David Thewlis as the villain in Wonder Woman. It just didn’t work. Remus Lupin is NOT intimidating!

Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell in Hook.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

+1 Thisis an epically bad take. Kevin Costner was surprisingly good in Bull Durham, but he’s a dreadful actor, and Dancing with Wolves was tied with Waterworld for the worst of the worst.

I disagree - Dances with Wolves was really good - when it came out. Doesn't hold up, but it was a good movie at the time. He was really good in Bull Durham. Also excellent in The Untouchables.

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Anonymous wrote:The whitewashing of Avatar the Last Airbender. That was horrific.

+1.
Hollywood whitewashing is insane nowadays. There are so many decent Asian actors who are not given a chance it's just criminal.
Add Tilda Swinton in Dr. Strange, Natalie Portman in Annihilation, Matt Damon turning The Great Wall into a stereotypical "white man saves China" caricature, and Benedict Cumberbatch in the Star Trek reboot all as examples of Hollywood anti-Asian bigotry.

Tilda Swinton was awesome in Doctor Strange. It’s totally legitimate to be angry about the white washing, but she did a great job.

I don't think it's legit to be angry at the whitewashing, entirely. Or maybe it's more legit to be mad at a more complex issue. The character as written in the original comics was problematic. You can't have an asian person play such a bad, overt Asian stereotypical character. So the decision was to step away from the character, turn it into Tilda's ancient one in stead. Perhaps it would have been a better decision to cast an Asian character and rewrite in a way that didn't bring in blatantly offensive Asian stereotypes, but Marvel has a bit of a history in trying to re-do past offensive characters.

For example, they used The Mandarin in IronMan 3, but it was done as a ruse - someone was hired to portray a bad guy who called himself The Mandarin (but the real bad guy ws someone else, the person who hired the actor). Now in Shani-Chi and the 10 rings, they'll bring in some of the lore from the Mandarin comics, but in a way that isn't so offensive.

It's not perfect, but Marvel has been pivoting to more inclusive storytelling.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

+1 Thisis an epically bad take. Kevin Costner was surprisingly good in Bull Durham, but he’s a dreadful actor, and Dancing with Wolves was tied with Waterworld for the worst of the worst.

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Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Good God. I can't decide which was worse--his terrible acting or terrible directing.

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss

She was too old!

My first thought was Minnie Driver and David Duchovny in "Return to Me" -- silly rom com but there was literally NO chemistry between them, which made it not just silly but unwatchable.

Speaking of Natalie Portman, she was so unbelievable to me in the movie Closer. She was supposed to be a stripper, but had a childlike presence acting next to Jude Law, Julia Roberts and Clive Barker.

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Anonymous wrote:We were just talking about this last night. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen as Padme and Anakin Skywalker.

Yes!!! Terrible chemistry, terrible writing, terrible acting.

I think George Lucas should take most of the blame. I’m not sure if any actor could have made those movies watchable.

Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball. That should have gone to Debra Messing. I'm interested in watching a movie about Lucy, but not if it means listening to Nicole's whispered American accent and spending the whole movie thinking "that's Nicole Kidman pretending to be Lucy."

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Anonymous wrote:Jennifer Lawrence in American Hustle and Joy - she was too young for both roles.

I clicked on this thread to say exactly that!

Me again—also Silver Linings Playbook.

So true: she was way too young for the role in American Hustle. I never understood her It girl status, like she had to be in every movie for awhile.

Anonymous wrote:Kevin Costner in anything

Wrong. Loved "Dances with Wolves".

Anonymous wrote:We were just talking about this last night. Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen as Padme and Anakin Skywalker.

Yes!!! Terrible chemistry, terrible writing, terrible acting.

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Anonymous wrote:Worst ever? As in I can't watch this part of the movie and it's ruined for me? Andie McDowell 3 Weddings and a Funeral. No question. Such a shame.

+1

Came here for this