Biggest waste of a cast - Blu-ray Forum

Chaotic · 08-03-2020, 04:35 PM

Prometheus for me. Only Noomi and Fassbender had meaty roles. Everyone else was wasted badly.

DarkEco910 · 08-03-2020, 04:39 PM

My buddy and I couldn't stand Ad Astra. Gorgeous to look at. Great cast. But...ugh. I do not have high hopes for Armageddon Time which has a stellar cast.

The Big Wedding also. That was a dynamite cast squandered by the stupidest of plots. We tried watching that in April on Amazon, and we turned it off 35 min into it.

Himmel · 08-03-2020, 04:41 PM

Nine~~Daniel Day Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Lauren, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman... For a very weak movie that only works as a Victoria Secret commercial.

DanTheMan · 08-03-2020, 04:45 PM

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

The Debts · 08-03-2020, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

Oh God you just HAD to bring up that POS movie.

Chaotic · 08-03-2020, 04:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

I don’t know, I head that’s pretty great......

DarkEco910 · 08-03-2020, 04:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chaotic

I don’t know, I head that’s pretty great......

I believe this film holds the record for me saying WTF many hundreds of times during its runtime. And just shocked beyond all reason that so many big names signed on for that turd.

Atomic Salad · 08-03-2020, 04:52 PM

Twilight Zone: The Movie

filmbuffTX · 08-03-2020, 04:53 PM

Power Rangers 2017 in that it will be a waste not to use that cast in future movies.

MazeRunner · 08-03-2020, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

First film that came to mind. $8.8M domestic total.

MazeRunner · 08-03-2020, 04:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

Power Rangers 2017 in that it will be a waste not to use that cast in future movies.

They should have had a sequel in 2019. Too late now. The cast is too old now.

Aclea · 08-03-2020, 05:00 PM

Voyage of the Damned - instead of extras they hired name actors, and most of them had nothing to do but sit at tables or look over the rail. Several of the names on the poster don't even have characters, they're just making up the numbers.

Is Paris Burning? - almost the entire American cast. While the French stars almost all have meaty vignettes, aside from Orson Welles the Americans are just there to put some star names on the poster for the US market: blink-and-you'll-miss-`em cameos by Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Anthony Perkins and Robert Stack, with the prominently billed George Chakhiris is in it for less than 30 seconds!

Casino Royale (1967) - a huge waste of talent all round, but you've got to especially feel for the Jean-Paul Belmondo and George Raft fans who came to see the movie based on their prominent star billing and showcasing in the trailer only to find that they're both in it for 30 seconds.

kylor · 08-03-2020, 05:05 PM

Dark Phoenix. Solid cast but the move was awful.

AKORIS · 08-03-2020, 05:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

all those people... lost.. like tears in the rain....

Foggy · 08-03-2020, 05:28 PM

The Hobbit movies are probably up there, not outright terrible, but for so much excess, almost all actors have relatively little to do, especially compared to The Lord of the Rings, which managed to have roles have some form of purpose.

Dustin44 · 08-03-2020, 05:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right?

Hugh Jackman
Emma Stone
Uma Thurman
Kate Winslet
Chris Pratt
Richard Gere
Halle Berry
Naomi Watts
Dennis Quaid
Greg Kinnear
Liev Schreiber
Anna Farris
Kristen Bell
Chloe Grace Moretz
Gerard Butler
Elizabeth Banks
Terrence Howard

^This has got to be the winner right here.

SteelbookCat · 08-03-2020, 05:54 PM

star wars original trilogy everyone on the cast wasted for years except Harrison Ford

Fan4stic
Great actors wasted in terrible Movie

The Amazing Spiderman series
Great actors time cut short with only two movies.

Kuruwin · 08-03-2020, 05:57 PM

Oliver Stone's JFK kinda. It has ton of star power but because it's so information driven it doesn't really need great cast. It pretty much is information package to those don't want to read the book it's based on.

Ricky G · 08-03-2020, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelbookCat

star wars original trilogy everyone on the cast wasted for years except Harrison Ford

Fan4stic
Great actors wasted in terrible Movie

The Amazing Spiderman series
Great actors time cut short with only two movies.

time was not the issue there.

Batman1980 · 08-03-2020, 06:06 PM

Avengers End Game - overstuffed with a great cast that was pushed aside to rush to the CGI-fest ending.

08-03-2020, 04:35 PM	#1
Chaotic Blu-ray Grand Duke Member since:Mar 2009 Location:Denver, CO	Biggest waste of a cast Prometheus for me. Only Noomi and Fassbender had meaty roles. Everyone else was wasted badly.

