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    Quote Originally Posted by osarusan View Post
    I'd go for Ben Affleck. or Bruce Willis.
    Agree on Affleck but think you're being hard on Bruce Willis.While being guilty some times of overacting eg-The Die Hard trilogy- he can hardlly be accused of being wooden.

    Thought he was good in the following-Unbreakable,Mortal Thoughts,Fifth Element,Mercury Rising,Sixth Sense & 16 Blocks amongst others-guess that make me B W fan .
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    Even though I went for Roger Moore earlier, I'll throw another one in.
    And, to be honest, I can't understand why ye're wasting time squabbling about Reeves and Affleck when no-one has mentioned John Wayne yet!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ash View Post
    That would (or wood ) be Jossys Giants
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    Quote Originally Posted by the 12 th man View Post
    Agree on Affleck but think you're being hard on Bruce Willis.While being guilty some times of overacting eg-The Die Hard trilogy- he can hardlly be accused of being wooden.

    Thought he was good in the following-Unbreakable,Mortal Thoughts,Fifth Element,Mercury Rising,Sixth Sense & 16 Blocks amongst others-guess that make me B W fan .
    Fair point, may be confusing wooden with just crap.

    Thought he was bad in all of them...except The Sixth Sense

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    Quote Originally Posted by John83 View Post
    Brilliant. I also love the scene in Star Trek III when he hears his son being murdered. He stumbles back and misses the captain's chair in what seems like a total improvisation. It's hilarious.

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    Ben Affleck is one...and I know he's made some good films, but I find Clive Owen to be extremely wooden.

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    oh affleck without a doubt

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    oh no.. ros na run if were goin the soaps route

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    keaunu, Ben Affleck, and Matt damon are pretty dire

    but i find Tom Hanks a bit hard to stomach myself, yeah great acting the idiot, re Big, etc, but he doesnt seem to have much of a personality for anything else
    ...waiting to be shot down

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    Quote Originally Posted by bennocelt View Post
    keaunu, Ben Affleck, and Matt damon are pretty dire

    but i find Tom Hanks a bit hard to stomach myself, yeah great acting the idiot, re Big, etc, but he doesnt seem to have much of a personality for anything else
    ...waiting to be shot down
    I agree with you to some extent, but I think he did well in Philadelphia, and Catch Me If You Can.

    And again, we are looking for "wooden" rather than just "crap".

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    I wouldn't class these actors as wooden, simply because they have given good performances in the following movies

    Tom Hanks - Catch Me If You Can, Castaway, Big, Road to Perdition, Philadelphia

    Ben Affleck - The Kevin Smith movies he's been in

    Keanu Reeves - Bill and Ted movies, A Scanner Darkly

    Matt Damon - Bourne Identity, The Departed, Team America

    Nicolas Cage - Leaving Las Vegas, Adaptation

    Now although I think Reeves and Cage, in particular, are dire actors, well in the case of Cage it's more that he can act, he just doesn't seem to want to, I have to plump for the Unholy Trio of Seagal, Van Damme and Arnie to come joint second on my list, with my winner being.....

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    Segal, Norris, Clive Owen all deserve to be listed.

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    I'll second Keanu Reeves. He could corner the market in android acting.

    Segal probably owned the trophy before Reeves - same expression in every role but then again played same character in every role.

    IMO wooden means no expression not necessarily bad acting.
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