Every time I look in the Batman vs Superman thread, I think about how Henry Cavill is just a perfect Superman, and how it's too bad he's in a terrible movie.

Are there any other examples of that? The lead actor is fantastic, or perfectly cast, but the movie they're in is awful?

Popeye, maybe? I know opinions vary on this film, but I have a hard time sitting through it. Williams is perfectly cast, and Shelley Duvall is Olive Oyl.

I may have to watch Popeye again today.

Dune: Perfectly cast. Public is mixed between love and extreme hate on that movie.

Lost in Space: Perfectly cast. Terrible plot and tried to do CGI that was still a few years away.

He may not always be the lead, but I've watched many a terrible
movie just because Christopher Walken rises above every turd
movie in which he is cast for a part.

Nothing wrong with Armie Hammer as a heroic lead. Too bad he was in that Lone Ranger movie.

Joe Dirt is not a turd movie.

It's the Grapes of Wrath of our generation.

True. It is a tribute to the greatness that is American cenema.

It's the Citizen Kane of mullet movies.

Josh Brolin looked the part of Jonah Hex. And I think he's an underrated actor.

George Clooney as Batman.

Man of Steel is not a terrible movie. There, I've gotten that out of the way.

I can't think of an example, but I know there are some.

While it is not a terrible film, I'd like to mention Tron: Legacy. Basically, it's an OK special-effects movie, and many actors in Jeff Bridges' position would have seen it as a paycheck role, but Bridges gives it his all. (If you want to see Bridges in a big movie that he clearly sees as just a paycheck role, watch Iron Man.) It is a great performance in a movie you would not consider worthy of it.

Also, perhaps a special mention should be made for Billy Campbell who recently starred in the Syfy series Helix. I'm not talking about that particular TV series, but I know Campbell has starred in several God-awful Asylum TV movies that Syfy has shown---and yet in those terrible movies his acting almost makes the laughable special effects believable.

I think special mention should be said for Robert Englund in Zombie Strippers! The title says it all---this isn't a movie that even pretends that it should be considered for Academy Awards. Yet although Englund doesn't give the same type of performance that Jeff Bridges does in Tron: Legacy, but he gives a great comic performance, and what's more, it's clear he doesn't see this as a paycheck movie. In fact, I got the distinct impression that Englund would have paid for the privilege of being in this movie.

BUT SUPERMAN MURDERED EVERYONE AND DRANK THEIR BLOOD AND IT'S HIS FAULT BAD THINGS HAPPEN IN THE WORLD

Oh, so you finally saw it, eh?

Director's cut.

I agree. To clarify, It's a terrible Superman movie.

Just thought of one....The Avengers.

No, not that one. The other one.

Enh...some parts, sure, but isn't Paul supposed to be 15 years old?

I DID OH MY GOD IT WAS AWFUL SUPERMAN IS HITLER MARVEL STUDIOS IS TEH GREAT ONE WE SHOULD ALL GET TOGETHER AND BLOW CHRIS PRATT

Well, only if you blow him first.