Actors You Just Can't Stand.

[gwynplaine]

Watch Mr. Brooks, he gives a very good performance in that.

Agreed. And I thought William Hurt (as usual) was really good in that.

 

[Infinity9999x]

Agreed. And I thought William Hurt (as usual) was really good in that.

Agreed, they're dynamic was great in that movie.

And actually, I thought Dane Cook gave a solid performance as well.

 

[batman11]

Agreed. And I thought William Hurt (as usual) was really good in that.

Hurt was excellent.

 

[katie_girl09]

How could I have forgotten this guy? He's nauseating and just not funny at all...

I think Jack Black is funny.
I don't really like Angelina Jolie too much. She just seems so... fake. I also could never stand Julia Roberts. I also can't stand William Shatner. Dude is so full of himself.

 

[Jolly Rolly]

I actually found Jack Black annoying when I just knew him as the fat white Jamaican guy from I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, and since then he's kind of grown on me.

A few have already mentioned Michael Cera so I'll add my two cents, it seems that he hasn't grown out of the dorky phase and his childlike voice is a big part of it.

 

[SuperFerret]

Angelina Jolie
Bill Hader
Christian Bale
David Schwimmer
Jonah Hill
Julia Roberts
Micheal Cera
Owen Wilson
Seth Rogen
Steven Seagal

 

[Episode29]

Forgot about Bonnie and Clyde.

And Bulworth was pretty funny.

OK so three movies.

What about Reds?

 

[That-Guy]

Val Kilmer
Jessica Alba
Ice Cube
Lorenzo Lamas
David Hasselhoff
Chuck Norris
David Duchovny
Seth Rogen
Rosie Perez
LL Cool J
Robert Pattinson
Kristen Stewart
Matthew Lilliard
Adam Sandler
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Freddie Prinze Jr.
Any Wayans brother
that stupid guy from Napoleon Dynamite

 

[The Guard]

Kristin Stewart.

She's...she's just terrible.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Angelina Jolie
Bill Hader
Christian Bale
David Schwimmer
Jonah Hill
Julia Roberts
Micheal Cera
Owen Wilson
Seth Rogen
Steven Seagal

x 10000000

 

[Sarge 2.0]

What about Reds?

I hated that performance too. It's mostly for the same reason I hated him in Bugsy and Shampoo and Heaven Can Wait:he comes off as being extraordinarily satisfied with the fact that he is Warren Beatty, and he believes that we should be too.

I think it's why I liked him so much in McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Bulworth, and Bonnie and Clyde: those characteristics were basically absent.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Kristin Stewart.

She's...she's just terrible.

Did you see Adventureland or Into the Wild?

 

[Sarge 2.0]

But for the most part, I dislike threads like these because I find that most professional actors are effective if given the right material. It's like Roger Ebert said once: if given bad material, and they're forced to play stupid characters, it's not the actors faults that they have to wear stupid suits. Blame the director and the screenwriter. I find that precious few actors are grating in every role I've seen them in. Channing Tatum would fit into that category, as would Rosie O'Donnell, Julia Roberts, and Kevin Costner.

 

[gwynplaine]

I didn't intend it as a "hate" thread at all, more like a relaxed environment to express oneself in a free, fun and civil manner. To each their own and I was just interested in knowing more about my fellow Hypers' opinion and taste, and why certain actors can rub them the wrong way.

But for the most part, I dislike threads like these because I find that most professional actors are effective if given the right material. It's like Roger Ebert said once: if given bad material, and they're forced to play stupid characters, it's not the actors faults that they have to wear stupid suits. Blame the director and the screenwriter. I find that precious few actors are grating in every role I've seen them in. Channing Tatum would fit into that category, as would Rosie O'Donnell, Julia Roberts, and Kevin Costner.

