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Post by texaswhopper on Dec 26, 2008 9:21:41 GMT -5
I love Gangs of New York.
That is all.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 9:40:04 GMT -5
Replace Franco as Osborne with either
- Julian Mcmahon as Doctor Doom - Jessica Alba as Sue Storm - Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider - Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane
And I would agree 100% with that list
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Post by The Lunch Break Kid on Dec 26, 2008 9:46:20 GMT -5
Why do the people who complie these lists always pick odd numbers? What is wrong with top 5 or 10?
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 26, 2008 9:51:56 GMT -5
Jessica Alba in the fantastic four: Yeah, I know its not meant to be realistic, but when you hear she's the 'head of genetic research' its ridiculous.
Sofia Coppola in the Godfather part 3: appalling.
Chris Rock whenever he has to play someone that's not Chris Rock.
Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl.
Is it too early to say Eliza Dushku has been miscast in dollhouse?
Tara Reid in Alone in the dark
Denise Richards in the world is not enough.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 9:55:23 GMT -5
Tara Reid in Alone in the dark Denise Richards in the world is not enough. Crap, How did i forget those two. Denise Richards is a black spot on an otherwise very good bond film.
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Post by CrazySting on Dec 26, 2008 10:02:10 GMT -5
Tara Reid in Alone in the dark Denise Richards in the world is not enough. Crap, How did i forget those two. Denise Richards is a black spot on an otherwise very good bond film. Its the same problem as Alba: these woman that just seem like bimbos in these highly prestigious career fields. I was watching an interview with Tara Reid about Alone in the dark, and she didn't even seem to know what her character did. Also, they gave her glasses, so we would think she was smarter. Even on the commentary Uwe Boll is like 'yeah, doesn't she look clever with those glasses?' Um....No.
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Post by Mr Ismaeal Naji on Dec 26, 2008 10:22:28 GMT -5
What about Topher Grace in spiderman 3? DING DING DING we have a winner, and yes f*** topher grace (he was also miscast on that 70's show)
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Post by Joe Neglia on Dec 26, 2008 10:45:47 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.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 10:50:40 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
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Post by default on Dec 26, 2008 10:50:47 GMT -5
Replace Franco as Osborne with either - Julian Mcmahon as Doctor Doom - Jessica Alba as Sue Storm - Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider - Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane And I would agree 100% with that list Nah, replace Franco with Ahnold as Freeze.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 26, 2008 10:53:20 GMT -5
Replace Franco as Osborne with either - Julian Mcmahon as Doctor Doom - Jessica Alba as Sue Storm - Nicolas Cage as Ghost Rider - Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane And I would agree 100% with that list Nah, replace Franco with Ahnold as Freeze. But Arnold as Freeze with all his terrible puns are the only reason to watch that movie!
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 10:55:24 GMT -5
Nah, replace Franco with Ahnold as Freeze. But Arnold as Freeze with all his terrible puns are the only reason to watch that movie! That's why I didn't put it.
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Post by HMARK Center on Dec 26, 2008 11:02:09 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.
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Post by Jiren on Dec 26, 2008 11:03:46 GMT -5
Even Coppola regrets casting Reeves & Ryder
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Post by sloride on Dec 26, 2008 12:15:59 GMT -5
On the criteria about Mark Wahlberg I presume the author never saw him in The Departed? He was freaking awesome in that movie and that wasn't bang bang shoot shoot. I agree with the Ryder/Reeves thing. I was sorely disapointed with that movie as I love the book and the two were not comfortable in their roles. And with Gangs of New York, well when you are in a movie with Daniel Day Lewis and Liam Neeson its difficult not to get outshon by actors of that calibre.
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Post by darthalexander on Dec 26, 2008 12:24:43 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?
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Post by The Lunch Break Kid on Dec 26, 2008 12:48:57 GMT -5
Dolph Ljundgren as The Punisher/He-Man Sam Jackson as Mace Windu Also, anything Tom Hanks has ever been cast in.
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 26, 2008 13:00:46 GMT -5
Dolph Ljundgren as The Punisher/He-Man Sam Jackson as Mace Windu Also, anything Tom Hanks has ever been cast in. Tom Hanks was awesome in Bachelor Party, Big, The Burbs and The Money Pit. You take that back!
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Post by Sajoa Moe on Dec 26, 2008 13:01:06 GMT -5
Finally, someone else agrees with how I feel about Cameron Diaz.
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Post by DSR on Dec 26, 2008 13:22:43 GMT -5
I liked Kirsten Dunst as the "girl next door" Mary Jane Watson, which is what she is to Peter Parker - tho now she's a sexpot, she wasn't originally. You mean comic book MJ wasn't originally a sexpot? The woman whose first words in the comics were "Face it, Tiger. You just hit the jackpot"? That's the kinda line I can't imagine hearing from a girl-next-door type, unless you live next door to a brothel or something.
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