Do you buy bad movies because of 1 actor/actress ?

[Wolfie65]

If I list all the actors and -esses I boycott, I'll still be typing next week, so how about the reverse.
I have several stinkers with Megan Fox - How to lose friends and alienate people, Above the Shadows, for example, as well as Christina Applegate - Vacation, Hall Pass come to mind.
For the record, the fact that those movies blow isn't the fault of those actresses...

[TheUltimateBum]

There is a movie that I saw recently called River of Death. The main reason why I stuck through the movie was because Herbert Lom was in it. Yeah, there's also Robert Vaughn, Donald Pleasence and L.Q. Jones there trying to do the best with what they got, but Herbert Lom is the main reason I went through with it. Incredible actor.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Tommy Wiseau all day anyday.

"I deiidd not hitttt herrr, itzzzz nawwwtt trueee, its bull*hit, I did not hittt her, Eyeeee did nooooat. Oh hai Mark".

[member_removed]

I'll watch any geezer teaser with Liam Neeson in it.

That man has been movie crack since Taken came out, hook that **** right in veins!

[triplexxx]

Kind of similar to this I guess:
https://forums.thetechnodrome.com/showthread.php?t=65088

[Andrew NDB]

Nobody really modern. I'd watch anything with Bill Murray in it, Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Clint Eastwood pre-2000s, Charles Bronson.

[KROW]

I used to collect anything featuring Jackie Chan, Jim Carrey, and Bruce Campbell. But, that was 20 years ago and now there are films that I have no intention in buying (let alone watching), regardless if they're in them.

However, I will admit that Campbell does come close to piquing my interest, since he's great in everything -- as long as it's not a cameo (Marvel flicks excepted).

[IMJ]

I've kind of done the opposite - like buy solid movies made by the same somewhat crappy actor. Like Van Damme movies. They aren't high art or well acted by any means, but flicks like Cyborg, Kickboxer and Bloodsport are all great in their own right.

It's kind of hard to answer the thread question though too - mostly because it implies a fandom for "given actor XYZ", but that sort of "Actor-driven" movie thing hasn't been a thing for a very long time now.

I suppose now that I think about it, the closest I've come to meeting the thread title would be with Bruce Willis flicks. I've sat through or bought quite a few pretty $#!((Y Willis movies basically because he was in them. That happened with greater frequency since around 2017 or so, but even back in the day - Mercury Rising and flicks like that. :lol:

Someone above mentioned Jackie Chan too - which I suppose is a solid answer given that he's made 20,000 terrible movies but he's entertaining as hell and can be counted on to do the same thing in any flick. So that's a good one.

[Wildcat]

I only purchase movies I genuinely like. So no.

However I WILL finish a movie regardless of how much I’m enjoying it. I absolutely hate when people say stuff like they’ve walked out of the theater or they “couldn’t get through” something. Come on.

This is more so relating to theaters since streaming can be paused. Most movies are about 2 hours. Give or take. In general you’d probably see about half before realizing you don’t really like it. You can’t just sit through another hour or so to see how it turns out?

I’ve seen people argue they don’t wanna waste their time and can do something better...but you were gonna take the time to see the movie in the first place.

However long a movie is, that’s how long you decided to take out of your day. You’re not gaining bonus time by leaving. You just have an hour or so left that you didn’t expect to be free.

You’re gonna drive to wherever you’re going next and by the time you’re doing something “better” the movie is ending or done. You’re not suddenly doing something amazing by walking out. It’s just hyperbole.

Also it’s arrogant to talk about it on the internet. I’ve seen YouTube videos do this. We’re all welcome to criticize movies but when you walk out of a theater you lose 100% credibility for me.

And now that I think about it if you’re streaming there’s no excuse either. You’re home and can resume it whenever you want.

[Stu_Padasso]

Anything with Tim Curry is worth a watch.

[Coola Yagami]

I only purchase movies I genuinely like. So no.

However I WILL finish a movie regardless of how much I’m enjoying it. I absolutely hate when people say stuff like they’ve walked out of the theater or they “couldn’t get through” something. Come on.

This is more so relating to theaters since streaming can be paused. Most movies are about 2 hours. Give or take. In general you’d probably see about half before realizing you don’t really like it. You can’t just sit through another hour or so to see how it turns out?

I’ve seen people argue they don’t wanna waste their time and can do something better...but you were gonna take the time to see the movie in the first place.