Stop posting in it then.
Anyway, I respectfully disagree, I love actors and think that a lot of them can shine given the right material and direction, a few of them can even elevate mediocre material and take it to another level, but there are also some actors that I don't really like.
Case in point, someone like Michael Madsen (reservoir Dogs excepted) has been doing the same tough guy shtick for a while now and feels TO ME like the poor's man Robert Mitchum, I was very happy to not see him in the great Inglourious Basterds (sorry Tarantinophiles, just my opinion).
I'm also not to fond of Rock Stars and Pop Stars becoming actors, it's almost like it's the exact opposite profession, so maybe they should stick to their day job. Once again, just my opinion.

 

[OctaviusINC]

Zach Braff

Megan Fox

Michael Cera's gettin' there

New Adam Sandler

 

[gwynplaine]

Quentin Tarantino : Good Director, Bad Actor (except maybe Pulp Fiction).

- There are also actors that used to be great and became a bit of a parody of themselves (usually their names end with an O t:)

But the beauty of it is that they could all be one movie away from being great again. It looks like someone like Nicolas Cage after having somewhat of a rough patch in his career, to put it lightly, could be having a renaissance soon, thanks to Herzog and maybe Kickass.

- There are also actors that I was not really crazy about but who turned me around with one role, usually by leaving their comfort zone, so you never know, there's pretty much hope for everyone probably. (OK, maybe not Channing Tatumt

 

[CelticPredator]

Nic Cage. He sucks. He sucks so hard. And so does his hair.

 

[Figs]

Stop posting in it then.
Anyway, I respectfully disagree, I love actors and think that a lot of them can shine given the right material and direction, a few of them can even elevate mediocre material and take it to another level, but there are also some actors that I don't really like.
Case in point, someone like Michael Madsen (reservoir Dogs excepted) has been doing the same tough guy shtick for a while now and feels TO ME like the poor's man Robert Mitchum, I was very happy to not see him in the great Inglourious Basterds (sorry Tarantinophiles, just my opinion).
I'm also not to fond of Rock Stars and Pop Stars becoming actors, it's almost like it's the exact opposite profession, so maybe they should stick to their day job. Once again, just my opinion.

Agreed. Especially about Madsen. There was talk that he was kind of annoyed with Pitt due to something involving Inglorious Basterds, I'm glad he wasn't in it. Honestly, of the movies I've seen Madsen in, he literally does play the same character. I'll go so far as to say he can't really act.

As for actors I can't stand. This may be a bit of a stretch but I'll say Ludacris since he is in films afterall. Of just about all the pop stars, rappers and R&B people, I think him being in movies is the biggest wtf. This guy is the definition of someone who can't act, just plays himself and needs to be kicked of Hollywood and go back to making music.

In the history of Hollywood and motion pictures there have always been stars, in comparison to true actors, people who aren't that talented but the audience likes them because they're attractive or just fun to watch on screen. With that being said I wish Hollywood would go back to the old days, hell, even like it was a few decades ago. Where there wasn't this mix of the music world and the film world, even Pornstars are appearing here and there in 'normal films' now and that to me is crap. There was a time when people like that would be blacklisted and rightfully so.

 

[BigSams50]

Danny Huston
Sean Penn ( not sure why, i just dont like him)
Steven Segal, i ****ing really hate steven segal

 

[Doctor Jones]

Madsen comes off as a genuine ******* to me.

Yeah Segal sucks. All he can do is kick ass and break your balls in half. His acting is terrible and at the same time tries to spurt out one liners.

And The Untouchables would of been perfect if Costner wasn't in it.

 

[[A]]

Sean Penn ( not sure why, i just dont like him)

I like him...but not his voice! When he screams! Makes me mad!

 

[The Joker]

- Kim Basinger
- Shia LeBouf
- Megan Fox
- Sean William Scott
- Ellen Page
- Whoopi Goldberg
- Brendan Fraser
- Marina Sirtis

 

[Sarge 2.0]

Nic Cage. He sucks. He sucks so hard. And so does his hair.

Have you ever seen a Nicolas Cage film that wasn't an action movie?

 

[katie_girl09]

x 10000000

Hey man, not everyone has to think Bale is the best thing ever.

 

[Sarge 2.0]

As for Madsen, the dude has been typecast post-Reservoir Dogs. It's really not an actors fault if they get typecast, because they can't find or don't get offered work that allows them an opportunity to grow.