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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:07 AM Mar 2019

What actor causes you to keep flipping channels, when you see s/he's in the movie?

When you're flipping channels for something to watch, what actor or actress do you see in a program that makes you keep on flippin'?

I'll go first.

Steven Seagal
Chuck Norris

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What actor causes you to keep flipping channels, when you see s/he's in the movie? (Original Post) Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 OP
Mel Gibson MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #1
Oh, yeah. Gibson...definitely. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #6
Not the older movies - "Gallipoli" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" are first-rate The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #48
I liked Living Dangerously MaryMagdaline Mar 2019 #57
Yup. nt LAS14 Mar 2019 #135
Good choices so far and I will add curlyred Mar 2019 #2
Wow... why would you put him in the same category as the three previous? hlthe2b Mar 2019 #4
I was wondering that, too. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #7
Me too... hlthe2b Mar 2019 #10
I know it may not be logical but curlyred Mar 2019 #33
He's playing a character. If the facial hair bothers you, try his "Mutiny on the Bounty." stopbush Mar 2019 #87
yup I agree gibson, segal and norris mucifer Mar 2019 #3
Seagal, Norris, Julia Roberts too SummerSnow Mar 2019 #5
Julia Roberts. Thank you. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #9
She's overrated lunamagica Mar 2019 #67
I don't like her either. smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #119
Vince Vaughn ... Repube CurtEastPoint Mar 2019 #8
He is? Isn't he bff with Jennifer Aniston? nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #11
Ted McGinley htuttle Mar 2019 #12
I'll have to look him up. ??? nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #15
Oh no! I love Ted McGinley. Lots of fun spooky3 Mar 2019 #40
I know he's religious, but is he rightwing? AJT Mar 2019 #161
He's the Grim Reaper of Sitcoms htuttle Mar 2019 #168
Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler, Tom Cruise Ron Obvious Mar 2019 #13
agree on all 3 rampartc Mar 2019 #41
I liked Jerry Maguire. Nt spooky3 Mar 2019 #43
ok, i'll try it rampartc Mar 2019 #45
Rain Man lunamagica Mar 2019 #68
'Cocktail' only. Cruise tried hard in Kubrick movie - and imo, flopped. empedocles Mar 2019 #81
Good grief that movie was bad TexasBushwhacker Mar 2019 #116
True, bad movie. However, to me it suited best what Cruise could do. empedocles Mar 2019 #125
"All the Right Moves." He's right for that part. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2019 #154
Have you seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Man on the Moon? Both great Jim Carrey movies dewsgirl Mar 2019 #180
I have, and also "The Truman Show" Ron Obvious Mar 2019 #186
Adam Sandler Freethinker65 Mar 2019 #14
Never saw the appeal. Lochloosa Mar 2019 #28
+1 mitch96 Mar 2019 #64
I liked him in Punch Drunk Love Beringia Mar 2019 #74
Didn't care for him on SNL and can't watch him now. Laffy Kat Mar 2019 #124
x 10,000 IamFortunesFool Mar 2019 #127
Yes, another non-fan here. That look-at-me-I-so-funny expression yonder Mar 2019 #159
John Wayne, Gary Cooper 50 Shades Of Blue Mar 2019 #16
Chuck Norris! n/t RKP5637 Mar 2019 #17
Absolutely empedocles Mar 2019 #79
Tom Cruise get the red out Mar 2019 #18
Jon Voight Butterflylady Mar 2019 #19
Ugh! smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #120
James Woods SouthernIrish Mar 2019 #20
Donald Trump MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #21
Kevin Spacey Voltaire2 Mar 2019 #22
I think I'll always like "The Usual Suspects." The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #49
I give him the sleeze exception exboyfil Mar 2019 #77
American Beauty is one of my all time favs, and he was excellent as Frank Underwood in House of dewsgirl Mar 2019 #179
I can't believe this person hasn't been named Gymbo Mar 2019 #23
Oh, yeah. It pisses me off because "Bull Durham" & "Rocky Horror" used to be two catbyte Mar 2019 #25
I also like cannabis_flower Mar 2019 #71
I was just about to post her name radical noodle Mar 2019 #27
I don't like some of her tactics. liberalmuse Mar 2019 #37
Who? Salviati Mar 2019 #104
Adam Sandler, definitely. Rob Schneider is right up there, along with the late catbyte Mar 2019 #24
and David Spade. 2naSalit Mar 2019 #126
Meryl Streep n/t Shrek Mar 2019 #26
She's a favorite of mine radical noodle Mar 2019 #30
probably my favorite actress of all time. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #32
Seriously? She's excellent in everything she does. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #51
Oh my heavens. I ADORE Meryl Streep. She's a great actress AND a dedicated progressive as well. hlthe2b Mar 2019 #52
You folks have already named my most disliked actors .... Ohiogal Mar 2019 #29
Will Ferrell, The Rock, Bruce Willis, Seagal and Norris of course, Johnny Depp, Clive Owen, NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #31
Some good (bad) ones there, NRaleighLiberal! Ohiogal Mar 2019 #36
rocky is great rampartc Mar 2019 #44
Why Clive Owen? IcyPeas Mar 2019 #107
Just don't care for his appearance, voice, acting, his movies NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #111
You don't see a lot of movies, I guess. nt LAS14 Mar 2019 #136
I see tons of movies - but not with those actors. NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #143
I agree that there are fewer and fewer movies that I'll go see, and... LAS14 Mar 2019 #146
we've moved on to the long series - Better Call Saul, before that Breaking Bad - NRaleighLiberal Mar 2019 #147
Yeah, there's some good stuff there, but I do like the experience of being... LAS14 Mar 2019 #148
Nicholas Cage. Squinch Mar 2019 #34
Even in Raising Arizona? I thought he was hilarious spooky3 Mar 2019 #42
Even then! Something about his voice. Squinch Mar 2019 #46
I loved him in Moonstruck Cousin Dupree Mar 2019 #61
Moonstruck is one of my favorite movies. I never get tired of watching it. lunamagica Mar 2019 #69
I loved Moonstruck. But for me the action ground to a halt Squinch Mar 2019 #78
How can you miss out on exboyfil Mar 2019 #80
Oh, no! I never saw that remake. Bees? The burning wasn't enough? Squinch Mar 2019 #97
A word of advice exboyfil Mar 2019 #100
I really liked the original. It had its own level of cheese, but the cheese in that one just made Squinch Mar 2019 #102
Bill Cosby for sure! Uben Mar 2019 #35
What movies was he ever in? jberryhill Mar 2019 #176
