Jon Voight was a totally eye-rolling hammy hoot in this film.
You've seen Guy Standeven in something because the man was in everything.

In my honest opinion, everyone in this did a great job.
His two razzies are ridiculous.
It gets so much hate when it's just a fun movie.
"I drank to drown my pain, but the damned pain learned how to swim."

He plays a bad guy who is soooooo bad that he scowls during the entire movie. I can't figure out if he was just trying to be over the top big time or he thought that he had to change his look to be mean and nasty.

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I think it was the "I'm evil" sneer he wore for every shot of the entire movie that kicked it to another level.
Guy hops on your boat in a rain storm and comes up with an "I'm evil" sneer before he delivers his first line, just throw him back overboard.

I don't see any mention of Superbabies. If you think this is bad (and it is) he sunk even lower for Superbabies in 2004 - again with a terrible foreign accent. Compared to Deliverance and Urban Cowboy, it's what I'd call really hitting bottom - but I guess he needed to do what he needed to do.

Voight's performance is the only reason to watch this crappy movie. I think he knew that the movie sucked, but he took it with humour and had some very funny scenes.

I loved the way he portrayed that character. He was a little bit crazy after all. His despising expressions were great: a man so full of himself.
But i would have kicked his @ss much earlier in the movie..!
How many of you believe in telekinesis? Raise my hands.

Did Jon Voight get a Razzie for that?
Edit: nominated for
Anaconda
, not won (1998)
http://www.imdb.com/board/10118615/awards
Apparantly, 1998/1997 was a good year for him with nominations for
Most Wanted
(1997) and
U Turn
(1997) also.
http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Razzie_Awards/1998

I think that Jon Voight was having the time of his life making that movie, just having a ball. It is not in anyway "bad acting", he's just acting over-the-top like so many actors in B-movies from the 50's, he plays with the clich of the usual villains and takes those clichs to another dimension. I think he's hilarious in Anaconda!

Did you ever see The Princess Bride? Well Jon Voight went to the same language school as Mandy Patankin. He sounded exactly like him. I half expected him to say "My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die".
Lame movie, stupid special effects.
"We cannot have peace among men whose hearts delight in killing any living creature."

Voight killed it in this and is really the only reason to see it. Pretty much every line out of his mouth as well as his little mannerisms are hilarious, and when me and my buddies are in need of a good laugh we start quoting Sarone.
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I think most people here are full of
and so critical. Saying one of the best monster films is crap. What do you say about the real crap ones?
Anaconda is one of the rare higher grade creature features.
I agree
Jon boy's performance is a standout
, of any movie, because this is one of the
very rare roles
where an actor is being
something other
than himself, and acting, bringing more to it
no one else could.
Overacting? Such a character could exist,
larger than life.
He was a
horror to behold.
Makes Quint in Jaws look like a straight-faced fancy boy, but doesn't necessarily jump the shark, err snake.

He was easily the best part of this movie (which I enjoyed!). He saw the movie for what it was, and didn't take himself too seriously. Scene stealer? I'd say movie stealer!
"Now What?"
-Treat Williams, "Deep Rising"

I don't think it was bad acting - I think it was camp acting - he knew this movie was what it was - a "B" movie and he played his role for all its worth. Think of all the cheesy 50's and 60's sci-fi and horror movies and he perfectly played his role with tongue firmly in cheek. He was a true scene stealer and I think you need to watch it to appreciate it

I think this is the only time I have agreed with Roger Ebert on anything if he said Vought was awesome in this movie. 100% correct. People who can't sit there and enjoy Vought's performance in this movie are people without brains or souls.

He's so bad, he's good.
Chun Li's ASS!!! >
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I agree. Voight's performance was really good. Everyone I know praised it and hated him( being that he played the bag guy good). I didnt know much about him. This was the first time I saw him and thought as others he elevated the film and made me like him because he did what it took and had a I dont care attitude. Like others I think his performance was the best one. I dont think another actor couldve pulled it off. The only thing is that only now did I know he was a paraguayanian back then I wasnt really sure. I dont think he looks like one or entirely acts like one but he sure made it fun.
Without strife, your victory has no meaning.
Without strife, you do not advance.
Without strife, there is only stagnation.

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Voigt's character/performance is what made the movie enjoyable IMO. He was the real villain and not the snake. He was so over the top, but it just worked.

Jon Voigts performance as the Paraguayan should be recognised as one his most defining performances. This was a good film to begin with anyway, I dont care what people say. Voigts performance elevates the whole narrative. That combined with competent film-making provides the film with a very sinister and tense atmosphere. Better than this modern crap 2dy like The Grudge which is truly s***.
Classic Film with memorable performances. Otherwise people wouldn't still be talking about it.

Wow myself I think Jon Voight did great with his character in this movie. Hes the main reason I think its a ok movie. Without him and how he played the character I would have probably hated the movie.

What is so mind-numbing is how Voight was singled out by criticsI'm talking mainly about Siskel and Ebert hereas being great in this film. They both gave the movie thumbs up, and I've choked on my rancor ever since. The movie was stupid from beginning to end, not scary, and not funny. Voight's performance just makes a bad film bizarre. But it could have worked. Look at Holes, a movie where Voight does something similar with his character and it works but it's also in a much better film that is actually supposed to be funny.