This guy is an untalanted hack who was cute and tolerable as a child actor but doesn't have what it takes to be anything else. I find him utterly insufferable. Thank you, ads for Transformers, for helping me see the light.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Will Farrell seriously gets on my nerves. He's the only one that really comes to mind.
Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Matt Damon. Top of the list. John Travolta. Ben Affleck.
I'm sure there are others, but those are the ones I cringe at.
Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :
Same with Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, though I've never actually realized this before.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by the_Somalian: Same with Matt Damon & Ben Affleck, though I've never actually realized this before.
Don't they share the same brain or something?
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Really? I was ok with them in Dogma. (serious "Chacon son gout" here though) Plus the two Bourne movies were good.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Jack Black.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Ben Stiller Ben Affleck
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
Nicole Kidman. Dunno why but she really creeps me out.
Posted by Qaz (Member # 10298) on :
None of them gets on my nerves really but I don't see a point in a Billy Crystal or Will Ferrel movie.
Posted by the_Somalian (Member # 6688) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: Really? I was ok with them in Dogma. (serious "Chacon son gout" here though) Plus the two Bourne movies were good.
I remember a scene in "Boiler Room" where Ben Affleck is trying to motivate a group of salesmen, and you could sense that he was trying to channel Alec Baldwan's famous speech in "GlenGerry Glen Ross" but Affleck is just embarrassingly awful in comparison.
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Tom Cruise. Not that I find his acting particularly bad...it's just lately he seems insane.
Posted by otterk10 (Member # 10463) on :
Actors: Jim Carrey Jimmy Fallon
Actresses: Any actress who is only in the movie because she is good looking and can not act at all. Basically, half of Hollywood.
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Jim Carrey used to really get on my nerves, then I saw the beauty of Dumb and Dumber. The rest of his movies are still awful. Kira Sedgwick really bothers me. I can't quite put my finger on what annoys me about her, though. I think it is her know-it-all attitude in The Closer. I get that same vibe about Vincent D'Onofrio in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (but only in that show, I really like him overall).
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Rob Schneider. Ben Stiller Jim Carrey (GIANT exception to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind- and a smaller exception to The Truman Show) Nicholas Cage is vastly overrated I think. Owen Wilson. Ben Affleck. Orlando Bloom is waay too popular for what he actually does.
On a side note- I actually like Matt Damon- especially in Good Will Hunting Posted by Eaquae Legit (Member # 3063) on :
Rob Schneider is bearable in one solitary movie: Surf Ninjas. Probably because he was less crude when he was younger, and also because he only plays a supporting role. Maybe a little bit because his character gets picked on a lot.
Posted by Roseauthor (Member # 148) on :
Ben Stiller: Just plain freakish to me.
Julia Roberts: Has the mouth of a horse and the acting skills are below Mr. Ed.
Nicole Kidman: Sexy woman, (in lieu of talent: therefore Sex)
Cameron Diaz: She just looks insane most of the time.
Anyone on a 'reality' tv show. They're all actor/actress wannabees.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Tom Cruise John Travolta Nicholas Cage Jim Carrey
There are probably others I'd rather not watch, but those are the big ones.
Not so long ago I would have put Leonardo DiCaprio on the list as well, but since I saw The Aviator and The Departed I've changed my mind about him.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 9735) on :
Agree: Jack Black, Ben Stiller
Vincent D'Onofrio does especially annoy me because he always looks exactly the same to me whether he is confident, upset, pissed, pretending to be someone else to get information. Its like he has exactly one "emote!" mode.
Partially disagree: Billy Crystal, I liked Analyse This. I could easily see how one could sick of him though.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
quote:Originally posted by littlemissattitude: Jim Carrey
Have you seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind?
Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :
quote:Originally posted by Valentine014: I think it is her know-it-all attitude in The Closer. I get that same vibe about Vincent D'Onofrio in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (but only in that show, I really like him overall).
That character used to be like nails on a chalkboard for me, but I've found him strangely addicting; love to watch him even though sometimes I really think all the twitchiness is overacting.
