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Kirsten Marshmallow Face Dunst.
Eternal Sunshine.

Oddly fitting, Jennifer Lopez in Out of Sight. I really can't stand most of her movies, but it was so good not even JLo could ruin it. Same with Julia Roberts in Ocean's Eleven. Steven Soderbergh is good at dealing with what would normally be consider cinematic poison.

Meagan Good in Brick.

Gwyneth Paltrow in Iron Man.

Shia LaBeouf in Transformers.

Julie Benz in "Jawbreaker".

I'm a Whedon dork and I always HATED her as Darla on "Buffy" and "Angel". But she is so gleefully evil in that movie that I just have to love her.

OH! and Tom "Crazy Eyes" Cruise in Collateral.

Adam Sandler - Punch Drunk Love. I've not seen him in any other movie, and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want to. But I loved this movie, and I thought he was brilliant.

Likewise, Mike Myers (who I can't stand the sight of these days) made one good movie as far as I can tell - So I Married an Axe Murderer.

Samuel L Jackson in Pulp Fiction
This was the last truly good character he breathed life into, and every other character since then seems to be a caricature of this one. Even his real life persona has become a pseudo Jules Winnfield.

I agree boo, Cruise was actually really good in that, even though I found the movie itself to be kinda meh.
and I'll go ahead and state the obvious: Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.

Nicholas Cage in Moonstruck. The farcical over-the-top lines and character actually suited him.

Cameron Diaz in Any Given Sunday. It was the only real dramatic role of hers that impressed me.

Sarah Jessica Parker in The Family Stone. I was afraid she was gonna Carrie Bradshaw her way through the movie, but she turned out to be the only decent human being in that shit pile of a film. Even Rachel McAdams was an asshole, and I adore her.

Meg Ryan in When a Man Loves a Woman. I never understood the hype over her comedies, but she was good when it came to drama.

Sarah Michelle Geller - Cruel Intentions

Sharon Stone in Casino.

She rocked that movie and normally I want to punch her in the face.

Jack Black - High Fidelity

oddly enough I am having a hard time coming up with another one...the co-worker and "co-worker" keep naming off actor and actresses that are usually disliked by many, and I actually don't have problems with them (for example Kirsten Dunst)

abd come to think of it, I don't even dislike Jack Black personally, I just don't usually like his movie choices....

hmmmmmm, I need to become more bitchy apparently

what can I say, it is finally sunny out here, the Celtics kicked some ass last night and the boss is gone from the office for the day

I am in a good mood :)

Ethan Hawke in "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead". If you can even register on the screen with the mighty PSH, you done good. [I actually have no beef with Hawke, but he gets a lot of shit on Pajiba, so I included him]

Nicole Kidman in "To Die For" - absolutely brilliant.

Cameron Diaz in "In Her Shoes" (a movie I wasn't crazy about, but I thought she did a nice job and was a rather sympathetic character)

Ben Stiller in "Heavyweights"

Tom Cruise: Just about every damn thing he's been in

again, Obvious, because he was playing himself:
Keanu Reeves in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure.

And also ScarJo...Id make out with her, but she can't act. But I liked her in The Man Who Wasn't There.

Eddie Murphy: loved the man back in the day, but its all been shit lately. Then I saw Dreamgirls and fell in love all over again.

Ben Affleck-I hate him, but he cracked me up in Good Will hunting. He should only be allowed roles where he has to wear a tracksuit.

Ooh, and how about actors you LOVE but almost had to stop because of a particularly bad role.
Mine would be Clare Danes in R+J. She murdered it. She's fabulous, but I hope she's gotten better at doing Shakespeare.

I would just like to take this time to announce that I will not be submitting my name to the Eloquent Eloquence academy this week.

I feel that greer and the Pajiban powers that be have not given me the material in this comment diversion to warrant a Top Ten-worthy comment, and I do not wish to potentially take away an opportunity from a commenter who was given such materials.

That is all.

Oh, and when you do announce my name, it's pronounced "meaux," bitches.

And I know Big Love isn't a movie, but since it's on HBO, it isn't TV either. At least that's what HBO tells me.

