Ray Romano
pratt, rob machlenny, despite him making isaip, hes really super pretentious iRL which also translated to his show. watched his interviews has given over the pandemic and beond, and hes been collaborating with questionable people, luke ryan reynold and mannings, in order to mooch of people in hollywood.
He reason that Gene Hackman gave up acting, also he right wing asshole.
I think Gene Hackman gave up acting because of the dementia. He acted til he was nearly 75 years old.
I felt this way until I saw him in the big sick
He was good on Dr Katz
Pretty much every comic who guested as one of Dr. Katz’s patients can count that appearance among their best work. I loved that show so much, and not enough people know about it anymore.
That’s because they were all doing their best comic routines against another excellent comic. They could tweak the timing and the delivery and do all their best stuff as good as it can be done to the best possible audience. The premise was perfect for it.
They can do that in movies and other TV shows too…
I suppose comics have done that. Like Seinfeld worked bits into the show, especially in the early seasons. But that was all Jerry’s stand up. Roseanne was the same early on, many of the sitcom premises and monologues were from Barr’s stand up routines. But it was never like weekly guests got an opportunity to film and edit a tight five. I honestly can’t think of another movie or show that did it, except maybe talk shows? But then it’s still a performance in front of an audience. You can’t workshop a line or a pause during the Late Show, unless it’s a satirical talk show like Between Two Ferns or Eric Andre.
not surprising that jerry irl turned out a pos irl.
Jack Black. Seems like a nice dude, but he’s a an annoying presence in every movie he’s in. His is the definition of a “sweat act”.
He turned his back on his bandmate after said bandmate made a joke about wishing Trump got assassinated, and he condemned palestine for standing up to their oppressors. He’s a shitlib at best
To be fair, the only Palestine comments I’ve seen were from immediately after Oct 7, when that was a fairly reasonable take.
Still though, total sellout. Tenacious D defined my adolescence and it’s really disheartening to watch JB heel turn after tasting that Kung Fu Panda money.
I agree about Palestine, where there was a huge, disheartening cry from America in October - December 2023, when the general attitude was that this was all a terrorist attack, and not the beginning of a genocide. I am definitely wary of celebrities who made pro Israel statements then, but I feel many felt expected to, or were just grossly misinformed.
He does sort of just suck though. I feel the internet’s perception of his soured so fast in the 2020s, from beloved to loathed, and all he did was keep doing what he always does, just with a tiny amount more selling out, which was enough to snowball the hate.
2005 JBles would call 2025 JB a sellout, no question. The man who raged against City Hall for 9 minutes. I always assumed “as long as there’s a record deal we’ll always be friends” was more tongue in cheek.
We’re ahead of the curve on this one. I’ve found him annoying for decades, and now it turns out he’s kinda a shitty person, too. It always annoyed me that he was Reddit’s darling.
I think a lot of people are turning to this opinion.
Jim Carrey anytime he does comedy.
Listen here, you little shit.
Even as far back as Fire Marshall Bill?
Lemme show ya somethin’!
anytime
‘any time’, here, my dude.
They can be used interchangeably typically but anytime in this usage is grammatically correct. Any time usually would be preceded by a preposition like, “at any time” and is a noun. Anytime is an adverb.
Ryan Reynolds because I’ve met and had the displeasure of working with him twice.
Story time?
Yea don’t just drop a shit like that and don’t flush.
Tom Cruise. Enough said.
I don’t like Tom Cruise but at this point I don’t even remember why. Is he a shit head?
Scientology
That and making your wives sign a contract waiver (beyond a prenup) is fucked up.
That, and pretty much every movie he’s in these days are just an ego based adrenalin rush designed by and for himself. All the parts he plays just come off as “Tom Cruise half heartedly pretending to be X”.
I really like “The Last Samurai” despite Tom Cruise playing Tom Cruise
I feel that’s old enough not to be in the Tom Cruise produced issue area. In the 2000s, he was in War of the worlds, Collateral, The Last Samurai and even showed he still had range in Magnolia, Vanilla Sky and even Tropic Thunder. It wasn’t quite the same as the 90s where he was cast in a huge range of great roles, and it definitely became less common over the 00s.
