# I refuse to see a movie with (actor/actress) in it **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 17, 2002, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609 "2002-05-17T20:08:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/41 "2002-05-18T12:16:58Z")
I’m sorry, but . . . _Gene Hackman???_ Lisa Ann, is there a particular reason for that? I find it hard to think of a less offensive human being in Hollywood. And he is a terrific actor–not only one of the best of his generation, but one of the best, period. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/42 "2002-05-18T12:39:59Z")
Kevin Costner: the man cannot act. I’ve hated him in the few movies I’ve seen. He can make even Robin Hood lifeless and boring. ---
**Author:** ![Junchbailey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Junchbailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junchbailey)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/43 "2002-05-18T15:22:45Z")
Robin Williams Billy Crystal I don’t know what it is, but I cannot stand these two people. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/44 "2002-05-18T15:23:11Z")
Adam Sandler ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/45 "2002-05-18T15:59:06Z")
Another vote for Hugh Grant. He’s just so _bland_. And that bumbling stammering bit he does irritates the hell out of me. I see that some of you have mentioned Tom Green, and I totally agree, except I think of him more as a genetic mistake than an actor. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/46 "2002-05-18T17:13:24Z")
There is only one guaranteed _this movie shall not be seen by FallenAngel_ actor: Chris Elliot. This man is so annoying and talent-bereft he makes Tom Green, Adam Sandler and Paulie Shore seem like Clark Gable, Ronald Coleman and Humphrey Bogart by comparison. I’d hated him on Letterman for years (his occasional presence was a big reason I went all Leno, all the time), but I broke my rule about Elliot endeavors to see “Something About Mary” based on the recommendation (read: endless nagging) of two good friends. I didn’t laugh once. I **hated** the movie, and it consistently rates #1 on my list of Worst… Movies… Ever. The movie couldn’t have been good under any conditions, but Elliot’s presence and performance pushed it from a lousy movie to the worst movie ever made. I was so irritated at having wasted an hour and a half of my life that I made the two friends who nagged me into seeing it buy me lunch for a week. Have I mentioned that I really hate Chris Elliot? ---
**Author:** ![Jerrybear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8c91f0/32.png) [@Jerrybear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jerrybear)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/47 "2002-05-18T18:50:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* > \*\*No actors, but I refuse to listen to REM due in part to Micheal Stipe’s condescension towards the Beatles. \*\* What did Stipe say that was condescending towards the Fab Four? I know he can be pretty full of himself at times, but I never remember hearing about this before. ---
**Author:** ![Chief\_Crunch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e8c25b/32.png) [@Chief\_Crunch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chief_Crunch)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/48 "2002-05-18T19:51:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jerrybear \* > \*\* > > What did Stipe say that was condescending towards the Fab Four? > > I know he can be pretty full of himself at times, but I never remember hearing about this before. \*\* I think he said something like the Monkees were more of an inspiration to him, but I’m not entirely sure. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/49 "2002-05-18T20:36:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lisa Ann \* > \*\* > Add Gene Hackman. > \*\* :eek: > [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gorgon Heap \* \*\* > No actors, but I refuse to listen to REM due in part to Micheal Stipe’s condescension towards the Beatles. > \*\* 😕 Got any links? And I gotta support the \*\* Carrot Top \*\* vote, to which I will add: \*\* Steven Segal Jean Claude Van Damme Chuck Norris \*\* And the single most thoroughly grating performer of all time, \*\* Chris Tucker \*\* Being anywhere within earshot of that man makes my ears bleed. I am eternally grateful that \*\* Fran Drescher \*\* has faded away for the most part. (Although she was perfect in \* Spinal Tap \* ) And beyond that, it really depends on the movie. I’ll even watch Adam Sandler in the right flick, i.e. \* The Wedding Singer. \* ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/50 "2002-05-18T21:14:47Z")
Pauly Shore Julia Roberts Anyone from the casts of Beverly Hills 90210 or Friends Roseanne Madonna Rosie O’Donnell Oprah Winfrey Jim Carrey Mariah Carey (Not that anyone else went either 😃 ) Cameron Diaz Brad Pitt ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/51 "2002-05-18T21:18:21Z")
Gotta agree with Hugh Grant (how on earth did he get a reputation for being attractive, btw? He looks…err…genetically deficient somehow to me) Pauly Shore (aaahh!!!) Carrot Top Julia Roberts and her weird worm-lips sucks pretty bad too. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/52 "2002-05-18T21:31:32Z")
There aren’t any actors that are absolute deal-breakers for me, but I will think long and hard before seeing a movie with any of the following: Tom Green Jim Carrey Chris Tucker And the creme de la crud, Tea Leoni. ---
**Author:** ![kase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@kase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kase)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2002, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/53 "2002-05-18T21:38:25Z")
Mickey Rourke \*even though I liked “Barfly” \* Salma Hayack Kim Bassinger and [ex?] husband. Don Johnson [well, \*is \* he an actor?] and I love **Woody Allen** ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/54 "2002-05-19T14:32:14Z")
Another vote for Adam Sandler, the king of moron movies. Sandra Bullock. Nothing that I can put my finger on, she just rubs me the wrong way for some reason. David Spade. “Produced by Lorne Michaels” - with the exception of _Romy & Michelle’s Reunion_ which was actually not bad. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/55 "2002-05-19T16:40:51Z")
Steve Martin. Just can’t stay in the room with one of his movies. Visceral disklike. ---
**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2002, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/56 "2002-05-19T18:42:38Z")
Adam Sandler, I just find his movies tend to be brain-suckingly stupid. Tom Green, professional adolescent. Freddie Prince Jr. I had the misfortune of seeing the dull, messy misfire that was Wing Commander in the theatres. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/57 "2002-05-20T00:20:04Z")
Judi Dench. I just can’t stand her for no apparent reason. The same with Helena Bonham Carter. Ugh. Maybe it’s the eyebrows? Adam Sandler. He was bearable on SNL, but one, his movies have got to be the most mind warpingly moronic things ever, and two, he as an actor is just so…ugh. Yeah, water boy, THAT was a great performance, I’m sure. ---
**Author:** ![jmpride62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c37758/32.png) [@jmpride62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jmpride62)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/58 "2002-05-20T00:33:18Z")
Two I forgot Demi Moore Mel Gibson ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/59 "2002-05-20T01:01:25Z")
I cannot stand **Andie Macdowal**. She poisons everything she is in with her nasal voice and cloying acting. She’s been in some really great movies… and made them all worse than they should’ve been. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609/60 "2002-05-20T02:31:35Z")
Chalk up another vote each for Adam Sandler and Pauly Shore. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-refuse-to-see-a-movie-with-actor-actress-in-it/109609.md?page=4)