I’ve been tagged by Eliacin for a meme. I usually don’t do these things, but he said on his blog that I wouldn’t do it because “it is not revolutionary enough for me.” Well, I’m too oppositional/defiant to let that one go. 
The meme asks “which five actors or actresses do you dislike so much that you refuse to watch one of their movies?”
- Nick Cage. Once, maybe. But no more. The guy should become a director.
- Ben Affleck…thankfully he already became a director.
- John Travolta. He used to be ok…but then he started thinking he was a good actor.
- Julia Roberts. For the same reason as John Travolta.
- J-Lo. Everything she touches turns to trite.
Honorable mention: Keanu Reeves. I can’t in good conscience put him on this list, because it is entirely possible that he could be in a movie that I’d see. I mean, the Wakowski brothers were able to put him to admirable use. Plus, there is this anecdote: I know of a woman who once met Keanu. She said that the most amazing think she’s ever discovered in her life was that Keanu Reeves is very intelligent. Any man who is THAT intelligent must know he’s a cruddy actor. And if that’s the case than the joke’s on us.
As a bonus, I’m going to offer these five actors that I’ll watch in anything…and I mean anything:
- Johnny Depp. At this point I have an almost scholarly interest in his work. And as you’ll see, he’s the only American on my list.
- Emma Thompson. She has more talent in her pinky toe than all the actors listed in the previous list combined. Her talent is so profound that I would pay to watch her read a script.
- SIR Ian McKellan. Brits are SO much better at acting. For them it is a discipline. And this cat does acting so well he’s a freaking KNIGHT. That makes him acting nobility. The closest thing we have to acting nobility would be someone like Marlon Brando, and like all-too-many good American actors, he decided to make poor acting choices late in life, thus tarnishing his memory.
- Christian Bale. If he plays his cards right, he could make it into the acting pantheon. He and Depp are the best young American actors working right now. And they might, one day, prove that Americans can act as well as the brits. shows that the Brits will always out perform American actors.
- Sean Connery. He’s not the best actor, but he’s my one man-crush. He’s great even in crappy flicks…not because he can act, but because he’s always Sean Connery in every role he plays.
Honorable mention: Ellen Page. It’s still too early in her career to formally add her to this list, but she blew me away in Hard Candy and Juno. Neither of them are my favorites, but she carried them single-handedly.