I’d say from 2010 onwards, he’s stared in 0 films that don’t feel warped to be an advert for his specific style of masculinity. Even if one was good, Edge of Tomorrow, it’s still a Tom Cruise movie.
He can act. He was good in Legend and great in Interview with a Vampire. Shame he’s a terrible person.
I feel the opposite. I want to hate him so badly, but he’s a good actor. Like I was absolutely furious about his casting in Interview with a Vampire, then he killed it, was gaunt and vampire as hell. He is not good looking to me and seems a shit person, but my goodness he can act.
Doesn’t he basically always play the same person?
Will Ferrell
Thank you. I can’t stand his humor. Cringe on top of cringe with a side of cringe with nothing to balance out the cringe. Just not my cup of tea.
He’s the guy that can be brilliantly funny about 1% of the time, but that 1% is completely canceled-out by the 99% of other material, which is him just randomly throwing shit at the wall. He’s truly awful and I dread seeing him.
More cowbell. That’s it. The only funny thing he’s ever done. Although the t-shirt did most of the heavy lifting.
Genuinely almost ruined the Barbie movie for me. They could’ve had so many better actors in that role.
I just do not find him humorous.
Oh yes, he is a very wicked bad actor for the greater good of bad!
I honestly don’t enjoy his sense of humor, he is not too awful in serious roles but still don’t go out of my way to watch. I could say the same for Seth Rogen, his laugh just annoys me to no end.
I do like that sense of humor, which is why I don’t like Will Ferrell. He’s always trying to be Chevy Chase but with out the timing r talent at pratfalls
It’s mostly SNL humour, which imo is not the best as it kind of relies on being self aware that you’re in a comedy. It’s not for everyone so I can see why you think that.
I get this. I was listening to a podcast, Conan O’Brien’s I think, where Will Ferrell came up and they were talking about how he’s typically a pretty straightforward and serious kind of person off camera.
He turns it on for the camera but it’s not who he is in real life. There’s nothing wrong with it per se but it made him seem a lot more disingenuous to me.
I think a lot of comedians are this way, and it makes sense. Most of us have a “work persona” that is not exactly the same as what we would consider our “real” personality.
For a more genuine version Will Ferrell, and just a hell of a story of friendship and overcoming challenges, I heartily recommend the documentary Will & Harper.
That’s the road trip film he did right? I think I have it, just haven’t watched it yet.
I’m waiting for women to come out of the woodwork about him, tbh.
Chris Pratt
He went downhill after parks and rec
Weight loss made him less loveable
I thought the first Guardians of the Galaxy was great, if only because (at the time) it was an unconventional casting choice and made a statement that this Marvel movie was going to be tonally different from the rest.
Following Guardians of the Galaxy, every Marvel movie started to become like Guardians of the Galaxy, and Chris Pratt started to get typecast as “action hero” rather than “hopeless goofball,” which was his original purpose for being in Guardians of the Galaxy in the first place.
essentially a nepo-actor, through his wife, and he acts like MC when it comes to roles and “surprise” hes a supporter of alt-right groups.
Every time I see his bad acting, Im just like ”why is this dude so popular and why is he landing these big roles?”
This is the one I’m most in line with … I enjoyed him in the first Guardians movie the first time I watched it, but having seen more of his acting I think that was either dumb luck or great directing.
I actively avoid watching stuff with him in now, including the first Guardians movie. He gives off a bad vibe to me.
The internet made him his darling and then turned on him pretty quickly, a similar thing to what most female stars face, such as Jennifer Lawrence hugely had to deal with in the 2010s. Not that I’m fond of the guy, but this his internet attitude stinks and I think has coloured his image since. However:
He’s had a really strange rise to fame. He was in Parks and Rec as the lovable goofball type, then the US army literally put him in Zero Dark Thirty (a film with unbelievable rewriting and military control) to be a recruiting tool, “Even Andy from Parks and Rec can Kill Bin Laden.” Even though he was put on the map by nationalist military propaganda, I don’t blame him for that.