Tom Cruise Seedersandleechers Mar 2019 #38
Gary Busey. nt GP6971 Mar 2019 #39
Oh yeah Ohiogal Mar 2019 #65
Adam Sandler. Jim Carrey. pResidunt drump. we can do it Mar 2019 #47
Ronald Reagan! ret5hd Mar 2019 #50
I can't believe it took this many replies to get his name on here. House of Roberts Mar 2019 #133
I got my first case of hives watching Death Valley days Leith Mar 2019 #138
A real 'stiff' empedocles Mar 2019 #178
anything with Patricia Heaton imavoter Mar 2019 #53
Same on Patricia Heaton plus Tim Allen. Kittycow Mar 2019 #58
I don't really care for her reguardless of her politics. imavoter Mar 2019 #59
Matthew McConoughey Basic LA Mar 2019 #54
Allright,Allright,Allright! Nt The Figment Mar 2019 #56
Charlton Heston. 58Sunliner Mar 2019 #55
Susan Sarandon nevergiveup Mar 2019 #60
++++++++++++++++ still_one Mar 2019 #103
I wish I had an explanation for not liking her. Polly Hennessey Mar 2019 #62
I totally agree. I'm not alone in the world! Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #151
John Wayne JenniferJuniper Mar 2019 #63
All politics aside, I cant stand john candy and chuckles norris.. mitch96 Mar 2019 #66
Oh, I loved John Candy. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #94
I'll go with Norris and Seagal too. Kurt V. Mar 2019 #70
In most cases, I can separate politics from TV & film roles. That said: Rosie O'Donell, Pauly Shore, NBachers Mar 2019 #72
The reason I pass up Norris & Seagal is not politics. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #86
I was watching a "Walker Texas Ranger" the other day. I laughed out loud at one of the scenes- NBachers Mar 2019 #115
LOL! You nailed it. LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #132
Here's some I'm surprised I haven't seen cannabis_flower Mar 2019 #73
Not flipping channels, but when I look for a movie, any of the young vacuous actresses Beringia Mar 2019 #75
those, plus Brainstormy Mar 2019 #76
Robert Wagner! Soxfan58 Mar 2019 #82
Clint Eastwood milestogo Mar 2019 #83
I don't like his politics but he was great in the "Bridges of Madison County." CTyankee Mar 2019 #90
I don't like his politics either, but MissMillie Mar 2019 #163
Jesse Eisenberg, Susan Sarandon, Mel Gibson. stopbush Mar 2019 #84
Jesse Eisenberg exboyfil Mar 2019 #105
I don't expect all the ladies to agree True Dough Mar 2019 #85
I didn't like Clooney until I saw Wherefore Art Thou, Brother? Did you see that? Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #89
oh brother, where art thou is the cohen bros take on homer' odyssey. i love all the cohen bros Kurt V. Mar 2019 #92
Yeah, I've seen it several times. Love everything about it. Esp. the music. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #129
Nope, O Brother, Where Art Thou True Dough Mar 2019 #93
Clooney was also excellent PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #95
Michael Clayton. Fabulous! Squinch Mar 2019 #118
I thought so, too. I've seen it several times. Michael Clayton's excellent, too. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #130
That's wen I started liking him, too. Iggo Mar 2019 #114
Yeah...once I saw that he was willing to be a dork character.... Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #131
George Clooney crazytown Mar 2019 #88
Why Nicole Kidman?? nt LAS14 Mar 2019 #137
She can't act crazytown Mar 2019 #139
OMG! I think she's one of the best actors around. Oscar winner...multiple types of characters. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #173
It's personal I guess crazytown Mar 2019 #175
Dustin Hoffman. CTyankee Mar 2019 #91
on pondering this question, it turns out all the actors that CharleyDog Mar 2019 #96
Dang, you guys are naming some of my favorites Bayard Mar 2019 #98
Jim carey Irishxs Mar 2019 #99
Jennifer Aniston Submariner Mar 2019 #101
Clint Eastwood samplegirl Mar 2019 #106
Kristin Stewart, Steven Seagal happybird Mar 2019 #108
Seagal, Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Eric Roberts. Hassin Bin Sober Mar 2019 #121
I can take Dolph. He's not a good actor, but something about him makes me think he's ok ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #183
Top of my list: Lena Dunham Jake Stern Mar 2019 #109
Ben Stiller Ernesto Mar 2019 #110
Bradley Cooper. Iggo Mar 2019 #112
Boom! A more arrogant actor has never existed. Nope...not gonna watch him. nt Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #141
Wedding Crashers? empedocles Mar 2019 #177
These days? Susan Sarandon. Used to love her but now can't stomach to watch. Goodheart Mar 2019 #113
I gotta agree. This is one of the few I won't watch, even tho I like her movies... Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #142
Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, (even before the scandal), Ashton Kutcher Fla Dem Mar 2019 #117
Wow. Those are my favorites, incl. Spacey (even after the scandal). Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #152
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #122
Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2019 #123
Kevin Costner Pisces Mar 2019 #128
Brothers Matt and Kevin Dillon IADEMO2004 Mar 2019 #134
Clint Eastwood Leith Mar 2019 #140
Are you kidding? Clint Eastwood is great at his quiet brooding characters. Doodley Mar 2019 #155
J-Lo comes to mind MandelaObama Mar 2019 #144
John Wayne MrScorpio Mar 2019 #145
Gibson for sure and Bill Murray.... samnsara Mar 2019 #149
Bill Murray? Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #150
Tim Allen The Genealogist Mar 2019 #153
Mark Ruffalo - Jeffrey Wright underpants Mar 2019 #156
Nick Nolte madaboutharry Mar 2019 #157
Why Gwyneth Paltrow? LAS14 Mar 2019 #164
she is smug and her Goop lifestyle brand is weird and madaboutharry Mar 2019 #167
Woody Allen TygrBright Mar 2019 #158
It's a wonder I ever see anything solara Mar 2019 #160
Andrew Dice Clay, except he was pretty good in "A Star is Born" nt JustABozoOnThisBus Mar 2019 #162
There's one I won't see..the remake of A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper-yuk). Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #172
If I watched movies on TV... Harker Mar 2019 #165
Those were the first two that came to my mind MissMillie Mar 2019 #166
Clint Eastwood and Adam Sandler llmart Mar 2019 #169
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2019 #170
In his earlier movies, he wasn't so smug. Honeycombe8 Mar 2019 #171
I Am Legend discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2019 #185
Richard Gere pressbox69 Mar 2019 #174
Tom Cruise, Tom Selleck, Chuck Norris, Mel Gibson, avebury Mar 2019 #181
Ray Romano IH8TU Mar 2019 #182
Jimmy Stewart ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #184

