Crappler El 0 M
Dalek
Never Forgets an Octagon
I'm a good R-Truth.
Posts: 58,479
|
Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 17, 2013 19:43:41 GMT -5
He's never won as Oscar. Rocky winning Best Picture for 1976 meant that producers Irwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff won Oscars. Rocky did win Best Director as well, but this installment was directed by John G. Avildsen. Edit: Didn't realize ten other people already corrected you... |
|
|
|
Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Dec 17, 2013 20:12:26 GMT -5
Gotta go with Halle Berry. Her Oscar win was undeserved (Nicole Kidman should have won for Moulin Rouge) and to be honest, she's a pretty bad actress. Only reason she keeps getting work is because she's "hot", but luckily most films she stars in are horrible. She also portrayed the worst Bond girl in recent history. Denise Richards as a scientist is not objectively worse as a Bond girl? Further her role was a stronger one than Kidman having a broad archetypal thing over having to portray a character, I dislike that movie though, so I am not unbiased, except maybe feeling that was a year of weak contenders for a lot of things... but that is neither here nor there for this topic. I think the thinking thus far we've been biased for more recent wins/actors, but here are some people who either disappeared, or too crap roles after that: Mercedes Ruehl, Fisher King (Went back to being a character actor) Roberto Benigni, Life is Beautiful (... Pinnochio) Mira Sorvino, Mighty Aphrodite (Romi and Michelle's High School Reunion was sort of the high point for her) Mary Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard (Back to the Future 3 being her highpoint?) F. Murray Abraham, Amadeus (Been in a lot of forgettable and otherwise) Kim Basinger, L.A. Confidential (Faded into nothingness) John Voight, Coming Home (BABY GENIUSES 1 AND 2) Ben Kingsley, Sexy Beast (from Sexy Beast noimination onward has just been in tripe, until Iron Man 3) |
|
Crappler El 0 M
Dalek
Never Forgets an Octagon
I'm a good R-Truth.
Posts: 58,479
|
Post by Crappler El 0 M on Dec 17, 2013 20:16:47 GMT -5
Well, Octavia Spencer was working in bit parts (including some pretty goofy ones) for years before landing a supporting role in The Help and winning an Oscar. This is not really the same thing as winning an Oscar AND THEN getting a bunch of lousy roles.
|
|
mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
Posts: 23,475
|
Post by mizerable on Dec 17, 2013 20:28:13 GMT -5
John Voight, Coming Home (BABY GENIUSES 1 AND 2) Oh, he wasn't even good enough for the 1st movie. That's right. He wasn't even needed to come back. He signed on, despite knowing how terrible the original was. And rumor has it, that a 3rd movie is apparently getting made and he WILL reprise his role for that. |
|
|
|
Post by A Platypus Rave on Dec 17, 2013 20:46:38 GMT -5
John Voight, Coming Home (BABY GENIUSES 1 AND 2) Oh, he wasn't even good enough for the 1st movie. That's right. He wasn't even needed to come back. He signed on, despite knowing how terrible the original was. And rumor has it, that a 3rd movie is apparently getting made and he WILL reprise his role for that. a third one WAS made and Voight is indeed in it. He's also in the supposedly upcoming 4 and 5.... yep. |
|
mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
Posts: 23,475
|
Post by mizerable on Dec 17, 2013 20:50:51 GMT -5
a third one WAS made and Voight is indeed in it. He's also in the supposedly upcoming 4 and 5.... yep. Wow. That's just the saddest thing. Voight was at one time one of the greatest actors alive and this is the shit he does. There needs to be AA recovery meetings for good actors who do this. "Hello, my name is Jon. And I star in terrible movies." "Hi, Jon!" |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 20:51:36 GMT -5
I didn't know John Voight the dentist won a Oscar. Now I feel good owning his car
|
|
|
|
Post by Red Impact on Dec 17, 2013 20:54:13 GMT -5
Forget Baby Geniuses, Jon Voight was the villain Karate Dog
|
|
Renslayer
Bill S. Preston, Esq.
every time i come around your city...
