For example, I don't like Will Ferrell in his typical roles. Oh they just drive me batty.

But. I do love Stranger Than Fiction. It's such a cozy movie.

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[–] 118 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Pretty tired of seeing Chris Pratt's face everywhere. His early career was great, but I find him obnoxious these days

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  • [–] 73 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    Perfect for parks and rec and guardians 1. Everything since then has just been typical Hollywood overuse. "People like him let's put him in everything!"

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    hes also a right wing nuttie, which lowers his likability

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    Hollywood overuse. "People like him let's put him in everything!"

    I mean, I blame the audience more than Hollywood, the same reason why we get a lot of reboots and sequels instead of new movies, or the same reason why Netflix account sharing killing strategy worked.

    The dislike shouldn't be completely headed to the actor nor Hollywood.

    Also you got me thinking, would people that didn't see him in the older stuff like those you mentioned and are tired of him will roll their eyes if they decide to watch them just now?

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago (14 children)

    That man is a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago (12 children)

    Can you elaborate? Not casting doubt, just admitting ignorance.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago* (11 children)

    He's a Republican from WA who makes a very big deal about his Christian Faith.

    He will "pray for you" if you "don't understand him", he teamed up with Marky Mark to ... promote Lent observance... he has ... either previously not been that much of a religious person but then had a literal Come to Jesus moment... or he's been pretty religious the whole time and was downplaying it in the earlier days of his career.

    https://www.theblaze.com/abide/chris-pratt-reveals-the-deal-he-made-with-god-and-what-hes-doing-for-lent

    He also may or may not have been a congregant at the Hillsong church, which is pretty anti-LGBTQ.

    https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a40289867/chris-pratt-interview-new-movies-series/

    Generally speaking, he comes across like you would expect someone to when they're from an abusive religious family:

    He comes across as basically an insecure, nervous wreck who does not not know how to properly 'perform' Christianity for both his family and older friends, as well as the broader and more diverse world... so the result is basically an awkward or maybe 'quirky' kind of machismo.

    Dude is your quintessential performative masculine dude bro, a meathead.

    https://www.bjjee.com/bjj-news/actor-chris-pratt-wrestled-10-years-tournaments-josh-barnett/

    His wrestling coach asked him what he wished to do with his life, and Pratt recalled: “I was like, ‘I don’t know, but I know I’ll be famous and I know I’ll make a s- ton of money.’ I had no idea how. I’d done nothing proactive.”

    He's Joe Rogan, but more Christian, more feckless.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (10 children)

    What's wrong with promoting the observance of Lent among those that believe in Christianity? Ideally it is supposed to make you think about the value of self sacrifice and appreciate when others have made sacrifices for you.

    He is not part of Hillsong but rather an affiliated church which is also problematic.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    What's wrong with promoting the observance of Lent among those that believe in Christianity?

    Technically, theoretically, on its own, not much.

    However: Why is this Celebrity telling my kids what they should be doing/thinking? Why is their way of life so important and such a big deal that they need to talk about it openly, all the time?

    (You just play the uno reverse card with everything all the right wing folks say about anything they don't like coming out of a celebs mouth, when they are gay or lesbian or queer or a different religion or promoting a scam product, etc).

    Now I'm not gonna run around and actually do that, but I do find it kind of weird. I'd expect that message to come from... you know, a church Father, a local Bishop or something?

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (8 children)

    Do you have any experience with Christianity? It is by nature evangelical. You are supposed to share your message with others. Different denominations stress this to different degrees

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (7 children)

    Yeah, I was raised by fundamentalist extremists who were really into the militia movement back in the 90s.

    Had to go no contact with them as they became insane QAnon cultists who illegally mfg full auto capable assault rifles in their garages.

    I actually did not grow up too far from where Chris did.

    Lets just say he grew up even further out in the boonies than I did.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (6 children)

    So then how are you confused by them sharing their faith this way?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Did I say I was confused?

    I am put off by it, I find it concerning, inappropriate, performative, disingenuous.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (4 children)

    You show you are confused by the last line in your post. Why would you think this would need tocome from the clergy given your history of fundie christianity? Were you in one of the weird ones that doesn't evangelize?

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    No, its because he doesn't know what he's talking about.

    Has he gone to seminary?

    Has he been ordained?

    Is he certified in any kind of theological field?

    To my knowledge, no, he isn't.

    He's no different from any other celeb promoting any other thing which they barely understand, like Madonna with Kabala.

    I find it weird precisely because I would be more inclined to listen to an actual expert over a popular, pretty face.

    ...

    I am not confused in the sense of 'why would he do this?'

    Thats easy: He is being performatively, publically Christian, which ironically, is something you can find scripture to tell you that that's not a thing you should be doing.

    ...

    But what is a Protestant doing promoting Lent, anyway?

    Its fucking wierd, it would be like Marky Mark promoting Mormon diet restrictions.

    Very, very rare to see any kind of ecumenism coming from American Protestant Christians, they usually hate the fuck out of Catholics, or just barely tolerate them, call them polytheists and the Church of The Beast after the Catholics have left the room.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    Are you being honest about your experience here or was your church so incredibly farfrom the rest of the faith that ypu did notcelebrate Lent? That's really uncommon.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    Uh, well, I am being completely honest, and I also think that American Protestants not celebrating Lent is actually quite common.

    https://religionunplugged.com/news/2025/3/4/new-study-shows-most-americans-skip-lent

    Catholics are more likely than Protestants to say fasting from a favorite food or beverage is part of their practice during Lent (55% vs. 38%).

    That is to say, a supermajority of American Protestants do not seriously celebrate Lent with actual fasting.

    My particular upbringing?

    Yeah, also in line with this study, we had an Easter themed special service, with particular verses for reading, but we did not call it Lent, we just called it Easter Service, we did not fast.

    So, yeah, I am assuming you are either Catholic or European, as... you'd have to be out of touch with American Protestants to think its 'really uncommon' for them to not celebrate Lent... when the reverse is true, its actually really common for that to happen.

    Leaning also toward Catholic given that you're really concerned about Lent, and your user name is, as best I can tell, a play a common Catholic phrase, in Latin.

    Roughly: 'Where are you going, mankind?', right?

    As juxtaposed against I think Peter's 'Quo Vadis Domine?' or 'Domine, Quo Vadis?'

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Dude went full maga and now all I see is his horrible acting

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago*

    hes also not a nice person irl too. he ranted about not being in leadership roles for different movies, im guessing because he so maga, he loves being masculine roles. Also his controversy with his wife/disabled kids, and a sick pet animal.

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