re: Movies that ruined careers

Posted by brmach

Member since Aug 2012

769 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 3:19 pm to MadMaxwell

In the Cut pretty much ruined Meg Ryan.

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Posted by tduecen

Member since Nov 2006

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:15 pm to brmach

Cheating with Russell Crowe ended her career...

Posted by Sid in Lakeshore

Member since Oct 2008

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:21 pm to Honest Tune

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The Crow killed Brandon Lee's career.

The obvious and only correct answer to this is .............

Deliverance, Killed........... K I L L E D Ned Beatty's career.

Squeeeeel boy.

Posted by Bench McElroy

Member since Nov 2009

33922 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:25 pm to MadMaxwell

Michael Cimino- Heaven's Gate

Posted by MadMaxwell

The Motherland

Member since Jul 2009

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:31 pm to Sid in Lakeshore

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Deliverance, Killed........... K I L L E D Ned Beatty's career.

That's a good one. Critically and commercially successful film, but no one ever looked at Beatty the same way again.

Posted by navy

Parts Unknown, LA

Member since Sep 2010

29026 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 4:49 pm to MadMaxwell

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That's a good one. Critically and commercially successful film, but no one ever looked at Beatty the same way again.

Well ... some might honestly think of him as "Rudy's Dad" first ... assuming they have not seen Deliverance.

Funny ... same thing happened to Ving Rhames (sp?) in Pulp Fiction.

Posted by CadesCove

Mounting the Woman

Member since Oct 2006

40828 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 5:09 pm to navy

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Funny ... same thing happened to Ving Rhames (sp?) in Pulp Fiction.

Ned didn't get to get Medieval on his rapist though. Ving is in all the Mission Impossible flicks. He was also Diamond fricking Dog, bitch!

Posted by LoveThatMoney

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Member since Jan 2008

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 5:28 pm to THRILLHO

I love Ryan Reynolds, but dude's career was like a fricking rocket shooting for the moon before it got blown up in the stratosphere when he did Green Lantern.

He still has had success, but Green Lantern fricked his superstar status. Same with Peter Sarsgaard who was fast becoming someone like PSH to cast for understated, brooding roles. He is a fantastic actor.

Posted by Teddy Ruxpin

Member since Oct 2006

39553 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 5:32 pm to Ace Midnight

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Last Boy Scout killed Damon Wayans' burgeoning film career and almost brought down Bruce Willis.

That's how bad it was.

I don't care if I'm piling on. That's just a stupid thing to say, LBS is awesome.

Posted by blueboy

Member since Apr 2006

56254 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 6:23 pm to brmach

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being a count pretty much ruined Meg Ryan.

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Posted by USMCTiger03

Member since Sep 2007

71176 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 6:41 pm to Ace Midnight

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Last Boy Scout killed Damon Wayans' burgeoning film career and almost brought down Bruce Willis. That's how bad it was.

Pretty sure that's incorrect all around.

Posted by Brosef Stalin

Member since Dec 2011

39165 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 6:43 pm to blueboy

Getting old ruined Meg Ryan. In the Cut was her last ditch effort at holding onto her stardom. That's why she got naked in it.

Posted by constant cough

Lafayette

Member since Jun 2007

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 6:44 pm to tduecen

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Cheating with Russell Crowe ended her career...

Being over 40 ended her career. Hollywood doesn't like to cast women over 40 in RomComs.

Posted by blueboy

Member since Apr 2006

56254 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 8:24 pm to Brosef Stalin

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Getting old ruined Meg Ryan. In the Cut was her last ditch effort at holding onto her stardom. That's why she got naked in it.

Ew.

But she was widely known as the most insufferable count in showbiz. People hated working with her.

Posted by Honest Tune

Louisiana

Member since Dec 2011

15523 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:33 pm to blueboy

Talk about an offscreen persona that didn't match up with the one we saw in the movies. I guess some bitches really are good actresses because Meg surely seemed like a sweety.

Posted by dpd901

South Louisiana

Member since Apr 2011

7505 posts

Posted on 8/3/15 at 10:46 pm to LoveThatMoney

The thing about Ryan Reynolds is he looks like a movie star. And he's got some chops. Colin Farrell has had some stink bombs, but he just has an X factor. They talked about that on Entourage... Some guys can survive a stink box, because they just look like movie stars.

FWIW, I didn't think RIPD was near as bad as some make it out. I know it was a box office bomb, buts it's not an unfun movie to watch. Kevin Bacon and Mary Louise Parker were both pretty good in it.

Posted by JuiceTerry

Roond the Scheme

Member since Apr 2013

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Posted on 8/3/15 at 11:54 pm to dpd901

Eric Bana, man. Would love to see him in something good again. Chopper was a master-class in acting, and Munich was just awesome.