Scott Pilgrim vs. the World / Michael Cera as the titular character.
Yes, Michael Cera is great at portraying awkwardness. But… I don’t think Michael Cera’s awkwardness was the right kind of awkwardness that Scott Pilgrim had. But maybe that’s just me.
Yeah. I actually really like Michael Cera in the movie, but he’s not playing the same character. In the movie, he’s a loveable dipshit. In the comic, he’s more of an embarrassing asshole, with a TON of stuff to learn.
I love the movie, and I love the comics. But they’re both very different things.
Benedict Cumberbatch in “Star Trek into Darkness”. Perfect movie? Not really, but the casting pretty much ruined the movie IMHO. It was supposed to be Benicio Del Toro. I have no idea why they couldn’t secure him for the role, but the backup plan was like a wet noodle.
Estelle Parsons in Bonnie & Clyde. It could have been the way her character was written, but that character irks me.
Also, let’s add movies where Robin Williams plays Robin Williams - he is way to over the top for some roles.
And Zeppo Marx in Monkey Business.
Quentin Tarantino (pick whatever film you like. I think he’s great as a writer and director, but a terrible actor).
Walken in Dune.
Was just jarring imo. He has the right look, but he did his usual thing and I couldn’t help but see him rather than the character.
Walken was fine for me. The emperor played a smaller role in the film anyway.
The real miscast and the only problem in what is quite possibly one of the best adaptations we will ever see: Brolin as Gurney and Momoa as Idaho. They had the right actors in the wrong roles. I just don’t understand how you could flip those two pivotal characters like that. I really don’t think Momoa will be able to pull of a good mentat in the 3rd film.
He was so-so for me. Not great, not terrible either. Since he had so little to work with, they could’ve cast any other good actor and it wouldn’t have mattered. I was hoping he would bring something special though.
IMHO and I’ll probably get flamed for it, Zendaya was the weakest actor in the cast. She was ok (not bad), but when comparing to the rest of the cast, she was definitely outclassed.
