• some_designer_dude@lemmy.worldEnglish
    591·
    26 days ago

    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”.

    • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
      4810·
      26 days ago

      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

      • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
        272·
        26 days ago

        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.

        • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          3·
          26 days ago

          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.

          • agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
            3·
            26 days ago

            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.

    • Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      2·
      25 days ago

      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.

    • agent_nycto@lemmy.world
      23·
      26 days ago

      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.

      • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        26 days ago

        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.

        • starlinguk@lemmy.world
          31·
          25 days ago

          More cowbell. That’s it. The only funny thing he’s ever done. Although the t-shirt did most of the heavy lifting.

      • Maudelix@lemmy.world
        14·
        26 days ago

        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.

        • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
          5·
          26 days ago

          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.

        • AA5B@lemmy.world
          31·
          26 days ago

          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

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      4·
      25 days ago

      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.

      • Stovetop@lemmy.world
        2·
        24 days ago

        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.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      26 days ago

      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.

    • Lootboblin@lemmy.world
      3·
      24 days ago

      Every time I see his bad acting, Im just like ”why is this dude so popular and why is he landing these big roles?”

    • PodPerson@lemmy.zipEnglish
      31·
      26 days ago

      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.

    • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      12·
      25 days ago

      He’s the only actor I can think of I actively boycott other than Gal Godot. Aside from his violent racism and American nationalism which is all well documented, I just absolutely loathe the type of character he likes to play; the macho snarky asshole who feels like he got kicked out of basic training and makes being a veteran his whole personality.

      There’s few archetypes I hate more than the “former soldier who could kill a man, harbouring some deep unnerving instinct”, or the “American in a truck who loves the flag and is just a hard working guy”, and somehow he always plays and glamorises both, despite not actually being either.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
    391·
    26 days ago

    Jared Leto, Tom Cruise. Here on Lemmy they might not be as loved as in the general population, but these pieces of shit posing as human beings are definitely loved more than they should.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19·
      26 days ago

      I think the world turned a bit on Leto after his rat-mailing phase while playing the joker. But I’d say he probably still doesn’t engender as much antipathy as he should in the general populace.

      Can’t argue with Tom Cruise, though. Admittedly he seems like a nice guy, but the whole funding America’s biggest and most dangerous cult definitely hampers that.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      41·
      26 days ago

      This radical dualism is partly an American thing. Here on the other side of the pond, most people believe (IMO) that one can be simultaneously a “piece of shit posing as a human being” and a great actor.

      • ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        3·
        25 days ago

        I mostly agree with this, but apparently Leto is a giant worm was raping or assaulting people or something. While I do think “cancel culture” or whatever is dumb and believe separating art from the artists is an ok thing to do as a consumer, blacklisting someone from the industry for rape/SA is just about the only time I’m in full agreeance with “canceling.” Can’t be having that type of shit, idec if a Trump supporting actor gets work tbh but assault is a step too far. Liking things he was in prior is one thing, continuing to make workplaces unsafe by employing him is another.

        As for consumers, I think they should be free to watch what they want and boycott what they want with impunity and no judgement (besides maybe taste lol), especially if they pirate. Still liking a thing you grew up loving even after something shady comes out does not mean you support the shady thing, especially if you’re not literally supporting them monetarily.

        (I also fucking hate Thirty Suckents to Mars and he should be punished for making bad music.)

        TC afaik isn’t dangerous in the same sense, he’s just a face of a cult. Miscavige is the really dangerous one there and he should probably be shot, but TC just makes cheesy movies and has sex with fish. As such I don’t think there’d be a problem employing him the same as it is for Leto, but also I’m personally not watching his garbage, whether you do or not should be left to you (and I won’t judge, other than maybe your taste in movies! Lol)

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        26 days ago

        Is that why Jimmy Savile was given a free pass to diddle kids until after he died?

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
    392·
    26 days ago

    Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson.

    Why does this man have an acting career?

    • blady_blah@lemmy.world
      17·
      25 days ago

      He plays one character, but the character is kind of likable and funny. To me he’s the definition of a popcorn flick actor.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      111·
      26 days ago

      WWE really pushed many stars to become hollywood actors. bautista is one that actually tries as an actor, dwayne is a movie star attention seeker, also dwayne apparently is the “ellen degeneres” of behind the scenes too.

      • GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world
        1·
        25 days ago

        WWE did not push their guys to be Hollywood guys. WWE pushed them to be WWE film guys.

        Creating their own production company to make cheap straight to DVD movies. Using them to push guys as stars.

    • Libra00@lemmy.mlEnglish
      6·
      25 days ago

      I definitely don’t think he’s super talented or anything, but he’s funny and charismatic at least.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      25 days ago

      God he’s awful. He has absolutely no acting skills. I skip everything that includes him.

      • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
        9·
        26 days ago

        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.

        • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
          8·
          26 days ago

          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.

            • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
              2·
              26 days ago

              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.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      26 days ago

      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.

  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    291·
    26 days ago

    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.

    • SilverShark@lemmy.world
      5·
      25 days ago

      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.

  • 58008@lemmy.worldEnglish
    271·
    26 days ago

    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.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
      141·
      26 days ago

      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.

    • garbagebagel@lemmy.world
      4·
      25 days ago

      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.

