The Most Wooden Movie Performances

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The Cast of Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (2002)

 

The Performance: Episode I has Neeson, and Episode III has Vader. Episode II has very little going for it.

Hayden Christiansen would be a good enough example on his own… if only it were that simple.

Why It’s Woody: Christiansen, Ewan McGregor and a cast of thousands are left to stumble over atrocious dialogue and green-screen confusion by a director too busy with CG and merchandising opportunites.

Refusing to learn the mistakes of Ep.1, notably eye-level errors when interacting with CG characters, and acting like a robotic shell of a cold-hearted bastard, Ep.2 expands on every flaw of its predecessor.

If The Performance Was A Tree: The forest moon of Endor. There isn’t a single form of flora, a single collection of plantlife or even a vast forest in a galaxy far, far away that is even remotely comparable.

The only way to fully do this atrocious example of group acting justice is to compare it to an entire tree-covered, Ewok-dwelling celestial body.

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    • Ray Peterson

      Aug 13th 2009, 12:28

      Utah! Get me two!

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    • ebrown2112

      Aug 13th 2009, 14:22

      Keanu Reeves exceptions: see "Permanent Record", "Thumbsucker", "River's Edge", "The Prince of Pennsylvania", "My Own Private Idaho".

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    • ebrown2112

      Aug 13th 2009, 14:23

      Exception: Halle Berry, "Things We Learned In The Fire"

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    • ashley.russell

      Aug 14th 2009, 17:52

      Reeves was also good in The Gift but Kate Holmes boobs will always be the most memorable thing about that movie.

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    • captainspudnick

      Aug 14th 2009, 19:55

      how did you manage to do this list without the entire lifetime's work of Andie MacDowell! if you've seen 4 weddings, you'll know what i mean!

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    • English47

      Oct 9th 2011, 5:23

      Paul Walker - Fast and Furious (and probably his entire career, but I haven't really entertained the idea of looking into his)

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