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!

  • jpreston2005@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    Collin Farrel and Kristin Stewart.

    They’re just not good actors. They’ve been in a couple good movies, but those movies succeed despite, not because of them.

    • Maven (famous)@lemmy.zipOP
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      13 days ago

      I disagree heavily with Collin Farrell! He sucks when he’s in a big budget movie but he’s fantastic when he does his little art films.

      Check out In Bruges as a great example.

      The rule I’ve always gone with is that if the average person knows the movie exists he probably sucks and otherwise he’s fantastic.

    • klemptor@startrek.website
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      13 days ago

      I always had this impression that Colin Farrell was just a pretty boy with no acting talent. But then I saw him in Banshees of Inisherin and my mind was blown. He was amazing - his performance absolutely gutted me. If you’re willing to give him a try, you should watch that movie.

  • Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca
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    13 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.” .

    • aturtlesdream@lemmy.world
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      14 days ago

      I used to think he was just a crass asshole but after watching and then loving Righteous Gemstones, he grew on me. Gemstones is such a crazy, hilarious, and satisfying show and the fact that he created/showran it changed my mind about him

      • Rekorse@sh.itjust.works
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        13 days ago

        Eastbound and down is pretty wild too. His sense of humor is always one step ahead of me for some reason and it works.

  • lobut@lemmy.ca
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    14 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.

    • ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world
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      14 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
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        14 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
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          13 days ago

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

    • SSTF@lemmy.world
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      14 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.

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
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        13 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.

    • Typhoonigator@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      14 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
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        14 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.

  • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
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    12 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
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      12 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
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        12 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.

  • kandoh@reddthat.com
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    13 days ago

    Not a specific performer, but I avoid the It Girl stuff like the plague.

    Sydney Sweeney, Jenna Ortega, Selina Gomez, those types where they’re going to be super hot products for a few years while they’re young and then they fall off once they age out of prime fuckability. I find it super disturbing, it’s like a sword is hovering over them.

      • Nasan@sopuli.xyz
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        14 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
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      13 days ago

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

  • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 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

      • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
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        14 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.

      • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
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        14 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.

  • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    The woman that played Cameron on “Halt and Catch Fire”. Couldn’t enjoy “Station 11” because she was in it.

    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
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      13 days ago

      Why don’t you like her? I’m not familiar with much of her work but literally stopped watching Black Mirror after the episode she was in because I knew it was going to get depressing again.

  • ivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Jon Hamm might have bodies hidden somewhere. That guy sets off so many red flags for me, but is beloved by everyone. I’m telling you, I’m pretty sure he might be evil.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Glen Powell.

    It’s like he was designed by a committee to make the most generic movie star white man imaginable.

    He makes me want to buy a rape alarm, and I’m a man.

    I genuinely wouldn’t be surprised at all if he was revealed to not actually exist, and is in fact 100% CGI.