to enjoy anyway.

[@arontamas5639]

ScarJo was more than fine in Prestige. Rebecca Hall (who by the way is an amazing actresss) was weak in that movie.

[@Oonagh72]

I loved Katie Holmes in Batman Begins. I missed her so much in the Dark Knight.

[@asmronly24]

Mike Myers almost ruined Inglorious Basterds? Looper, You make some REALLY stupid decisions. Sorry, but you're wrong here.

[@Jibriltz]

Surprised you missed Keanu Reeves in Bram Stoker's Dracula. But he's possibly the most popular person on the internet now and like the nicest guy ever so fair play.

[@mikeg6311]

List idea. Worst movies to win an oscar for best picture. I'll start it for you. Shakespeare in love Hurt locker Etc.

[@SeemoreDunkan]

Mike Myers in Inglorious?? nah I don't think so buddy... It was perfect to me

[@JohnCottier]

I thought Maggie Gyllenhaal was worse than Katie Holmes.

[@joshuasoto6652]

John Cottier You're not wrong. In terms of acting skills, Maggie is better. In terms of Rachel Dawes, Katie is better

[@Roadstar1602]

Low hanging fruit but I have to go with Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker. That did not work on any level. I could also pick Natalie Portman as Padme Amidala and Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu from the same movies. All three actors were horribly miscast. All three were selected based on what they look like rather than the characters they were able to portray.

[@2004mojo]

OMG! Christensen & Portman are the reason I never watched the prequels ever again after the first time.

[@scottblasingame9789]

Um. The list is for bad performances in GOOD movies.

[@eddiejc1]

By "Revenge Of The Sith", the acting of both Natalie Portman and Samuel L. Jackson had improved considerably. So did most of the cast that had starred in Episode I----with one notable exception, and that was Hayden Christensen. All three movies were flawed, but you needed a good actor in the lead role for Episodes II & III as Anakin, and George Lucas whiffed. (In hindsight, Lucas was VERY luck to get Mark Hamill for the original trilogy.)

[@ginnyh5148]

I agree that the performances were bad but the movies overall were bad so the acting didn't ruin them.

[@G-Money124]

Unbelievable that Looper didn't mention Sofia Coppola. The ultimate in nepotism casting his own daughter when Winona Ryder couldn't do the role. Casting a rank amateur in such a pivotal part, she turned every scene she was in into a wince inducing horror show. Poor Andy Garcia who had to act opposite her. How Looper didn't include her as #1 on this list is unfathomable. Imagine how the movie would have been so much better if Winona was cast instead of her.

[@nirmalsuki]

I don't know what the creators were on, and I don't want to speculate, but Mike Meyers was absolutely perfect for that role.

[@vrtrooper3801]

Katie Holmes performance was underrated. She was perfectly fine as Rachel.

[@joshuasoto6652]

Creppi I think a LOT of people agree with you. Me included

[@dapunkof1975]

I honestly didn't think Cameron Diaz was bad in Gangs of New York. In fact, as much as I respect Dicaprio as an actor, his accents were never that convincing to me.

[@luziferkupfer]

I was so sad when Katie Holmes wasn't in the second part, I wanted to see her die.

[@adrienneclarke3953]

I loved her in that movie

[@everettehungerford2858]

Maggie Gyllenhaal's performance in the Dark Knight is legendarily bad, like, meme worthy. She's so obviously bored and disinterested, at least the first lady "showed up" for her scenes. Ol' Mags was having none of this super hero nonsense.

[@partlyironic]

I really think Charlie Hunnam was a good cast for Pacific Rim, but the mistake was definitely casting and then further altering someone to look really similar to him in another Key Role. Him and the guy playing Chuck were genuinely hard to tell apart a lot of the time, especially in the suits with their helmets on.

[@TeamSukiyo]

Ben Affleck in Gone Girl. Neil Patrick Harris in Gone Girl. Thank Fincher for Rosamund Pike.

[@steveneder996]

Maggie blew goat cheese!!! They should have kept Holmes.

[@sepelinit1185]

@Jack Tatum That my friend wasn't needed...

[@sepelinit1185]

@Jack Tatum You think you're an Alpha male lol! Alphas don't write stupid narratives on youtube. You're just a two bit comedian trying to get a laugh in a youtube comment section.

[@coffeeandcream]

@Jack Tatum I want to appreciate your comment so badly because I don't like Maggie, but hell you've tried so hard to be funny. Ironic that you called it "humor" when it's so far from that.

[@thechristiancowboy6967]

Totally disagree, the new Rachel in the Dark Knight made us miss Katie Holmes...

[@martineldritch]

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" was a near flawless film except for Mickey Rooney as the Japanese landlord. That anti-Japanese sentiment Americans felt in the years after the war didn't last and certainly didn't age well.

[@afairlyclassybartender8576]

Are you kidding me? Mike Myers was brilliant. Every character has an element of wtf. That’s the point.

[@Jeremy-ql1or]

Mike Myers 50 seconds in Inglorious Basterds didn't matter much either way. And I didn't think Scarlett Johanson was bad in The Prestige.

[@5stardave]

Katie Holmes was Rachel and the best part of the movie. Maggie was a pathetic replacement.

[@petkokrushev3840]

the most surprising part from this video, is that i've learned that Shakespeare in love took the oscar over Saving Private Ryan....i'm shocked

[@Ottolineification]

Pacific Rim?! What are you, nuts! How DAaaAAare you!