“When they inevitably recast Jack Sparrow [Johnny Depp], it'll be clear just how big a gap there is.”
“Alan Rickman as Severus Snape.”
“Rowan Atkinson as Mr. Bean.”
“RDJ for Iron Man, the man WAS Tony Stark end of discussion.”
“Ryan Reynolds did an excellent job being Deadpool to the point where i am reading a Deadpool comic book with Reynolds' voice in my head narrating it.”
“Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. He’s so deeply connected to that character that I feel it would be impossible for anyone else to fill the fedora.”
“Robin Williams as the genie.”
“Maggie Smith as Professor McGonagall.”
“Ian McKellen is the both true Gandalfs.”
“Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister, amazing acting.”
“Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump.”
“Sir Patrick Stewart as Captain Jean Luc Picard.”
“Hugh Laurie - Dr. House.”
“Arnold Schwarzenegger - Terminator.”
“Christopher Lloyd as Doc in Back to the Future.”
“Hugh Jackman as Wolverine.”
“Tim Curry, Frank N Furter. Anyone else in the role knows they never live up to that sexy god of a man. ‘I can make you a man’ is the most brilliant filthy scene to appear on cinema screens while people aren’t nude :/”
“Christina Ricci as Wednesday Addams.”
“Michael Keaton in Beetlejuice.”
“Viggo Mortensen as Aragorn. Best book to movie translation for a character I’ve ever seen.”
“Imelda Staunton as Dolores Umbridge. Umbridge s#cked in the books, but in the movies she turned Umbridge into a character that you just don't like into one that you hate with a burning passion.”
“Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley.”
“Jack Nicholson in the Shining.”
“Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka.”
“Heath Ledger as the Joker.”
“Bryan Cranston as Walter White in Breaking Bad. He begins as sympathetic and ends up terrifying. And in general the whole cast of Malcolm in the Middle, even the very secondary role. There have been many middle class effed up famy sitcom but zero have achieved to be crazy and relatable like this show.”
“Andre the Giant in The Princess Bride.”
“Jim Carrey in The Mask.”
“Jody Foster as Clarice Starling. I particularly love the scene where she looks at Buffalo Bill’s victim and you hear her voice crack during the first part of the description, where she is looking at tiny personal details like painted fingernails, but then go clinical and determined when she sees the wounds on the girl’s back. Playing bad@$$ women often veers either towards emotionless and stalwart, or basically aping a 80s action male role. Foster nailed the emotional vulnerability, ambition, and courage of that character in minute, but profound ways. No one compares.”
“Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin.”
“I really can't see anyone else as Hellboy. Ron Pearlman was amazing.”
“Joaquin Phoenix as commodus in gladiator. I have never hated a character so much till I saw him in that movie. He is so cowardly, despicable, and creepy. Phoenix did such a good job in making you loathe his character.”
“Christopher Lee as basically anything.”
“Patrick Stewart as Professor X, and everyone knew it would happen a decade before the first X-Men movie.”
“Danny Trejo as Machete.”
“Christoph Waltz as Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.”
“Steve Carrell as Michael Scott.”
“Kelsey Grammer, Frasier Crane.”
“[Nick Offerman as] Ron Swanson.”
“James Gandolfini as Tony Soprano.”
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I am sure if a different actor landed the role, they would have been just as good in most cases.
Agree. Vast majority here is rubbish
*dissapointment
Pretty sure majority that loves those movies..... did not read the books before the movies came out, if they read them at all.
I liked the movies, but one and done for me, felt too much was missing from the books.
To be fair there were a few actors who really brought the Joker to life for the given time/style/universe of the movie. I think Cesar Romero began it with a very silly/goofy Joker as was the theme of Batman 66', Jack Nicholson brought a more eerily funny take to the role and I think set the standard for who the Joker is. (He also has that naturally creepy smile!) Then you have Heath Ledger who REALLY set the bar high for 'who' the Joker is as opposed to what the Joker does...
But honestly, Joaquin Phoenix's performance as the Joker was down right brilliant. There's scenes when they show extreme close ups of his eyes and you can SEE the pupil dilating/retracting as his emotions change. No question that Heath Ledger went to extremes to get into the role, however at the end of the movie I still saw Joker as just another Batman villain. At the end of 'Joker', I remember I just sat there as the credits rolled... my mind in a state of --- over what I just saw. Absolutely incredible...