For me it’s The Rock and Chris Pratt.

Guardians of the Galaxy was great but I just wish he would stop playing starlord in every other role he’s in!

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    Jonah Hill

    I don’t know why, I know nothing about him and I even had to look up his name because I had no idea what his name was. But there’s something that upsets me badly.

  • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
    3·
    7 days ago

    Melissa McCarthy does that for me. It’s getting better, but for the longest time I’d see an interview with her about some project and she’s funny, charming, intelligent, and convinces me to check it out. Then I would watch the thing and it’s like “Haha fat girl poopoo fart.” .

    • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      7 days ago

      The only two things I can say that I enjoy her in are Spy and Only Murders in the Building.

      In both cases the rest of the movie/show carries her but she doesn’t actively make them worse like she does with 90% of the stuff I’ve ever seen her in…

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
    1·
    7 days ago

    Chris Pratt, Jack Black. Melissa McCarthy used to be on the list, but not anymore.

    Surprisingly, Kevin Spacey isn’t on there. The man is disgusting, but I really like his work.

    • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
      1·
      7 days ago

      What changed with Melissa McCarthy?

      I loved her in Spy and Only Murders in the Building but I haven’t seen anything she’s been in for AWHILE otherwise

      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
        1·
        7 days ago

        I can’t stand comedy movies like Spy, or Identity Theft. That’s what made me not like her. Exposure to her roles outside of that typecast changed my opinion. Like Only Murders. I also thought she made a very good Ursula.

        • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
          1·
          7 days ago

          Spy was a movie that felt like it was making fun of her other roles in a way that made me enjoy it. The subversive aspect was good. I fully understand why it wouldn’t appeal to someone else though since it literally is the same character she’s played in a ton of other stuff.

    • CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social
      432·
      9 days ago

      I renamed my cat because of this guy. I don’t really like to change animals names from what it was at the shelter in case they’re used to it, and I have a cat named Mel, who I suspect was named for him because there was another nearby cat in the shelter he came from named “Gibson”.

      So I’ve renamed him after Mel Brooks.

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
        2·
        7 days ago

        Its common for shelters to name the pets themselves, as they don’t always come with one. They might have just been going down common famous names with no real intent behind it. My cat was originally named Miami, and her brothers and sisters all had american city names too.

    • Skunk@jlai.lu
      11·
      9 days ago

      I’m sad that I like a film of him, ‘We were soldiers’.

      But I like the film because my dad took me to the cinema to see it, not because of the film itself.

      Childhood’s trauma stuff and shits, that’s how it is and too bad it’s a Mel Gibson movie 🤷🏻‍♂️

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        I loved that film as it was a good film. Even Mel’s baggage can’t wreck it. Sam Elliott’s character was brilliant especially.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      8·
      9 days ago

      This is the first one I agree with. Everybody else, they’ve had good ones, and they’ve had bad ones, but their name alone doesn’t ruin anything for me.

      I’ve heard there’s some weird stuff around Leto, so that might be worth avoiding him, but I never really paid attention, and I don’t think about that guy at all.

    • Binky
      81·
      9 days ago

      Absolutely. Take your bigoted self and go away Mel.

  • Waldelfe@feddit.org
    641·
    9 days ago

    Tom Cruise I just don’t like anything about him

    Will Smith, because he’s annoyed me in every role after Prince of Bel Air

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
    512·
    9 days ago

    I mean there’s a list of actors that have ruined their shows for me:

    • Danny Masterson
    • Bill Cosby
    • Kevin Spacey
    • James Franco
    • Kevin Sorbo
    • Tom Cruise

    So it’s not really what you asked because these are ones that I used to love and no longer do.

    For the dumbest reasons, I can’t enjoy Gal Gadot. Her acting is repellent to me for some reason. Yes, she’s absolutely gorgeous but the acting ain’t great. I also didn’t enjoy Heather Graham’s acting but then I watched her in Scrubs and the role was just perfect. I hated The Rock’s acting as well, but my ex had a crush on him so we watched so many of his movies. Almost all of them shite.

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
      15·
      9 days ago

      I had an internal laugh to myself in the Wonder Woman movie when the Amazons had an Israeli accent. I guess it was easier to train everyone else to mimic her accent than it was for her to not let it slip.