Oh man, there's a lot of these:

Bronson Pinchot in "True Romance"
Sharon Stone in "Casino"
Nicole Kidman in "Dogtown"
Tom Cruise in "Magnolia"
Cameron Diaz in "Being John Malkovich"

aaaand the end-all be-all I-can't-believe-I'm-even-saying-his-name-in-a-positive-light:

Adam Sandler in "Punch-Drunk Love"

Drew Barrymore in E.T.
is that cheating?

or

Sara Jessica Parker in Striking Distance

Cameron Diaz in "Vanilla Sky" - that bitch had crazy down pat

Crazypants Cruise in "War of the Worlds"

Owen Wilson in "Royal Tenenbaums" - sweet Moses, I hate that guy, but ala Diaz, he nailed nutjob in that one.

Verne Troyer in "Surreal Life" - I thought that cat was a one trick pony, but to see him balancing in that electro-scooter while drunk. naked, and pissing on the floor? Newfound respect!

David Schwimmer in Band Of Brothers.

I couldn't stand his character. What an ass, which leads me to believe that minus my dislike for David Schwimmer, he did do a good job in portraying Cpt. Sobel.

Oh wait, I forgot Val Kilmer in "Tombstone" and James Van Der Beek in "The Rules of Attraction"

Okay, finally thought of one: Jim Carrey in Man on the Moon. I think that's the first movie I saw him in where I didn't think, "That might have been an okay movie, if it wasn't for Jim Carrey."

SJP in LA Story, though I think she only gets a pass from me because of my residual love of that film and anything associated with it. She plays a vapid, twiggy, superficial waif brilliantly in that.

And then spent how many seasons regurgitating it for us on SaTC? Yeah, I went there.

Kirsten Dunst seems to be getting a lot of mention, and I'm going to add to it, she was hilarious in Drop Dead Gorgeous. Even Denise Richards was decent in that movie.

My dad still refers to Leo DiCaprio as "The Smurf" because of his role in Titanic.

And MO? That was awesome.

Odd how DiCaprio gets props for the Departed & Retarded within mere posts of each other...

Tim Allen in Galaxy Motherfucking Quest.

"It's a ROCK! It doesn't have any vulnerable spots!

Jim Carrey in the Truman Show

Hate Jim Carrey and his freakishly stretchy face. But I love him in that movie because he doesn't rely so much on the facial acrobatics.

Costner in "Tin Cup." Easygoing charm and just-this-side-of-40 good looks to spare.

Cage in "Raising Arizona"

Cher, again, in just about everything

Nope, sleepygaby, it was the DiCaprio retard comment that had me scraping myself off the floor...

I could give two shits about Meg Ryan or SJP.

Mandy Moore in "Saved."

Actually, also Mac Culkin in "Saved."

Lindsay Lohan in "The Parent Trap."

swimgrrl I secretly LOVE Drop Dead Gorgeous and Dunst is actually good in it. Plus, Denise Richards gets blown up!

I'll add my vote for Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction. I went to see that one in the theater because my love for Emma Thompson outshone my loathing of Ferrell. I expected him to be the worst part a good movie, and I was pleasantly surprised when he turned out to be a good part of a good movie.

Anna Faris in Brokeback Mountain. Honestly? How did she even get in that movie? It boggles the mind. BOGGLES I SAY!

Marlon Waynes in Requiem for a Dream.

I actually really like Bill Paxton, but if we're adding to his list I'm including his role as Simon in True Lies (and props to whoever said it earlier). His lying, womanizing, pants peeing car salesman is HYSTERICAL.

Kevin Costner in Silverado.

MO in this thread.

Oh, yeah, my old Pajiba-fueled flame, but Bill Pullman in 'Zero Effect.' I have nothing against the man, but never found him more than a placeholder and he was acting the shit out of that movie.

Tom Cruise can't possibly count. Whatever his real life is like, he's done some amazing roles. My personal favorite - Magnolia. When he's being interviewed and she turns the tables on him, it shocked me right out of my shoes.

Cameron Diaz in Shrek, mostly because it is not here on screen,

and SJP in Mars Attacks, because her head and a chihuahua's head get switched. A great look for her.

Mo, that rocked my pants off.

Squashy face Renee Zellewegger (sp?) in Bridget Jones' Diary (but NOT the second one)- every time she sings Celine Dion over vodka and feels like an idiot in front of hot guys I feel like I'm looking at myself in the television screen.

But she annoys me to great ends in life and everything else.

phquaryn, you mean you've hated me all along?!! *sniff*

J.Lo in An Unfinished Life.

I'm glad to crack you up, Boo. Prof. Elliot was good people.

I think True Lies should be one of those under appreciated flicks on Pajiba.

Also agree w/the Tom Cruise thing. As much as his douchebag behavior bothers me, he really is one of the best actors I've ever seen. A Few Good Men, Minority Report, Jerry Maguire... he just has the talent; there's no denying that.

