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Which actor/s (male and/or female) do you avoid at all costs?
That is, if you see that s/he is in a movie, you will do your best to avoid watching it?
And why?
(Sorry for the negative nature of this thread. However, I'm grateful for the opportunity to get this off my chest. :mad:)

Mine is:

Ashton Kutcher

I think he makes no attempt to act.
He's one of those 'actors' that skims by on being his celebrity self instead of acting.
His voice is incredibly annoying.
He's supposedly a comedic actor, but he is invariably unfunny.
I can't think of any film starring Ashton Kutcher that I enjoyed or that I haven't seen and would want to.

Ahhh....I feel better now :D

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Tom Hanks. Pretty sure I don't like a single movie he's been in.

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Tom Cruise
His acting lacks......acting.

Leonardo DiCaprio
With the exception of very few movies, he sucks.

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Orlando Bloom
Mark Wahlberg

Unless there's a very compelling reason for me to watch a movie either of them are in, I will avoid it. Neither can act and they both annoy me.

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Agree with most of the above... DiCaprio, Kutcher... I kinda like Cruise's films, not keen on Cruise as a person though. Toothy and overly confident gets annoying after a while.

@Miss Vicky... agree... Will Turner and Legolas were Bloom's only decent roles... he's abysmal in everything else.

Totally agree with Wahlberg though. I've seen a number of Markymark films and I think everyone on here knows how I feel about him... not once has he made me like him. It's gotten to the point these days that if his name is on the credits, I avoid it like the plague.


No mention of Nicholas Cage yet? Ok... I'll mention him. One trick pony whose one trick isn't actually that good.
Only thing he's done that I find watchable is Raising Arizona and The Rock... every other role he's ever done has been the same as Stanley Goodspeed in The Rock, just with different makeup and costume.

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Denzel Washington
Mark Wahlberg

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I forgot Jack Black. I will not watch another Jack Black movie, unless he is just doing a voice over on a cartoon. Also, Adam Sandler, Will Farrell and Jim Carey. Won't watch them.

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Yes... Sandler... awful bloke, awful films. One of the highest earning actors in the World? Erm, how?

Jack Black is ok as long as he's kept away from the creative area of the film. He was pretty good in King Kong, but any films he gets his claws into tend to suck.

I like Carrey and Farrell though. Carrey has been a bit stale recently though.

I disagree. By the time my list is done Cage will have appeared no less than 5 times (although one is a bit part) In none of them does he act like his character in The Rock. I just think he suffers from little girl with a little curl syndrome (when he's good, he's very vey good, but when he's bad he's horrid.)

I've found that I prefer Nicholas Cage when he plays a down and out character (Leaving Las Vegas) or a shlemiel (Adaptation). I generally can't stand when he plays heroes/tough guys.

How about actresses?

Keira Knightley is one that I increasingly avoid, mainly because I find that she overuses the same expressions.

Same here. I don't usually even watch those movies, but I have seen The Rock. He's had some really good roles and he is capable. He just likes to star in turds s:eek:ometimes, I guess. :D

Tom Criuse, Nicolas Cage!

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Goldie Hawn. Most of her films are light hearted trash. Only films of hers I can stand are The First Wives Club and Overboard, and the latter is mainly for the Kurt Russell factor.

I think Cage over acts and is to theatrical when he doesn't need to be. Also too wimpy to be playing action heroes.:D

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Hey, how about you cut him some FRIGGIN' SLACK?

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There are no actors which I will avoid at all, sure there's some actors which most of their stuff I don't particularly like, but it doesn't mean I necessarily hate them and there's lots of films where they give unexpected good performances and so on.

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Nicholas Cage for sure. I didn't really mind him at first but lately, he's just been unbearable to watch.

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Whoever says Nicolas Cage (especially you swine who can't even spell his name correctly) should all quit movies.

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I never watch Hugh Grant after Bridget Jones Diary and I tend to avoid Jude Law.
Many of you mentioned Tom Cruise and I wasn't a fan of him,too but I was really impressed by his acting in Magnolia.

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I don't know about "at all costs" but Morgan Freeman comes to mind.

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I wouldn't miss a film just because of one actor or actress but if there isn't someone else in the film I really like then I wouldn't rush out to see a film with the following in:


Will Smith
Rosario Dawson
Zoe Saldana
Andrea Riseborough - everytime I see her I just want to push her off a cliff. :shrug:
Ashton Kutcher
Katherine Heigl
Freida Pinto
Blake Lively
Denzel Washington
Mel Gibson
Thandie Newton
Most of the American Pie movie cast

That's all I can think of now. :)

For some reason for most of them I don't have a proper reason, just feel disappointed when I see them in a trailer or I find out they are in a film, just don't like them in films. Some are just wooden in the acting department(Blake Lively, Zoe Saldana for example).

