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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 26, 2008 13:28:17 GMT -5
Jesse from Saved by the Bell as a showgirl so hot everyone is falling over themselves has to be #1.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 26, 2008 13:37:52 GMT -5
Agreed, he always plays henchman types, I don't see him pulling anyone's strings. I always liked him in the role. The Kingpin was a physically domineering man, and dammit if MCD doesn't fit that bill perfectly. And while he's a businessman, the Kingpin's true power is his physical build and his strength. He'll crack heads in the literal sense if he has to. That's why he's the Kingpin. EXACTLY! I mean come on, is there really ANYONE in Hollywood who could pull off the Kingpin other than MCD?
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 13:52:37 GMT -5
I always liked him in the role. The Kingpin was a physically domineering man, and dammit if MCD doesn't fit that bill perfectly. And while he's a businessman, the Kingpin's true power is his physical build and his strength. He'll crack heads in the literal sense if he has to. That's why he's the Kingpin. EXACTLY! I mean come on, is there really ANYONE in Hollywood who could pull off the Kingpin other than MCD? Not really Also I liked Daredevil (The movie itself)
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Post by Hulkshi Tanahashi on Dec 26, 2008 13:54:31 GMT -5
I like "The Aviator," and thought Leonardo DiCaprio was good as Howard Hughes. That guy who wrote the article is an ass.
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Post by DSR on Dec 26, 2008 13:54:42 GMT -5
EXACTLY! I mean come on, is there really ANYONE in Hollywood who could pull off the Kingpin other than MCD? Not really Also I liked Daredevil (The movie itself) I, too, am a fan of the Daredevil movie.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 26, 2008 13:57:34 GMT -5
The James Franco slam nearly nullifies the entire list for me, as I felt he was one of the best parts of the Spidey flicks.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 26, 2008 14:02:30 GMT -5
Not really Also I liked Daredevil (The movie itself) I, too, am a fan of the Daredevil movie. Me as well. And MJ was the party girl initially, it was decades later before they added any more depth to her.
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Post by Koda, Master Crunchyroller on Dec 26, 2008 16:45:24 GMT -5
I, too, am a fan of the Daredevil movie. Me as well. And MJ was the party girl initially, it was decades later before they added any more depth to her. I liked the Daredevil film as well. Plus, they kind of did have MJ as a party girl at the beginning of the first film, always running off with her friends and pretty much looking for a good time.
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Post by Maidpool w/ Cleaning Action on Dec 26, 2008 16:47:38 GMT -5
The only thing "miscast" about Duncan as Kingpin to me is that he was black, and that was no big deal to me. Duncan played Kingpin's attitude and demeanor just fine to me which was much more important than skin color. He is also one of the only guys his size who is also a good actor that I know of, so I'm just fine with him as the movie universe's Kingpin.
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Post by Confused Mark Wahlberg on Dec 26, 2008 18:29:32 GMT -5
Daredevil had two main problems, 1) Colin Farrell's horrific overacting, and 2) that ridiculous scene where Electra and Daredevil fight in the park.
Other than that, it was a decent superhero flick.
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Post by Kevin Hamilton on Dec 26, 2008 18:31:34 GMT -5
Duncan nailed the Kingpin role. Race or not.
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Post by Rorschach on Dec 26, 2008 20:03:58 GMT -5
There have been much worse-cast roles over the years, looks like they just went with the current/popular actors. Hell, 9 times out of 10, a list like this is usually topped at #1 with John Wayne as Genghis Khan in THE CONQUEROR. Oh yeah, I remember that. That was funny as hell Until you stop to consider that damn near everyone involved in that film contracted some form of cancer or another....then it becomes a lot less funny.
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Post by Magician under the moonlight on Dec 26, 2008 23:55:41 GMT -5
Yeah, the author is confusing "miscast" with "bad performance". Sometimes the two overlap, though, so he's not wrong on all of them. Frankly, I didn't think James Franco was that great in the Spider-Man flicks, again, until the third one. His line reads always seemed too stiff to me, and Harry always seemed to have a very limited range of emotions. Then again, I doubt that was Franco's fault, since he's a solid actor, and more likely the script and Sam Raimi's. And did someone here just nominate Topher Grace? He was about the only entertaining thing about Spider-Man 3. I will say, the #1 pick is a good one, though. Reeves and Ryder simply didn't belong in those roles, and it dragged down what could've been a pretty damn memorable adaptation. I also love Gangs of New York, too; didn't feel any of the performances distracted badly from the film, but I did feel that, unfortunately for Diaz and DiCaprio, they didn't have a ton to work with with their characters. I would've preferred if the flick revolved around Daniel Day Lewis and Liam Neisen. Remember the thread is about miscasting, not performance. I just never understood whyy the y chose Topher grace to play a Buffed,rude and tough Eddie Brock when he plays an Innocent and weak guy on his show.
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Post by tmc1982 on Dec 27, 2008 0:07:10 GMT -5
Keanu Reeves as Constantine should really be up there at the top of the list. Take a British character and replace him with an American block of wood....yeesh. Also, just think - Tom Selleck almost played Indiana Jones. I wonder how that would've went? Wasn't the part of Constantine originally meant or talior made for Sting (Gordon Sumner not Steve Boarden, the wrestler)?
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Post by Tehboobz wants Ewa Sonnett on Dec 27, 2008 0:32:32 GMT -5
That's who it was modeled on for the comics, yeah. I doubt he would have ever played the character in a movie. But hey, they could have at least gotten someone a little less...wooden, and dyed Keanu's hair. I myself would have preferred Sean Patrick Flannery from Boondock Saints as John Constantine. He'd have at least LOOKED more the part.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2008 0:54:16 GMT -5
I've never understood the hate for Keanu Reeves as Jonathan Harker in Coppola's "Bram Stoker's Dracula". Besides the dubious accent (which isn't even that bad), Keanu plays the role well enough: Harker is a fastidious, boring, and fairly colorless man put into an extraordinary position. Captured by the most famous monster in literary history and surrounded by the likes of an eccentric doctor, a lascivious aristocrat that everyone wants to bonk, a cowboy straight from a Zane Grey novel, a howling, tormented madman, an asylum doctor on the verge of going mad, and a Jane Eyre-like tutor who becomes the single most capable person in the book, Harker is supposed to be pedestrian, supposed to be the Everyman. Until he escapes Dracula's clutches and gains the kukri, he's pretty nondescript and I think Keanu does a good job with it.
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Post by The_ripoff_artist on Dec 27, 2008 14:26:27 GMT -5
Van Damn as Guil. As well as the Samoan who played E.Honda
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Post by The_ripoff_artist on Dec 27, 2008 14:37:43 GMT -5
Also, anything Tom Hanks has ever been cast in. Tom Hanks is awesome! I will now have to put a hit out on you.
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Post by Ben Wyatt on Dec 27, 2008 15:15:34 GMT -5
Wow, I thought DiCaprio was great in The Aviator. That completely turned my whole opinion of him around. Agreed on Leo in the aviator. Though, "Catch me if you can" (a very underrated film, Imo) sold me on Leo
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Post by teamjd on Dec 27, 2008 17:17:24 GMT -5
Wasn't the part of Constantine originally meant or talior made for Sting (Gordon Sumner not Steve Boarden, the wrestler)? Sting was the inspiration for the character. His original look IS that of Sting.
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