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Natalie Portman, Toby Jones and Damian Lewis?!?!?! FTW?!?!?!?

posted 12 years ago by ragusa11
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The checks must have been impressive. I can't believe these talented actors took major roles in the sh*t pile. Portman is self-explanatory. Jones is a GREAT character actor. He was the Nazi scientist in Captain America, the grocery clerk in The Mist and the Dream Lord in Doctor Who. Three different characters and he was excellent. Lewis played Captain Winters in HBO's Band of Brothers and was excellent. He is in Homeland now and is great. If it wasn't the money someone must have called in a favor or have compromising photos.

I can see Franco doing this because the guy can't act his way out of a paper bag.

This movie tried but it really came up lame. We aren't talking Army of Darkness or Flash Gordon where they are so bad they are AWESOME. We are talking so bad that I want to try the acid the writers took when they wrote this. It is like someone said lets take the original Clash of the Titans and cross it with Monty Python's Holy Grail but give it a style of Land of the Lost. Matter of fact, lets get the guy who was in Land of the Lost.

[–] Ithilfaen 11 years ago

Maybe they just have a different sense of humor than you. OMG!!! How is that possible? Your sense of humor is THE ULTIMATE SENSE OF HUMOR! How dare they??! Celebrities!

For every lie I unlearn I learn something new - Ani Difranco

[–] ragusa11 11 years ago

I am sure they did the movie because they wanted to laugh and not get paid. Yeah that makes sense. I go to work for free because I get a few laughs.

[–] zaptie 11 years ago

"I can see Franco doing this because the guy can't act his way out of a paper bag."

Someone hasn't seen 127 Hours. And since when is comedy about the acting? If a joke is funny and well-delivered, who cares? This Is the End had some pretty bad acting (especially by Jay Baruchel) but I still loved the movie, and Baruchel's weird dramatic acting was hilarious to me.

This is more a defense of Franco than Your Highness, because this movie sucked. But even Franco admitted that it sucked.

[–] Doc110894 11 years ago

This movie isn't that bad. Plus, a good amount of actors do certain movies more for the experience than the quality.

[–] ba_bam_bam 11 years ago

A pay check is a pay check. I'm not going to fault them.

[–] jon_lajoie 11 years ago

I thought Charles Dance was a stroke of genius too.

I...drink...your...MILKSHAKE!

I DRINK IT UP!!!