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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    John C Riley is an uncomfortable mess in everything he’s in and I cannot stand it. The exception is everything he’s in, which is delightfully uncomfortable.

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    Vin Diesel. Nothing against the guy personally, but his whole dumb guy thing just irks me.

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    Jessie eisenberg. He only plays jessie Eisenberg. I hate his whiny delivery. The “Now you see me” movies were awful, and he ruined Lex Luthor.

    I can’t think of anything he’s been in that I’ve thought was good.

    (Nicholas hoult as LL looks great though)

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    I came here to say Will Ferrell with the same exception, then read your post.

    Stranger Than Fiction shows Will Ferrell is perfectly capable of being a good actor playing interesting roles, but chooses to just play low effort trash.

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    Ben Stiller. I just can’t get into anything he’s in. He’s just reading lines, nepo-baby for sure.

    Exceptions: dodgeball, and tropic thunder, holy FUCK is he funny in tropic thunder

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    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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    Jared Leto, too bad he is in the Tron: Ares which I’m almost looking forward to watch simply because of nine inch nails…

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    Jeremy Renner.

    Has he ever actually been good in anything (besides the Jeremy Renner app and his legendary rock and roll music)?

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    I have two.

    I do not like Will Ferrell in his typical roles at all and I’m glad I’m not the only one saying this anymore. Everyone quotes Anchorman and I just did not enjoy that at all, or Elf, Step Brothers, or any of his “everyone loves” movies. Stranger Than Fiction, however, was amazing and I wish he would do more roles like that.

    Tom Cruise is my other one. I find his acting very bland and unappealing. Mission Impossible has put me to sleep every time I try to watch it. I am not a big fan of Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, or any of them. My Cruise exceptions are Tropic Thunder which I wish he did more comedic roles like that and Minority Report, not a perfect movie but it was the very first DVD I ever owned so there is a bit of nostalgia tied to it.