    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
      91·
      8 days ago

      Kevin Spacey has been great or straight up magnificent consistently, lol, is it the moral aspect that disturbs you? I firmly believe (and evidence keeps piling up!) that most Hollywood actresses were couch casted, many boys were touched and the cycle repeats. The entire entertainment industry is compromised and has been for years (check out who taught Diddy his tricks). Nvm the “Hollywood accounting” too, money laundering and all of that.

      Basically, if you’re enjoying American media, odds are it was made by someone who’s gonna go straight to Hell, no “Go” no 200 bucks, and bigger odds than whoever is making money out of your purchase/rental is going to an even lower circle, lol. Just pirate it and you take away your contribution to amorality, right?

      • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
        31·
        8 days ago

        A lot of actors are terrible people but Kevin Spacey specifically seems to play it up irl for some reason?

        After he got booted for the whole thing he started making videos on his YouTube channel telling the world that he would come for them and that they would regret hurting him while in character as a villain from projects he’s worked in in the past.

        He’s the only actor I know of that knows exactly why people don’t want to see him and continues to play into that specifically for some reason…

        • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          8 days ago

          His accusers started dying shortly after he uploaded those videos. Enough so, that the rest dropped their lawsuits.

    • Typhoonigator@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      9 days ago

      Which Rock movies aren’t shite? I recall enjoying the Rundown, but that was also well before reaching the current saturation point

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
        5·
        9 days ago

        lol dude, I watched Baywatch, San Andreas, Rampage, SkyScraper, Jumanji and Central Intelligence from what I remember with my ex. I swear to God those movies get blurred in my mind due to his “samey” character/acting.

        I think some of the movies you could argue that aren’t shite of the Rock’s are Rundown, Jumanji, Moana, and maybe some of the Fast and Furious movies. Although, I never really watched those (I’ve only see the first) but other people seem to enjoy them.

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
        81·
        8 days ago

        Oh, he went right-wing religious. I think he was a Jan 6th denier/supporter saying it was antifa. His views on atheists was weird. Like, when he did the Gods Not Dead movie and he was playing an “atheist” he was like, I had to get into the mind of an atheist and be the most despicable person or something.

        He’s been a bit looney on Twitter for a while now.

        Although I haven’t checked in for a while. I haven’t checked since awkward Hitler took over.

  • Helluh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    9 days ago

    Kevin Hart- doesn’t act, plays himself but doesn’t lean into that like Ryan Reynolds does. Will Smith- more of the above in recent years Jonah Hill- something inside me screams asshole every time I look at him Tom Cruise- he can take his propaganda elsewhere.

    • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
      1·
      7 days ago

      Jonah hill isn’t a shitty person for not wanting to be referred to as the fat comedian. People only saw him in his personal life in shitty interviews and thats why people think hes an asshole.

      Check out the Edgar wright interview, they were very aware of it even when superbad was just coming out. FYI that interview is a bit.

      • Helluh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        7 days ago

        I will definitely take a look at that! Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply that this was because of weight. He just ends up coming off as very snooty in a lot of his serious roles to me. He gives villain vibes in those roles, genuinely never watched an interview of him personally tbh.

        • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          6 days ago

          Apologies I was referring more to popular opinion than your specific opinion. I can’t think of a movie that fits the word snooty though, do you have an example? I could maybe see that from the movie “Don’t worry, he won’t get far on foot”.

  • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
    29·
    9 days ago

    Kevin Hart

    Ryan Reynolds (other than Deadpool)

    Will Smith, after that slapping Chris Rock nonsense

    Oh and (am Asian and tried to give her a chance but) Akwafina makes me cringe

    Honorable mention: Adam Sandler makes me very wary. I get that he likes making movies with friends, but goddang his lows are low. Although recently I thought Uncut Gems was good

    • Mothra@mander.xyz
      9·
      9 days ago

      I +1 that Will Smith sentiment.

