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While people generally hate on the Street Fighter movie, Raul Julia's M Bison usually gets plenty of praise.

I love Masters of the Universe from 1987, but it was critically panned. However, no one has anything negative to say about Frank Langella's portrayal of Skeletor

What are some memorable performances in otherwise "bad" movies? I put bad in quotes because it's all subjective.

 

[Epic Nemesis]

That one Snow White with Charlize Theron where it was like she was in a different movie. Movie sucked, but she was great and also much fairer than the twilight bitch.

 

[Asmonius]

Felon is a really average movie but Val Kilmer's performance is great.
Ewan McGregor and Liam Neeson are absolutely the highlights of the Star Wars prequels.
Stanley Tucci is amazing in The Lovely Bones.

 

[Franky Family]

Thomas Jane in The Punisher
Daniel Day Lewis in Gangs of New York

 

[DonDonDonPata]

Spy Kids the thread

 

[GreyHorace]

Jeremy Irons in Dungeons & Dragons 2000. He looks like he's having the time of his life hamming it up for what he knows is a surely crap movie.

Ben Affleck as Batman in Batman v Superman. A grim and intimidating take on the Dark Knight and probably the most comic accurate portrayal.

Ian Mcdiarmid as Palpatine in Star Wars Episode 3: Revenge of the Sith. Though I'm hesistant to call ROTS a really 'bad' movie. It's the best of the Prequels by far and Mcdiarmid's unhinged performance as the future Emperor is one of the reasons why.

Bill Nighy as Davy Jones in Pirates of the Caribbean 2&3. Unlike most people, I personally think the PoTC sequels are fucking ass. But damn does Nighy kill it as Jones. And it's still the best CGI performance I've ever seen (even over Gollum in LOTR).

Benedict Cumberbatch as Smaug in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. I think most of The Hobbit trilogy is unnecessary filler, but damn did Peter Jackson and company nail it with Smaug. And Benedict's voice and motion capture performance is perfect for showing how terrifying and evil a dragon can be.

And this may sound weird, but EVERYONE in Hudson Hawk. Let me make it clear, Hudson Hawk is NOT a good movie. But everyone is just so goofy and unhinged that I can't help but laugh at their performances.

 

[Stouffers]

Sophia Coppola - Godfather 3

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Danny McBride in Hot Rod

 

[Stouffers]

Danny McBride in Hot Rod

Hot Rod is a good movie, though

 

[Frito_Pendejo]

Hot Rod is a good movie, though

Yeah I just don't find Samberg funny.

 

[Stouffers]

Yeah I just don't find Samberg funny.

Samberg is funny in the right application. Didn't care for Brooklyn 99 because even the "straight man" was wacky/quirky. I like his Lonely Island stuff and HotRod. The rest I can live without.