After watching the completely average remake of The Witches over the weekend, it made me think of how much I like Octavia Spencer as an actress and how few of her films are actually any good. The last few films I’ve seen her in (Ma, Thunder Force, Dolittle and The Witches) have all ranged from ordinary to awful.
What other good actors can you think of that seem to churn out bad movies?
Adrien Brody has made some horrendous movies.
Bruce Willis for the last 15 years has purposely sabotaged his own career.
Adam Sandler can actally act, but would rather do ridiculously unfunny voices and act like he's mentally handicapped.
There are many more, but those are off the top of my head.
Meryl Streep:
The good
Adaptation
Doubt
Sophie's Choice
The Deer Hunter
The bad
Music of the Heart
Florence Foster Jenkins
Hope Springs
Heartburn
Falling in Love
Prime
A Prairie Home Companion
Marvin's Room
Ironweed
Before and After
Ricki and the Flash
Into the Woods
Dancing at Lughnasa
She-Devil
Dark Matter
Rendition
Mamma Mia!
A Cry in the Dark
One True Thing
The Manchurian Candidate
Lions for Lambs
The Bridges of Madison County
Postcards from the Edge
It's Complicated
The Giver
Why do you consider all of those movies bad? I can understand not liking them, but all of them bad? I respectfully disagree.
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I respect your opinion but I wouldn’t say any of those you listed were bad. In fact, Postcards From the Edge, The Bridges of Madison County and Evil Angels (or A Cry in the Dark, if you must use the Yanky title) are among my favourites.
Oh, hang on, I just noticed The Giver on your list. Yeah, I’ll give you that one, that was a stinker!
As I mentioned above to another user, they're not in the same territory as "Gigli" or "Norbit" levels of bad, but I wouldn't say any of those are actually good. They're all pretty boring and I expect more from a legend.
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sharevince vaughn, maybe? i'm not a fan or anything, but i've certainly liked at least a few movies he's been in.
hacksaw ridge
dragged across concrete
brawl in cell block 99
the cell
all pretty good/great, and he's absolutely good in all of them imo.
but when i look at his filmography, it looks like an endless line of things i'd never, ever want to watch. middling dramas, bland thrillers, unfunny comedies.
Yes, absolutely agreed. He seems to be on a Nic Cage career trajectory. Get a new agent Vince!!
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