I can't believe someone remembered Heavyweights. That's one of my secret shames!

Normally I am just not a fan of his style of humor, but I loved Will Ferrell in Stranger Than Fiction.

I have some that have already been said:
-Ben Affleck in Good Will Hunting.
-Lindsey Lohan in Mean Girls
-Renee Zellwegger in Bridget Jones' Diary

also I usually really don't like Keira Knightly but I thought she was ok in Love Actually...I can't help but love that very cheesy movie.

Brie - I've always maintained the Stiller was at his funniest in "Heavyweights". That movie is absolutely hilarious.

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind... doesn't even seem like him. I think its his best work cause its a dramatic role but he's not all, ooooh ooooh look at me, I can be serious, take me seriously, I want an oscar, I want you to love me!

Also it is a perfect film.

Anne Heche in Walking and Talking. I hate the woman, but I love that movie.

also I usually really don't like Keira Knightly but I thought she was ok in Love Actually...I can't help but love that very cheesy movie.

ah ha Erin!

there is an actress I tend to dislike!
Keira Knightly pouts too much and I hear she thinks she's fat....makes me want to slap a bitch

but I did kinda like her in Love Actually, probably because she was offset by so much pretty :)

mmmmmm, Colin Firth, sigh............

Also: Cary Elwes in The Princess Bride. It's still my favourite movie in the world. I can recite large chunks of both the movie and the book. A few years back, Mr. Pea bought me the DVD when I wore out my VHS copy with repeated viewings.

Rosie O'Donnell in A League of Their Own. Normally, the only time I can stomach her is when I hear Howard Stern go off on her. Also, Madonna was good in that movie.

Jim Carrey in The Truman Show.

I know she is on here a couple times but I liked Nicole Kidman in the Others (i think that was it. with the ghosts?). She is the same as always, it just fit better in that movie.

I thought A. Jolie was fabulous in "Gia".

JH: if loving ROADHOUSE is wrong, I don't wanna be right.

Helen Hunt in "The Waterdance". Man alive, I can't stand her. She looks perpetually worried and like the world done gone and took a dump on her life... Hateherhateherhateher.

But, yeah. I liked her in "The Waterdance".

Ben Affleck as Fred in 'Dazed and Confused'. Everything else he's ever been in he ruins while he's on screen. Even the movies he's in that I like. This is the only one that I can actually tolerate his presence in. I absolutely FUCKING hate his guts, to death.

Mine's a double whammy...

Catherine Zeta Jones AND Renee Zellwahooee in CHICAGO.

Okay, two more. I'm not a fan of Hugh Grant. He's annoyingly smug and smarmy, not charming. But I have to say I'm quite fond of him in "Love Actually."

Jude Law is a horse (whore?) of a different color. I LOATHE him and don't understand why anyone would find him sexy with his receding hairline, miniscule penis and nanny screwing. But I have to say I crushed a little on him in (I can't believe I'm admitting this) "The Holiday." Not a great movie but I had to watch it since I L-O-V-E Kate Winslet.

Oh, and I guess I should mention that I almost spewed wine out of my nose when Jude Law did the Peter O'Toole skit on SNL. If you haven't seen it, FIND IT.

Kirsten Dunst in Drop Dead Gorgeous

Um, off the subject, but what's with the perpetual pajiba love for "Good Will Hunting." I hated that movie. Soooo, Matt Damon is this cover boy janitor who just happens to be a math genius and treats his girlfriend like shit but she comes back to him anyway. Bleah!

Sorry for the hatin'. Back to the thread:

Robin Williams was much better in "Awakenings"
And Jude Law in "A.I." Perfect crystal ball self-parody.

keira knightley in atonement.

i suppose it's partly because she rarely smiles in that movie, and so her cash-register-drawer jaw doesn't jut out.

or maybe it's just because she bones james mcavoy in that great dress.

Damn it, folks just steal all my answers. Damn,even Galaxy Quest!

Let's see...oooh, I got one. The four main stars in Evolution. I never watched X-Files except for a couple of episodes, so I didn't understand the big deal about Duchovny. Orlando Jones still had that MadTV smell on him, the same for Seann William Scott and American Pie.

But damn if that movie didn't win me over for all of them. Shit, the entire movie was made of WIN.

Oh, and it made me fall severely in lust with Julianne Moore. Like "even Julie would blush at the things I came up with" levels of lust.