Even Satan herself won't stop me watching a film with Drew in it, however:

Satan
Nic Cage
Johnny Lee Miller (which is annoying because he's in two films I really like)
Mel Gibson
Sean Williams Scott
Ashton Kutcher
Kate Beckensale (it's not that she's bad, it's just that she usually picks crap films)
Samuel L. Jackson (post 2000)
Ben Stiller
Own Wilson
Jackie Chan
Steve Carrell
Will Ferrell
Vince Vaughn
Jon Favreau
Adam Sandler
Paul Rudd
Tom Green
Jack Black
David Arquette

That's all I can think of atm. I can't say I'm ever happy to see Geoffery Rush or Adrian Brody, either, but if I stray into those I merely tolerate, I'll be here for another 15 minutes.

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None.

Ooooh, Honeykid. Ooooh, forget 15 minutes, I know where you'll be FOR ETERNITY.

http://www.movieforums.com/community...1&d=1363202634

They will all be waiting for you at the gates of your Hell, Honeykid.

Go ahead and enlarge that if you wanna see what's waiting for Honeykid in the future. It is a glimpse into the beyond... into the darkness of mankind... into suffering, pain and pleasures you cannot imagine.

It is Honeykid's Hell, ruled by Goldberg, the god of flesh, hunger and desire.

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Well, there is always Adam Sandler

That's right.

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Kristen Stewart, Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck

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Jack Black: annoying in the movies and even more so in interviews I've seen.
Woody Allen: little weasel

I'm sorry but I can not disagree more with DiCaprio. He is one of the best actors out there today. Inception, Blood Diamond, Django Unchained, the Great Gatsby - I would NOT avoid him.

An actress I would avoid though is Miley Cyrus. Singers stay singers.

Closet I get to that are probably Micheal Cera and Hayden Christensen. Hate Micheal Cera but I still saw Juno (which was pretty good no thanks to Cera) and Scott Pilgrim vs The World which I hated. As for Christensen he was the worst part of the Star Wars prequels for me. Even more so then Jar Jar and Jake Lloyd.

There are, however, actors I tend to avoid.

George Clooney: There are very few movies I will watch with him in it after the cinematic abomination that was Batman & Robin. But that being said I still saw Ides of March.

Ben Stiller: Not a big fan of his acting because he generally plays the same guy in every movie. But he did write, star and direct Tropic Thunder which is one of my top 30 favorite movies. But then again the big part why I liked that movie was Robert Downey Jr, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, and Jack Black (whose persona fit his character pretty well). While Ben Stiller was simply there on screen for the first 2/3 of the movie. But he was not in a typical Ben Stiller role like in Meet the Parents, Along Came Polly, or There's Something About Mary so that was a plus.

Will Ferrell: Some people think he is a comedy genius, to me he was always meh. In my opinion his funniest stuff was as Alex Trebek on Celebrity Jeopardy, and he was the straight man on that sketch. But I still thought The Campaign and Old School were funny. Talledaga Nights or Anchorman, not funny. And I refuse to watch most of the comedies he fronts.

Tom Cruise: To me he was very hit or miss. Was not a fan of Top Gun, never saw Risky Business, liked him in A Few Good Men, thought he was a scene stealer in Tropic Thunder, and generally do not watch his recent movies like Jack Reacher, Vanilla Sky, or the new Mission Impossible movies which are needless sequels to a **** franchise. I will not see Oblivion either.

Seth Rogen: Once again VERY hit or miss. I liked Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Knocked up was okay (but overrated), never saw Superbad or Pineapple Express, and I hated Observe and Report and I refuse to watch Green Hornet.

Sometimes the performer isn't enough for me to want to avoid a film unless it's directed by some run of the mill film for hire director. That said, I do get negative knee jerk reactions to Jack Black, Adam Sandler, Colin Firth, Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd (except Clueless) Luke 'n' Owen Wilson, Woody Allen, Mila Kunis (what's the fuss about this bitch?) Russell Crowe post American Gangster (picks some boring sounding films these days), Mia Waiskowska or whatever you say her name (she makes me uncomfortable) and Shia LaBeof, who I never had beef with until everybody kept going on about how much they hated him which in turn turned me to the dark side (light?) side.

That wasn't his fault. You should see some of his more recent films. He's become quite a good filmmaker and actor.

I freely admit this is not based on talent but fanboy rage.

Since you're a big fan of Tropic Thunder, what did you think of Tom Cruise's performance as the studio exec?
I thought he did a great job.

He was the biggest scene stealer of the bunch! He has a minor role, not a lot of screen time, but he is one of the biggest parts of the movie that was so memorable. I am not a big Tom Cruise fan, but holy hell was he great in this movie! And it was also the movie that gave his career a much needed boost.