    • Hemingways_Shotgun@lemmy.caEnglish
      4·
      26 days ago

      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.

    • Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org
      1·
      26 days ago

      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.

    • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
      13·
      25 days ago

      She’s very typecast, but she can act. If she actually got a role where she could show strong emotion, I think she could rise to it well. She’s good in Challengers and great in Euphoria.

  • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
    25·
    22 days ago

    Gal Godot.

    I’m very impressed with Lemmy here for not doing what Reddit would have and naming a long list of women. That being said, if I didn’t feel a moral obligation to boycott Gal Godot, she is so talentless that she hasn’t made anyone else’s list because it’s such a low hanging fruit.

      • pyre@lemmy.world
        12·
        25 days ago

        she was stiff in WW too, but it worked because the whole side plot was that she’s never met human beings and doesn’t know how to interact with them. also she’s like a demigod so being devoid of emotions doesn’t look that weird on a character like that. they played to their strengths.

        most issues with movies about acting are actually issues about casting. i love Keanu, but he’s also stiff. but that worked perfectly his best roles: johnny mnemonic, constantine and of course neo. even john wick worked mostly because he’s built up for the first half of the movie as a mythical, inhuman force of nature.

        so yeah for that particular rendition of wonder woman, great choice: she looks like a demigod; she acts like she’s never seen a human before. perfect.

        for anything else, please kill me so i don’t have to suffer through this scene.

  • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
    274·
    26 days ago

    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.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      26 days ago

      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.

      • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        3·
        26 days ago

        He is very involved in the branding that results in his typecasting, so I have no pitty for it.

    • corsicanguppy@lemmy.caEnglish
      7·
      26 days ago

      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.

      • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
        51·
        25 days ago

        Any picture in the USA is a spit in the face of the native Americans.

      • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
        2·
        24 days ago

        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.

    • Ledericas@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      26 days ago

      dint know that about, hes even more cringed when he collabed with rob machlenny to buy a soccer team.(both are cringe)

      • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
        6·
        25 days ago

        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.

    • FenrirIII@lemmy.world
      2·
      24 days ago

      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

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
    221·
    26 days ago

    Ben Afflict.

    Was very weird how everyone liked that he was chosen as Batman, he was such a bad Batman. He actually gave rich prick vibes.

      • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        26 days ago

        No, he pretends to be but deep down he cares more about justice.

        Or at least that’s the version I’m used to from Christian Bale’s Batman and the games.

        In the dark knight trilogy, Bruce intentionally lives on the streets for a few years and only goes back to use his money to fight injustice.

        The whole point of Batman is a rich guy who has a very strong moral compass cause his parents were murdered. It’s not suppose to be realistic, it’s a fantasy.

        • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
          14·
          26 days ago

          I most loved how Kevin Conroy’s Batman from the Animated Series portrayed this aspect of the character. Conroy did measurably different voices for Batman and Bruce which made it completely clear that Bruce was the false persona being put on for appearances while Batman was the real voice and personality, and also sold how good Batman was at pretending to be Bruce when needed. Conroy’s Batman isn’t just a ninja genius detective, he’s also a good actor, and to portray that as well as he did Conroy had to be an awesome actor.

          • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
            7·
            26 days ago

            Conroy’s Bruce Wayne is as close to his “normal” speaking voice as I’ve ever heard, but he makes it sound like an affect in ways that are hard to describe. He was truly a great one.

        • scytale@lemmy.zip
          9·
          26 days ago

          People liked Batfleck because he was the closest to comic Batman looks-wise. Tall, physically imposing, square jaw, rugged, etc. He was also the best part of the Snyder movies and that’s a low bar. His version was also an older, disillusioned Bruce/Batman which is why he was more prick-ish.

    • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      26 days ago

      I dont recall everyone liking that he was chosen as Batman, in fact as I recall most people were like “Ben Affleck?! That guy from Mallrats and Gigli?”

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      3·
      26 days ago

      I like the actor, but definitely did not do well in that role. They went for the big name over appropriate casting and the movie suffered

      • Zorque@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        26 days ago

        I mean, the acting wasn’t terrible, but the writing was fucking atrocious. I think Ben could have done a stellar job if it had been literally any other production team behind it.

        • Khrux@ttrpg.networkEnglish
          1·
          26 days ago

          I agree, I think he could have pulled off the same persona written for both Bale and Patterson’s batmen. He’s also played a lot of assholes, and I’m not sure how much that just develops into a feeling that gets under your skin.

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
        2·
        26 days ago

        I think that’s why I enjoyed Gone Girl. I didn’t have to like him and his smugness or whatever worked into the character.

    • skulblaka@sh.itjust.works
      18·
      26 days ago

      I don’t like his movies but I respect his hustle. He has enough money to approach an agent and tell them “I want to make this movie, I want to cast all my friends in it, and I want my character to walk away with a hot date at the end” and the agent just says okay.

      They’re pretty much all the same movie with different names on them. But it’s pretty clear that everyone involved in those movies was just having a great time making them.

    • FreakinSteve@lemmy.world
      5·
      26 days ago

      Always hated him. Its just the most banal frat boy attention-seeking attempts at humor, and nothing ever rises above the level of his shitty Thanksgiving turkey song.