Renee in "Bridget Jones' Diary," but not the second one. In the second one she's just plain ridiculous and annoying. Aaand, let's see....Britney Murphy in "Clueless" and "Drop Dead Gorgeous." Actually, most of the cast of "Drop Dead Gorgeous."

Helen Hunt in Dr. T and the Women. She just annoys the hell out of me, and so does her character in this movie, but I always thought maybe Altman wrote it that way.

Ol' Snaggletooth in DICK and Drop Dead Georgous.
...because she peaked at 16.

I usually hate Josh Hartnett, but he was actually pretty good in Lucky Number Slevin and Black Dahlia.

I can't actually watch Dahlia all the way through again, but it wasn't Hartnett's bullshit mime-acting that ruined it. Brian DePalma did that all by himself with that overly gorey, nonsensical script and melodramatic cinematography.

Yeah, I don't see any kind of cuddling going on during that movie, Munkymack. I have no idea how these people are supposed to be "loveable" when in reality, they're selfish, elitist jerks, particularly Diane Keaton. Such a raging bitch!

keira knightley in atonement.

i suppose it's partly because she rarely smiles in that movie, and so her cash-register-drawer jaw doesn't jut out.

Liz, that has to be the best description of her freakish mutant jaw that I've heard. Honest, yet so eloquent.

I'm agreeing with everyone that mentioned Kirsten Dunst in "Drop Dead Gorgeous." I'd also like to add Denise Richards, Brittany Murphy, and Kirstie Alley. How magical is that movie for making a screenful of those 'actresses' a good thing?

Oh, and Roger Moore in The Wild Geese. Actually not bad.

Ed Norton in Fight Club.

Christian Slater in Pump up the Volume and Heathers. He really should never have left high school. For years he's been playing Nicholson who's been playing a CGI bug.

Wynona Ryder in Heathers, and of course South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

Beg to differ on Nicholas Cage. I liked him in Leaving Las Vegas.

Easy, Paul Walker in Running Scared. I lurved that flick, and ole Pauly Boy didn't throw me off of it. Well other than the cunnilingus thing... Didn't need to see that.

I hate everything about J.Lo- except her acting. Loved Out of Sight, but you know what? I kinda really liked Wedding Planner. And you know what else? I didn't hate Maid in Manhattan, although I almost hated it. The girl isn't as bad at acting as she is at the rest of life.

Also? For eight years, all I wanted from life was Adrian Grenier in The Adventures of Sebastian Cole. Anything after that sorked. (Drive me Crazy included, although Melissa Joan Hart can't fail at anything ever. Clarissa!)

"I feel that greer and the Pajiban powers that be have not given me the material in this comment diversion to warrant a Top Ten-worthy comment, and I do not wish to potentially take away an opportunity from a commenter who was given such materials."

MO?(Meaux)

You have been removed from consideration and your contract has been revoked. You will be hearing from our attorneys.

Thank you

The Awards Committee

Thank you, lilianna28 for continuing the Girls Just Want to Have Fun love. I had SUCH a crush on the Jeff Malene character, Christ, I think I still do. Mrowr. And I LOVED it when they won the dance contest. And Helen Hunt came out in a freaking CHARIOT, pulled by HORSES and everyone gets exactly what they want, including Jeff's sister getting her first kiss (even though it's creepy).

Rant over, time for my submission. Will Ferrell shocked the hell outta me in Stranger Than Fiction. That movie makes me cry and cry, even though it has a happy ending. But then again, I cry like a bitch at fucking Happy Feet, go figure.

Also, Eric Stoltz in Mask. He bothers me in a lot of things, it's something about his face. So I guess it makes sense I like him best in the movie where you can't really see it? I mean, how much fucking makeup did they put on him for Some Kind of Wonderful??

I second the love for Macauley Culkin and Mandy Moore in Saved. I love that movie to death and for once I didn't want to smack either of them.

Lindsay Lohan in "Georgia Rules"

Jessica Alba in...oh wait. Nothing.

But seriously, Kirsten Dunst in Interview with the Vampire. And Sharon Stone in Casino.

Val Kilmer in Tombstone. Apparently I'm hot for consumptive, sarcastic sharpshooters. No wonder I'm still single.

Kevin Costner in Silverado. Very appealing.

Kevin Costner in A Perfect World. I love this movie, and it makes me bawl like a baby every time I watch it.

Tim Allen in Galaxy Quest. Hilariously perfect casting.