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
48. Not the older movies - "Gallipoli" and "The Year of Living Dangerously" are first-rate
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:13 PM
Mar 2019

and are among my all-time favorites. Mel jumped the rails later and I don't care for his later movies after he got religion, but those two are excellent.

MaryMagdaline

(6,853 posts)
57. I liked Living Dangerously
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:30 PM
Mar 2019

Galipoli is on my list to see. I don’t know why he thinks he can do comedy. He is not funny.

curlyred

(1,879 posts)
33. I know it may not be logical but
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:47 AM
Mar 2019

Something about his facial hair and voice has always put me off. Smarmy. No one I want to spend a couple of hours looking at or listening to.

stopbush

(24,396 posts)
87. He's playing a character. If the facial hair bothers you, try his "Mutiny on the Bounty."
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:57 PM
Mar 2019

For a smarmy guy reformed, try “San Francisco.”

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
9. Julia Roberts. Thank you.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:16 AM
Mar 2019

I don't like Julia Roberts, but the whole world seems to love her. I can't explain it why I don't. I think she's insincere, maybe? And not that great an actress. (But I do like the movie Pretty Woman, so I guess I wouldn't always keep flippin'. She wasn't the big star, yet, so maybe that's the difference w/that movie.)

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
119. I don't like her either.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 07:55 PM
Mar 2019

Something about her irritates me, and when she screams or laughs it is really high-pitched which is like nails across a chalkboard to me.

htuttle

(23,738 posts)
168. He's the Grim Reaper of Sitcoms
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:19 PM
Mar 2019

When he shows up in the cast, it's all downhill from there.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/TedMcGinley

In television circles, McGinley is known as the "patron saint of shark-jumping" by Jump The Shark founder Jon Hein, due to his historical tendency to join shows after their first and strongest period of production was past (most notably, he appeared in the later phases of The Love Boat, Happy Days, Dynasty, Married... with Children, and The John Larroquette Show).


