Comments on: Five Absolutely Useless Characters in Otherwise Great Movies

By: Cayden

Cayden — Tue, 10 May 2011 00:21:18 +0000

I would have to say that Maggie G. didn’t even do a good job in the acting department in The Dark Knight. Looks aside I felt she did a poor job acting as well. Rewatch some of the scenes in the movie she was in and tell me I’m wrong. She tries to play cute in scenes where she should have been strong one scene she twist back and forth while supposedly having a serious conversation, I mean come on.

By: Dayton

Dayton — Sat, 08 Jan 2011 23:28:47 +0000

If we’re going to debate Phantom Menace’s greatness, I’d like to call Dirty Dancing into question as well.

By: AshtonCinder

AshtonCinder — Sat, 21 Aug 2010 14:05:54 +0000

I think Kirsten Dunst is fine in Spider-man both in performance and looks.

Bryce Dallas Howard as Gwen Stacy (who is supposed to be super hot) is the same mistake as Maggie G. Both are exceptional actresses but should NOT be cast as the Hottie. A great performer can still be miscast.

Another suggestion, going waaaay back, is Natalie Wood in West Side Story.

To those who are too good to watch Titanic (which is indeed a great film with flaws in the dialogue which has always been a stumbling block for Cameron), it is both silly and immature to hate a movie simply because it is successful. But haters gotta hate, right?

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:09:32 +0000

Kirsten Dunst in spiderman .

fuck that scratch that , both blow

By: Nani

Nani — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:09:25 +0000

So youre saying, because maggie isnt hot enough, shes useless for the movie? thats just plain stupid, her character was necessary for what happend to harvey dent, and i dont agree with her being ugly, she isnt beautiful but she isnt ugly, and she looked best in the warehouse scene in dark knight, also in donnie darko she doesnt look bad either

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:46:20 +0000

sometimes the purpose of a character gets lost in the cutting room…
especially productions with a large budget sometimes will film excess scenes that will not make it into the movie, because they wouldn’t fit into the masterpiece as originally intended. they can’t completely scratch the character because of scenes with the main-character, that ware important for the plot…or the director didn’t want to disappoint a upcoming actor by completely scratching his performance
These characters make it into the book/script sometimes because the writer did feel the need to have a character there to serve a purpose or support the main character or plot…later realizing that the plot supports itself/is supported by another hcaracter or group of characters…
another example is the colored GI at the american embassy in the movie “the saint”

thanks for the list enjoyed it

By: Saz

Saz — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:43:35 +0000

As a female I was very ‘WTF’ when Maggie Gyllenhal starred in Dark night, I agree that the series would’ve been much better if she’d starred in them from the start, if only because she played the character in a very different way, I don’t have anything against Katie Holmes and enjoyed her portrayall but feel for this it would’ve been better to either have the same person play in the sequel or have closely matched the play style.
(But I agree in looks I prefer Katie, & liked her in the role but thats only because I enjoyed the first movie, no doubt if Maggie had’ve played first I’d say that she was better!!)

The change of female lead in the Hulk for example was much better, as for me it wasnt untill about halfway through the second move that it suddenly hit me that OMG – that isn’t the same chick as in the last one – how the hell did I not notice that!!
I mean Jennifer Connelly Vs Liv Tyler! How the hell I didn’t notice I’ve no idea, but Liv slipped into the role in my opinion nicely.

And yes – I’d have Kate Beckinsale too!! I find her very beautiful

By: Zorak

Zorak — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:09:28 +0000

List fails by claiming that Titanic is a great movie.

By: Glenn V

Glenn V — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 09:54:15 +0000

the God Father 1,2 and 3

Were all true stories.

but i agree i hate that character so much it makes me sick.

on the other side thats what makes her a good actress.

thanks

By: Joe T.

Joe T. — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:18:52 +0000

Jar Jar ruined the entire pre-trilogy from the first moment he was on screen. And i refuse to believe that Lucas planned from the beginning to make him an integral character when he helps give Palpatine war powers. That was Lucas scrambling desperately to redeem a useless character. As for whether any of the movies would have been better without him? No. Useless actors filled the role of Anakin Skywalker, destroying the biggest, meanest bad guy in sci-fi. It’s one thing to show Darth Vader’s human origins, it’s another to fill the role with blocks of wood.