View Full Version : Best and worst actor or actress to play on a superhero
Lunar_Wolf
04-17-2006, 08:58 AM
Ok I have a habit of starting a thread that already exisits, so anyway who do you think is the best actor or actress to play a superhero? Or the worst actor or actress to play a superhero? I think Hugh Jackman as Wolverine would be the best and the worst would be Miss Berry as Catwoman.:wolverine
Dr. Fate
04-17-2006, 10:12 AM
The worst actress to ever play a super-heroine is a three-way draw between Jessica Alba as the Invisible Woman (she was terrible and you know it), Jennifer Garner as Elektra (c'mon, we all know she sucked as Elektra) and the aforementioned Halle Berry as Catwoman-In-Name-Only.
It's very tempting to nominate Ben Affleck for worst superhero actor ever, but it's also tempting to tack that on George Clooney's Batman.
Silver Sable
04-17-2006, 12:07 PM
Worst:
Halle Berry as Storm
Jessica Alba as Invisible Girl
Best:
Tobey Maguire as Spidey
Hugh Jackman as Wolvie
The Chairman
04-17-2006, 12:12 PM
Best:
Michael Keaton and Christian Bale as Bats
Reeve as Supes
Tobey Maguire as Spidey
Hugh Jackman as Wolvie
Worst:
The entire cast of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
Halle Berry as Catwoman
Dr. Fate
04-17-2006, 12:37 PM
Worst:
Jessica Alba as Invisible Girl
Thank you. You've just confirmed that I'm not crazy. :)
Silver Sable
04-17-2006, 12:39 PM
My pleasure http://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif
Flame on!
04-17-2006, 12:41 PM
Worst:
The entire cast of Batman Forever and Batman & Robin
What do you have against Michael Gough?
The worst is Jessical Alba without question.
CapBeerCino
04-17-2006, 12:59 PM
Worst:
Halle Berry as Catwoman
George Clooney as Batman
Best:
Hugh Jackman as Wolvie
James Marsden as Cyclops
Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman
Prognosticator
04-17-2006, 01:09 PM
Worst:
Halle Berry as Storm
Jessica Alba as Invisible Girl
DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!
Host: What do we have for our lucky contestant?
Announcer: It's an X-Men/FF DVD two-pack in the $5.50 bin at Walmart, courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
Morgoth
04-17-2006, 01:12 PM
Jessica Alba sucked as Susie.
Collin as Bullseye was a camp fest.:down
Micheal Clark as KP was so horrible, I'm still waiting to see the REAL KP come to life.
Hugh Jackman is great as Wolverine.
The Chairman
04-17-2006, 01:12 PM
What do you have against Michael Gough?
I meant the main cast. Gough almost makes the film watchable
Silver Sable
04-17-2006, 01:19 PM
DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!
Host: What do we have for our lucky contestant?
Announcer: It's an X-Men/FF DVD two-pack in the $5.50 bin at Walmart, courtesy of 20th Century Fox.
Stop being sarcastic! :mad: :o http://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif
Lunar_Wolf
04-17-2006, 01:45 PM
Michael Gough was great as Mr. Fantastic. I also liked Alba as Susan Storm but I think Rachel McAdams would have made a better Susan. James Marsden would have made a great Cyclops if he got to do kick ass scenes in the films which he didn't get to do. In x2 Cyclops was in itfor like 5 minutes all together, I mean what was Singer's idea behind that? Theres so much more Cyclops could have done instead of standing around looking like someones *****.:cyclops:
Jolie_Desastre
04-17-2006, 04:03 PM
i agree with most of this thread.
The Chairman
04-17-2006, 04:15 PM
Michael Gough was great as Mr. Fantastic. I also liked Alba as Susan Storm but I think Rachel McAdams would have made a better Susan. James Marsden would have made a great Cyclops if he got to do kick ass scenes in the films which he didn't get to do. In x2 Cyclops was in itfor like 5 minutes all together, I mean what was Singer's idea behind that? Theres so much more Cyclops could have done instead of standing around looking like someones *****.:cyclops:
Since when was Mr. Fantastic an 89 year old British man? :confused:
Lunar_Wolf
04-17-2006, 04:28 PM
Since when was Wolverine Australian??? :P
Jolie_Desastre
04-17-2006, 04:29 PM
he didn't speak with an australian accent
:rolleyes: :p
Dr. Fate
04-17-2006, 04:38 PM
Jessica Alba sucked as Susie.