For reals?

Yeah, there's always these surprising exceptions to our pet peeves.

Even with Ashton Kutcher, I was reminded yesterday that he starred in The Butterfly Effect. I saw that before I'd heard of Ashton Kutcher, and my memory of his acting is a favorable one. Hard to admit, but true.

I do not have a visceral hatred for Ashton Kutcher that some have. To me he simply existed with me not really caring either way about his movies or TV shows. Never saw many of his movies, but that had more to do with the movie itself and less to do with his acting.

As for exceptions I love Clint Eastwood, he is my favorite actor, but holy hell was he terrible in Paint Your Wagon. :sick:

So was Lee Marvin

I wonder if there's been a thread like that: Worst Performance by Your Favorite Actor

Now that you mention it I do not think there is.

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anything with Adam Sandler these days

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Here are but a few...

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Spade was great in Just Shoot Me, Wahlberg and Snipes are perfectly adequate actors and Murphy can be hilarious.

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I'm sure someone's already said it, but I usually avoid Adam Sandler films. I actually enjoyed his earlier films, but as he gets older, his films just get worse.

I can't say I avoid anyone else. Maybe latter day Eddie Murphy, but even then Tower Heist was quite funny...

So basically Sandler. Oh, and Kevin James. He's awful.

YES! Completely forgot about him. I don't think I've ever seen him in a film, but the occassional bit of King Of Queens I am subjected to and his appearances in Everybody Loves Raymond are more than enough to earn him a place on my list.

I have noticed that if I do watch an Adam Sandler movie and I do laugh, it is because of a much funnier person is in the movie. Like Chris Rock, Ving Rhames, or Dan Akroyd. How sad is that?

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I call that the Will Ferrell Effect.

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Brendan Fraser
Sandra Bullock
Helen Hunt
Kristen Stewart
Kevin Smith
Jack Black
Vince Vaughn
Jon Favreau
Billy Zane
Ben Affleck (unless he is directing, I think he's a good director)

I can't think of any more at the moment, but I'm sure as soon as I post this I'll think of at least 10 other talentless hacks.

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Eddie Murphy and Adam Sandler(except from Punch Drunk Love).
Their movies are supposed to be funny but i guess i don't have a sense of humor cause i usually don't laugh, all i can think about is what they are thinking when they sign up for some of their movies because a lot of them are really really bad in my opinion!

What did they think? What about: "20 million dollars in the pocket!"

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There are no actors I avoid. There are actors that I believe lack talent or generally play in crappy films, but I don't avoid anybody. Seems counter-productive to me.

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Juliette Lewis , can't stand her acting and her voice goes through me :eek:

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned The Rock, especially since he's in a lot of movies these days...

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I don't avoid any actor at all cost, but there are a few whose acclaimed films I put off longer than others: Nicolas Cage, Johnny Depp, and Brendan Fraser come to mind first. But even they have been in good movies, and even put on a good performance. Nic Cage is awesome in Adaptation, and Raising Arizona is good. Johnny Depp has only been good in Edward Scissorhands, but Nightmare on Elm Street and the first Pirates movie are good. Can't think of anything Fraser has done other than a couple episodes of Scrubs and King of the Hill that are worth mentioning.

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I won't watch another Jim Carey film. He pissed me off.

Wait, you think Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was good, but Johnny Depp wasn't good in it?

Does not compute. Unable to comprehend.

Without Depp, there is no Pirates.

I thought he was quite good in School Ties, With Honors, and Encino Man.

He was so over the top in Pirates that at times it was distracting, and I probably used too strong of a term with my usage of "good." It was alright. Not a terrible way to waste of however long it is. And without Depp, they could have got somebody like Heath Ledger and the movie would have been better for it.

Depp made the character what it was. He is responsible for the phenomenal popularity that series received. Sparrow's mannerisms weren't written into the script, they were choices Depp made and while Ledger was a fine actor, I don't think casting him as Sparrow would've improved the movie at all.

Have you seen Dead Man?

Yes, hated it. Depp is never convincing. I assume the only reason he was good in Eddie Scissors is because he had limited dialogue.

The bolded part is absolutely true. Sadly Depp made the character to be rather annoying, and sadly it was popular. Just like Avatar, boy bands, and several other annoying things that become popular.

A movie with Brendan Fraser that I thought was good is The Quiet American.

In terms of acting in the movie, however, Michael Caine's far surpassed Fraser's.

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I think Fraser's best performance is in Gods and Monsters, but Ian McKellen is awesome.

I forgot about Gods and Monsters. Excellent performance, though I still think he was better in School Ties.

True. Forgot about this flick.