Though to be fair, it's never actually his fault. It's all kind of a joke -- which he is in on:

https://www.metv.com/stories/in-defense-of-ted-mcginley-televisions-supposed-show-killer


rampartc

(5,407 posts)
41. agree on all 3
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:04 PM
Mar 2019

can anyone recommend a good tom cruise movie? didn't think so.

ben stiller is more like the other 2, but less funny.

TexasBushwhacker

(20,185 posts)
116. Good grief that movie was bad
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 05:09 PM
Mar 2019

But I thought Tom was a decent actor when he was younger. He was good in Risky Business and Born on the 4th of July.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
180. Have you seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind or Man on the Moon? Both great Jim Carrey movies
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:33 AM
Mar 2019

Also Adam Sandler was great in Spanglish.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
186. I have, and also "The Truman Show"
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:52 PM
Mar 2019

That and Spotless have terrific concepts that could have made for great, intelligent movies, but I was very disappointed how little they did with them, opting instead for very conventional treatments that were probably audience-tested in advance. Could have been great, ultimately very forgettable and disappointing.

Laffy Kat

(16,377 posts)
124. Didn't care for him on SNL and can't watch him now.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 08:49 PM
Mar 2019

I don't get it either. He has that silly voice he uses, which isn't funny, and nothing else.

IamFortunesFool

(348 posts)
127. x 10,000
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 09:32 PM
Mar 2019

Every one of his movies is the same...I've never understood his popularity. He was surrounded by superior talent at SNL

yonder

(9,664 posts)
159. Yes, another non-fan here. That look-at-me-I-so-funny expression
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:30 PM
Mar 2019

turned me off the moment I first saw him on SNL. The Christmas Hannukah schtick he did is absolutely awful, IMO.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
120. Ugh!
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 07:58 PM
Mar 2019

I just saw the Rainmaker the other night, which was a really good movie, but he played this smarmy southern lawyer defending a corrupt health insurance company and I just wanted to rip his throat out. I have seen him in other things too and I can't stand him. He's just so creepy. No surprise that he's a hardcore republican.

SouthernIrish

(512 posts)
20. James Woods
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:30 AM
Mar 2019

John Voight
Clint Eastwood
All 3 because of their political views and the first 2 aren't good actors.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
77. I give him the sleeze exception
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:43 PM
Mar 2019

Seven is one of my favorite movies. I also think he has been the best Lex Luthor on film.

dewsgirl

(14,961 posts)
179. American Beauty is one of my all time favs, and he was excellent as Frank Underwood in House of
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:29 AM
Mar 2019

Cards. I try to separate the person from his acting. He is a vile human being, but a highly talented actor.

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
25. Oh, yeah. It pisses me off because "Bull Durham" & "Rocky Horror" used to be two
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:38 AM
Mar 2019

of my favorites. Now, I can't stomach them because of her.

radical noodle

(8,000 posts)
27. I was just about to post her name
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:41 AM
Mar 2019

Yes. She and the others mentioned here, but she is the top of my do-not-watch list at the moment.

liberalmuse

(18,672 posts)
37. I don't like some of her tactics.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:57 AM
Mar 2019

But I love most of her movies and will watch them. Hard core lefties who might tick me off don’t bother me as much as right wing whack jobs, racists, wife beaters, misogynists, sex traffickers, sexual predators or pedophiles. Most of the more toxic conservatives can’t act anyway (Seagall, Norris, Lowe, Chachi, etc.) I think the exception is James Woods, who used to be considered a decent actor but is so nauseatingly right wing that I will channel surf right over his stuff (except “Casino” where DeNiro cancels him out.) I used to enjoy Woody Allen movies but can’t bring myself to watch them anymore. Spacey too. Right wingers who have 1 or 2 movies I will watch: Bruce Willis, Mel Gibson.

I can’t watch Angelina Jolie after seeing “The Tourist”. Her performance was just awful in a way that really annoyed me due to her affectation. There are also actors I don’t like (Cruise, DiCaprio) but am pleasantly surprised whenever I watch their movies. I watch Charelton Heston for the camp. Another bad right wing actor.

catbyte

(34,376 posts)
24. Adam Sandler, definitely. Rob Schneider is right up there, along with the late
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:35 AM
Mar 2019

Chris Farley. Just. Not. Funny.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,683 posts)
51. Seriously? She's excellent in everything she does.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:18 PM
Mar 2019

And if politics is an issue, she's a devout lefty who spoke for Hillary at the DNC and more recently scorched Trump at the Cecil B. DeMille Awards ceremony. She's done a lot for feminist causes, too.

hlthe2b

(102,236 posts)
52. Oh my heavens. I ADORE Meryl Streep. She's a great actress AND a dedicated progressive as well.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:18 PM
Mar 2019

Ohiogal

(31,989 posts)
29. You folks have already named my most disliked actors ....
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:42 AM
Mar 2019

Tom Cruise
John Wayne
Steven Seagal
Chuck Norris
Adam Sandler

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
31. Will Ferrell, The Rock, Bruce Willis, Seagal and Norris of course, Johnny Depp, Clive Owen,
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:46 AM
Mar 2019

Clint Eastwood, Matthew McConaughey, Bradley Cooper, Woody Harrelson, Colin Farrell, Owen Wilson, Kevin Costner, Tom Cruise, Keanu Reeves, Nicholas Cage, Sylvester Stallone, Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughan, Vin Diesel, Ahnold S, Adam Sandler, David Spade, John Travolta, James Woods, Rob Schneider


to name a few!