You can say that again Morgoth.
vindrow
04-17-2006, 08:23 PM
Best:
Actor: Hugh Jackman as Wolvie and Alan Cummings as Nightcrawler (sorry couldn't decide between them as they were both good)
Actress: Famke Jannsen as Jean Grey
Worst:
Actor: Whoever was in the Howard the Duck costume(if there was)
Actress: Uma Thurman in Batman and Robin
deemar325
04-17-2006, 08:32 PM
Adam West.
Jolie_Desastre
04-17-2006, 08:33 PM
Adam West.
stop stealing my water! show your face damn you!!:mad:
deemar325
04-17-2006, 09:00 PM
stop stealing my water! show your face damn you!!:mad:
Heh!
Snooze you lose.
Manic
04-18-2006, 03:45 AM
Alicia F***ing Silverstone as Barbara F***ing Pennyworth aka Batgirl.
Not only was she a bad choice, but Schumacher didn't even try with her. No red hair dye or wig. She didn't even work out for the role.
Lunar_Wolf
04-18-2006, 06:53 AM
Whats this Batman Forever and Batman and Robin movies people keep talking about? I know nothing of these movies, you people are insane....INSANE I TELL YOU :p :batman:
Silver Sable
04-18-2006, 11:58 AM
Alicia F***ing Silverstone as Barbara F***ing Pennyworth aka Batgirl.
Not only was she a bad choice, but Schumacher didn't even try with her. No red hair dye or wig. She didn't even work out for the role.
Excatly and she had no british accent which she came from England :o
NateGray
04-18-2006, 12:30 PM
Adam West.
ahhh but Adam West would say all these modern superhero's use muscle suits and when he played Batman it was....
All West Baby....
just couldn't resist:)
Chris Wallace
04-18-2006, 12:50 PM
To me the best was Tobey Maguire.
The worst (since this is the Marvel board) was Dolph Lungren.
Ebil Gig
04-18-2006, 09:20 PM
Best:Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Worst:George Clooney as Batman
Prognosticator
04-18-2006, 09:41 PM
Stop being sarcastic! :mad: :o http://www.superherohype.com/forums/images/icons/icon12.gif
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ....I was in complete agreement w/you? :confused: Did you misunderstand me, or do you dislike sarcasm???
Prognosticator
04-18-2006, 09:42 PM
Here's the worst performance of a superhero this year and perhaps of all time:
George Clooney = Academy Award Accepting Supermartyr/Environmentalist**
Silver Sable
04-18-2006, 10:09 PM
!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? ....I was in complete agreement w/you? :confused: Did you misunderstand me, or do you dislike sarcasm???
I dislike sarcasm but if you meant what you said, I'm sorry :(
Prognosticator
04-18-2006, 10:12 PM
I dislike sarcasm but if you meant what you said, I'm sorry :(
I was taking a crack at HalleBerry/JessicaAlba, not you. The joke or 'sarcasm' was on them...phew.:D
Silver Sable
04-18-2006, 10:14 PM
Oh lol :O
Shuley
04-19-2006, 08:38 AM
Best
Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Toby Maguire as Spider-man/Peter Parker
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent
Rest of the Spiderman cast
Rest Of the Batman Begins Cast
Mickey Rourke as Marv
Entire cast in Sin City...Jessica Alba was just ok,but hot though as a stripper.
