"Some of Tucker's Hated"

There are certain actors out there that just annoy the God honest heck out of me. There mere names in the opening credits make me cringe in anticipation of their screen time. They are ones that can almost ruin or make me want to boycott a film altogether. These are some of the worst actors I have ever seen and continuously embarrass the profession.

William Devane: Its fitting that he starred in the worst Alfred Hitchcock film I ever saw. The one that Hitch almost died during filming. Whoever thought this guy had what it takes must have been on crack. He is overacts and makes a complete ass out of himself in ever performance I have ever seen. He comes across as cartoonish even when the script obviously does not call for it.
Looking up his career on IMDB I learned he starred on the long running TV series Knots Landing. However, most my readers will likely know him from his string of films in the past 7 years or so, because he has had a minor come back. Most of these films were as wretched as his talents, Space Cowboys, Payback and Hollow Man were some of the horrible awful films which become increasingly unbearable with his presence.

Devane even showed up in the last eposide of the X-files for no other reason. Perhaps part of some sort of large conspiracy to annoy me, I was so pissed that when I saw his name on the cast list I almost boycotted the final show of the series. His character did nothing and he made Anabeth Gish ( only in the final two seasons) look like an Oscar winner. Oh yeah, he was also apart of the short lived MICHEAL RICHARDS show. Reason enough to be suspended by the actors union.

Corben Bernsen:
Don’t get me wrong I love Major League, hell what guy doesn’t ? However if your career performance lies in this film (although it’s easily that for James Gammon who plays the manager) your in big trouble. Bernsen who stared on LA Law, might have some of the worst timing I have ever seen in any professional actor.
People who have been up late watching HBO have benefited from his acting because he generates laughs even when he is playing a scene serious. The king of the bargain bin struck a minor cord with the B- Movie the Dentist, and its sequel. If anyone wants to see how bad a film can get one of his recent flicks Fangs, about genetically engineered bats. Wisely Hollywood has pretty much stopped calling him back, and he wasn’t graced the big screen since in 1998’s Major League: Back to the Minors. I am not sure that counts because I don’t know anyone who actually saw that film.

Keanu Reeves: Keanu Reeves made his name in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventures, and sadly hasn’t improved much in any capacity as an actor since that movie was made. In all fairness I haven’t seen the Devils Advocate which I have heard was a pretty good flick. Reeves broke into leading man status after the Action flick Speed, despite getting almost every scene stolen from him by various actors. I liked it better when he had roles like in Youngblood where he didn’t have more than a few lines. The only other movie I even liked that involved him were the Gift (which I totally forgot two months after seeing it and it was a minor supporting role).
As a result of the success of Speed Reeves was awarded many starring vehicles some perhaps could have worked if any actor with and sort of a range was cast as the lead. He either plays the part as the overly nice guy (Walk in the Clouds, Sweet November), or laugh out loud take no crap type (Johnny Mnemonic, the worst movie ever). He had a list of films that totally flopped Feeling Minnesota, Chain Reaction, and a Walk in the Clouds. Usually after three strikes your out in Hollywood. All that changed when a little movie by the name of the MATRIX came a long.

Although I applaud the movie for the grounds that it broke (I think it was spoofed a record about of times) but I just never cared for this movie. I honestly think many people just liked this film because everyone else liked it. Making it one of the biggest sheep films ever I HATE the Matrix and all its mainstream merchandising. Oh thanks to the success of the first one we got treated to such gems as Hardball, Sweet November and the Replacements. Before you are quick to judge, keep in mind that since most of this films are done by Warner Brothers they surface on HBO, and I have given them all a chance. Very few do I actually make it through.


Goldie Hawn: I am glad that she doesn’t get much work anymore, because she was never attractive or remotely funny. I can’t think of anyone more annoying than her, and I am thankful I don’t see her in much these days. I would rather have a root canal than watch anything with her name attached.

Bruce Willis:
I hate him. He is either rasp voice for serious roles or just plain annoying for his “fun” movies. Although I liked a few of this film The Sixth Sense and Unbreakable come to mind, his mere presence knocked the films down a notch or two in my book.