Your Nominations for worst actor awards.

[BG318]

Can we say Elvis or not? Has anyone seen Clambake?

[westg]

1 hour ago, BG318 said:

Can we say Elvis or not? Has anyone seen Clambake?

😳

[JohnS]

7 hours ago, garnett said:

Is that the movie where he does a bit in a fat body suit at the end of the movie? If so, that was good and I wish he would have done more work like that.

Not only that, you wouldn't believe that it's Tom Cruise in this role (as movie executive Les Grossman) in his other scenes, only because he's so funny! I guess he wanted to prove that he could do comedy in a supporting role. I agree, we're unlikely to see him like this again...

[chasy]

13 hours ago, JohnS said:

Not only that, you wouldn't believe that it's Tom Cruise in this role (as movie executive Les Grossman) in his other scenes, only because he's so funny! I guess he wanted to prove that he could do comedy in a supporting role. I agree, we're unlikely to see him like this again...

He got prosthetic hands made for the character.

[westg]

On 1/25/2026 at 11:17 AM, garnett said:

Is that the movie where he does a bit in a fat body suit at the end of the movie? If so, that was good and I wish he would have done more work like that.

Such a man. Act and sing, and above all things, dance.

[joeypots]

On 1/23/2026 at 9:07 PM, garnett said:

Tom Cruise. The worst ever!

Rain Man? The Color of Money?  He’s held his own with some of the greatest. 

[NYGuido]

On 1/26/2026 at 12:50 AM, chasy said:

He got prosthetic hands made for the character.

One of my favorite parts of one of my favorite movies. Wife and I call it a “break glass in case of emergency” movie because it’ll always make us laugh even when really sad things are happening.

[chasy]

11 hours ago, NYGuido said:

One of my favorite parts of one of my favorite movies. Wife and I call it a “break glass in case of emergency” movie because it’ll always make us laugh even when really sad things are happening 

I’ll admit that Cruise wasn’t the best in that movie. Robert Downey Jr. absolutely crushed it.

“Red Dragon. F*ck face. Southeast Asian is mine!”

[joeypots]

Anyone who hasn't seen Tropic Thunder is missing out on great satire and comedy.

And, for sure, the pretty boy steals the show. Robert Downey Jr has his moments as well.

[chasy]

Robert Downey was so good that the fact that he was in black face (a 100% cancelable offense for the last decade) went completely unpoliced. Even the cancel culturers knew not to touch it!

[Puros Y Vino]

3 hours ago, chasy said:

Robert Downey was so good that the fact that he was in black face (a 100% cancelable offense for the last decade) went completely unpoliced. Even the cancel culturer’s knew not to touch it!

There's a clip of Jamie Foxx explaining how this wasn't that offensive. Very interesting take. It was on Joe Rogan.

[NYGuido]

12 hours ago, Puros Y Vino said:

There's a clip of Jamie Foxx explaining how this wasn't that offensive. Very interesting take. It was on Joe Rogan.

Yeah he wasn’t in black face. He was playing a white guy who did black face as a satire of it. 

[Bill Hayes]

Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars. Just abysmal. Was a running joke at our place when searching through Netflix movies. Ha ha! And controversially, Michael Madsen. Was good in Reservoir Dogs but lucky Tarantino was loyal. Plays the same character every time, trying to add stilted timing to poignant lines so they can be used in trailers and teasers. Has a great distinctive look but lucky he has a great director and editor filming. Thankfully, he knows his place. Imagine if he had to hold a whole film together as a lead actor. Would be funny to watch though, like the guy from 90210 in Sharknado. 

[westg]

On 1/28/2026 at 1:29 AM, joeypots said:

Anyone who hasn't seen Tropic Thunder is missing out on great satire and comedy.

And, for sure, the pretty boy steals the show. Robert Downey Jr has his moments as well.

By far his best work. And Jack Black, Nick Bolton and Ben Stiller. Just a classic. Framing Dwagon!

[Montezüma]

On 1/28/2026 at 8:46 AM, Bill Hayes said:

Don Cheadle in Mission to Mars. Just abysmal. Was a running joke at our place when searching through Netflix movies.

Kinda weird, especially in Ocean's 11, where I thought everyone held their own style. If it weren't for Hotel Rwanda, he would be really questionable. Apparently he was in a two horse race with Cuba Gooding for the star role, good for him for making it happen, considering he was up against an academy award winner.

Mission to Mars is a classic though, love that film.

 

[Li Bai]

There's actually another successful actor I just can't get, Tom Hiddleston. I don't even know if he's good or bad, I just never buy it when he's involved 🤔

[chasy]

Maybe we should do a thread on Actors we think are awesome?

[NYGuido]

57 minutes ago, Li Bai said:

There's actually another successful actor I just can't get, Tom Hiddleston. I don't even know if he's good or bad, I just never buy it when he's involved 🤔

I don’t get him, either. Or the obsession with Timothy Chalomet or Benedict Cumberbatch. They’re not good. And they’re just annoying 

[Li Bai]

59 minutes ago, chasy said:

Maybe we should do a thread on Actors we think are awesome?

Great idea 👍

[Chibearsv]

7 minutes ago, NYGuido said:

I don’t get him, either. Or the obsession with Timothy Chalomet or Benedict Cumberbatch. They’re not good. And they’re just annoying 

The vibe I get from these guys is that they've been trained their whole lives to be actors by stage acting instructors that wished they had been actors.  Great movie actors like Tom Hanks don't give off a vibe at all.  They just are the character they are playing.  Great actors don't look like they're acting.

[NYGuido]

26 minutes ago, Chibearsv said:

The vibe I get from these guys is that they've been trained their whole lives to be actors by stage acting instructors that wished they had been actors.  Great movie actors like Tom Hanks don't give off a vibe at all.  They just are the character they are playing.  Great actors don't look like they're acting.

YES! Too often, these guys are "X as Y character" (even some of the greats like Jack Nicholson falls into this--he's always Jack Nicholson). But the BEST actors are just THE CHARACTER. Tom Hanks, Denzel, Daniel Day Lewis. Hell, I don't think she's the best in the world, but Jennifer Lawrence is like this, too (look at her in Winter's Bone and her in her later work and tell me they're the same person). So much of this, in my view, is the ever present desire in Hollywood to have "your brand." They want the role to serve them rather than doing what is needed to serve the work.

/rant.