Wesley Snipes as Blade
Hugo Weaving as V for Vendetta
Worst
Halley Berry as Catwoman
Jennifer Gardner as Elektra
Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
Jessica Alba as Sue Storm
Entire Batman Forever/Robin Cast
Entire Cast of Fantastic Four
Good,But not great
Eric Bana as Bruce Banner
Ben Affleck as Daredevil/Matt Murdock
Entire Cast of X-Men Movies,except hugh jackman
Willaim Defoe as Green Goblin (costume sucked)
ReTrO JuNkIe 42
04-19-2006, 08:55 AM
lets not forget about steel, that has to be up there with the worst
Katsuro
04-19-2006, 09:18 AM
Best: Christian Bale as Batman
Worst: George Clooney as Batman
Jolie_Desastre
04-19-2006, 04:16 PM
Best
Christian Bale as Batman/Bruce Wayne
Toby Maguire as Spider-man/Peter Parker
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Christopher Reeve as Superman/Clark Kent
Rest of the Spiderman cast
Rest Of the Batman Begins Cast
Mickey Rourke as Marv
Entire cast in Sin City...Jessica Alba was just ok,but hot though as a stripper.
Wesley Snipes as Blade
Hugo Weaving as V for Vendetta
Worst
Halley Berry as Catwoman
Jennifer Gardner as Elektra
Lou Ferrigno as The Hulk
Jessica Alba as Sue Storm
Entire Batman Forever/Robin Cast
Entire Cast of Fantastic Four
Good,But not great
Eric Bana as Bruce Banner
Ben Affleck as Daredevil/Matt Murdock
Entire Cast of X-Men Movies,except hugh jackman
Willaim Defoe as Green Goblin (costume sucked)
i basically agree with you on everything except that i think michael chiklis and chris evans were the best in f4
Chris Wallace
04-19-2006, 04:59 PM
lets not forget about steel, that has to be up there with the worst
I'd have to make a pretty big assumption, since I never saw "Steel", nor do I ever intend to.
Strange
04-19-2006, 05:19 PM
As far as TV shows go, and this being a DC character, I think John Wesley Shipp was great as Barry Allen/The Flash.
ReTrO JuNkIe 42
04-19-2006, 07:47 PM
I'd have to make a pretty big assumption, since I never saw "Steel", nor do I ever intend to.
me either, never wanted too
CConn
04-20-2006, 05:04 PM
Best: Christian Bale as Batman
Worst: Shaq as Steel
Darthphere
04-20-2006, 05:09 PM
Worst: Tobey Maguire as Spider-Man.
Sundancer
04-20-2006, 05:14 PM
Toby's good, but he has a monotone voice which make's Spidey's wisecracks fall flat to me.
There's bad casting and there's bad acting.
Best -- Tom Jane as the Punisher, Chris Reeves as Superman
Worst miscasting IMO -- Keaton and Nicholson in Batman (yeah, it's my opinion and I stand by it)
Worst acting -- Matt Salinger as Captain America, edging out Dolph as the Punisher.
Hasselhoff would probably win as Nick Fury, but no way I'm watching that to find out.
FYI, I think Affleck gets more crap then he deserves for Daredevil. He's not great, but not really bad either.
BRUTAL
04-20-2006, 07:36 PM
Toby's good, but he has a monotone voice which make's Spidey's wisecracks fall flat to me.
There's bad casting and there's bad acting.
Best -- Tom Jane as the Punisher, Chris Reeves as Superman
Worst miscasting IMO -- Keaton and Nicholson in Batman (yeah, it's my opinion and I stand by it)
Worst acting -- Matt Salinger as Captain America, edging out Dolph as the Punisher.
Hasselhoff would probably win as Nick Fury, but no way I'm watching that to find out.
FYI, I think Affleck gets more crap then he deserves for Daredevil. He's not great, but not really bad either.
I agree whole heartedly with almost everything said here.
Tobey was inspired casting and he got the part because he actually WANTED it. Something filmmakers of today should actually pay attention to. Thank you Sam.
Tom Jane did great things with a largley misunderstood character and Jon Hensleigh did fantastic things on a virtually non-existant budget.
Reeve is brilliant casting and acting. Enough said...
Yeah Keaton was good. But he wasn't Bruce Wayne, and he certainly wasn't Batman. Nicholson could have been better if the direction let him. Joker is a big character in Batman's life and yet he's kind of a boob in the film and when he comes face to face with the bat, he gets b*tched and dies. I mean come on...
Captain America was utterly DESTROYED by Salinger but I have to place a lot of blame on pretty much everyone involved with that piece of... film. Dolph is... ah hell, you all know.
