Does anyone actually like Whoopi Goldberg?

[Jeraden]

There are lots of actresses I dislike, but in most of those I can at least see some valid reasons for liking them. With Whoopi, I just can't find any redeeming qualities in her. I don't know a single person that actually likes her. I don't understand why anyone would actually choose her to be in a movie. She had one hit movie with Sister Act - I don't believe she was really in anything else really memorable (well maybe Ghost, but that wasn't because of her). I couldn't stand her in Star Trek TNG - that was the most baffling casting choice I can think of. Yet she keeps popping up in movie after movie, especially in made for TV movies.

Anyone actually like her?

[Geofferson]

I do not like her at all.

[wendersfan]

I'm not fond of her at all, but I think she is more popular among women, and my experience on these boards is that women are a distinct minority. She might be liked by fans of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Her role in that show wasn't so bad...

She's (usually) one more reason to avoid the Oscars.

[GuessWho]

Ted Danson is the only one.

[B.A.]

Originally posted by wendersfan


She's (usually) one more reason to avoid the Oscars.

You hit the nail on the head - I think she might have said one funny thing the whole time she was hosting...eh, probably not.

[Pants]

Her fame is one of the greatest examples of phoney, studio/management created, hoax-ster, synthesized fame of all time. NO ONE LIKED HER!!! She never had a hit movie that she stared in (only supporting roles like Ghost were hits). She was unfunny in her standup act and she parlayed her "talent" into a string of unfunny comedies and laughable dramas. No one went to her films, no one liked her, yet the buzz surounding her was that she was great and talented and brilliant. No one watched the films they just listened to the hype.

[Jeraden]

Originally posted by Pants
Her fame is one of the greatest examples of phoney, studio/management created, hoax-ster, synthesized fame of all time. NO ONE LIKED HER!!! She never had a hit movie that she stared in (only supporting roles like Ghost were hits). She was unfunny in her standup act and she parlayed her "talent" into a string of unfunny comedies and laughable dramas. No one went to her films, no one liked her, yet the buzz surounding her was that she was great and talented and brilliant. No one watched the films they just listened to the hype.

Well stated! :)

[ipkevin]

Originally posted by Pants
She never had a hit movie that she stared in (only supporting roles like Ghost were hits).

Sister Act was a big hit in which she was the main star.

That said, I am also puzzled as to why she is so famous.

[devilshalo]

she was fine in Ghost and ST:TNG as Guinan.

[meritocracy]

Originally posted by GuessWho
Ted Danson is the only one.

A brilliant summation
rotfl

[rfduncan]

Um ... the exception would be her breakaway performance in The Color Purple. She won the academy award in 1990 for Ghost because she previously lost best actress to Geraldine Page (Trip to the Bountiful) in 1985 (actually I thought Lorraine Bracco deserved it for Goodfellas myself in '90). Worse case of payback in Oscar history if you ask me...

Other than that, the only other movie I enjoyed her in was Soapdish, and I guess that is not a highly regarded comedy by anyone but me... I laugh my a$$ off every time! :lol:

[Groucho]

She gave an amazing performance in The Color Purple. However, since then I haven't been impressed with much else she's done.

[cooper2000]

I Love Whoopi. Is that the answer you were looking for.
She has done some crappy movies but I loved in The Color Purple and Ghost and on TNG.
Surely you can pick someone else more deserving of the title like Mahtthew Lawrence.

[Amadeus]

Originally posted by GuessWho
Ted Danson is the only one.
:lol: rotfl :lol:

[Giantrobo]

Look...

Whoopi is GREAT in roles where she plays a <b>normal black woman</b>. When she's playing "kooky weirdos" then she's very annoying.

HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK :up:
THE COLOR PURPLE:up:

But her acting is very good and like it or not she'll be around for some time.

[adamblast]

I think she's terrific. Not too great at hosting the Oscars, where her jokes have seemed stale and obvious, but otherwise extremely likeable, and enjoyable in nearly anything.

[DumDum]

She's excellent on Hollywood Squares :D

No not really...

[devilpants]

She was good in The Player and Soapdish, two "ensemble cast" movies which should give you an indication what direction she should move in.

[ArchibaldTuttle]

I personally can't stand her, did anyone ever see that movie where she was a cop or something with a partner that was a dinosaur, I even bothered to look it up Theodore Rex

Tagline: The world's toughest cop is getting a brand new partner. He's a real blast from the past.

...I didn't either

[TCG]

Originally posted by Jeraden
Anyone actually like her?
No. No one.