Ohiogal

(31,989 posts)
36. Some good (bad) ones there, NRaleighLiberal!
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:56 AM
Mar 2019

How could I forget about Sylvester Stallone in particular!


NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
111. Just don't care for his appearance, voice, acting, his movies
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 04:26 PM
Mar 2019

One of those reaction things

My movie tastes are very fringe/esoteric anyway.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
143. I see tons of movies - but not with those actors.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:24 PM
Mar 2019

We don't do action and adventure, any of the recent superhero stuff - we stick independent, foreign, etc.

Haven't liked pretty much any new releases over the past few years - the big box office stuff.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
146. I agree that there are fewer and fewer movies that I'll go see, and...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:23 AM
Mar 2019

... I used to characterize myself as someone who would watch any movie. I enjoyed an action hero every few years, etc. But this year there seemed to be nothing but action hero and animation. Obviously there were some things, but nothing I was interested in.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
147. we've moved on to the long series - Better Call Saul, before that Breaking Bad -
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:26 AM
Mar 2019

Fargo - seems like the series can do more fringey stuff because they are not trying to put people in seats to watch ads and buy overpriced food.

But we've noticed that since Hulu, Netflix, Amazon are grinding out the series, the quality is starting to do down a bit on them as well.

LAS14

(13,783 posts)
148. Yeah, there's some good stuff there, but I do like the experience of being...
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 11:11 AM
Mar 2019

... in the big dark room with someone else's popcorn, away from it all.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
80. How can you miss out on
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:47 PM
Mar 2019

Not the bees. Not the bees.

Pure cinematic gold. How the hell do a remake for one of the best horror movies of all time.




exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
100. A word of advice
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 03:07 PM
Mar 2019

Rewatch the original instead. Some things can't be unseen. This and the remake of Rollerball are my two biggest video watching mistakes in my life.

Squinch

(50,949 posts)
102. I really liked the original. It had its own level of cheese, but the cheese in that one just made
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 03:11 PM
Mar 2019

it even more awesome.

House of Roberts

(5,168 posts)
133. I can't believe it took this many replies to get his name on here.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 09:56 PM
Mar 2019

I can't even stand to watch promos for Death Valley Days if he's on them. He also used to host the show for a couple of seasons.

Leith

(7,809 posts)
138. I got my first case of hives watching Death Valley days
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:46 PM
Mar 2019

with him narrating. True story. It was on the inside of my left wrist.

imavoter

(646 posts)
53. anything with Patricia Heaton
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:19 PM
Mar 2019

I just can't stand to watch her, and her voice drives me crazy.
Never could watch that Raymond show.
Or her newer show.
That's a Hard Pass, for me.

I'm sure I could think of others, but she's my number one.

Kittycow

(2,396 posts)
58. Same on Patricia Heaton plus Tim Allen.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:32 PM
Mar 2019

They've just been too offensive and delusional in their political attacks against liberals and President Obama.

imavoter

(646 posts)
59. I don't really care for her reguardless of her politics.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:37 PM
Mar 2019

Tim Allan is ok for me in small doses.

I never could stand to watch or listen to Trump, long before the current bull sh$%.
So I guess I could add him, but I try not to think about him.

Polly Hennessey

(6,794 posts)
62. I wish I had an explanation for not liking her.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:43 PM
Mar 2019

Julia Roberts. She twirls, she smiles, she struts, she is annoying. Don’t get her acting chops, either. Mediocre at best.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
151. I totally agree. I'm not alone in the world!
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:46 PM
Mar 2019

I felt like I was floating out in the sky, the only one in the world who didn't care for Julia Roberts or think she's a great actress. Now I know there are at least several of us.

mitch96

(13,895 posts)
66. All politics aside, I cant stand john candy and chuckles norris..
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 12:58 PM
Mar 2019

And don't get me started on TV actors....
m

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
94. Oh, I loved John Candy.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:36 PM
Mar 2019

He seemed luck such a sweet person. I'm still heartbroken that he died so young.

Only the Lonely
was a wonderful film, just to name one of his.

NBachers

(17,108 posts)
72. In most cases, I can separate politics from TV & film roles. That said: Rosie O'Donell, Pauly Shore,
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:26 PM
Mar 2019

Tom Green; I can't stand Russell Brand, even though he has his acolytes around here. I even find Adam Sandler's name annoying. Rosanne Barr is poison.

