Who else feels Mark Wahlberg is a lousy actor?

Mark is an 2-time Academy Award nominee, so he's proven that he's far from being a "lousy" actor in general...The only time he is ever "lousy" is when he's being directed by an arrogant, unscrupulous hack like Michael Doofus Bay.

As someone who loves the world of filmmaking, I understand that actors need to be led by good directors with meaningful guidance in order to perform well. Now that Bay has gotten undeserved power over the creative process of a film production, he never bothers to actually translate a screenplay to the big screen. All Bay does is quickly scan a script (failing to notice the meaningful/intelligent aspects the screenwriter put into the draft) and then he highlights the "important" aspects (in Bay's moronic perspective) to explain what the actors need to do in their roles.

Those so-called "important aspects" do not inspire the actors to perform to their full potential, because Bay is too much of an idiot to make his actors think the project is worth any hard work.

I do. The material he had to work with could hardly be described as great but he made the worst of it. The fact he had been nominated for prestigious acting awards is irrelevant. With a good script and the right director even poor actors can seem talented.

Not so much lousy but he isn't all that great either.

When theres no more room in Hollywood, remakes shall walk the Earth.

I agree, he is not a very good actor, but I've seen things with him in it that were OK when he was doing what he is good at, which is kind of acting dumb. I liked "Sniper" I think it was and some other movies, one of two. It is his power and influence in Hollywood and making movies that bothers me.

I will say that the Planet of the Apes remake just stunk to high heaven.

Thats funny. I had no interest in watching this, but I noticed he was in it and I will watch it on netflix now. I don't expect much from it, but I like Mark Wahlberg.

I don't think he's terrible. I'm consistently shocked with the memory that this is MARKY MARK. The only human being on the planet who makes justin bieber not look insane. MARKY MARK. The fact that he can speak and walk at the same time almost inspires a sense of awe.

I do have to admit it was kind of funny watching the texan farmer with the thick boston accent that kept leaking in.

Movies are IQ tests; the IMDB boards are how people broadcast their score.

"Can anyone name a movie where he made it better because he was in it?"
My answer:
Transformers: Age of Extinction

I kind of like Marky Mark, he´s not a terrible actor, but he´s obviously no Michael Fassbender or Sean Penn either.

He has to be given the right material to shine, though. An Action/Thriller á la Lone Survivor/Shooter, comedy like Ted. He´s even solid in Dramas like The Fighter.

He sometimes *beep* up scenes like the "I´m an inventor" scene in this movie though. That was just terrible and cringe inducing. Or that infamous scene in The Happening. Both those movies however, have been directed by some very poor filmmakers.