He also attends a church (Zoe Church) which was modelled of an openly homophobic church (Hillsong), and founded by a former pastor of the homophobic church, although this church specifically has no open statement on LGBTQ+ people. This church and it’s pastor are absolutely suspiciously absent on this stance, to the point many assume it’s homophobic and transphobic but in LA and not wanting the backlash, particularly as the pastor has funded a Christian film, The heart of Man, that has an openly homophobic messages.
There was also a controversy with his wife and ex-wife that I think was more of a fuck up than anything else. He parted with his first wife who he’d been with since before his fame, not long after she had a baby that was born premature. He then married again and announced his gratitude for a healthy child. Obviously people didn’t like this, but I don’t think he meant it how it comes across. People also feel he showed disloyalty to his first wife in leaving her once famous, but even if fame did change him, that’s still a forgivable reason for parting ways with someone.
Although I don’t avoid movies with Pratt, I feel he wants to be funny like Robin Williams, and a hero like Harrison Ford, without the charm or wit to come close to either. What we’re left with is a bland, typecast actor who feels he’d abandon any tolerance and compassion in his image if it stopped being in vogue, but maybe we just want to see him fall from grace.
I honestly don’t give a shit about any of that. On screen he comes across as the kind of guy no sensible woman would want to be in a room with alone.
He was surprisingly great in The Terminal List.
I’m exactly the same way.
Yup. He and Ben Affleck are movie killers for me. If I see them on the trailer, I know it’s a movie I should just avoid.
Agreed
Leonardo DiCaprio. I get huge, cringy ‘imposter syndrome’ vibes from him, like he knows he shouldn’t be doing this for a living but soldiers on regardless. I’ve never bought into a single one of his performances. He always seems like he’s ‘acting’, and never really embodies the characters or reacts ‘in the moment’. It’s all a poor imitation of what he has seen other actors do.
I hate that he became Scorsese’s new De Niro, and so when I hear of a new Scorsese film I get excited and then immediately lose interest knowing that DiCaprio is probably gonna be leading it. Literally every film he has done would have been better with a different actor.
Also Nicolas Cage. I get the memey antifan sort of thing that bolsters his career, but let’s be honest, there’s no hint of talent in the man. He has ruined what might have been great films. Bringing Out the Dead could have been a legit classic if not for his involvement.
He always seems like he’s ‘acting’, and never really embodies the characters or reacts ‘in the moment’. It’s all a poor imitation of what he has seen other actors do.
Very good explanation, thank you!!
Finally I can explain with words why I hate the front side of his head so much.
Leonardo DiCaprio. I get huge, cringy ‘imposter syndrome’ vibes from him
Exact opposite feelings here, and I generally have a hard time suspending disbelief. I remember seeing The Basketball Diaries (this was before Titanic) and being blown away by his acting. I’d say this is a rare example of an actor being held back by good looks. A lot of folks have just not wanted to admit that this particular heartthrob has genuine talent. To contrast with, for example, Keanu, or Clooney.
He’s the modern Robert Redford
Apt, never noticed that parallel
I’ve never bought into a single one of his performances. He always seems like he’s ‘acting’, and never really embodies the characters or reacts ‘in the moment’. It’s all a poor imitation of what he has seen other actors do.
Yes! exactly. You just summed up my thinking better than I could.
I don’t generally have an issue with Leo but the imposter syndrome comment is on point. He does have a vibe and that description sums it up well.
I can’t believe I forgot about Nicolas Cage!
Nice call!
The man does not have a single molecule of acting ability anywhere within his soul.
Edit… Holy shit, I looked up a meme I made on Digg like 20 years ago, it’s somewhere out on the internet!!! Yeah I did make it lol
Yeah but nobody likes him
🤷♂️ guess I’m nobody
Oh jeez I’m sorry dude it’s ok here’s a point up or whatever we call it here. For what it’s worth I remember I did enjoy this one movie where he plays these twin writers or something. And that was double Cage right there
Haha, no worries man. It’s just a light hearted conversation.
