Casting - Hits and Misses

[Liquor and Poker 3659]

John Malkovich's accent in the New Pope is a clear miss.  

[Gil Bang 25903]

27 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Hit

doesn't count.  Spin off

[Sbbruin 21782]

12 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

John Malkovich's accent in the New Pope is a clear miss.  

But his accent as Teddy KGB is a hit.

[Jerry Callo 8670]

Hits all the way around:

[Sbbruin 21782]

38 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Hit

Hit

[AustinMT 952]

26 minutes ago, Horn80 said:

Hit:  Brando as Col Kurtz.  Entire movie based on boat ride up a river during war to confront this character.  Tremendous build up and without much screen time, Brando pulled It off as did Martin Sheen throughout entire movie.

It would have been even better had he not shown up grossly overweight, requiring them to use a mumu for clothing and film him in shadows.

[TwiceHorn 31322]

Hit:

Also hit:

[GreenspointTexas 9568]

Biggest miss in the history of cinema



Biggest hit ive ever seen, including 2 of the best on-point acting jobs ever in FNL and FNL series




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[Underdog 28460]

 

[lateshow 1304]

1 hour ago, Gil Bang said:

doesn't count.  Spin off

Oh give me a break. He was a hit as Frasier Crane on Cheers too. If he wasn't so good, they wouldn't have made the highly successful spin off based on the gal damn character. No need to pick nits. 

Edited January 30, 2020 by lateshow

[immortal13 4059]

34 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

Biggest miss in the history of cinema



Biggest hit ive ever seen, including 2 of the best on-point acting jobs ever in FNL and FNL series




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Edited January 30, 2020 by immortal13

[Horn80 6081]

2 hours ago, AustinMT said:

It would have been even better had he not shown up grossly overweight, requiring them to use a mumu for clothing and film him in shadows.

I was aware of that but having him filmed in dark shadows seemed to work well to be symbiotic of his character’s state of mind.

[Wild Bill 324]

[kt-horn 56]

Hit

[squib 1120]

 

Perfect in every role.

[Underdog 28460]

[Deej 76599]

Johnny. Hit.

[HouTex 1851]

Barbara Billingsly and the “I speak Jive” lines is one of the all time greats.

“I dug her rap. My Moma didn’t raise no dummy.”

[Steamboat1874 4037]

All hits.....

[Prepuce of Doom 20999]

Tony Soprano's mother and Uncle Junior are also perfect for their roles. 

[oSuJeff97 3435]

 

Actually the entire damn cast of this film is perfect, with TLJ being the *most* perfect.

[oSuJeff97 3435]

On 1/30/2020 at 7:59 AM, Mileslong said:

Miss

Jack Ryan

 

I haven't seen the show, but from the trailers it seems that it has the same problem as the Ben Affleck version of Jack Ryan - they make him like a special forces action star instead of what he's supposed to be, which is a CIA analyst.

The quintessential Jack Ryan are the scenes in The Hunt for Red October when he figures out (by thinking) how Ramius is going to get the men off the boat and Patriot Games when he slowly realizes the red-haired woman is part of Sean Miller's group.

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The quintessential Jack Ryan are the scenes in The Hunt for Red October when he figures out (by thinking) how Ramius is going to get the men off the boat...

How do you make them WANT to get off of a nuclear submarine?

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2 hours ago, oSuJeff97 said:

 

I haven't seen the show, but from the trailers it seems that it has the same problem as the Ben Affleck version of Jack Ryan - they make him like a special forces action star instead of what he's supposed to be, which is a CIA analyst.

The quintessential Jack Ryan are the scenes in The Hunt for Red October when he figures out (by thinking) how Ramius is going to get the men off the boat and Patriot Games when he slowly realizes the red-haired woman is part of Sean Miller's group.

Makes it a double miss.  Jack Ryan isn’t an action star.  And an action star isn’t Jim. 

[Dbeasy 14992]

Perfection

[Don Johnson 4745]

Misses

 

 

 

 

 

[lemonandaturd 4285]

Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell is a major hit.  

Jeff Bridges as Rooster Cogburn in the remake was a slam dunk.

Clu Gulager as "Abilene" in "The Last Picture Show"  was outstanding.  

Ben Johnson as Sam the Lion was greatness.  

Edited February 1, 2020 by lemonandaturd

[Macanudo 12936]

On 1/30/2020 at 11:21 AM, Sbbruin said:

Hit

Maris?

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Hits

 

[Drew 2331]

Pulled out Yellowstone on us...nice.  Agreed.

Crazy to think that Rip was in 2 Fast 2 Furious as a Miami/Cuban bad guy.

[Cheeseweasel 26437]

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[ChickenSandwich 9803]

Miss..

Miss...

[yoladu 4072]

French Stewart as a soldier in Stargate

[Mileslong 4718]

All hits

[Jimbaround 973]

[Carl Spackler 3461]

[Carl Spackler 3461]

If I do say so myself . . .

 

[hobbes2702 12863]

On 1/28/2020 at 11:31 PM, TwiceHorn said:

The Bear Jew was such a bizarre fucking character.  Who might you suggest?  Ron Jeremy?

Pages late but initially the role was supposed to go to Adam Sandler

[Underdog 28460]

 

[pokeNbeans 203]

Misses...although their casting did turn the movie into a decent comedy.

 

[Saint Tacky 1610]

Two of the greatest performances in film history. 

[Haphap 741]

Hit:

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Misses:

 

 

Both roles.  Will Farrell is too silly to take any of the action seriously or care about the plot.  Marky Mark isn't funny enough to make me think it's a comedy. 

Going too far on either side of that spectrum end up making it a poor man's Bad Boys, with kinda funny but mostly action Will Smith and mostly funny and kinda action Martin Lawrence.  Seems like both leads have to kinda pitch in on both parts of "action comedy."  Maybe it's just a bad script though.

 

[SwanderedTalent 5761]

Helena Bonham Carter as Bellatrix Lestrange in the Harry Potter movies was a miss-- too cartoony and over-the-top even for a cartoony kid's book character

Glory is one of my all-time favorite movies, but I kind of go back and forth on Matthew Broderick as Robert Gould Shaw. He's sharing the screen with Cary Elwes, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, and Andre Braugher-- he kind of gets chewed up and spit out by those guys, even though I sentimentally love his performance. 

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

On 2/7/2020 at 9:01 PM, hobbes2702 said:

Pages late but initially the role was supposed to go to Adam Sandler

I thought it was Sandler the whole time!

[ChickenSandwich 9803]

Elysium bad guy Kruger..Miss

 

Edited March 20, 2020 by ChickenSandwich

[52-80 19110]

in 80% of his movies.  hes not an action star.  hes an old sad looking dude. 

even when hes purposely cast as an old sad looking action star, he aint

[TankedBevo 2482]

On 2/10/2020 at 9:53 AM, SuingToGetAMessageBoard? said:

Misses:

 

 

Both roles.  Will Farrell is too silly to take any of the action seriously or care about the plot.  Marky Mark isn't funny enough to make me think it's a comedy. 

Going too far on either side of that spectrum end up making it a poor man's Bad Boys, with kinda funny but mostly action Will Smith and mostly funny and kinda action Martin Lawrence.  Seems like both leads have to kinda pitch in on both parts of "action comedy."  Maybe it's just a bad script though.

 

I agree about Wahlberg but Will "Gatas bitches betta be usin' jimmies!!" Ferrell is fucking funny as shit in this movie. Marky Mark was just annoying, but the schtick worked better in TED.