Posts: 16,536
Member is Online
|
Post by Renslayer on Dec 17, 2013 22:07:59 GMT -5
Al Pacino, if only for Gigli and Jack & Jill. Wait, Al Pacino was in Gigli?! Oh man... |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2013 23:17:59 GMT -5
Well, Octavia Spencer was working in bit parts (including some pretty goofy ones) for years before landing a supporting role in The Help and winning an Oscar. This is not really the same thing as winning an Oscar AND THEN getting a bunch of lousy roles. She'll always be the fat girl from Blue Streak to me. I'm cracking up right now thinking of that scene. Actually surprised I could find a video of that exact scene. Language warning. |
|
|
|
Post by Kash Flagg on Dec 17, 2013 23:24:34 GMT -5
Martin Landau.
|
|
stealthamo
King Koopa
Something stupid
#AJAll
Posts: 11,247
|
Post by stealthamo on Dec 17, 2013 23:40:26 GMT -5
Wait, we're bringing up bad Jon Voight movies and no mention of Bratz: The Movie?
On topic, I have to go with Cuba Gooding Jr. Just the sheer amount of crap he's been in is astounding. The list Absurdist brought up is pretty good, but none of those people (sans Kingsley and Voight) have really been in anything horrible. They've just faded away or haven't done anything memorable good or bad since their wins.
|
|
|
|
Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 17, 2013 23:46:32 GMT -5
I'd say his career has never hit a slump, even though he's made some less than good movies. I don't think Show Time will ever be frowned upon as much as Baby Geniuses 2. I didn't even know Jon Voight was in that movie until Nostalgia Critic reviewed it. man that was embarassing. I hope they at least paid him well. as for the thread topic, Cuba Gooding jr. immediately came to mind. when I worked at Blockbuster me and my buddies would always make jokes about Cuba Gooding jr.'s direct-to-DVD-of-the-month. |
|
|
|
Post by G✇JI☈A on Dec 18, 2013 0:33:02 GMT -5
Sean Connery's Oscar win for 'The Untouchables' was a delicious filling in a shit sandwich of films he was in at the time. (with exception of Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade of course)
|
|
mizerable
Fry's dog Seymour
You're the lowest on the totem pole here, Alva. The lowest.
Posts: 23,475
|
Post by mizerable on Dec 18, 2013 3:50:07 GMT -5
While he never won a competitive acting Oscar (heh), Kevin Costner went on to star in some of the biggest flops by the mid 90's. Waterworld and The Postman aren't anything to be proud of.
I'm sure Gene Hackman isn't proud of the fact that his last movie was Welcome to Mooseport.
Christopher Walken apparently doesn't turn down roles and just enjoys the fact that he's acting. I guess that's good.
|
|
Tiiulicious
Bubba Ho-Tep
Not much upstairs, but what a staircase! :)
Posts: 591 
|
Post by Tiiulicious on Dec 18, 2013 17:52:53 GMT -5
Gotta go with Halle Berry. Her Oscar win was undeserved (Nicole Kidman should have won for Moulin Rouge) and to be honest, she's a pretty bad actress. Only reason she keeps getting work is because she's "hot", but luckily most films she stars in are horrible. She also portrayed the worst Bond girl in recent history. Denise Richards as a scientist is not objectively worse as a Bond girl? Further her role was a stronger one than Kidman having a broad archetypal thing over having to portray a character, I dislike that movie though, so I am not unbiased, except maybe feeling that was a year of weak contenders for a lot of things... but that is neither here nor there for this topic. Denise Richards, while a weak actress, managed to sell the ridiculous character of Christmas Jones. Sure it was stupid and ill-conceived but at least I enjoyed that character within the context of the film. It also didn't hurt that she had lots of chemistry with Pierce Brosnan. Halle Berry as Jinx was a low point of Die Another Day. Her character was better written than Christmas Jones was but Halle didn't manage to make it either believable or interesting. She was just there for the bikini shot. She also had zero chem with Brosnan which killed the flow of the film because Rosamund Pike playing the 'bad' Bond girl had lots of fiery chemistry with Pierce and it made one question why Bond would ever want Jinx. Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite films of all time and to think Nicole Kidman didn't win for that haunting performance as Satine is ridiculous. Halle Berry took her top off to mack on Billy Bob Thornton and that's what deserves Best Actress accolades? It was a cliched, flawed film with Berry giving a flat, uninspired performance that pretty much no one remembers anymore. Kidman brought layers to Satine who in lesser hands could have been just another hooker with the heart of gold. |