08-03-2020, 04:39 PM	#2
DarkEco910 Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Mar 2013 4K collection:342 Blu-ray collection:620 DVD collection:38 Digital collection:695 iTunes collection:814 Trading Score:297	My buddy and I couldn't stand Ad Astra. Gorgeous to look at. Great cast. But...ugh. I do not have high hopes for Armageddon Time which has a stellar cast. The Big Wedding also. That was a dynamite cast squandered by the stupidest of plots. We tried watching that in April on Amazon, and we turned it off 35 min into it.

08-03-2020, 04:41 PM	#3
Himmel Banned Member since:Jul 2012 Location:Northeast Corridor 4K collection:46 Blu-ray collection:301	Nine~~Daniel Day Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Judi Dench, Sophia Lauren, Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman... For a very weak movie that only works as a Victoria Secret commercial.

08-03-2020, 04:45 PM	#4
DanTheMan Blu-ray King Member since:Dec 2010 4K collection:593 Blu-ray collection:2319 Digital collection:438 iTunes collection:330 Trading Score:138	Movie 43 has gotta be up there, right? Hugh Jackman Emma Stone Uma Thurman Kate Winslet Chris Pratt Richard Gere Halle Berry Naomi Watts Dennis Quaid Greg Kinnear Liev Schreiber Anna Farris Kristen Bell Chloe Grace Moretz Gerard Butler Elizabeth Banks Terrence Howard

08-03-2020, 04:52 PM	#8
Atomic Salad Special Member Top contributor Member since:Mar 2014 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Trading Score:1	Twilight Zone: The Movie

08-03-2020, 04:53 PM	#9
filmbuffTX Blu-ray Duke Top contributor Member since:May 2015 4K collection:267 Blu-ray collection:6361 DVD collection:2270 Digital collection:1617 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:16	Power Rangers 2017 in that it will be a waste not to use that cast in future movies.

08-03-2020, 05:00 PM	#12
Aclea Blu-ray Baron Top contributor Member since:Jun 2012 Blu-ray reviews: 3	Voyage of the Damned - instead of extras they hired name actors, and most of them had nothing to do but sit at tables or look over the rail. Several of the names on the poster don't even have characters, they're just making up the numbers. Is Paris Burning? - almost the entire American cast. While the French stars almost all have meaty vignettes, aside from Orson Welles the Americans are just there to put some star names on the poster for the US market: blink-and-you'll-miss-`em cameos by Kirk Douglas, Glenn Ford, Anthony Perkins and Robert Stack, with the prominently billed George Chakhiris is in it for less than 30 seconds! Casino Royale (1967) - a huge waste of talent all round, but you've got to especially feel for the Jean-Paul Belmondo and George Raft fans who came to see the movie based on their prominent star billing and showcasing in the trailer only to find that they're both in it for 30 seconds.

08-03-2020, 05:05 PM	#13
kylor Blu-ray Prince Member since:Jul 2015 Location:The past.. or the future. 4K collection:696 Blu-ray collection:7101 DVD collection:620 MA collection:1030 Digital collection:2058 Trading Score:3	Dark Phoenix. Solid cast but the move was awful.

08-03-2020, 05:28 PM	#15
Foggy Blu-ray Grand Duke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:UK 4K collection:29 Blu-ray collection:3589 DVD collection:47	The Hobbit movies are probably up there, not outright terrible, but for so much excess, almost all actors have relatively little to do, especially compared to The Lord of the Rings, which managed to have roles have some form of purpose.

08-03-2020, 05:54 PM	#17
SteelbookCat Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Aug 2017 4K collection:56 Blu-ray collection:104 DVD collection:69 MA collection:75 iTunes collection:2	star wars original trilogy everyone on the cast wasted for years except Harrison Ford Fan4stic Great actors wasted in terrible Movie The Amazing Spiderman series Great actors time cut short with only two movies.

08-03-2020, 05:57 PM	#18
Kuruwin Active Member Member since:Feb 2018 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- Digital collection:-	Oliver Stone's JFK kinda. It has ton of star power but because it's so information driven it doesn't really need great cast. It pretty much is information package to those don't want to read the book it's based on.

08-03-2020, 06:06 PM	#20
Batman1980 Blu-ray Jedi Member since:Feb 2009 Location:District 13 Home Theater Gallery:8 4K collection:146 Blu-ray collection:394 DVD collection:57 Blu-ray reviews:22 Trading Score:48	Avengers End Game - overstuffed with a great cast that was pushed aside to rush to the CGI-fest ending.

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