# Actors/resses that makes you NOT want to see a movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 23, 2024, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077 "2024-08-23T01:14:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Gordon\_G](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@Gordon\_G](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_G)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/61 "2024-08-23T12:49:39Z")
Tom Cruise and especially Michael Douglas are two I avoid. No complaints about their acting or their looks. I guess they just go for movie themes and scripts that aren’t my “cup of tea.” Tom Hanks is a GREAT actor but, again, the genres and scripts he goes for are seldom ones I enjoy. Mel Gibson is one whom I never liked, and now detest. Is there a thread for actors I DO want to see? Seems like a more pleasant topic! 🕶 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/62 "2024-08-23T13:22:19Z")
Shocked and amazed we’re 58 posts in, and Nicholas Cage has yet to be mentioned. Welp here he is, in all his terrible overacting and hammy glory. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/63 "2024-08-23T13:34:32Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > Nicholas Cage has yet to be mentioned. I agree that many of his movies are horrible due to his overacting, but at the same times others are great for his overacting abilities. 🙂 He was great in Moonstruck and I enjoyed him in Con Air. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/64 "2024-08-23T13:41:29Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, god. Leonardo DiCaprio makes me wanna barf. I have been completely puzzled by his success. He was terrible in _What’s Eating Gilbert Grape_ (cheap overacting) and hasn’t got any better. I have to bite the bullet sometimes and put up with him in things like _Once a Time in Hollywood_, but otherwise I avoid him as much as I can. As to Steve Martin, it depends on the role. He does smart guy well (_Roxanne_, _L.A. Story_), his dumb guy is trite. So I’m surprised by people who like _The Jerk_. Which brings me to … Another down vote for Bernadette Peters. Egad, what a limited actress. Tom Cruise was okayish early on but hasn’t been an actual actor in a long time. Ditto Will Smith. Nicholas Cage has been quite hit or miss for some time. Mostly misses. But I don’t give up on something just cause he’s in it. ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/65 "2024-08-23T13:52:43Z")
I would like to say I am boycotting Sean Penn because he’s a left-wing loon. But, in truth, it’s just that he rarely makes movies on subjects that interest me. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/66 "2024-08-23T14:08:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > He was fabulous in MIB. His acting isn’t why I hate seeing his movies. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/67 "2024-08-23T16:01:42Z")
> [@dorvann](#): > > nepo baby The person whose movies I will avoid forever is a nepo baby; Jaden Smith. What little I’ve seen (some of _After Earth_) has been terrible, and he seems like a piece of work in his own right. ---
**Author:** ![Zyada](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zyada/32/3028_2.png) [@Zyada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zyada)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/68 "2024-08-23T18:13:35Z")
That’s exactly why I won’t watch it. I like Jim Carrey when someone has a leash on him and a firm grip. I liked The Mask and Liar, Liar. But I hate people acting stupid for comedy ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/69 "2024-08-23T18:29:21Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > His acting isn’t why I hate seeing his movies. Then why? ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/70 "2024-08-23T18:35:16Z")
Cameron Diaz, I actually do like her but for some reason I can’t unsee a red inflammation around her mouth area. I know it is not really there, but my brain just sees it. I wonder if I saw a movie one time where that was part of her character and now I can’t unsee it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/71 "2024-08-23T18:46:22Z")
My god, we have some weird people here- People hate on Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams. Will Smith etc. What’s next- Jimmy Stewart? Morgan Freeman? Betty White? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 6:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/72 "2024-08-23T18:54:07Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > Liar, Liar. Which IMHO features one of his best lines: > MAX: If I keep making this face, will it get stuck that way? > FLETCHER: Uh-uh. In fact, some people make a good living that way. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/73 "2024-08-23T19:26:35Z")
> [@Zyada](#): > > But I hate people acting stupid for comedy Your comedic options must be extremely limited. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/74 "2024-08-23T20:02:10Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock. And for a while, Helen Hunt, who seemed to be the every and the only white girl in movies, fortunately it seems that she has retired. Tom Hanks has become a caricature of himself. He is apparently the only actor that can play a 50/60ish year old man, no one else is available. Every movie from Sully to Captian Phillips to what ever, you know what you are getting. You are getting a Tom Hanks movie. If a new movie comes out with Tom, I know what I am getting and I don’t want to see it. He is no longer able to do anything else but play Tom Hanks. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/75 "2024-08-23T20:06:13Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > And for a while, Helen Hunt, who seemed to be the every and the only white girl in movies, What does this even mean? ---
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/76 "2024-08-23T20:15:33Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > My god, we have some weird people here- People hate on Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Billy Crystal, Robin Williams. Will Smith etc. > > What’s next- Jimmy Stewart? Morgan Freeman? Betty White? I’ll raise my hand for Robin Williams. Yes, I know he’s considered one of the greats, but his acting has always rubbed me the wrong way. To use a phrase made famous by _Family Guy_, he seems to “insist upon himself”. He’s not overtly preachy, but none the less he comes across to me as being holier than thou in everything I’ve seen him in, even when he plays a villain like the time he was a guest star on _Law & Order SVU_. As far as the others you mention, I enjoy watching the rest of those actors, with the exception of Will Smith in _Men In Black_, although that’s due to the movie, not his acting. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/77 "2024-08-23T20:22:17Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Tom Hanks has become a caricature of himself. He is apparently the only actor that can play a 50/60ish year old man, no one else is available. > **[Tom Hanks Vows He Won’t Stop Until He Has Portrayed Every Last American](https://theonion.com/tom-hanks-vows-he-wont-stop-until-he-has-portrayed-ever-1822527510/)** ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-resses-that-makes-you-not-want-to-see-a-movie/1006077/78 "2024-08-23T20:27:00Z")
Every time I see his face now I picture him slapping Chris Rock. He’s no longer an actor to me; I can’t see beyond who he is. Same with Mel Gibson and his anti-sematic rant. Tom Cruise has his Scientology schtick, but honestly, I can still watch his movies a bit because he’s a good (if limited) actor. ---
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> [@FlikTheBlue](#): > > He’s not overtly preachy, but none the less he comes across to me as being holier than thou in everything I’ve seen him in I don’t think I’ve ever gotten that from him. My objection is that the “energy” he exudes just makes me tired of watching him fairly quickly. And it’s not the _level_ of energy so much as the _type_ of energy. I’m not saying he was a bad actor. I’m just saying that whatever he had going on, for the most part I’m not in sync with it. ---
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