10 Glorious Examples Of Overacting in Movies

4. Arnold Schwarzenegger €“ Batman and Robin

Freeze There comes a time in every movie-goers life that they must take the bull by the horns and plumb the depths of despair. Honestly, it€™s only by watching such turds as The Room, Birdemic and the Uwe Boll filmography that we can truly appreciate just how bad films can be and better adjust our critical hat in the future. It€™s like a rite of passage €“ we all go through it, and come out the other side a changed person. Nowhere is this gird-your-loins film-making more apparent than Joel Schumacher€™s Batman and Robin. We all know this is the low point of the Batman franchise, with it€™s bat-credit cards, bat-nipples and Chris O€™Donnell€™s Robin, but these are just planets orbiting an awful, over-acting sun. Yes, of course I€™m talking about Mr. Freeze. What I often find is that everyone knows how ridiculous Ahnuld€™s Freeze was, but much like a vaccination, you have to take regular doses to keep aware of just how ridiculous acting can be. For a lot of people, this performance is a legend of hamminess, but confined to their past like bell bottom jeans or dodgy haircuts. This should not be the case €“ for once you€™ve seen him, the goalposts for what does and does not pass in a film are forever changed. Puns? Yes. Garish outfits? Of course. Arnold€™s game for anything €“ remember, he once debated playing Dr. Manhattan naked and blued-up €“ and it damn well shows here. I have to believe that the Governator knew this was a bad film, so just decided to enjoy himself. Otherwise, there€™s absolutely no other way that I can explain what actually happens in his scenes. Everything is a pun. Everything. Frankly, it€™s almost obscene, and you have to keep re-watching it just to make sure it actually happened.
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