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
I hate actors who turn their interviews (on shows like The Tonight show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien) into an act. i.e. Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell...
Posted by TheTick (Member # 2883) on :
Most comedians do that - it's pretty obvious that Leno has been supplied with openings he's supposed to give his guests to lead into jokes.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Sharon Stone Jack Nichols Will Ferrell, but Stranger than Fiction was the exception, he was good in that. He didn't act like a three year old that drank coffee and ate pixy stix Various Baldwins Charlie Sheen
there are more...
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Rob Schneider, Jack Black, Ben Stiller. Hate!
I used to despise Will Ferrell, but then I saw Stranger than Fiction. Now I think he might be ok.
Cameron Diaz. Couldn't tell you why; she just irritates me.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
The world's worst actor: Paul Walker. If I was as bad at my job as he is at his, I'd hang myself.
Orlando Bloom was embarassingly bad in Elizabethtown, so much so that he was acted off the screen by Kirsten Dunst. But he's pretty good in the PotC movies.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Slightly related story.
Last night we went to Appleby's for dinner. Sasha, my 6 year old, was being curious.
He saw a large picture of Elvis and said, "That's Elvis." (He was at an Elvis Impersonator show once and, well, that's another long story).
"Yes" I said.
He then pointed to other things on the wall until he got to a large picture of Beyonce'. "Who's that?" he asked.
"Beyonce'" I said.
"Oh. What is she?"
Good question. Actress? Singer? Dancer? Pop-Star? Stripper who keeps some of her clothes on at least until the camera's go off?
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Will Ferrell Ben Stiller Jim Carrey
Pretty much all comedy actors who's comedy is based mostly around being juvenile, stupid or obnoxious.
I really like Matt Damon. He was awesome in Good Will Hunting and in the Bourne movies and I thought he was pretty good in the Ocean's movies too. He's one of my favorite actors. Ben Afflect wasn't bad in Good Will Hunting either, but he hasn't made much of an impression in anything else I've seen him in -- good or bad.
Posted by El JT de Spang (Member # 7742) on :
I just the actors/musicians based off of which I think is their real talent.
Beyonce, for example, is a much better singer than actor. So she's a singer.
Mandy Moore, on the other hand, is a good actor and a so-so singer. She's an actor.
Will Smith; actor.
Jennifer Lopez; actor, actor, a thousand times an actor (she's a miserable musicians -- if I ever meet the person who convinced her to try music we're going to have a misunderstanding).
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
Who can't I stand?
Anyone from Saturday Night Live after I stopped watching it.
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
quote:I hate actors who turn their interviews (on shows like The Tonight show and Late Night with Conan O'Brien) into an act. i.e. Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Will Ferrell...
See, I would feel this way, but then I realize that the only alternative is to listen to guys like that talk about their personal lives.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
How can anyone not like Nicole Kidman? (And she can too act...)
Anyway, I can't stand: Tom Cruise, Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. I also can't stand Jim Carrey in his Ace Ventura style roles, when the director reigns him in and he's not quite so over-the-top he's okay. (Still wouldn't say good.)
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by docmagik: Who can't I stand?
Anyone from Saturday Night Live after I stopped watching it.
So true. Nicole Kidman was sooo annoying in Bewitched and in Practical Magic which is a much better book than movie. Stupid Bewitched and people making annoying movies.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Meryl Streep. I've liked her acting in approximately one movie.
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
"Will Smith; actor."
Perhaps you are unfamiliar with the awesomeness that is "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It."
Posted by striplingrz (Member # 9770) on :
Man you guys have mentioned of bunch of people I really like.
Especially Vincent D'Onofrio and Kyra Sedgwick. Those are two of my favorite shows on TV. D'Onofrio was great in Full Metal Jacket, but is awesome in Law & Order: CI. And Kyra in The Closer is just plain wonderful.
I like Damon, not Affleck.
There aren't any women actresses I especially like or dislike.
There is only one actor I've ever had a real dislike for... Nicolas Cage. I did like him in National Treasure, but almost everything else he's in makes me cringe. My kids so wanted to go see Ghost Rider and just didn't understand why I wouldn't take them simply because this guy is in it.
