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

    Jamie Foxx and his associates were at an adjacent table at at restaurant in LA years ago. He was a total cunt to wait staff. Pure asshole to his core. Restaurant comped our meal because he ruined the evening for everyone.

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    [–] 135 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I don't care for "Home Alone 2" star Donald Trump

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

    This gave new an idea.

    Donald currently enjoys erasing history - rewriting slavery, removing BIPOC accomplishments, etc. What if we start removing him from old media? Re-record a version of that movie that didn’t have Trump in it, erase old copies of The Apprentice, etc.

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

    Jared Leto. All his best roles are the ones that could have been better, if they were played by someone else.

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

    I hate him, too, but he was good in Blade Runner 2049. I mean, the role should have come naturally since he was playing a narcissistic sociopath.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Oh, I hated his role in Blade Runner 2049. Not his acting, just the role. It seemed forcefully implanted in the story to make it more action-filled. I also hated the recreation of young Rachel concept. It made no sense to me and felt like it should make no sense to Decart either. I wish Leto's role would have been toned down to allow for the film's meditative and well emotionally built parts to shine.

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

    See he is the opposite for me. He always seems well cast and he can act. I just dislike him as a person.

    Like Mark Wahlberg, I like him IN things I've just never seen him in an interview or casual thing where I didnt think "I believe that IRL he is an asshole"

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

    Is there a movie where he (Wahlberg) doesn't play "Jersey boy who made good"? I feel like it's always the same character with a different job facing a different crisis.

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

    The first thing in which I saw him was the Doctor Who episode The Lodger and I thought he was likeable enough in that. I could never stand him in anything else, his late-night talk show run was a blight on humanity, and even the return appearance of his Who character in a second episode was entirely unnecessary.

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

    Steven Seagal, he’s complete garbage on every level. He can’t act, he can’t run, he’s a sex trafficker and rapist, and his whole career was started with a bet by producers to make the most incapable and unlikable person famous.

    Also, aikido, he can’t even do a stupid useless fake “martial art” invented to sell to suburbanite children properly.

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

    Did you not see that demonstration where he effortlessly destroys an entire dojo of people by wrist-flipping them one at a time without moving his hands more than 20cm?

    Thats raw skill.

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    [–] 34 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    My wife laothes Tom Cruise. Hard stop. No exceptions. I don't have any problems with him as an actor, the Scientology insanity is a whole other matter.

    ...maybe one exception: I was able to talk her into seeing Edge of Tomorrow by telling her that he dies 26 times on-screen and countless times off-screen.

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

    …maybe one exception: I was able to talk her into seeing Edge of Tomorrow by telling her that he dies 26 times on-screen and countless times off-screen.

    I apologise if this seems inappropriate, but I kinda like your wife now. And you for putting that argument up in the first place.

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

    Chris Pratt's only good films were the Guardians of the Galaxy fims and the Lego Movie and his face wasn't even in one of those.

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

    I liked him in Parks & Rec. But then I found he's evangelical. That's a black mark for me, since I managed to escape it. But his apparently sincere faith combined with his dirty sense of humor grates on me. I don't mind the jokes. It just makes him look like a hypocrite to me.

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

    i feel like even when he was the lead, he wanst a good actor, so he wasnt noticeble, his co-stars were more memorable and knew how to act. eventhough bautista was just comic relief he acted better than pratt. gamora, ADAM warlock, nebula,rocket,,,etx.

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

    Bautista was great and honestly showed more range than anyone else. Yeah, it was comical and a little extreme, but it worked.

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

    the interviews hes done, he actually works on his acting, and takes tips from others.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Most movies I’ve seen him in he’s done a good job, playing someone comical in the MCU films or someone more serious like in Blade Runner 2049. I don’t think he gets taken seriously because he’s a wrestler, but he's got a long filmography.

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

    I couldn't stand Jason Statham. Then many years ago I watched Spy with Melissa McCarthy and he was the perfect piss take of his characters from so many other movies. Example scene that shows his comedic stupidity. Ever since I haven't minded the guy.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    If you want another comedic stupidity, he has some funny parts in Snatch. Can't be bothered to watch his copy&paste action movies, too, though.

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

    Oh that clip is brilliant. Must give the movie a watch.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it's definitely worth watching. I used to not care for Melissa McCarthy because she was always typecast as a "funny fat lady" cliche, but she was pretty good in Spy.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Check out the film Can You Ever Forgive Me? It's Melissa McCarthy in a far more dramatic role than her usual (but still darkly funny) and she is amazing in it. She gets to do so much more than her usual schtick.

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

    Tom Cruise. No exceptions. Even when I don't realize it's him in a role (which was basically limited to his role in Tropic Thunder), his performances still irritate me.

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

    I agree, but I'll watch Edge of Tomorrow or Oblivion if they're on.

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

    I would say his role in Magnolia is the exception.

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