I'm going to buck the trend here, because I can plug into the worlds of Chuck Norris, Stephen Seagal, Nicolas Cage, Arnold, and Sylvester Stallone, and experience them as an alternate universe they live in. Even James Woods and Jon Voight are watchable because they revel in their own ooze. Just watch Jon Voight in "Anaconda" and prove me wrong. But I'll draw the line at Norm McDonald.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
86. The reason I pass up Norris & Seagal is not politics.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:56 PM
Mar 2019

It's because they are reeeeeaaaaaallly bad actors. I did better than they can, when I was a kid putting on plays with my sisters. How someone gets rich & famous doing a bad job at something is mind boggling, when there are so many good actors around.

They consistently star in the same movie over and over, with different names and costumes. That's why I pass them up.

I don't like Russell Brand personally, but I think he's actually very good at acting the types of characters he does. I recently saw an Eric Idle stand-up play (the kind where the actors stand behind microphones on stage). It was wonderful! Eric Idle wrote most of it, I think. Brand played one of the characters....he takes his acting seriously. He doesn't kid around. He shows up and does his job. He was great in his character, and his lines were funny.

Voight is a pretty good actor. Terrible person, but good actor.

I don't think I've ever seen an Adam Sandler movie. I guess I don't like the kinds of movies he's in.

For the most part, I don't refuse to watch Republican actors. It's more if they have said or done something particularly offensive to me. I'd put Mel GIbson in that category. Maybe Woody Allen.

NBachers

(17,108 posts)
115. I was watching a "Walker Texas Ranger" the other day. I laughed out loud at one of the scenes-
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 04:56 PM
Mar 2019

Something Bad had been done by one of the Bad Guys. Chuck got into his truck and went off to settle the score. There was a close-up of Chuck in the driver's seat, looking mad, determined, and noble. I had to laugh, because that one close-up was the entire Walker Texas Ranger series- I didn't even have to watch another episode, because the entire show was encapsulated was distilled down into that one shot.

Beringia

(4,316 posts)
75. Not flipping channels, but when I look for a movie, any of the young vacuous actresses
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:39 PM
Mar 2019

Which there seem to be oh so many.

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
163. I don't like his politics either, but
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 09:47 PM
Mar 2019

He was stellar in Million Dollar Baby.

But he's better behind the camera than in front of it.

exboyfil

(17,862 posts)
105. Jesse Eisenberg
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 03:17 PM
Mar 2019

World's worst casting for the DCEU.


No. I am not going to give up watching Zombieland, Road Warrior or Rocky Horror.

True Dough

(17,303 posts)
85. I don't expect all the ladies to agree
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 01:56 PM
Mar 2019

because these two make some swoon, but George Clooney and Ashton Kutcher. Find them both smug and I never see them in character, no matter role.

And politics isn't the issue, obviously.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
89. I didn't like Clooney until I saw Wherefore Art Thou, Brother? Did you see that?
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:04 PM
Mar 2019

When it came out, a friend had recommended it to me. I said "no, thanks. I don't like Clooney." She wouldn't tell me what it was about, but said, "It's not what you think. Watch it." So I did. He was wonderful in that role and movie. His character was a spoof on narcissistic, self-involved country bumpkins who think they are more than they what they are.

Technically speaking, he is an excellent actor. At least he has earned his accolades, unlike some others (like Chuck Norris, who can't act at all; he just says lines in a wooden manner). I don't find Clooney particularly handsome or sexy, though, unlike most women.

Ashton Kutcher is also a good actor. In some roles, yu can't see the Kutcher behind the character, even. He's not a great actor. But good. He's also drop dead gorgeous, IMO.

For another drop dead gorgeous actor/entertainer, I'd have to go with Hugh Jackman. He's my idea of perhaps the perfect man. Likeable, multi-talented, friendly to people, devoted to his wife and a family man, handsome, doesn't rely on his good looks to carry him through. (be still my heart )

Kurt V.

(5,624 posts)
92. oh brother, where art thou is the cohen bros take on homer' odyssey. i love all the cohen bros
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:20 PM
Mar 2019

moveis but I've seen oh brother like 15 times.

True Dough

(17,303 posts)
93. Nope, O Brother, Where Art Thou
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:26 PM
Mar 2019

is not my style of film (and it starred Clooney).

As for Hugh Jackman, I'm not bothered by him but there's not any movie of his that I can think of that I've really enjoyed, although I have seen very few.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,853 posts)
95. Clooney was also excellent
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:41 PM
Mar 2019

in Up In the Air. I had loved the book, and the movie is quite different, but equally excellent. And what I liked best about his performance in it is all of his scenes with Anna Kendrick. It would have been too easy to hit a wrong note, or to come on to her, however subtly, but he never does. That movie alone made me respect him immensely as an actor.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
130. I thought so, too. I've seen it several times. Michael Clayton's excellent, too.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 09:51 PM
Mar 2019

Clooney's been in some really good movies. He's A list, so he gets offered the cream of the crop.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
131. Yeah...once I saw that he was willing to be a dork character....
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 09:53 PM
Mar 2019

and not always look good. And the character sort of spoofed how handsome actors are self-consumed, which I thought was cool, since he's considered a handsome actor.

