Daniel Day-Lewis massively overrated actor.
One more...
Gal Gadot.
Yes she's easy on the eye, but there are plenty of other similarly attractive actresses that don't have the acting chops of a Chesterfield sideboard.
Daniel Day-Lewis massively overrated actor.
I watched Gangs of New York again the other day......how can you say that!?!
because he is the same in There Will be Blood as he is in Gangs.
because he is the same in There Will be Blood as he is in Gangs.
Good point, well made. He's exactly the same in both in one way it's impossible to ignore.....he's brilliant!
Adam Sandler.
As soon as you see a film described as "Comedy starring Adam Sandler..." you know it's going to be total shit.
The 'Half in the Bag' episode about Jack and Jill by Adam Sandler is quite entertaining - basically detailing at length how Sandler diverts millions of dollars of cinema ticket buyers money (and product placement kick backs) away from any production costs and directly into his and his friends pockets. It probably the only thing he manages to put any imagination into - figuring out how to taking as much money as possible for putting the least value on screen
You're describing character actors versus stars.
Not really. Just some acting is about a different kind of performance. There is also the 'Star' thing, where someone's brand or personality is something they bring to role, but thats not the same thing.
Nicholas Cage
He's the opposite of Tom Hanks - never mediocre. When he gets it right, he's brilliant, When he gets it wrong, he's unwatchable.
Having recently re-watched The Adaptation recently I'm actually beginning to wonder if theres actually two Nicholas Cages. But then would mean one of the Nicholas Cages would have still had to play both Kaufmans
Cillian Murphy. He needs to cheer up a bit. A lot, in fact.
Vince Vaughn ...creepy
Lee Evans ....stick to your bad, sweaty stage work.
Ed (effin) Sheeran ...stick at the other job.
Rachael Stirling ..dull and overrated.
Bill Nighy. Always the same. In a suit.
Coming late to this most have been said but luckily Steven Seagal is still unsaid. I have no idea what he's for. Should have changed his name to seagull to be more interesting.
Yeah but viewed as a comedy his films do raise quite a few giggles, so that's a positive.
Cillian Murphy. He needs to cheer up a bit. A lot, in fact.
And never attempt a Brummie accent again!
Off topic but James bond and mission impossible films.. And others...
Not so much the acting etc..
It's just the most generic, vanilla 'painting by numbers' formulaic bulls hit..
It's like the film equivalent of buying a coffee from McDonalds... Objectively there's nothing really wrong with it.
But it's just so boring and predictable.
because he is the same in There Will be Blood as he is in Gangs.
Given both characters are absolute sociopaths, then surely it's to be expected?
For me it's Vicky McClure. Something about her screen presence always makes it very clear I'm watching Vicky McClure acting rather than e.g. DC Kate Fleming tracking down bent coppers.
For balance I feel much the same about Gerard Butler.
Ed (effin) Sheeran ...stick at the other job, but if you could pack that in too, that would be awesome!
FTFY
might i be the first to say James Corden?
Statistics say there is no might about it. Speaking of which, those two almost merge together into one mega awful celebrity in my mind. Imagine it <shudders>.
Owen Wilson, went to the same stage school as Keira?
Ron Perlman.
No objections to his part in Alien 4, but I've struggled to watch him in anything else.
Had to stop watching Hand Of God series one, couldn't stand him. Maybe it was the character, maybe series in general.
I would join with the Nic Cage dislike, cos I hate overractors (Ah yes, thats who I forgot!*) - but there are films like Red Rock West, Kick Ass, Pig, where he is actually really good and watchable. But he does do a lot of shit.
*THE classic over-actor who I just cannot stand: Bryan Cranston. (I did make it through Breaking Bad, but only because it was Covid lockdown and I forced myself)
Tom Hardy
I would join with the Nic Cage dislike, cos I hate overractors (Ah yes, thats who I forgot!*) - but there are films like Red Rock West, Kick Ass, Pig, where he is actually really good and watchable. But he does do a lot of shit.
*THE classic over-actor who I just cannot stand: Bryan Cranston. (I did make it through Breaking Bad, but only because it was Covid lockdown and I forced myself)
I think Cage is one of those actors that will do anything for a gig, but also has moments of true, true genius.
the actor for me is David Tennant. And for me it's not his acting so much as his look - he often just seems over-crafted visually. I imagine him receiving a new script and flipping through the first few pages just to find out what his hair is going to look like
Youll enjoy Litvinenko on ITVX then....
and yet in a world full of online hate, you’ve chosen to start a thread specifically to list people we don’t like, for no obvious reason than one particular award winning actor is so good at her job that it makes you feel uncomfortable.Not intended to just be a negative list of mediocrity but.
Ooops the opinion police are in.
no obvious reason than one particular award winning actor is so good at her job that it makes you feel uncomfortable.
Yes, thats exactly what i said. I actually specifically said that.
Which bit do you need a help with?
Nearly all the actors listed on here I can see why they are on the list, but also they have all been really good in a film I have really enjoyed. Even Adam Sandler (Grown Ups)
Except Ricky Gervais. Unless his specific skill is making my skin crawl and making everyone around him seem like Olivier at his peak.
Benedict Cumberbatch.
