Open list: (Arguable) Miscastings

1. Tom Cruise as the Vampire Lestat
2. Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games franchise
3. Jeremy Renner as Jason Bourne
4. Norm Macdonald as Colonel Sanders
5. Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld in American Hustle
6. Cody Horn in Magic Mike
7. Ben Affleck as Batman
8. Keanu Reeves as Johnathan Harker in Coppola's Dracula

9. Stockard Channing as Rizzo in Grease (They really couldn't get anyone younger? Jeez, that totally tests one's suspension of disbelief. I even thought so as a kid when I saw the movie in its first-run release at the cinema, before I ever even heard the term "suspension of disbelief." It is hard to do your due diligence as an audience member and suspend your disbelief when you've got a 35-year old playing a high school senior, even with the character being jaded beyond their tender years. The role is not so challenging that it requires an advanced skill in acting, it's not Blanche DuBois for chrissakes. Stockard Channing was not that strong of a singer and couldn't even dance.)

(UPDATE: I recently re-watched Grease and Stockard Channing is perfect is Rizzo and doesn't look any older than Dinah Manoff as Marnie. I'd like to add that I can't imagine anyone else other than Olivia Newton-John in the role of Sandy)

10. Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Dark Knight
11. Anna Paquin as Sookie Stackhouse in True Blood (Jessica Simpson was robbed!)
12. Cameron Diaz in Gangs of New York
13. Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka (shoulda been Will Ferrell)
14. Lena Dunham as Hannah Horvath in Girls (yeah, I know she wrote the show and the role is based upon herself, but still, the girl can't act. I like Busy Phillips for this)

Please offer up your additions (and arguments) in the comments.
--the Management

A List of My Relatively-Lesser-Offensive Unpopular Opinions

1. Van Halen was better with Sammy Hagar than with David Lee Roth.
2. The final episode of LOST was absolutely brilliant and answered all of the open questions, if you consider that the characters were all part of a soul karass. (if you don't know what a karass is, it is hard to explain, Google it)
3. The final episode of Seinfeld was absolutely brilliant and did something similar to the final episode of Newhart by flipping the narrative and reframing the entire perspective of the show to put the main characters in a different light. I loved it because it beautifully explored one of my life's mottos: "That's what you get!"
4. The final season of Game of Thrones? Brilliant.  (I can't say it was "absolutely" brilliant because the writers did not give Cersei enough scenes or even a satisfying monologue, the character deserved more and better.) It brought to fruition character arcs that were established at the beginning, and all of the conclusions made sense. I especially loved how Jaime and Brienne's story ended.
5. As long as we are on the topic of final episodes of beloved TV series, I will offer up an opinion that I don't believe to be at all unpopular. Ahem... The final episode of Freaks and Geeks is definitely the best series finale, and arguably the best episode of any TV series ever made. Even with Franco.
6. American football is embarrassingly stupid in every way.
7. I'm sorry, but as a singer, Debbie Harry was overrated. She's not a bad actress, was more than serviceable in Hairspray, and reportedly was a sensational centerfold in Cherry Magazine, according to my domestic partner. In the late 70's/early 80's Debbie Harry was to the punk boys what Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in the gold bikini was to the geeky boys. But anyway, I'm not a fan of Blondie.
**Update 8/6/19: My domestic partner reported to me just last night that on the Facebook Group pages for former Punk Boys/current Punk Geezers people have been trashing Blondie, who are currently touring (money grab), posting that Debbie Harry cannot sing and they are all pissed off punkers who want their moneys back.  Oh man, did I ever gloat to DP, that was so satisfying.
8. LEAVE SHAWN MENDES ALONE!! Dammit, will you people just please let this kid be beautiful and shine his glorious light around the world without stuffing him into a box? He is Canadian, that's tells you everything you need to know about him (that he's a kind and patient sweetheart) and this is all you have a right to know. If you like Shawn's music, then just enjoy the damn music without concerning yourself about how he spends his private time. If you don't like his music, fine, move along brother. I'm so disgusted I'm about ready to smack someone, just bring your face over here.
9. Russians are sexy, especially the accent. I love a good villain. Also, I am half-Russian genetically, so this opinion of mine may be partly beyond my control.
10. Beer is gross.