None. I discriminate according to the movie itself or the director. If an actor I like plays in some fluff, then I won't see it.

Some actors, like John Malkovich, Harvey Keitel, or Tilda Swinton, however, you can choose the caliber of film by their presence in it.

sosgemini said:

I would add
David Lynch
Jim Jarmusch
Jane Campion

Bobby DeNiro
Al Pacino
Chaz Palminteri
John Tuturro
Gary Oldman (one of the best, and most under-rated actors)
Don Cheadle
Steve Buschemi
Samuel Jackson
Christopher Walken
Johnny Depp
Jennifer Connelly
Lana Turner
Veronica Lake
Sofia Loren

sextonseven said:

The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley did a retrospective of all her films last year. It went on for weeks. It was one of the best film experiences of my life!

heartbeatocean said:

thats why i only have one actor...and even then i have my exceptions (101 Dalmatians anyone?)...Glenn's been on a role of late with small performances in good to great films:

Nine Lives
Heights
Chumscrubber
Safety of Objects

sosgemini said:

Okay, this is probably something lots of people do but my mouth is open right now - I always, ALWAYS call him Shamalamadingdong!!!

Freaky!

Okay, maybe not And speaking of once a decade (which is awful, I wish she worked more ), do you forgive Kasi for the mess that was Caveman's Valentine??

sosgemini said:

I know she's a great actress but eons ago I found Fatal Attraction so deeply offensive, I never got over it. I guess that's an example of an actress getting too linked to a particular role.

heartbeatocean said:

I loved Jim's last film (Broken Flowers) but can't really get into his other stuff...and for some reason I have yet to see a Jane Campion film. I think The Piano (and the seeing Harvey Keitel naked) scared me away from her forever.

Well, I can't claim I've seen every single movie they've been in but just seeing their name makes me curious about the movie.

Laurence Fishburne
Johnny Depp
Ving Rhames
Jodie Foster
Don Cheadle
Anthony Hopkins
Forrest Whittaker
Kenneth Branagh
Gabrielle Union
Emma Thompson
Nia Long
Alfred Woodard


I missed a couple I think.

sosgemini said:

Are you gonna watch her show on TNT? I think I'm gonna check it out, along w/ Holly Hunter's new TNT show

sosgemini said:

I can't believe you can't get into Mystery Train, Dead Man or any of those other WORKS OF GENIUS.

KoolEaze said:

Umm, how come all your females are pretty Latinas? & I'm not sure Eva Mendes can even act

oh crap, i can think of two more:

catherine deneuve
gena rowlands

i love watching them act, plus they're gorgeous old broads.

I'll add Catherine Keener to my list

CalhounSq said:

cha know, i am totally torn on their tv shows...these are like the female versions of al pacino and robert dinero and they are doing tv shows? its just wrong on so many levels.

but, i love them both so much and i really am interested so i probably will just shut up and watch them.

sosgemini said:

I hear you on that & I agree, however they're probably looking @ the success Kyra Sedgwick has had w/ The Closer, how good the show is & the fact that she's WORKING - probably has an excellent schedule, can be w/ her family & not away on a set for months. From that perspective I respect their decisions & hope their shows turn out well

My answer would be none but there are several actors whose movies I will never see based on shoving political views down my throat. I mean Sean Penn could make a movie where he played Prince and then was drafted onto the Milwaukee Brewers and I'm still not seeing the thing.

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Lothan said:

That movie was so off the hook that I'm still recovering. Did anyone watch this and the Special Features. The making of this movie is absolutely amazing.


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Laurence Fishburne
Johnny Depp
Denzel Washington
Al Pachino
Anthony Hopkins
Forrest Whittaker
Angela Basset
Gabrielle Union
Nia Long
Alfred Woodard
Samuel L. Jackson
Sean Penn

Johnny Depp
Al Pacino
Morgan Freeman
Kathy Bates

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

and here i'd just recently gotten to the point where i finally forgot the name of that nasty movie.

I actually get tired of watching famous people over and over again. I like non-actors or unknown actors in movies. Then you can get absorbed in the character and story withouth thinking the whole time "I'm watching a Johnny Depp movie"

That's what bugged me about The Departed. It was so over-glutted with famous male actors, it was just a big showpiece. And though the story and movie were good as whole, it seemed obnoxious.
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lovemachine said:

Don´t you think that that´s a bit too extreme ? There are a lot of Republicans whose films I really like even though I don´t agree with them when it comes to politics ( like those classic sci-fi flics with Charlton Heston, "The Omega Man", " Planet Of The Apes", "Soylent Green" etc., Arnold Schwarzenegger´s "Terminator",and his other classics, or that great movie he did with rightwing director John Milius, "Conan The Barbarian"...what a fantastic movie, or Sylvester Stallone....though Sly and Arnie are a bit eccentric when it comes to politics ...)

These people also have a political agenda but that would not stop me from watching and enjoying their movies....Bruce Willis on the other hand is, IMO, totally unwatchable...even if he were a Democrat or some sort of ultra-liberal, I´d have to think twice before I even spend a few cents on his DVDs, let alone going to the movies to see him.

Or Clint Eastwood...surely a rightwing actor, Republican to the bone but one of my all time favorite American actors and directors.

What exactly is your problem with Sean Penn ? He made a lot of interesting movies, don´t you think ?

Lothan said:

lol, I love steve


Prince
Steve
tim curry
alan cumming
noel fielding
Russell Brand
johnny d.

MIGUELGOMEZ said:

I know, I love British accents.

all you foos that keep putting prince on your list:

heartbeatocean said:

totally agree. Even worse is casting famous people to do voice work. Often they're only passable as movie stars because of their looks. Julia Roberts & Cameron Diaz are not what I'd consider "great voices."

NDRU said:

Cameron Diaz does great as Princess Fiona in the Shrek Movies.

Don Cheadle

Anxiety said:

Oops.....did you like it though?

Did you know that there's a CGI penis in one of the scenes. Shoot, I'll even take a CGI penis right about now.....


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