I don't avoid movies for any actor, I just complain once I've seen them.
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-t - Feb 18, 2005 7:10:37 am PST #8878 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
brenda m - Feb 18, 2005 7:13:53 am PST #8879 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Travolta is the avatar of smug for me, and recent Hanks is the summation of smarm. No Hanks projects have actually touched me, but it sure seems like that's the love-me, feel-me, I-am-everyman thing he has going.
Oh yeah. But for Get Shorty, and I assume for the new one, it kind of works for the role and seems to be making fun of his own smug. I won't see him in something he's playing straight.
Hanks bugs the crap out of me.
Michael Douglas I dislike, but I think a lot of it stems from the time I notice what a consistent string of anti-woman roles and films he's chosen. It put me off him entirely.
Robin Williams I hate with the passion of a thousand suns. Though I will say that One Hour Photo was a damned good movie - and one I only saw because I couldn't get out of it politely.
Pacino? Pah. Plays himself in every role.
Who else do I hate? Michael Caine skeeves me for some reason I've never figured out.
Jeez. It's a wonder I ever see any movies at all.
Dana - Feb 18, 2005 7:14:28 am PST #8880 of 10002
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
[have to give props to the excellent comeback by Dana here. Made me laugh]
Whoo! bon bon props!
Rio - Feb 18, 2005 7:15:00 am PST #8881 of 10002
Are you ready to be strong?
Richard Dreyfuss. I refuse to see anything with Richard Dreyfuss. Luckily there isn't much like that anymore.
-t - Feb 18, 2005 7:15:10 am PST #8882 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pacino? Pah. Plays himself in every role.
Two words. Donnie Brasco.
Nutty - Feb 18, 2005 7:16:20 am PST #8883 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I've been known to avoid Jim Carrey movies, unless I hear that "it's not a normal Jim Carrey movie". I.e., he is not allowed to traipse around mugging for the camera in unbelieveably irritating fashion. Actually I can only think of one movie in which he successfully avoided mugging throughout. (And it's only one of two movies of his I've watched all the way through.)
Megan E. - Feb 18, 2005 7:17:36 am PST #8884 of 10002
Actors that I will avoid movies because of:
Tom Cruise
Michael Douglas
Sandra Bullock
Julia Roberts
John Travolta
Jim Carrey (his "comedic" roles)
ETA: see nutty's post above
brenda m - Feb 18, 2005 7:18:10 am PST #8885 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
True, but so much of my seething hatred of Costner and Gibson has to do with their conviction that they should write and/or direct.
Add Hanks to that list. In love with their own mythos, or something.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2005 7:32:03 am PST #8886 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm kinda glad someone hates Sandra Bullock.
I don't. I love her. But part of me is ashamed of that, and that part feels validated by Megan's post.
Tom Scola - Feb 18, 2005 7:44:27 am PST #8887 of 10002
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I honestly can't say I've ever seen a movie where it's made any different whether or not Sandra Bullock was in the role. Decent actor, pretty, but not worth seeking out or avoiding.