      I feel like a hypocrite somewhat, since I’m aware of other actors who did far worse things and yet I’m not as put off in a similar manner. I guess it’s easier to separate the art from the artist in some people more than others…

      • MelonYellow@lemmy.caEnglish
        9·
        9 days ago

        He was great in action/comedy big blockbuster flicks but that Oscar slap made him super insecure and uncool. Like he lost his swag. Will Smith doesn’t sell that he’s That Guy anymore

    • Nasan@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      8 days ago

      Agree with the Awkwafina sentiment, I think for me it’s that she got famous for her music/comedy (not sure which had the most impact in her career) then slipped into acting like Kevin Hart and other comedians tend to do.

      Not that it shouldn’t be done, but I feel like she hasn’t really proven herself on screen. Also, the Awkwafina moniker is a bit detrimental if being taken seriously on stage is her goal.

    • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      7 days ago

      Seriously with Will Smith. How am I supposed to see him in some emotional role with depth when all I see is a fragile man who can’t manage his own ego.

    • BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.ukEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Uncut Gems was a damn masterpiece, pure stress and anxiety from start to finish. He deserved an Oscar nom for that at the least.

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
    213·
    9 days ago

    • Adam Sandler

    • Jennifer Lopez

    • “Insert ex-Saturday Night Live actor here”

    • Leonardo DiCaprio (I know it’s an unpopular opinion, but I’ve believed he was a shit actor forever and there’s a reason it took him so long to get an oscar…and it wasn’t because of “snubbing”…he was just routinely shit up until the Revenant.)

    • John Travolta

    • Jennifer Lawrence (Up until recently, she was literally the female DiCaprio. Everything I said about him applied to her. Unlike DiCaprio, she got far far better rather quickly and my issue with her nowadays is mostly her choice of movies just aren’t my jam.)

    • Tom Cruise

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        Phil Hartman has honestly been gone for so long now I’ve forgotten him. But yeah, you are correct.

        As for Bill Hader. He’s the best of a bad bunch, and he’s okay, but being one of the better SNL alums is a very very low bar to cross.

        And I mean, yeah…I should definitely clarify that I’m not talking about classic SNL (Eddie Murphy, Chevy Chase, Bill Murray, etc…) That generation made great films after their careers at SNL ended.

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        Ha! I was going to pipe up just to mention Bill Hader! He’s apparently quite anxious about improv but he’s also just so good.

    • omxxi@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      8 days ago

      it was the same for me about Sandler until I saw Uncut Gems, finally he showed that he can act.

      • steeznson@lemmy.world
        7·
        8 days ago

        The reason he’s good in Uncut Gems (and Punch Drunk Love) is that there is something genuinely frightening in how unhinged he seems when he is acting.

      • klemptor@startrek.website
        3·
        8 days ago

        He can act but that movie was beyond stupid. I’m convinced the only reason it did well with critics is exactly what you said - they were surprised he could actually act.

        • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          7 days ago

          It did so well because it was incredibly accurate. Its fantastically written too, which has nothing to do with Sandler.

    • GooberEar@lemmy.wtfEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      Good grief, another one I was going to mention that’s already covered.

      His movies are mostly bad, I think you and I might agree on that.

      But the other aspect of it is that a lot of the people I knew who liked his early movies were just really shitty humans. So by association, I think that affected how I saw his movies. Just seemed like a magnet for terrible people and it was hard to separate those two things for me. Not to mention, the movies themselves were objectively somewhere between awful and just not that great, so I didn’t feel like I was missing out much.

      Oh, and I got “dragged” to that movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry IN THE THEATER. And that reasserted everything I already knew to be true about Adam Sandler movies.

    • Bahnd Rollard@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 days ago

      IMO, he has been playing the same over-grown man-child of a character in every movie for 20 years (with exceptions).

      Also Happy Madison studios wrote Dana Carvey a blank check to make one of the worst movies ever made and that was the last nail in the coffin for his acting career.

      • Nasan@sopuli.xyz
        2·
        8 days ago

        He’s solid (in my opinion) in Brawl in Cell Block 99 also, as one of his non-comedy roles.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      8 days ago

      Rogan’s ok in something that’s written for him, otherwise he stick out like a seth rogan sized dogs bollock

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      1·
      7 days ago

      He plays an immature man-child in almost every single role. I didn’t find it funny the first time and I haven’t found it funny the 50th.