I’ll meet you half way and say that even though I enjoy his movies, I don’t think I’d like hanging out with him
Why dude, could be fun, cocaine’s a hell of a drug hahahah
Will Ferrell. He’s a creep. He’s not funny and is way too keen to play the love interest of actresses much younger than he is.
Adam Sandler. I dunno that everyone likes him, but he seems very popular and lots of people seem to love his movies, but I can’t fucking stand him. I don’t enjoy his style of comedy, I find him equal parts vapid and grating in everything I’ve ever seen him in, I just don’t see the appeal.
From the interviews that I’ve seen and the accounts of people who’ve encountered him it seems that he’s a pretty genuine guy. He knows he’s not making high art and isn’t pretending otherwise.
I mean that wouldn’t surprise me, I’m sure he’s a lovely person, he’s just kind of the opposite of entertaining to watch for me. But, to each their own.
Tom Cruise & Will Smith.
I like Will Smith.
My former peer talks about Will Smith a lot. I was working in a city where they film a lot of stuff, and Will would travel before filming started. He’d come in, book a bit of the mayor’s time, and thank him for letting them film. He’d waste his day touring the city and seeing local groups as a drop-in guest, and then bail. The guy really worked on his image and PR and seemed to come off as generally a good guy … before.
Basically all of them. I can’t think of a celebrity I can tolerate.
I’ve never met someone who doesn’t like Willem Dafoe
We’ve never met.
Jack Black. I think it was around the time he started up his Jablinksy crap on Youtube. There were tons of “organic posts” on reddit about it and it just didn’t sit right with me. Ever since I can’t stand him.
Big “theatre kid” energy on him.
I also could never stand him. I think I just saw him in to many things basically being Jack Black or something.
There is actually one movie called The Holiday, it’s a RomCom from 2006 which I like very much, and I think he does a good job there.
I hated him in that! Loved him in High Fidelity and after The Holiday, I was very mixed up about him
Bradley Cooper, he just seems like a smug douche deep down.
The man is a god damn saint. He delivers food to the elderly on the weekends, my grandma adores him.
that’s because he plays a smug douche in almost everything. it’s a part of his “character” to exude confidence but I agree it comes off as smugness.
Ryan Reynolds. Man got married on a plantation and no one seems to care, plus he plays the same character in everything he’s in.
Oh my god, yes. He was fine using that schtick in one movie, but it’s every goddamn film he’s in…
Man got married on a plantation
Aren’t former plantations now just pretty places to take wedding shots? When I worked picking grapes, the winery was ALWAYS hosting weddings.
Any picture in the USA is a spit in the face of the native Americans.
Getting married at a historic plantation in the South is like getting married at a former concentration camp. It’s spitting on the graves of those who were tortured there.
dint know that about, hes even more cringed when he collabed with rob machlenny to buy a soccer team.(both are cringe)
This was my hometown’s team. It’s super strange having it put on the map, where basically everybody knows this story, and before then nothing at all.
It’s absolutely just a random investment in a potentially very lucrative industry. 21st century football is massively swayed by who can spend the most money, especially below the very top level where the money becomes too ridiculous. Wrexham had the oldest active ground in the UK and the ground itself is particularly goodnfkr the level of play. Wrexham had dropped from 3rd division to like 5th, near 6th when he bought it (I think). But Wrexham as a city isn’t small, it’s the largest population centre in North Wales, and before it gained city status in 2022, was a larger town than many of the cities near it. All it really needed to do well was investment, where it had the facilities to be tenfold more successful if anybody actually paid for it, it’s the same for probably a dozen other teams across the UK.
But the investment worked of course, and the team has done amazingly well since then. But don’t consider this anything but an investment where two celebrities used their image to aid it’s success.
He’s actually done a lot of movies playing against type that I enjoyed. But,to be fair, he’s paid millions of dollars to be Ryan Reynolds
At least on Detective Pikachu he tried doing something different, but was told “no, we dont want acting, we want Ryan Reynolds”, so it might be more of a typecasting problem.
He is very involved in the branding that results in his typecasting, so I have no pitty for it.