Rainbow Killer in Knocked Up. I had never seen her in anything before (I've never seen Grey's Anatomy) but I was prepared to hate her based on interviews I've read with her, but she was great in that movie. Dammit.

Will Ferrel in Stranger than Fiction
Jason Patrick in the Lost Boys
Winona Ryder in Heathers
Jim Carey in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

But thats it. Nothing anyone says can make me a Halle Berry fan OR a Kevin Costner fan.

Some one mentioned Tom Arnold in True Lies about half way through the list... I'll say Tom Arnold in Happy Endings. He was really good in that.

*heeheehee*

greer, awesome!

Jared Leto in Fight Club. Wait, that was him, right?

*checks IMDB* Yep I'm right.

Hmmm...all the good ones have been taken...

I second Keira Knightley in Atonement and Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine (as well as Kiki).

I'll add to that Ben Stiller and Gwyneth Paltrow in The Royal Tenenbaums. There isn't a single thing I don't love about that movie, and though I despise Gwynnie with a passion...I give her a lifetime pass for it.

Adam Sandler, "Love Reign Over Me."

I really went to see Don Cheadle, who's great in just about anything, but damn if Sandler didn't provoke a sniffle and a wet eye.

Yes, I hate myself for that.

Oh! Further thoughts - Cameron Diaz in The Last Supper.

In everything else she is movie kryptonite to me. Please kill me if I'm ever made to watch her in The Holiday again.

In a Kevin Bacon sense that brings me round to Jack Black, and I agree with everyone about him in High Fidelity. I could watch his 'mime-dance' in HF every single day. Any other movie of his, not so much.

Matt, You don't hate her more than I do.

David Schwimmer in Since You've Been Gone - his character is just as much of a jackass as Ross Gellar, but it is sooo much fun seeing what happens to him at the end.

Add my name to the Will-Ferrell-in-Stranger-Than-Fiction pile.

Selma Blair in Storytelling. "Good God, she's actually ACTING!"

Renee Zellweger in Nurse Betty.

Reese Witherspoon in Election.

I'm late to the party in an ungodly way but I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Pierce Brosnan in The Matador. He normally just straight pisses me off but he was incredibly funny in that role to me.

Jennifer Anniston in Office Space
Adam Sandler in The Wedding Singer
Matthew McConaughey in Dazed and Confused
Andrew Dice Clay in Casual Sex

I tried, but I just can't find anything that I actually liked Julia Roberts in. Maybe, Satisfaction or Mystic Pizza. Before she was JULIA ROBERTS. Now I just think she's boring.

Kevin Costner may be the worst actor I've ever seen (except maybe Ben Affleck) but he was simply marvelous in Field of Dreams.
Shut up. I was, like, six.
It's okay to like Field of Dreams when you're six!

I loathe Barbra Streisand's music, movies and general air of superiority.

However.

Damn if she isn't charming in The Way We Were. Granted, she has young Robert Redford to bounce off of, but she's so young and lovely and has an uncomfortable lovability that's like a more tolerable real-life version of Annie Hall.

I wish I could freeze her at that moment. No Yentl.

Marky Mark in The Departed. He usually makes me want to gouge out my own eyes, but I actually thought he was one of the high points of that movie (and conversely, I usually love Jack but thought he was shite this go around).

Zach Braff in "The Broken Hearts Club," where he played a gay guy and, oddly enough, looked more like a man than in any other thing he's ever done. For once I didn't think he had chicken tits.

Will Ferrell - Stranger Than Fiction. That movie makes me so happy.

Jim Carrey - The Truman Show
Cher - Moonlight
Tom Cruise - Collateral
Josh Hartnett - Lucky Number Slevin
Ben Affleck - Hollywood (I can't believe I'm saying this)
Jennifer Aniston - nope, can't do it

I generally find her meh, but I thought Gwynnie was a decent Sylvia Plath (and I went to Smith, so I'm fussy). I also loved Heather Graham in "Boogie Nights." She kind of broke my heart.

I agree about Gwyneth in Iron Man. I expected to hate her and feel all vomitous whenever she arrived, but I was loving it all so much that she didn't even disturb me.

jM how can you hate Taye Diggs? Have you seen Taye Diggs? Dayam! *Pantpant*. ;)

When Tyra Banks got gutted in Halloween Resurrection, I stopped hating her. But only after she got gutted.

I too love Andrew Dice Clay as Ford Fairlane, and Lauren Holly was not hateable as his assistant. Also, in Brainsmasher: A Love Story, Teri Hatcher was (incredibly) not even hateable as his love interest! The guy has some sort of magic about him.