|
|
|
Post by ThereIsNoAbsurdistOnlyZuul on Dec 19, 2013 16:04:58 GMT -5
Denise Richards as a scientist is not objectively worse as a Bond girl? Further her role was a stronger one than Kidman having a broad archetypal thing over having to portray a character, I dislike that movie though, so I am not unbiased, except maybe feeling that was a year of weak contenders for a lot of things... but that is neither here nor there for this topic. Denise Richards, while a weak actress, managed to sell the ridiculous character of Christmas Jones. Sure it was stupid and ill-conceived but at least I enjoyed that character within the context of the film. It also didn't hurt that she had lots of chemistry with Pierce Brosnan. Halle Berry as Jinx was a low point of Die Another Day. Her character was better written than Christmas Jones was but Halle didn't manage to make it either believable or interesting. She was just there for the bikini shot. She also had zero chem with Brosnan which killed the flow of the film because Rosamund Pike playing the 'bad' Bond girl had lots of fiery chemistry with Pierce and it made one question why Bond would ever want Jinx. Moulin Rouge is one of my favorite films of all time and to think Nicole Kidman didn't win for that haunting performance as Satine is ridiculous. Halle Berry took her top off to mack on Billy Bob Thornton and that's what deserves Best Actress accolades? It was a cliched, flawed film with Berry giving a flat, uninspired performance that pretty much no one remembers anymore. Kidman brought layers to Satine who in lesser hands could have been just another hooker with the heart of gold. Don't get me wrong, Jinx was forgettable. But Halle Barry ends up not requiring a fifth of Tequila for the audience to suspend disbelief. Denise Richards did, point of fact. As she is incapable of conveying conviction in any role she is in. As for the actual Oscar that year, yeah Halle Barry shouldn't have won, and history has proven that her Oscar was a fluke in her career. Sissy Spacek should have walked with that award. And then you had to say there were 'layers' to anything involving Moulin Rouge. A movie that was profound in it's shallowness, to a Worhollian degree. Don't misconstrue, I said I didn't like it, but I don't like it on it's own merits, it was a dislike earned by viewing it, and it's faux-fanciful wannabe magical realist bullshit, like some sort of diet fat free Terry Gilliam substitute. It is inconsistent tone, filled with easy platitudes. There was no depth to the role, Kidman, a fine actress, was simply not up to the task of breathing life into something that was the very definition of artifice, and yes she has the strongest performance in the movie, but... There is no weight or gravity allowed. Let alone breathing room. The movie whirls between moments. So beyond being just a bog standard 'tragic love story,' with bog standard 'artist and realist' tarted up with interesting visual flairs, and a banal selection of music. Kidman's efforts are buried. |
|
Capt Lunatic
Unicron
Buttah in mah ass, lollipops in mah mouth
Posts: 3,241
|
Post by Capt Lunatic on Dec 19, 2013 22:25:22 GMT -5
On behalf of all people everywhere, Jon Voight's shit films are forgiven due to the quality of his work on Ray Donovan.
"What did YOUUUU do Ray...what did YYYYOOOUUUU DOOOO?"
|
|
MolotovMocktail
Grimlock
Home of the 5-time, 5-time, 5-time, 5-time 5-time Super Bowl Champion 49ers-and Wrestlemania 31
Posts: 13,954
|
Post by MolotovMocktail on Dec 19, 2013 22:31:57 GMT -5
Reese Witherspoon. She's a good actress but needs to do more Walk the Lines and fewer Just Like Heavens.
|
|
EyeofTyr
Hank Scorpio
Strange and Mystical
Posts: 5,744 
|
Post by EyeofTyr on Dec 19, 2013 23:57:53 GMT -5
Angelina Jolie. Holy cow has she had an overrated career based on her looks amidst a few decent, but nothing to write home about, movies that usually had the rest of it's parts lifting her up from her usual level by association.
|
|