As far as Affleck goes, yeah he took a HUGE amount of ***** for that film but if you actually look at it intelligently, instead of popularly, HE wasn't all that bad. The Director needed to let go of his OVERWHELMING and painfully obvious, love of anime and get some experience before even attempting to helm a movie with such a heavy character. The blame for this film should be placed on the Writer and Director who happen to be the same misguided person Mark Steven Johnson and a large part of the blame should go to the Fox Executives that SAT IN on the editing process and cut all the scenes from the film actually worth showing.
i'm Spider-Man
04-22-2006, 09:11 PM
"that's my nose, silly... these are my lips".
...
i mean, what do you say to that? Somebody WROTE that line? Somebody actually AGREED that the line worked on screen, and wasn't at all pointless and awkward?
And then even when it made it to the shooting script, Tim Story STILL allowed Jessica Alba to perform the line that way? And then include it in the final cut?!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH HOLLYWOOD!
on a side note, i think Chris Evans as the Torch was very amusing, a stylistic counterpoint (if you would) to the somewhat more serious members of the team.
The Master
04-23-2006, 12:54 AM
Best: Christopher Reeve as Clark Kent/Superman
-Tom Welling as Young Clark Kent
-Micheal Chiklis as Ben Grimm/The Thing
-Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
-Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman
Worst: Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze
-Hally Berry as Patience Phillips/Catwoman
-Dolph as the Punisher
Could have done without:
Gene Hackman as Lex Luthor(too cheesy)
Lunar_Wolf
04-23-2006, 02:30 PM
I like Tobey as Spidey but in the movies Spidey is not wisecrackin. When I read a Spider-Man comic I also laugh or giggle at something Spider-Man says, but in the movie Spider-man lacks this charm.:spidey:
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LadyVader
04-23-2006, 02:58 PM
Best - For some reason it just hit me today, "The Rock as Deadpool".
He's already got the superhero bod, and you know he can be totally goofy when he wants to. It just makes sense to me.
Jolie_Desastre
04-23-2006, 03:50 PM
I like Tobey as Spidey but in the movies Spidey is not wisecrackin. When I read a Spider-Man comic I also laugh or giggle at something Spider-Man says, but in the movie Spider-man lacks this charm.:spidey:
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that's what i was thinking. i mean in number 1 spidey had a few wisecracks, but in number 2 he didn't have any :(
Mr. Socko
04-23-2006, 04:40 PM
MCD could have pwned as The Kingpin, he did pretty well in the DC though.
deemar325
04-25-2006, 08:34 PM
Shaq pretty much made me lose all hope in Steel as a character.
sp1derg1rl
04-26-2006, 01:43 AM
im a bit bias but here goes.
best actor(male)
Hugh Jackman as Wolvie
best actor(female)
Famke jensen(sp?)as Jean Grey
worst actor(male)
george clooney as Batman
worst actress(female)
Halle Berry as Catwoman
Jlandsw
04-26-2006, 09:48 AM
Best:
Hugh Jackman - Wolverine
Patrick Stewart - Professor X
Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man
Tom Welling - Clark Kent
Christopher Reeve - Superman
Worst:
George Clooney and Michael Keaton - Batman
(Val Kilmer was better)
Hally Berry - Catwoman
The guy who played Mr Fantastic in the F4 movie (bad casting)
Batman
04-26-2006, 11:56 AM
Best:
Christopher Reeve as Superman
Christian Bale as Batman
Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker
Worst:
Halle Berry as Catwoman
Alicia Silverstone as Batgirl
George Clooney as Batman (Though I felt he could've played a good Batman, with the right script/director)
Super Flight
04-26-2006, 12:43 PM
Ben affleck as dardevil! i hope that never happens! I just woke up from a 6 year coma, so i missed a lot of movies...
:p
Jlandsw
04-28-2006, 09:36 AM
Ben affleck as dardevil! i hope that never happens! I just woke up from a 6 year coma, so i missed a lot of movies...:p
Ah, he wasn't bad, not great....but not bad either.
WildCard
04-28-2006, 01:36 PM
I think James Gandolphini would be the perfect Kingpin
Chris Wallace
04-28-2006, 01:54 PM
Ugh.
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