When Tyra Banks got gutted in Halloween Resurrection, I stopped hating her. But only after she got gutted.

Loob, I still giggle like schoolgirl when she gets killed in Higher Learning.

Will Ferrell in Stranger than Fiction, I actually kind of like him now since then.

Kevin Costner in Robin Hood and in The Bodyguard. Just those two.

I hate Leonardo DiCaprio and Julianne Moore in EVERYTHING. Can't watch anything with either of them in it.

"When Tyra Banks got gutted in Halloween Resurrection, I stopped hating her. But only after she got gutted.

Loob, I still giggle like schoolgirl when she gets killed in Higher Learning.
Posted by: jM at June 19, 2008 11:35 AM"

AHAHAA! Yes jM, that scene was awesome! "WHYYYY?? *Blood splutter* WHA-HYYYYYYY???"

1. Brittany Murphy, Clueless: "Cher, you're a virgin who can't drive."

2. Nicole Kidman, To Die For: "No wait I'm sorry. Suzanne Maretto is my married name. My own name... is Suzanne Stone. THAT'S my PROFfessional name. SUZANNE STONE."

3. Lea Thompson, Back To The Future Part II: "You're home, Marty. Back on the good ol' 27th floor."

Kevin Costner can only ever play one role - Kevin Costner. On trailers, they might as well just say "In a world....(actual trailer narration here)...Kevin Costner IS Kevin Costner in....(name of movie where Costner will invariably show his ass with major tan lines which will make middle aged women swoon, thereby satisfying their target audience here).

That being said, as long as Costner keeps playing washed up athletes (sardonic ones, not so much the bitter ones), I'll keep watching

Casey Affleck in "The assassination of Jesse James". Probably the only role that will ever fit his "talents". By the way, if you want to laugh your ass off, watch him in "Gone baby gone". He actually tries to get tough with some bar thugs without getting his ass handed to him. Priceless.

Tom Cruise in War of the Worlds.
James Van Der Beek in Rules of Attraction.
Robin Williams in The Fisher King

People I've never liked...
Robert Deniro
Richard Gere
Kristen Dunst (except for the alley scene in Spidey 1)

There is always something about Nicole Kidman that makes want to backhand her right out of a chair. She just pisses me off, its that smug smirk she usually has. I really liked her character in Cold Mountain. And frankly, she was the best thing about Eyes Wide Shut, which sucked chunks in my book.

JLo. I don't understand all the fuss, she's.....mildly entertaining most of the time. But she was controlled and smoldering in Shall We Dance.

Hilary Swank in "Iron-Jawed Angels." I don't know why I love that movie SO much. But I do. And I HATE her in EVERYTHING else.

Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green in Party Monster.

Tom Cruise in the movie of his life, which I find to be a much more interesting character to watch...

Fabio in Bubble Boy!

Melanie Griffith in Cecil B. Demented

She does this annoying throat-clearing thing that usually drives me up the wall.

It's been said, but needs to be repeated. John Travolta in Pulp Fiction. I understand that Daniel Day Lewis wanted that part. So why would Tarantino shut down one of the great actors of a generation for Vinny Barbarino? Because Vincent Vega is an over the hill, has been loser who is in no way as cool as he thinks he is. What better choice than a 1994 Travolta? Everything else he has touched since Pulp Fiction has been the worst sort black, hangover shit.

In fact this illustrates a theme. Asshole, untalented douchebags are usually only good at portraying douchebags.

Ben Afflek in Dazed and Confused. an obnoxious loser that no on likes. he nails it.
Leonardo in Gilbert Grape. Prepubesant retard. perfect.
Patrick Swayze in Donnie Darko. Not a fan of the movie, but he's great as a cheesy, motivational kiddie fiddler. (do you think he inspired those kids, after he sodomized them?)
Hugh Grant in About a Boy. Conceited twat that doesn't deserve the success he has. Again, somehow he found the range to hit that one on the head.

Something odd just popped into my mind - blame it on the Solstice. I watched Me Myself and Irene about a week ago on TV, and one of Jim Carrey's lines directed at Renee Zellweger was something like:

"And you with your weird face like you've been sucking lemons".

So maybe Renee is a a good sport after all, as a diva probably wouldn't go for that?
Or am I delusional?

Tom Cruise in Minority Report

Jim Carrey in Eternal Sunshine

Winona Ryder in The Age of Innocence