What actors help make a movie a must-see or a must-avoid for you? I suppose we could expand it to directors, producers etc too.

5/18/2009 2:36:08 PM

kevin spacey usually is must-see

5/18/2009 2:38:35 PM

i can't think of a bad john cusack movie

5/18/2009 2:42:53 PM

Pauly Shore

5/18/2009 2:47:37 PM

brad pitt
christian bale
michael caine (not just thinking batman, also The Prestige)
tom hanks

5/18/2009 2:49:12 PM

Pauly Shore isn't really relevant these days, buddyyyyyy

5/18/2009 2:50:05 PM

I will not watch any movie that Matthew McConaughey is in.

5/18/2009 2:50:31 PM

Philip Seymour Hoffman

5/18/2009 2:51:54 PM

Mickey Rourke

5/18/2009 2:52:40 PM

Jason Stathome must see

5/18/2009 2:53:47 PM

Keanu Reeves is the only actor I can think of that strongly dissuades me from seeing a movie.

5/18/2009 2:55:40 PM

Chris Farley

R.I.P

5/18/2009 2:56:21 PM

^ yea, but now i would have to go with Ryan Reynolds on must see list..

also woody allen in anything. makes me laugh everytime.

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 3:05 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2009 3:02:06 PM

nic cage isn't quite a must-avoid, but he's awfully close

Ed Norton is usually a must see

as is Johnny Depp

5/18/2009 3:04:45 PM

Keanu Reeves is the only actor I can think of that strongly encourages me to see a movie.

5/18/2009 3:07:54 PM

vin diesel

(must-see)

5/18/2009 3:26:52 PM

let's get some women up in here

must see:
meryl streep
kate blanchett


must avoid:
tara reid
sarah michelle geller

5/18/2009 3:27:12 PM

actresses are pretty irrelevant when it comes to paying to see movies for me.

5/18/2009 3:28:32 PM

yeah me too, because i don't typically pay to watch movies with female leads [/sexism]

5/18/2009 3:29:33 PM

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"michael caine (not just thinking batman, also The Prestige)"

On Deadly Ground

5/18/2009 3:31:16 PM

must-see:

Tom Hanks
Edward Norton
Daniel Day Lewis
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Leonardo DiCaprio

5/18/2009 3:36:31 PM

Must see
Jack Nicholson
Martin Scorsese (directing)
Dustin Hoffman
Will Smith
Robert De Niro
Al Pacino
Sean Connery

Must Avoid
Seth Rogan
Nicole Kidman

5/18/2009 3:37:57 PM

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"michael caine (not just thinking batman, also The Prestige)"

Miss Congeniality

5/18/2009 3:38:48 PM

I despise Will Smith. I love Michael Mann directed films but I couldn't watch Ali.

5/18/2009 3:39:03 PM

The overwhelming majority of Will Smith's movies have been fantastic: 6 Degrees of Separation, Independence Day, I am Legend, Enemy of the State, Pursuit of Happiness, Men in Black (the first one anyway, the second sucked)

5/18/2009 3:40:47 PM

i usually like Tommy Lee Jones movies

in before the edit Jones

5/18/2009 3:57:00 PM

its true

everytime I would ask dweedle to come see a movie he would ask "Is Tommy Lee Jones in it ?"

if he wasn't, he usually didn't go

5/18/2009 4:00:40 PM

Nicholas Cage- must avoid for me. I broke this with Lord of War and have regretted it. Matchstick Men is the only movie I've seen of his that I like.

5/18/2009 4:08:13 PM

tom hanks is must-see?

so you all are first in line for da vinci code and angels and demons?


^wat. the only nic cage movie you like is matchstick men???

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:10 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2009 4:08:51 PM

i like nicholas cage movies ok for most

there are some i won't even consider seeing though (ghost rider, bangkok serious or whatever)


^i can't name a single actor without one or two gaffs

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM. Reason : ]

5/18/2009 4:10:42 PM

tom hanks is a strongly consider see, not a must see.

tom cruise is a must stay the fuck away if made after 1999 (except Tropic Thunder...he was hilarious)

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:11 PM. Reason : -]

5/18/2009 4:11:02 PM

^stay away from tom cruise after 99???

yeah Minority Report, Tropic Thunder, Collateral are garbage

5/18/2009 4:13:29 PM

He was garbage in Minority Report, Collin Ferrell should have played the lead.

As I said above he was hilarious in Tropic Thunder, but that is not a "Tom Cruise movie" (I didn't even know he was in it until seeing it)

Yes, Collateral was garbage.

More Tom Cruise garbage from this decade:
Vanilla Sky
MI: 2 & 3
War of the Worlds

I loved The Last Samurai overall as a movie but I think it would have been better with someone different playing the lead.

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:21 PM. Reason : -]

5/18/2009 4:17:01 PM

Will Ferrell
Johnny Depp
Mark Wahlberg
Most Nic Cage movies, although he's had some bad ones
Owen Wilson and Ben Stiller together

5/18/2009 4:19:22 PM

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"Yes, Collateral was garbage."

5/18/2009 4:20:15 PM

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"^i can't name a single actor without one or two gaffs"

Well yeah. But he seems to be at a point where they're becoming more frequent. To me anyways.

Tom Cruise remains one of my favorite actors. I could not care less about his extra-curricular stuff.

so in conclusion, you like a few Tom Cruise movies from this decade, but he is an "absolute must stay the fuck away from" or whatever... Just go make an "Actors that you have a vendetta against" thread.

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:35 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2009 4:24:12 PM

matt damon

5/18/2009 4:28:37 PM

i think we need to clarify if you mean all movies that this actor stars in or just all movies that the actor is in at all.

I tend to dislike a lot of movies starring Will Farrell (Taladega Nights), but I do like a lot where he is in supporting roles. (Wedding Crashers)

5/18/2009 4:40:52 PM

christopher walken, JAY AND SILENT BOB

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:46 PM. Reason : kevin smith and associates]

5/18/2009 4:43:00 PM

Ferrell and Rogen have both gotten old to me, but Rogen starred observe and report, Jody Hill is a must-see writer/director of mine. head explosion.

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 4:44 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2009 4:43:37 PM

john leguizamo in a starring role

5/18/2009 5:02:33 PM

I avoid Tom Cruise movies these days just because he's the Grand Wizard of the Scientology people or whatever.

5/18/2009 5:05:13 PM

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"tom hanks is must-see? so you all are first in line for da vinci code and angels and demons?"

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"Well yeah. But he seems to be at a point where they're becoming more frequent. To me anyways."

well, I can't think of any actor that I have loved every single last movie they have put out. And I do agree this latest string hasn't been that strong. But I own more movies from him than any other actor so he deserved to be on my list I thought.

5/18/2009 5:19:16 PM

George Lopez - must avoid

5/18/2009 6:21:11 PM

ben stiller is a must avoid.

5/18/2009 6:22:53 PM

stiller used to be a must avoid for me until I started gaining respect for him.

via Extras, Tropic Thunder, more

[Edited on May 18, 2009 at 6:44 PM. Reason : .]

5/18/2009 6:24:46 PM

Morgan Freeman.

5/18/2009 6:42:12 PM

sandra bullock

5/18/2009 6:44:49 PM

must avoid Jack Black

must see Will Smith

5/18/2009 7:01:52 PM

I am Legend sucked ass.

5/18/2009 7:03:50 PM