I've also know a person or two like his character. He was spot on, and the Cohen's were, too, in the writing of that sort of character. Loved the film.

crazytown

(7,277 posts)
139. She can't act
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:50 PM
Mar 2019

If someone told me she’s an amnatronic mannequin from the future, I’d ask, where did you park the DeLorean?

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
173. OMG! I think she's one of the best actors around. Oscar winner...multiple types of characters.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 08:19 AM
Mar 2019

She can play almost any sort of character totally believably.

Sometimes pretty women get short shrift for their acting chops. A person can dislike her, but there's no doubt that she's one of the best actors around.

Marilyn Monroe was also a pretty good actress, but that was overshadowed by her sex symbol status.

If you see Kidman in The Paperboy (offensive movie) and To Die For, she plays two very different characters (the latter is a real person), and she does both practically perfectly and totally believably. Not many actors can do that.

By contrast, actors like Kevin Costner reached the highs of fame and glory on mediocre acting skills. It's so easy for white males in the acting business. Most roles are for males.

I understand you think differently, and I don't mean to argue, but as a movie buff, I feel passionately about the subject, so I just had to hit one for the gipper, so to speak! (Someone actually said to me once that she didn't think Meryl Streep could act very well, and did bad accents. Really! She was probably a Chuck Norris lover.)

crazytown

(7,277 posts)
175. It's personal I guess
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:05 AM
Mar 2019

I’m allergic to Kidman. She’s good enough in To Die For, but set against that is Dogville, the worst acting I’ve ever seen from a major star.

At best, my friends describe my views on Kidman, ‘eccentric’. I’ve heard of people who loathe Streep, so I understand where thet’re coming from. I remember when I first heard Moulin Rouge be starring Kidman, I remember walking into the theater apprehensive, and walking out afterwards shaking my head. It’s visceral - I can’t stand her.

I wish I hadn’t mentioned it.

EDIT- While I thought she was terrible in Dogville, Princess Grace was rock bottom. I thought, well, for once she looks the part and how hard can it be to put a human face on the Ice Queen? I literally walked out.

CTyankee

(63,912 posts)
91. Dustin Hoffman.
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:16 PM
Mar 2019

He slapped Meryl Streep hard by surprise in Kramer v. Kramer. She can't stand him. She had nothing but wonderful things to say about her other leading men, even Clint Eastwood altho she noted their distinctly different political views. And Clint adored her.

CharleyDog

(757 posts)
96. on pondering this question, it turns out all the actors that
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:50 PM
Mar 2019

set my teeth on edge and I hasten to remove from sight are from political shit they say. They may be good actors, but
the misogyny and or RW crap they spew causes me to get the hook.

James Woods
Mel Gibson
Kevin Spacey
Susan Sarandon
Wood Allen
Clint Eastwood

Adam Sandler is just obnoxious like a lot of others, or bad actors, like The Rock, Stallone, or Segal are not fun to watch yet doable. But the sexual/political shit bothers me the most and I would rather watch paint dry.

Bayard

(22,063 posts)
98. Dang, you guys are naming some of my favorites
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 02:59 PM
Mar 2019

I can separate a movie from an actor's politics. I guess action/adventure movies are one of my many character flaws.

There's a few things of Tom Cruise's I've liked, but mostly not. Can't do Sandler or Seagal. Chuck Norris looks too much like my ex, but shorter.

happybird

(4,606 posts)
108. Kristin Stewart, Steven Seagal
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 03:40 PM
Mar 2019

are my top two offenders. Also, John Claude Van Damme. All are just horrible actors.

Russell Brand annoys the crap out of me.

Johnny Depp- used to love him, but something obviously went wrong at some point in the last decade or so.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
183. I can take Dolph. He's not a good actor, but something about him makes me think he's ok
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 01:00 PM
Mar 2019

Maybe because I have the feeling he doesn't play up his macho toughness like the others? Or he does so with humor?

Jake Stern

(3,145 posts)
109. Top of my list: Lena Dunham
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 04:04 PM
Mar 2019

Who I find, thanks to her need to almost pathological need to expose herself, both figuratively and literally, to be revolting.

Right behind her is:

Adam Sandler
David Spade



Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
142. I gotta agree. This is one of the few I won't watch, even tho I like her movies...
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 11:09 PM
Mar 2019

and think she's a really good actress.

I rarely don't watch people because of politics, but she is an exception. I just don't see her the same way, ever since she pulled her third party stunt garbage.

Maybe this will pass in time. I don't know.

Fla Dem

(23,656 posts)
117. Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin, Kevin Spacey, (even before the scandal), Ashton Kutcher
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 06:25 PM
Mar 2019

John Travolta. I'm sure thee's others but these are the ones that come to mind.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
152. Wow. Those are my favorites, incl. Spacey (even after the scandal).
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:47 PM
Mar 2019

They're all first rate actors, IMO. Full of themselves, arrogant as hell (except Arkin), but first rate actors.