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
I think it would be funny to see pictures of each of you watching one of the actors you hate with a disgusted expression and a lolcat caption under the pic like "Do Not Want!"
Heh.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Meryl Streep does annoy me! There are actresses that are better like Emily Watson and Laura Linny! GRAH! heheh do not want
Posted by DeathofBees (Member # 3862) on :
I've been looking for a reason to post this since I saw the DVD of Miss Potter last week:
Renee Zellweger is so awful in this movie, it nearly made me cry. I cringed when I saw her face on the cover, and I cringed every time her fake English accent and half-smirk drew my attention away from the story, which I really wanted to care about. I can handle her in meaner roles, but, forgive me, Beatrix Potter just isn't mean. Couldn't they have cast an authentically English actress with some degree of warmth? I would have seen the film anyway, whether or not it carried any star power.
Thank you all for letting me get that off my chest.
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
Tom cruuuuuuiiiiseeeeee
Posted by Yozhik (Member # 89) on :
Matthew McConnaughey. Slimy-looking.
Posted by hugh57 (Member # 5527) on :
Adam Sandler. 'Nuff said.
Posted by Vadon (Member # 4561) on :
I pretty much agree with all the above. Though I do tend to like Jim Carrey in his more... 'sane' roles.
But the one I really want to emphasize is Nicholas Cage. Ugh!
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Sarah Jessica Parker. Her and Julia Roberts could start a horse-faced crappy acting club.
Adam Sandler.
Johnny Knoxville.
Jessica Simpson. Gross. Super super gross. And unattractive.
Rodney Dangerfield. The only movie I liked him in was Natural Born Killers, because he got brutally murdered pretty quickly.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Out of curiosity, why do you consider Jessica Simpson unattractive?
I mean, I personally am not attracted to Brad Pitt, but I can see how other people find him attractive. He's just too....generic (I can't think of a better word)....for me.
I can't stand Nicolas Cage.
-pH
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
There is something in her face that irritates me. I can't exactly explain it. Her mouth is maybe too big? Her eyes too close together? I don't really know. Her face is just icky to me. I know that most men find her body attractive. As a woman I guess I can see it, but that face.... Ick.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
Her jaw is kind of strange, I think...
-pH
Posted by GaalDornick (Member # 8880) on :
Her face looks kind of rat-like to me. Not that I don't think she's hot overall, but her face is far from the best-looking, IMO.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I loved Jack Black in Orange County, THe Holiday, and Nacho Libre
I HATE COLIN FARRELL WITH THE HEAT OF A THOUSAND SUNS! There. I feel better.
I also cannot stand Cameron Diaz. I think she's a talentless hack. And I subconsciously avoid stuff that involves Sarah Jessica Parker. And I'm also definitely NOT on the Maggie Gyllenhal bandwagon. She drives me crazy.
[ July 01, 2007, 02:55 AM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
....more Colin Farrell for me, then.
I also don't like Dane Cook, although he was really good in Mr. Brooks.
-pH
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Jessica Simpson is too... well... she doesn' have this intensity about her eyes that = sexy. Jennifer Connolly on the other hand...
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Micheal Caine
Posted by rollainm (Member # 8318) on :
I suppose I could riff a list of things that I care as little about as our last week together. Lemme see, uhh.... Low-carb diets. Michael Moore. The Republican National Convention. Kabbalah and all Kabbalah-related products. Hi-def TV, the Bush daughters, wireless hot spots, 'The O.C.', the U.N., recycling, getting Punk'd, Danny Gans, the Latin Grammys, the real Grammys. Jeff, that Wiggle who sleeps too darn much! The Yankees payroll, all the red states, all the blue states, every hybrid car, every talk show host! Everything on the planet, everything in the solar system, everything everything everything everything everything everything, everything that exists, past, present and future, in all discovered and undiscovered dimensions....Oh! And Hugh Jackman.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
quote:Originally posted by Tante Shvester: Micheal Caine
He was good in Children of Men.
and Hugh Jackman looks good without a shirt.
