The Worst Performances in CBMs.

@marvel72

Heath will be in my best of.

Agreed with Katie Holmes (Someone let one of those shite Dawson's Creek kids on the set!), Shawn Ashmore (wooden) and Halle Berry (whether Catwoman was just her acting or the fact it was the fact it was just a comicbookmovie abortion from start to finish is personal opinion). Likewise for Arnie (except his acting was just as shocking as the movie). Storm being written as a weak character wasn't her problem...although she didn't play it with much conviction anyway.

@CraptainAmerica

Halle Berry wasn't to blame for Storm being weak totally but she was the one who played a weak ass Storm in the end.

heath's death gave the genre its first oscar not his performance.

@havoc. True. But if she was used more and as a stronger lead character she would have shone. Actually, scrap that. The character would have been better, not Berry

Heath played the part well. He's not even in the league of the above

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Wait I'm surprised you put down all those actors as giving "bad" performances but AT LEAST they acted. In "Superman Returns" Routh didn't even act he barely had any dialogue. I would consider that "bad" and def "weak" so if Halle was a "weak storm" as you say I'd definitely vote Routh as a "weak" Superman, didn't do much of anything in the film except imitate Reeve. And if you're going to say it wasn't his fault then why put down Halle as a "weak" Storm even though you admitted it wasn't her fault. See my point? Routh belongs on that list above. And I actually thought Ben Affleck was a pretty damn good DD. The DD film always gets so much crap thrown at it but it was an overall good film- good acting, good villains, good music just everything was really good. And I mean- at least Affleck acted the part well.

@Tea- AGREED MAN!!!

@LP4- Routh not having many lines is in no way his fault. He didn't write the thing or decide to develop a whole new team for Lex, Lois's new son and boyfriend, and redevelop Lois, Perry, and Jimmy as well.

@RoscoeFolgers- Well the script not being his fault could be the "excuse" for all the actors listed above then. AT LEAST they acted their parts AT LEAST they had dialogue. Routh having NO dialogue and NO acting in the film made him a WEAK Superman, face it.

And hey, how come Halle is gettin shit on above then? Why is Arnie gettin shit on? Oh because of the SCRIPTS!!! See! If Routh can get a cop-out on account of the script, so can ALL THESE OTHER ACTORS. Arnie was only cheesy as Mr. Freeze because of the script by Schumacher, Halle was only a "weak" Storm because of the SCRIPT.

If Routh gets a lame excuse so do all these actors.

@LP- Face what? I never said Routh gave a good or bad performance. You pointed out not having lines meant his performance wasn't good. Which it doesn't, it means they didn't write many lines. He could have given a bad performance, but the fact he didn't have many lines wasn't anything to do with his performance.

furthermore @Roscoe- I fail to see what Routh did that gave him special "privileges" over the other actors listed above. You say it wasn't his fault because he only followed a terrible script. Well the same could be said for any of those other actors listed above- they too only followed bad scripts the only difference between THEM and Routh? THEY ACTUALLY ACTED.

Kristin Dunst no matter how annoying in the role- she FOLLOWED THE GOD DAMN SCRIPT. Arnie no matter how cheesy...HE FOLLOWED THE DAMN SCRIPT and Halle no matter how "weak" as Storm- SHE ONLY FOLLOWED THE SCRIPT.

I fail to see your logic on what separates Routh's situation from theirs. If you're honestly telling me Routh didn't suck because he only followed the script- then FU*K it, there are technically NO bad actors in Hollywood right? Because people only complain about them because of problems involving the scripts. That's why all the actors listed above are being BIT*HED about because of their characters- written FROM THE SCRIPTS.

I rest my god damn case- Routh deserves a spot up there as one of the worst CBM actors. His Superman was- emo, stalker, impregnator AND had no dialogue. Script problem or not, I don't give a flying FU*K! Those other actors listed above are getting shit on for similar reasons- their CBM roles SUCKED and it's only because of the scripts. So then if Routh aint gonna end up on that list, I say all those other actors should be removed from the list as well. Fair is FAIR ROUTHBOOTISTS.

@Marvel72
And which one of them would've won if Ledger hadn't died?

@LP- Again. I'm not saying you should like Routh or blame the script and say he did fine. I'm saying that you pointed out that he didn't have many lines as a flaw in his performance. That's a flaw in the writing. You can say he did terrible in range, facial expressions, or the lines he did have. But it's not his fault he didn't have lines so that's not a reason to blame his performance, there are other things to blame that actually are his fault.

@Roscoe- I pointed this out to another routhbootists- rewatch the bar scene with Routh, the ONE time he actually spoke in the film and you can see his voice sounded very "rigid" and "wooden"

He gave the same stale performance in his cameo on Zac and Miri make a porno. And you notice- he is ALWAYS being upstaged by someone who SHOULD be weaker than him. In SR he was constantly upstaged by Sam Huntington aka- Jimmy Olsen. That is sad. And in his Zac and Miri cameo he was upstaged completely by Justin Long- again Routh barely said a word. Routh seems to get through his roles by not saying anything- that is NOT acting. Acting is more about the words you say, not just looks.

As for facial expressions...WHAT facial expressions??? He seemed emotionless when he spoke and emotionless from his face.

@golden123- No, dialogue is the main thing to acting. If an actor just stands around in the film for nearly 3 hours in a Superman suit but doesn't say a damn word- THAT AINT ACTING. I'm sorry but it isn't. As for Katie, she did better than Routh. Routh seemed "emotionless" the very few times he actually said a word. Like I told other routhbootists- rewatch the bar-scene with Routh, when he spoke his voice sounded very "stale" and as you say- emotionless.

Routh's Superman picture deserves a nice, comfy spot up there above Arnie's Freeze picture. He deserves it because- he barely had any lines in the film and the few lines he actually had- he sounded very stale and wooden. His character itself was very emo, depressing and stalker-ish.

Again about Katie Holmes- Hey- at least she acted the part. And no matter how emotionless she sounded, Routh sounded way more stale in his Superman role. People only defend him to a "T" because he looked like Reeve. Such a sad direction Superman-fans have gone that they'd lower their standards just for someone to look like Reeve.

i dont rele have a problem with affleck as daredevil it was jus a badly directed movie imo and halle berry as storm i thought was actually good...i think there have been others worse than them 2.......like george clooney as batman i like george clooney he jus wasnt batman and chris o'donnel as robin...the kid that played goku in DBE and there have been others

the dark knight,chris nolan,christian bale & heath ledger all over rated.

its my opinion you don't have to agree with me,its my choice to dislike what i want.

it doesn't effect anyone of your opinions.

@marvel72- you've got passion... thats good. And i agree, he wasn't the greatest. He didn't deserve the win IMO either but he wasn't awful. TDK isn't that great to begin with but don't tell people that, they get defensive because "it's the greatest movie ever and Ledger is the difinitive Joker". Some people... but let's be honest, it was still a good performance