[merylsilverburg]

Originally Posted by Panuru

The words "Ben Affleck" and "actor" in the same post?! God... I'm always forgetting he's supposed to be an actor...

I know! You guys may not know this but he was already acting when he was a young kid...he was in a TV series called "Voyage of the Mimi." I had to see the entire series in my 6th grade science class (it's a show about geography and boating) so that's how I know. He actually wasn't such a bad child actor but, like Dunst, he grew up and went downhill, lol.

Originally Posted by MakgSnake

And disliking seanpenn when you dont even watch his movies........just doesn't stand a good reason of not liking him.

Like I said earlier, I knew I was going to regret opening my mouth, but oh well too late, good going meryl.

It's because I don't like Sean Penn which is why I don't watch his movies. And if we go by your reasoning, just because someone can act I'm supposed to like them? Okay then, so I think Tom Cruise and Russell Crowe can act, but do I like them? No, they're on my list. I like Scarlett Johanssen but I think her acting ranges from bad to awful. So, I'm supposed to hate her guts? I think Catherine Zeta-Jones couldn't act her way out of a paper bag and, although I said I could care less about her personality, I honestly don't like her either even if I were to care.

I don't like Sean Penn because I can "read" people's faces (believe it if you want to or not) so to me, based on what I see, he's just not likeable. He always acts like he's too good for this world or something. I did try giving him a chance (perhaps I was wrong in my judgment which I admit does happen) so I read an interview on him in "Premiere" magazine when "Mystic River" was coming out. I don't remember what he said, but I think he was complaining about how he wished he could stop acting or some other complaint about loathing acting. After reading it, all I can think is "Okay, so why don't you just go away then?" and so my dislike for him deepened. He also always came off as really uptight and "overly touchy" and guess what? During the Oscars when Chris Rock was making a joke about Jude Law being in every movie in the past year, Penn comes sourly onto the stage and sticks up for Law, ruining the mood of the joke (hello? It was an obvious joke...I'm uptight as well but if Rock said that about me, I'd be laughing my ass off too because it's true!). When he did that, it only confirmed what I already suspected about him (being uptight, etc.) way before the Oscar incident. And even if I were to watch all of his movies (which btw, it’s not like I’m not aware of which films he did, like "Mystic River," "Fast Times at Ryder High" or whatever it's called and others) it would end up that I still wouldn't like him anyway. And I did see "Mystic River" and I didn't find him very powerful or his acting as great as many people said he was. And he also made an appearance on "Friends" which is supposed to be a comedic role and I still didn't find him very funny...he just seemed annoying to me in that episode, I'm sorry. If people feel he is one of the greatest actors of all time, then that's fine and dandy but I don't have to agree. If people find him the nicest, most intellectual guys on the planet, then that's fine and dandy but I don't have to agree.

Originally Posted by MakgSnake

And the reasons you have given about each and every actor, seems like you know them in person and hang out with them on a daily basis. Remember they may have played a certain character in a movie that you didn't like but cant judge their personility and nature by it. Just mentioning.

I knew I was going to get accused like this. But you know, you're absolutely right, I shouldn't judge their personality because I don't hang out with them or live with them or anything. But like I said earlier, I can "read" people so based on what I see, I don't like what I see about these people. I don’t judge these people just because they played a villain in every single movie (I would simply think they have a lack of range instead ). And like with Penn, it's not like I don’t try to give them a chance. For some of those that I dislike, I read or watch interviews and listen carefully to what they say and, in the end, I still don't like them. All in all, if they seem irritating to me then I won't like them until something really drastic happens. And if you think what I said about everyone is harsh and bitchy, then you’re wrong because what I wrote is actually really nice and almost complimentary compared to what my sister would say...

Originally Posted by MakgSnake

Danzel, I agree with Meryl, his acting is the same and he is doing the same kind of roles in all his movies now......how about a comedy Danzel, be more versatile buddy. Seriously!.!.! And he is acting the same way, if someone who hasn't seen any of his movies and we show them random movies, I am sure they would think its the same movie with different part of the scenes. Thats pretty bad.

Precisely. That's why I couldn't understand why he won an Oscar...what, just because he played the same role only as a bad guy...?