However long a movie is, that’s how long you decided to take out of your day. You’re not gaining bonus time by leaving. You just have an hour or so left that you didn’t expect to be free.

You’re gonna drive to wherever you’re going next and by the time you’re doing something “better” the movie is ending or done. You’re not suddenly doing something amazing by walking out. It’s just hyperbole.

Also it’s arrogant to talk about it on the internet. I’ve seen YouTube videos do this. We’re all welcome to criticize movies but when you walk out of a theater you lose 100% credibility for me.

And now that I think about it if you’re streaming there’s no excuse either. You’re home and can resume it whenever you want.

On that note, I remember seeing a random dude walk out during 'Black Widow'. I thought to myself 'yeah right, he'll be back', or 'he just went to the bathroom and wanted to make a scene', but the dude never came back. Waste of ticket money if you ask me, and he missed the later action scenes.

On that note, I do remember Andrew mentioning how ScarJo's outfit was a tad looser, and it's def noticeable with Florence. I mean there was a lot of scenes with ScarJo's ass in that one which still looked great, which just gave credit that ScarJo's ass looks great no matter what she's wearing... but I don't remember noticing Florence at all. Now in Thunderbolts, her outfit is a lot more form-fitting and it's hard to ignore her ass in that one even if you tried.

[Wildcat]

On that note, I remember seeing a random dude walk out during 'Black Widow'. I thought to myself 'yeah right, he'll be back', or 'he just went to the bathroom and wanted to make a scene', but the dude never came back. Waste of ticket money if you ask me, and he missed the later action scenes.

On that note, I do remember Andrew mentioning how ScarJo's outfit was a tad looser, and it's def noticeable with Florence. I mean there was a lot of scenes with ScarJo's ass in that one which still looked great, which just gave credit that ScarJo's ass looks great no matter what she's wearing... but I don't remember noticing Florence at all. Now in Thunderbolts, her outfit is a lot more form-fitting and it's hard to ignore her ass in that one even if you tried.Have not see those movies but ya Scarlett Johansson is attractive regardless. I’d like see JW World Rebirth in theaters but I don’t think I’ll get to.

Ya you just don’t know if you’ll enjoy the end or later scenes plus you paid for the ticket. I’ve been told that’s Sunk Cost Fallacy but there’s nothing easier than just sitting and watching something.

Like I said the fallacy is thinking you’re gonna do anything significantly better in whatever the remaining window is. You were going to be free once the movie ends no matter what. You’re not gaining additional time.

It’s different for say video games where gameplay or ability to keep going are huge factors. Of course food, you shouldn’t eat something that disagrees with you or can make you sick.

[IMJ]

I've never walked out of a theater. IIRC the closest I came to it goes back to a movie called "From Hell". I was so bored to tears and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Probably the only other time I was ever so antsy for a movie to just end was "Nosferatu".

But when it comes to theater flicks I won't go see a movie that I'm not interested in or don't want to support in the first place. But those two movies were something I was looking forward to but just torture to sit through. Can't win 'em all.

On that note, I can't believe some of you paid to watch Black Widow. Trashfest dumpster fire in every conceivable way. That movie was so bad that it was a caricature of woke $#!(. Ray Winston's character? OMFG. :roll:

[Coola Yagami]

I've never walked out of a theater. IIRC the closest I came to it goes back to a movie called "From Hell". I was so bored to tears and I couldn't wait for it to be over. Probably the only other time I was ever so antsy for a movie to just end was "Nosferatu".

But when it comes to theater flicks I won't go see a movie that I'm not interested in or don't want to support in the first place. But those two movies were something I was looking forward to but just torture to sit through. Can't win 'em all.

On that note, I can't believe some of you paid to watch Black Widow. Trashfest dumpster fire in every conceivable way. That movie was so bad that it was a caricature of woke $#!(. Ray Winston's character? OMFG. :roll:

It was fun. I mean the only real problem was Taskmaster.

[IMJ]

Taskmaster = woke $#!(
Ghost = woke $#!(
Thunderbolts as a movie = basically sequel and spiritual holdover from what was arguably Marvel's deepest woke $#!( movie, "Black Widow".

Just not worth giving money to.

Just having the convo, not digging in on indicting you guys for paying for it. Let it all rot until it's reset.

Clown world is full of "virtue arguments", but Marvel has enough catalog and "diversity" to do it without militant swaps or with caricature messaging like Ray Winston in Black Widow.