I have great love for The Rock, but my hate for Travolta is so large that I fear Be Cool is beyond my capabilities.
Ditto. I fear that the smug Aren't-I-the-Coolest-Thing-Ever? attitude that he has in every movie he's made since Perfect makes it impossible for me to enjoy watching him. Well, until they invent technology that allows one to reach into the screen and smack the grin off the actor's face, anyway.
ita, does Matt's revulsion description cover it for you, too? I've always kind of liked him, but when my actor tastes aren't running towards the big names of the 40s, they are still otherwise pretty pedestrian, in that I also have no aversion to Julia Roberts.
Sorry, Buffistas. I feel like I should now drag out the mirrors, and smoke machine, and sing
It's a Small World, After All,
while I tap dance naked, to distract you all.
ita, does Matt's revulsion description cover it for you, too?
It certainly covers my opinion about Travolta. Despite my enjoyment of The Rock.
I forgot my food. Going to have to venture to the froofy caf. Which I should do soon before I get hungry and go into whelmed mode.
Matt speaks for me on Travolta.
And Theo speaks for me on Julia Roberts.
Have I found anyone who shares my acute dislike of Tom Hanks? Who speaks for me on post-comedy Hanks?
I've not been up to my AM duties of late. However, lighting a fire on the board in the morning is a group effort....
Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
Plei, I don't have the hate-on for Hanks that I do for Travolta, but I do think he's vastly overrated.
I think I have more dislike for Hanks than for Travolta, because he's taken more seriously by reviewers, and also because the annoying movies he stars in tend to be on the radar longer than Travoltas.
Also, I like Welcome Back Kotter better than Bosom Buddies.
Plei - I am with you on only likeing comedy Hanks. I find him charming in interviews, unless he goes super-sincere and then he bugs - comes off really smarmy.
I think you've hit the nail on the head as to what bugs me about him.
I do like his comedies, in which he had just enough sincerity to give things heart, and just enough snark and smarm to keep it real.