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I only hate Mel Gibson. The rest of the acting world I can bear but, an actresses that I watch but criticize every moment is Kirsten Stewart.

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I though Fraser was good in Blast form the Past.
Have to admit, I don't mind Nick Cage.

Completely forgot about Blast from the Past, good call. It's a silly movie, but I enjoyed it.

I did enjoy the first two Mummy movies and Airheads.

I have soured on John Cusack. His range is overrated, and if a comedian put their mind to it he'd be easy to impersonate.

Keanu Reeves, but thats to easy. He does find his way into big hits though. Go figure.

I avoided Pauly Shore and Earnest with a vengeance. Now its anything Jersey Shore.

As Stone Cold would say 'WHAT'


Jack Black's Shallow Hal was a great movie


Has so many entertaining movies.One of the most bankable actors because people enjoy his movies

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I don't know what it is, but I really don't like Sean Penn. He's the only respected actor I believe I deliberately avoid.

I think it's just because he always seems to have a very thorny, abrasive, pompous personality. And the guy totally looks like a schmuck, sorry to say. I hate to be so superficially critical; he's obviously a great actor. Just don't like him.

No. Just no. :nope:

+ repped because, while I don't agree about Depp, I do understand the sentiment. Sadly, it's how I feel about so much. :D

I must be one of the only Kristen Stewart supporters because I actually really like her as an actress. The problem is that 'Bella" was written to be a quiet and not too emotional person so thats the way Stewart acted the part. She can do many different roles such as in Panic Room and she's funny and smiley in Adventureland...

I don't get why everyone has so much negativity towards her.

Daniel Craig
Leonardo DiCaprio
Sean Penn

+repped because now I know what it feels like to be honeykid, if only for a moment. ;)

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Tyler Perry. I have never seen a single movie he has done all the way through. Although i do want to see Alex Cross because I love the books.

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Jack Black

I Agree re: Depp. That kind of character works well in a supporting role, but then when they go onto make sequels quickly becomes annoying.

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as for flat out, will not watch if they are in it, top of the extremely low list is Ben Stiller. Even cameos make me re-think some movies, or say "screw stiller" and go on enjoying the flick and ignoring the few seconds of film time
nails on chalk board, that @ss wipe

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Never liked sean penn.

The other one for me is Heath Ledger.
i'd not been that fussed on him pre joker but was pretty blown away by his performance there.

I then made the mistake of watching another of his films and it was such a huge disappointment i've avoided him ever since.

Miley Cyrus although she should hardly be considered an actor.

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Will Ferrell, Jack Black.

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I was at a loss for an answer until I saw photonshot's comment, and I have to agree. Any movie with Cyrus will probably not be worth watching.
Also, I'll avoid anything with Steven Seagal, Gary Busey, or Vin Diesel in a starring role. If they're just supporting characters or making cameo appearances, that's fine. I even tolerated Diesel being part of the ensemble in Fast and Furious 6, the only film of the series I've seen.

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^ Have you seen Pitch Black? Diesel is fine in this science fiction film, it's an excellent film and he suits the role perfectly.

I'll admit I haven't, but I've seen The Chronicles of Riddick. I think someone listed that as one of the worst prequels ever made.

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Justin Timberlake.

Because: Friends with Benefits, Bad Teacher.

Not seen Bad Teacher but Friends with Benefits was better than I thought it would be, not bad at all, and I also really liked his role in The Social Network. I am looking forward to how he does in the Coen Brothers' new film Inside Llewyn Davis, too.

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Don't let that put you off Pitch Black, very different films. I didn't think much of Chronicles of Riddick but Pitch Black is one of my all time favourite science fiction films.

For me Friends with Benefits was a total waste of time. It really is a pointless movie.

Bad Teacher is much, much worse. Had the misfortune of seeing it this Sunday. Sundays suck anyway, but Bad Teacher made it worse for me. Felt severely depressed for the rest of the day.

Pitch Black is a very different film and awesome!

The director David Twohy put a lot of his ideas for his script for Alien 3 into this movie. And all his ideas were much closer to horror and the original Alien.

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..... ummm.... i think i may be the only Jack Black on the planet.... i personally love him and think he's funny and awesome, though not a great actor, he does roles specifically for him and I like the movies he's in... High Fidelity?? Come on.:)

I'll check it out sometime. I think that Walmart has a limited edition of it right now. Thanks.

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Any time bro. You should find it cheap there. Maybe in the bargain bin.

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I just Googled it, and they have the steelbook for $10 so I'll go ahead and get that :)

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As long as it's the Blu-ray because it looks fabulous on Blu-ray. So many gorgeous colours.

I advise you to stop avoiding him and watch Black Snake Moan.

I might, but only if you admit that he was awful in both Bad Teacher and Friends with Benefits.