It's John Travalta that annoys me...
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
So many people who are so very wrong. *sigh*
That's all right. I like you folks anyway. Posted by RunningBear (Member # 8477) on :
Steven Seagal makes me irritated.
Yep.
He has nothing on Bruce Willis, especially in the recently premiered Die Hard, which happens to be amazing.
Posted by Snail (Member # 9958) on :
I don't think Mery Streep is that bad, honestly.
Though she's best in roles where she's required to play a more caricaturical character and the script doesn't require her to get all weepy and emotional.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Steven Seagal isn't an actor, AFAIC.
Posted by Javert Hugo (Member # 3980) on :
How dare you, rollanim?! Hugh Jackman's Wolverine.
Posted by Chris_Johnston (Member # 10582) on :
DiCrapio
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
I actually like Leo nowadays. He did a great job in What's Eating Gilber Grape as well.
I can't stand Seagal, he can't ever be in movies again. In fact his character should be digitally recast in all movies he has appeared in except for, "Executive Decision."
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
I can't stand any actor who isn't Kevin Spacey, Gary Oldman, or Edward Norton. And the only two actresses I can stand watching are Laura Linney and Jennifer Connely.
I pretty much can't stand the rest of em.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote:Originally posted by rivka: So many people who are so very wrong. *sigh*
That's all right. I like you folks anyway.
Heehee...ditto.
I'm actually a little surprised by the number of people who don't like Robin Williams. I think he's absolutely hilarious (though I don't understand the movies he's been making lately...). I still find his stand-up and interviews to be roll-on-the-floor funny.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I can't stand his "interviews".
Posted by RyanINPnet (Member # 8363) on :
I HATE Russell Crowe and can't stand Nicolas Cage. Cage's voice is...intolerable.
Posted by vonk (Member # 9027) on :
Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson and John Travolta. Not because they haven't made good movies (they've made a couple.... maybe) but because of their recent antics I just can't look at them and suspend any disbelief at all.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
I can't believe my #1 annoying actor has only been mentioned once.
OWEN WILSON!! Eww...
It was ok when I couldn't see his face (Cars), but that's it.
Most of the others on my list have been mentioned as well: Nicholas Cage (except when he's being funny, I hate it when he's taking himself too seriously) Will Ferrell (except Stranger than Fiction) Jim Carrey (except The Majestic and Truman Show...haven't seen Eternal Sunshine) Colin Farrell (pretty much always) Ben Stiller (but I liked Night at the Museum)
Ones that fall somewhere in the middle: Jack Black (I loved School of Rock and his character in The Holiday) Adam Sandler
What's funny is that I can't think of any actresses that bother me right now...I'm sure there are tons.
I might come back later with some actresses.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Mel Gibson annoys me.
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
Ooh! I thought of a few actresses!
Hillary Duff! Jessica Biel! Katie Holmes Uma Thurman (She kinda freaks me out, but I've enjoyed some of her movies)
I'm sure there are more.
Oh, and I have the same feelings toward Cary Grant as I do for Nicholas Cage. He's only good when he's being funny! (I know that practically everyone disagrees with me on this one. )
Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :
Gilbert Godfrey (is anyone going to argue with me on this one?)
While generally dispising him I liked Leo DiCaprio in The Departed, although Jack Nicholson's schtick is getting old.
I liked Nicholas Cage in The Rock, and Gone in 60 Seconds, but most of the other stuff he's done has been kinda, meh.
Jack Black is either at one extreme or the other. When he's in a movie with John Cusack his dark comedy is as good as anyone's. But what was he thinking with Nacho Libre????
Drew Barrymore annoys me more often than not, but she's in a few good movies like Eternal Sunshine much like Jim Carrey
Oh.. Parker Posey. I have a friend that loves her, but most of the time I think she's creepy.
Posted by steven (Member # 8099) on :
"Gilbert Godfrey (is anyone going to argue with me on this one?)"
OH, I'll argue. Not. Godfrey, in a word, sucks. How did the guy ever get a job? I hate that voice he puts on.
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