You think they're bad actors, or you just don't like them? Like I dislike Chuck Norris and Julia Roberts. I think they're not good actors AND I just don't like them.

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Leith

(7,809 posts)
140. Clint Eastwood
Sun Mar 3, 2019, 10:52 PM
Mar 2019

And I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one. Just what do his fans see in him?!

Adam Sandler, too. The weird, goofy character he did on SNL keeps coming through.

Doodley

(9,088 posts)
155. Are you kidding? Clint Eastwood is great at his quiet brooding characters.
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:09 PM
Mar 2019

He is one of the most talented guys in Hollywood.

MandelaObama

(25 posts)
144. J-Lo comes to mind
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 05:51 AM
Mar 2019

She's never been a favourite of mine but I tried watching her in "Monster In Law" the other day and...gah!...it was too awful to stand Time has not mellowed my impression of her

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
150. Bill Murray?
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:44 PM
Mar 2019

Granted, he's made a couple of duds. But even Groundhog Day? That's a pretty good movie. You just don't like him?

What's cool about Murray (to the extent that any successful actor is cool), is that he doesn't have an agent and takes calls directly. He isn't "handled," as they say. That's pretty cool and down to earth, as well as saves him a lot of money.

But he made a movie where he looks up a lot of past girlfriends, because he thinks one of them had his kid. He rarely speaks in the movie. It's pretty odd...and kinda hard to believe that he'd had that many girlfriends. Lost in Translation was boring.

The Genealogist

(4,723 posts)
153. Tim Allen
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 03:50 PM
Mar 2019

The very sight of his face ruins my day. I cant think of a single thing he has done that I personally consider watchable.

underpants

(182,788 posts)
156. Mark Ruffalo - Jeffrey Wright
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:11 PM
Mar 2019

Won’t change the channel but I just don’t care for either of them as actors

madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
167. she is smug and her Goop lifestyle brand is weird and
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 10:07 PM
Mar 2019

elitist. It caters to wealthy women who can spend a lot of money on new age bullshit. There are better things one can choose to do with the privilege of celebrity.

TygrBright

(20,759 posts)
158. Woody Allen
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:18 PM
Mar 2019

Although I did enjoy a couple of his earlier screwball comedies with Diane Keaton (Sleeper, Bananas), just about everything after that devolved into self-referential angsty NY nebbish shtick to the extent of making it irrelevant to me.

The child molestation stuff just put the cherry on top.

wearily,
Bright

solara

(3,836 posts)
160. It's a wonder I ever see anything
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 04:54 PM
Mar 2019

Chuck Norris
Tom Cruise
Steven Seagal
Gary Busey
Van Damme
Pauly Shore
Julia Roberts
Kristen Stewart
John Voight
Mel Gibson
Gilbert Gottlieb
Randy Quaid
Rosanne
Clint Eastwood
Ronald Reagan
Stephen Baldwin
James Woods
Adam Sandler
Lindsay Lohan
Rosie O’Donnell
Susan Sarandon
Joey Lawrence
Shannen Doherty
Lowry Twins
Any Kardashian or Jenner
Beau Bridges

I'm sure there are more.


Guess I am just unforgiving and hard to please.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
172. There's one I won't see..the remake of A Star is Born (Bradley Cooper-yuk).
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 08:09 AM
Mar 2019

Bradley Cooper is one of those super arrogant actors I don't like to see, now.

But Andrew Dice Clay was pretty good in Blue Jasmine, a Woody Allen movie.

MissMillie

(38,553 posts)
166. Those were the first two that came to my mind
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 09:59 PM
Mar 2019

Then again, I don't like a lot of those kinds of movies. (Someone gets shot, there's a fist-fight, a car gets blown up.... blah blah blah)


llmart

(15,536 posts)
169. Clint Eastwood and Adam Sandler
Mon Mar 4, 2019, 11:56 PM
Mar 2019

Every movie Eastwood's in he has the same monotone voice and facial expressions. I have never understood what anyone saw in his movies.

Adam Sandler is just not an actor as far as I'm concerned.

Woody Allen has always creeped me out and I don't find him funny at all.

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Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
171. In his earlier movies, he wasn't so smug.
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 08:06 AM
Mar 2019

Happiness was really good. So was...I think it was called Legend? (He and his dog were the last ones on earth left.) Then he started getting all full of himself. Like Julia Roberts.

discntnt_irny_srcsm

(18,479 posts)
185. I Am Legend
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 02:26 PM
Mar 2019

The third and most recent movie made from the Richard Matheson story. The prior two starred Vincent Price and Charleton Heston.

I kind of liked him in Enemy of the State but it doesn't get much worse than After Earth.

avebury

(10,952 posts)
181. Tom Cruise, Tom Selleck, Chuck Norris, Mel Gibson,
Tue Mar 5, 2019, 09:39 AM
Mar 2019

James Woods, any Kardashian, Kirk Cameron and probably a whole lot more.

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