I sort of admire Nicholas Cage for just the decades of commitment to be as relentlessly as Nick Cage as he can be in every movie he's in - I guess at least directors and studios can't say they weren't aware, and for not trading off the Coppola name. Agree about Keira, very limited. I have a conspiracy theory that Kate Winslet and Rachel Weisz are in fact the same person...Ever seen them in the same movie? No, no you haven't. FACT!
Also let's not forget Shia LeBeouf. How he still gets work will continue to be one of the unsolved mysteries of the universe.
Ron Perlman.
No objections to his part in Alien 4, but I've struggled to watch him in anything else.
Had to stop watching Hand Of God series one, couldn't stand him. Maybe it was the character, maybe series in general.
I thought he was really good in the original Hellboy. Also pretty good in Drive.
Eric Roberts is appalling, but I think he embraces the fact and makes a good living from being so bad.
Recent credits include "The Human Centipede 3".
Check out his filmography. Eric Roberts filmography - Wikipedia
Arnold Swarzenegger. Hubby enjoys 'shooty, shooty, bang bang' films a lot, so I've witnessed Arnie just playing himself in every role. He needs to stick to politics.
Meryl * * * * ing Streep
James Stewart. I love old films but I cannot abide films with him in them. Irrational I know. 😂
I wonder, do we need to separate the actor from the acting?
Tom Cruise, for example, is easy to dislike but he's done some excellent work in some excellent films. He does his own stunts whenever the studio will let him, and he's one of the vanishingly few actors who knows how to run properly.
As a person though, he's probably at least a 4/10 on the Paltrow Lunacy scale. Scientology, the dismissal of psychiatry, arranged marriages, (alleged) wiretapping...
Anyway.
Ricky Gervais. He was the worst thing about The Office, his stand-up involves him hiding behind "I don't believe any of it, it's just a joke" before going on rants about hilarious subjects like children with cancer, and I remember one time they shoved him on stage at some concert or other when there was a technical hitch between acts and he basically stood there going "erm..." for ten minutes, totally at sea.
Tom Cruise has stunt double that looks so much like him you'd have trouble telling them apart. My last atempt to watch a Cruise film ended xhen the laws of physics were so far beyond breaking point it was beyond video game - maybe that's why you can watch them Cougar - you spend lots of time in virtual realities. 😉
And the interviews have me hunting for the remote control in seconds.
Will Smith. Just appalling in everything.
Lawrence Fox. Weapons grade numpty.
Ricky Gervaise. Never been funny.
Gerard Butler
Denzel Washington
Idris Elba
Does Chris Rock count? I'd shake Will Smith by the hand if I ever saw him, and say thank you for slapping that smug face.
Dept Q seems to be getting some stick for their female actors here.
Kate Dickie I personally agree with all comments
Shirley Henderson, I'm okay with her but my neighbour is creeped out by her as well.
Finally for Dept Q Kelly MacDonald, bit like KK she seems to only be able to act the same way in every role.
For balance I'm not a huge Robert Downey Jr fan, think it was his appearances on chat shows post jail time that put me of him.
Ooops the opinion police are in.
no obvious reason than one particular award winning actor is so good at her job that it makes you feel uncomfortable.
Yes, thats exactly what i said. I actually specifically said that.
Which bit do you need a help with?
the bit were you wrote the subject line and encouraged people to list actors (not the characters they play) that they don’t like. Social media (which STW is) is full of people “hating” and it’s just a bit sad that you woke up and though today I’m going to start a thread asking which actors people don’t like, and I’m going to start it off not by listing someone who I think is a shit actor, which would potentially be fair criticism, but by picking on an individual who plays characters that make you feel uncomfortable, perhaps because of how well she plays them?
You could have asked a question in so many different ways - but you didn’t you started a pile on with people listing all the actors they don’t like - most but not all of which have not actually bothered to provide any meaningful critique of their acting ability.
Im sure whatever you do for a living you are great at, and everyone you meet agrees. Which is just as well, because if an actor creeps you out I’m not sure you’d cope too well if you opened a totally unrelated social media site to discover people listing you as top spot in the people they dislike…
Bill Nighy. Always the same. In a suit.
I've just watched Valkryie and it proves your theory wrong. This time he was in a Nazi suit.
I just don't think I could gather up enough enthusiasm to dislike people I've never met as much as some of you lot seem to be able to.
You could have asked a question in so many different ways - but you didn’t you started a pile on with people listing all the actors they don’t like - most but not all of which have not actually bothered to provide any meaningful critique of their acting ability
Okay. I mean... I did acknowledge the thread title was not that clear but i will give you that.
As for the rest of your diatribe i think you are doing some pretty big stretching to take what i said and come up with that.
Because if you actually read what i wrote. Like really read it I think its pretty clear that i don't dislike her and that I don't think she a bad actress.
So if it's all the same to you i will ignore the rest of your rant.
As for disliking people i think the only person mentioned so far listed is Fox and thats because he is an obnoxious human being.
You could have asked a question in so many different ways - but you didn’t you started a pile on with people listing all the actors they don’t like - most but not all of which have not actually bothered to provide any meaningful critique of their acting ability.
start a thread called "STW posters (all genders) you dislike"