[Simpson Purist]

The Color Purple, Ghost, and episodes of Star Trek: TNG are the only pieces of entertainment in which I thought Whoopi was good.

[Jeraden]

I just looked her up on IMDB and she's done 157 movies! Looking through the list, I've never heard of barely any of them.
http://us.imdb.com/Name?Goldberg,+Whoopi

Let's examine some of these.
You'll Never Wiez in This Town Again (2002) .... Herself (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0284674)
I can tell by the name this is gonna be stupid, so I read the plot outline: "Hollywood's Pauly Shore loses everything, fakes his own death, and gets caught!". OMG THATS AN OSCAR CONTENDER RIGHT THERE!!!

Baby Geniuses 2: Superbabies (2003) .... Herself (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0270846)
A sequel to what many said was the WORST MOVIE OF 1999. Yeah, this will be a real winner! But maybe I'm too harsh on this one. I mean, it does co-star Scott Baio after all.

Whoopi - the official mascot of Flooz and the poster-woman for overexposure.

[greatjedi]

I can't stand Whoopi either. Whenever I see her, all I can think about is the fact that she doesn't have eyebrows. For some reason that freaks me out.

[Jericho]

No love for Theodore Rex? :lol:

The scary thing is, and I've only heard this as a rumor so it might be complete BS, but I had once read how Daulton wanted her to be cast in the 1991 Bond film. Of course the Bond franchise hit a legal snag, and no film was made in 1991, but the thought of Whoopi Goldberg and Bond Girl is downright frightening.

[movielib]

Originally posted by devilshalo
she was fine in Ghost and ST:TNG as Guinan.
Those are the ones I liked.

[GatorDeb]

Uhm, I love her.

One of her credits is Strong Medicine, one of Lifetime's better series.

[adamblast]

I have to admit, the thought of her early porn career is pretty frightening.

[Giantrobo]

And she was AWESOME in CORRINA CORRINA!!!!!!

[shaun3000]

She always comes off to me as a person who would make a good friend. Regardless of what she does or doesn't do in Hollywood, she seems very genuine and, well, nice.

[DumDum]

Originally posted by adamblast
I have to admit, the thought of her early porn career is pretty frightening.

:eek: I hope you're kidding.

[tdirgins]

I agree that she totally sucks now, although she showed promise with The Color Purple and Sister Act.

She's a movie ho, though, and has done some awful movies, presumably for the quick buck.

She's just not that funny.

btw,
IMHO Oprah was robbed of an Oscar for her performance in the Color Purple. And I REALLY hate Oprah.

[rfduncan]

Originally posted by Jericho
... the thought of Whoopi Goldberg and Bond Girl is downright frightening.
No more so than say Grace Jones or Denise ("If I don't get that plutonium back, someone's gonna have my a$$!") Richards! :yack:

[Lastblade]

I like her in a few different roles. Not a fan or anything.

[Calistoga]

People I know either seem to love her or hate her. I personally love Whoopi and see her as a outstanding talent, both in her comedy and her acting. She's made some flops, but also gave us some fine work....Ghost and The Color Purple being the most memorable.

[CharlesC]

I also like her. She is pretty damn funny in her stand up too.

I forgot about her in Stella (which is a better movie than I thought it could be).

[Ginwen]

I don't like her at all. I do like some movies she's in, such as Soapdish, but none (including The Color Purple) where she's the star.

I just don't get the Whoopie as big star thing at all, as I find her very annoying in pretty much any venue (from movies, to game shows, to standup comedy, to guest on a talk show).

[adamblast]

Originally posted by DumDum
:eek: I hope you're kidding. She jokes about her "ho-bag" past fairly openly at times, and usually hints that it had something to do with porn... Although (thankfully) I've never heard of any footage surfacing...

I remember once on her short-lived half-hour talk show, she had Debbie Allen on the show and "outed her" as having the same skeleton in her closet... She wanted to compare notes, but Debbie completely freaked out...

[Vampyr]

I intensely dislike both her and her politics. She a whole package of what I don’t like in one gross ball of yuck. :yack:

[dunno260]

I liked Sister Act but haven't seen any of the other movies mentioned(besides ST:TNG episodes and I like her in those). I am just sort of ambivilant about her. I don't hate her, I don't like her. I am a bit puzzled at how she has become so famous, but whatever.

As for Oscar host, well, I think all award shows have very stale jokes no matter whos hosting them.

[Anjanettea]

I love Whoopi. She was funny in JUmping Jack Flash.

[NZ_DVD_Freak]

I hate her. I probably hate her more than anyone else in Hollywood.

She's the worst part of Celebrity Squares and thats saying a lot.