The bank guard guy at the beginning of Batman Forever
Mar 25, 2019 12:44:14 GMT -8
Post by andrewhnpx on Mar 25, 2019 12:44:14 GMT -8
21. The Worst Actor In The Entire Movie
As wildly over-the-top as most of the acting is in this movie, there's one actor who completely takes the cake: Joe Grifasi, who played the bank guard near the start of the movie, and ends up bound inside a bank vault to act as bait in order to trap Batman. Almost every reaction Grifasi has during the scene is totally off-note, especially once Two-Face pumps acid into the vault and he hams it up to 11, shouting, "Oh no! It's boiling acid!" Sure, the guy thinks he's about to die, but Jesus Christ, does he have to be annoying to the point that the viewer almost hopes he'll get dissolved? Horrible.
As wildly over-the-top as most of the acting is in this movie, there's one actor who completely takes the cake: Joe Grifasi, who played the bank guard near the start of the movie, and ends up bound inside a bank vault to act as bait in order to trap Batman. Almost every reaction Grifasi has during the scene is totally off-note, especially once Two-Face pumps acid into the vault and he hams it up to 11, shouting, "Oh no! It's boiling acid!" Sure, the guy thinks he's about to die, but Jesus Christ, does he have to be annoying to the point that the viewer almost hopes he'll get dissolved? Horrible.
The entire article is well worth reading, gave me a good chuckle. I don't even think Batman Forever is that bad a movie, it has serious issues but there's still quite a bit about it I enjoy, and it brings back good memories of the Summer of 1995 every time I watch it. I definitely don't put it in the same category as Batman & Robin, which deserves all the scorn it gets.
