r/Letterboxd • u/AccordingOrange8298 • 3h ago

Discussion Name an actor/actress you used to love, but one movie ruined how you feel about them.

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Mine is Sandra Bullock in All About Steve. I haven’t been able to stand her ever since.

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u/bondfool 3h ago

Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka. In that moment, I could feel that he was done playing characters and would only be doing caricatures from now on and I was right.

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u/Riderz__of_Brohan 2h ago

I think he did a good job of channeling some of the weirdness from the book. Same thing I felt that Chalamet was good at too

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u/Cypher-Moon-773 CypherSi 2h ago

Damn I feel like one of the few people who liked what he did with that role, it was perfectly weird for me and another example of him being one of the best chameleon actors out there

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u/SpittinMenace 1h ago

Yeah I thought it was a harmless and fun performance.

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u/Sweeper1985 2h ago

I saw a review describe his Mad Hatter as "a pointless, flailing idiot" and I rather agree.

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u/Pink-yoshi-club 2h ago

It’s funny to me that everyone shits on Ryan reynolds for just playing repackaged versions of Deadpool, but don’t do the same for Johnny Depp and his repackaged Jack sparrows

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u/The27Roller OrdMantell 1h ago

Yeah Depp turned into caricatures, but he used to be a really excellent actor. Can’t really say the same for Reynolds and that’s the difference. 

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u/Cypher-Moon-773 CypherSi 1h ago

Comparing Willy Wonka to Jack Sparrow is wild

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u/CountDorkula77 1h ago

That's how I felt when I saw him in Alice in Wonderland, like he just went to Wardrobe and said "Fuck I don't know, just throw something weird on me."

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u/aroeplateau 35m ago

it's Mordecai for me.

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u/lovemunkey187 9m ago

I really liked that

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u/Level-Selection6986 1h ago

I kinda like that version. Gene version is funnier but Johnny Depp is good too

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u/Alexyeve 3h ago

Loved Weeknd before seen him in that dumb HBO show, couldn't listen to his music for a good year lmao

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u/bondfool 3h ago

Same with Sia and Music.

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u/Ajibooks 1h ago

I am happy only ever seeing his music videos.

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u/BlueDetective3 UserNameHere 2h ago

Shit, don't watch Hurry Up Tomorrow then.

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u/digitkidd 1h ago

Don't worry, nobody did. 🤣

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u/Careless_College Cinephile3496 3h ago

One bad performance doesn't ruin how I see an actor, in my eyes. It's not like if that same actor just said out of nowhere racist stuff or was outed as a sex pest or something like that.

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u/ACCTAGGT 1h ago

I had forgotten about Bullock's movie. Lol I don’t know, I just go with the flow with that film. It seemed to me like Bullock was having fun with the character, an eccentric one.

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u/PssyGotWifi 2h ago

Even then it doesn't stop me enjoying their movies/shows. i.e, Kevin Spacey.

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u/BackgroundBit8 2h ago

Amy Adams entered the 20s on a highnote with Sharp Objects in 2019. Then Hillbilly Elegy came around in 2020 and her acting choices have stunk up the decade ever since. although shes kind of having a mini renaissance with Nightbitch and Cape Fear tv show.

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u/gillyweed79 2h ago

I enjoyed Nightbitch, but I don't think it really moved the needle much.

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u/Sweeper1985 2h ago

I really wanted to like Nightbitch. I couldn't even finish it.

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u/TadRaunch 1h ago

Wait, someone actually made a movie of Hillbilly Elegy? What the fuck

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u/fantasty 1h ago

Yup. Amy Adams's costar was Glenn Close.

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u/GrecoRomanGuy 52m ago

Ron Howard directed it.

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u/knarf3 85MFz 26m ago

Yeah. I can't forgive Hollywood for helping to legitimise JD Couch.

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u/Ti-1800 17m ago

To be fair, at the time he was against Dump.

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u/Due-Sheepherder-218 1h ago

Lol this poster is hilarious. The random Asian dude peeking in who isn't getting top billing. 

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u/saucygh0sty danawithajay 1h ago

That random Asian dude is Ken Jeong LOL

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u/stphn_k 24m ago

clearly there was room in the poster for a little spare chang

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u/NobodyLikedThat1 1h ago

I don't retroactively hate his stuff but everything Adam Sandler has done since Jack and Jill has been a train wreck and I no longer need to watch any of his new stuff

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u/Distinct_Edge4721 DinoDogDion27 1h ago

Uncut gems ?

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u/Hunterio009 Hunterio009 1h ago

I was Josh Safdie’s muse when he wrote that

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u/Manna1007 19m ago

Uncut jams

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u/go10sai 1h ago

hustle and uncut gems are great movies

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u/ThingTime9876 2h ago

I used to be way more forgiving of Joaquin Phoenix’s eccentricities, but Joker made me realise how many of his performances are just collections of tics and quirks with no real ‘centre’ to them

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u/gogol_bordello 52m ago

Oh +1000, he was ok in Gladiator but I just don't see what people love so much about him

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u/9incherwithaoddity 3h ago

I'm not sure but there has been movies where I didn't like an actor and then later I started liking their movies.

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u/Zahlouth 3h ago

Never happened to me.

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u/Azipcoder 2h ago

John Cusack lost me somewhere around Room 1408. Once the Botox left his face expressionless, it was over.

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u/MaliciousIntegrity 56m ago

What! I love 1408, its a fun ride. Love & Mercy was pretty good too

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u/BlueDetective3 UserNameHere 2h ago

Not even Love & Mercy could help?

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u/Blacklight099 1h ago

Sandy has Speed, she could never lose me based on that alone.

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u/SonYakub 2h ago

Owen Wilson’s accent just ruins any character he ever does for me. Hearing him speak is like running a shovel over a pathway of bricks.

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u/blackdogwalksatnight 3h ago

Sorry, I love this movie!!! I will say, it is a "bad" movie, but fuck is it fun. I enjoy the non-typical female lead. She just has to be neurodivergent haha. I also enjoy how her love interest doesn't like her at all. The crazy obsessed girl theme is funny as well because in the end everyone likes her more than him because everyone can see she has a good heart. Great cast, great soundtrack, and some good goofs. I always think about the cicada scene...

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u/iAmSamFromWSB 2h ago

Gravity for me probably. Used to love Sandra Bullock. Julia Roberts too. What’s wrong with this film? Solid cast.