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Movies that wasted a great cast

BennyBlanco

aka IMurRIVAL69
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I had never even heard of this back in the day, but was looking for something to watch on Tubi and I landed on this.

This cast is absurd:

- Denzel
- James Gandolfini
- Donald Sutherland
- John Goodman
- Embeth Davidtz

All in their peaks in 1998. And the movie stinks! How does this happen? I guess it illustrates the importance of a good director but I was shocked that I didn’t like this movie. Off the top of my head Righteous Kill was also terrible and had Deniro and Pacino.
 

Fbh

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Asteroid City is the only Wes Anderson movie I haven't liked (haven't seen all of them though)
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But it certainly had a great cast with Tom Hanks, Brian Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and more.
 

Doom85

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Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe at their peaks - and its shit. Also Fallen is ok, especially against this shit.

I always hear this movie referenced a lot, never seen it. A podcast I follow, The Weekly Planet, just did over the last three weeks on their Caravan of Gabage weekly series (note: they cover all sorts of movies they like or dislike, so ignore the “Garbage” part of the title) what they called the “Russel Crowe Histor-ilogy”, they started with Gladiator, and they kept joking that one of the other two movies they’d be covering was Virtuosity and that it was “based on true events” even pretending specific insane sci-fi moments from the film actually happened in real life a while back (note: the other two films they covered were actually Master and Commander and Noah, and I admit to have totally forgotten the latter was a thing, I thought it was going to be Robin Hood).
 

Kraz

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I had never even heard of this back in the day, but was looking for something to watch on Tubi and I landed on this.

This cast is absurd:

- Denzel
- James Gandolfini
- Donald Sutherland
- John Goodman
- Embeth Davidtz

All in their peaks in 1998. And the movie stinks! How does this happen? I guess it illustrates the importance of a good director but I was shocked that I didn’t like this movie. Off the top of my head Righteous Kill was also terrible and had Deniro and Pacino.
Fallen is one of those movies where a demonic creature has a successful story.
Holds up with Hereditary, Devil's Workshop, Late Night With the Devil of movies with that unique quality. Makes it great, certainly not a waste.

Exodus: Gods and Kings had a great cast but was a vacant movie.
 

Durien

Member
Asteroid City is the only Wes Anderson movie I haven't liked (haven't seen all of them though)
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But it certainly had a great cast with Tom Hanks, Brian Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and more.
Oh man that sucks. I wanted to see this because I like his other work. I saw the cast in this and thought Holy Crap! I just haven't had a chance to watch it. I think Rushmore is my favorite. It feels like a John Hughes movie in a way.
 
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Denzel Washington and Russel Crowe at their peaks - and its shit. Also Fallen is ok, especially against this shit.
Movie is shit but it's kinda fascinating how bad it is.

Like wtf is this scene:

Even rewatching it now I'm perplexed about so many directing choices in this 2 minute clip lol. Like why is the crowd constantly yelling KAPOW, even after shots have been fired? :messenger_grinning_smiling:

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's "so bad it's good", but it's close.
 
Movie is shit but it's kinda fascinating how bad it is.

Like wtf is this scene:

Even rewatching it now I'm perplexed about so many directing choices in this 2 minute clip lol. Like why is the crowd constantly yelling KAPOW, even after shots have been fired? :messenger_grinning_smiling:

I wouldn't go as far as to say it's "so bad it's good", but it's close.

I actually enjoyed this movie as a kid. I watched it a few years back and it's so bad.

But actually watching that scene I couldn't stop laughing at how bad it is. Russell really can ham it up .
 

Doom85

Member
Imagine being able to put Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia and Han Solo on screen at the same time and then just not do it.

Cool Cool Nbc GIF by Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Would have only lasted one movie anyway since it was pretty blatant Harrison Ford would only come back in a major role for VII, dude made it clear to Lucas he wanted Han killed off since VI, he never was fond of the character like he was towards Indy or Deckard.
 
Scorsese's The Irishman 2019
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A powerhouse collaboration of Elder Don's that were part of the greatest Cosa Nostra films Cinema has ever been blessed with.

Unnecessary CGI de-aging that had no emotional impact on the story. DeNiro's CGI Blue Eyes took out the soul of his performance. They even had Harvey Keitel. Took too long for them to work together. I was more impressed with Stephen Graham's acting as Tony Pro and even the comedian Sebastian Maniscalco was memorable as his role as Crazy Joe Gallo.
 
Scorsese's The Irishman 2019
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A powerhouse collaboration of Elder Don's that were part of the greatest Cosa Nostra films Cinema has ever been blessed with.

Unnecessary CGI de-aging that had no emotional impact on the story. DeNiro's CGI Blue Eyes took out the soul of his performance. They even had Harvey Keitel. Took too long for them to work together. I was more impressed with Stephen Graham's acting as Tony Pro and even the comedian Sebastian Maniscalco was memorable as his role as Crazy Joe Gallo.
Terrible movie but not sure it was that big of a waste considering how washed they all were.

Found this piece of shit far more disappointing:
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ahtlas7

Member
Asteroid City is the only Wes Anderson movie I haven't liked (haven't seen all of them though)
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But it certainly had a great cast with Tom Hanks, Brian Cranston, Tilda Swinton, Jeffrey Wright, Edward Norton, Scarlett Johansson, Jason Schwartzman and more.
It failed because no Bill Murray.
 

Hrk69

Member
The departed is a poor remake, with horrific accents

There Will be blood is just boring as hell, granted I will say its beautifully shot
I don't think Mark Wahlberg is wasted, he's fucking funny in that movie

Obligatory Mark Wahlberg skits:




There Will be Blood is my favorite movie of all time

But I can see why people think its boring. I think it's one of those you have to watch while you're in a certain mood. If that makes any sense
 
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Aesius

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Terrible movie but not sure it was that big of a waste considering how washed they all were.

Found this piece of shit far more disappointing:
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I remember the big sell for this one was that it was the three best actors of their generation.

It's crazy how much Edward Norton fell off during the late 00s. He was HUGE in the late 90s and early 00s. Had a string of hits and killed it in basically every role. Then he did the Hulk for one movie, missed out on the entire MCU after being replaced by Mark Ruffalo, and hasn't been in anything major since then.
 
Oceans 12

The Magnificent 7 remake. Denzel, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard.

Amsterdam. Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, Rami Malek, Taylor Swift, DeNiro, Michael Shannon, Mike Myers, Zoe Saldana, Timothy Olyphant, Leland Orser, Anya Taylor Joy, Chris Rock.
 
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