I/You will go see ANY movie if (blank) is in it?
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I/You will go see ANY movie if (blank) is in it?
Actor/Actress that you love so much that you look forward to seeing them in anything and even don't mind seeing them in stinkers, because just having them in it elevates the experience to, at least, bearable for you.
Kirsten Dunst (my wife has already told me that if I am ever a millionaire that I can take her on as my lover!)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Dakota Fanning (I love Hide and Seek AND I Am Sam, which proves my point)
Zooey Deschanel
Kate Winslet
Nicole Kidman (Only her presence kept The Stepford Wives from causing me to hang myself)
Sarah Polley (I think she's the best actress that "no one" really knows)
Jena Malone
Samantha Mathis (loyalty from Pump Up The Volume, but she's not in much these days, but didn't stop me from buying Mermaid and Jack & Sarah)
Getting there, but not quite:Radha Mitchell (her appearance in Finding Neverland was a bonus!) and Naomi Watts.
I don't think one actor, all by himself, would get me to excited to see something, but I always enjoy Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.
Kirsten Dunst (my wife has already told me that if I am ever a millionaire that I can take her on as my lover!)
Maggie Gyllenhaal
Dakota Fanning (I love Hide and Seek AND I Am Sam, which proves my point)
Zooey Deschanel
Kate Winslet
Nicole Kidman (Only her presence kept The Stepford Wives from causing me to hang myself)
Sarah Polley (I think she's the best actress that "no one" really knows)
Jena Malone
Samantha Mathis (loyalty from Pump Up The Volume, but she's not in much these days, but didn't stop me from buying Mermaid and Jack & Sarah)
Getting there, but not quite:Radha Mitchell (her appearance in Finding Neverland was a bonus!) and Naomi Watts.
I don't think one actor, all by himself, would get me to excited to see something, but I always enjoy Tom Hanks and Johnny Depp.
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Natalie Portman, Alexis Bledel, Jena Malone, Zooey Deschanel, oy yay!
So, have you watched Eulogy? Hilarious!
Anyways, as for actors ... Jude Law, and now Zach Braff. That's about it.
So, have you watched Eulogy? Hilarious!

Anyways, as for actors ... Jude Law, and now Zach Braff. That's about it.
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Originally Posted by dolphinboy
Samantha Mathis (loyalty from Pump Up The Volume, but she's not in much these days, but didn't stop me from buying Mermaid and Jack & Sarah)
My List:
Johnny Depp
Halle Berry
Zhang Ziyi
Thandie Newton
Denzel Washington
And Christina Milian
is putting in a bid to make it on that list.
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Originally Posted by Third Baseman
Natalie Portman, Alexis Bledel, Jena Malone, Zooey Deschanel, oy yay!
So, have you watched Eulogy? Hilarious!
Anyways, as for actors ... Jude Law, and now Zach Braff. That's about it.
So, have you watched Eulogy? Hilarious!

Anyways, as for actors ... Jude Law, and now Zach Braff. That's about it.
I did BUY Eulogy for Zooey and thought it was pretty good, but wonder how much of that has to do with the "lifting effect" I get when I see someone that I really admire in a movie.
Audrey Tautou is someone else I can forsee not wanting to miss a peformance from. I think she's doing a sequal to the Spanish Apartment and then a big budget film with Tom Hanks. I thought A Very Long Engagement was brilliant and was surprised it didn't get a bigger audience, especially after Amelie and that being made with the same director.
These are the actors that I actually look on the imdb and keep track of what they're doing. For example, Criminal will be a blind buy. I see Maggie in it and I'm ready to fork over the money and take my chances.
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Vince Vaughn and Johnny Depp
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I don't know if I have seen every movie by some of my favorite actors, but there are movies I will pay close attention to and read about more if somebody is in it over somebody else. Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansen, Jim Carrey, Johnny Depp, and maybe a few more I am not thinking of.
I am not so much a person who chases after actors and all their movies, and even on my personal list above, I haven't seen all the films all those actors have starred in. I am more of a directors kind of collector and movie viewer. I will often see movies blind based on who directed them, not based on who starred in it.
I am not so much a person who chases after actors and all their movies, and even on my personal list above, I haven't seen all the films all those actors have starred in. I am more of a directors kind of collector and movie viewer. I will often see movies blind based on who directed them, not based on who starred in it.
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I'll go to anything with Harrison Ford in it...despite the fact he hasn't made a good film since "The Fugitive".
I also never miss anything starring or directed by Clint Eastwood.
I also never miss anything starring or directed by Clint Eastwood.
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Originally Posted by troystiffler
Has Tom Cruise EVER been in a bad movie?
Did anyone know he was in a very brief scene in "Young Guns"? I didn't.
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Originally Posted by Brian Shannon
Guess I must be in the minority.
I watch a movie based on the story.
I watch a movie based on the story.
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Originally Posted by scott1598
re: Tom Cruise
Did anyone know he was in a very brief scene in "Young Guns"? I didn't.
Did anyone know he was in a very brief scene in "Young Guns"? I didn't.
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Originally Posted by Amel
I haven't seen that movie in about 10 years. But I must have watched it at least 30 times back then and I have no idea where TC was. Which scene is he in? I'll have to pull out the old videotape and see if I can spot him.
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Originally Posted by troystiffler
Has Tom Cruise EVER been in a bad movie?
Jerry Maguire
Days of Thunder
Cocktail
Legend
Losin' It
A few that are kind of borderline:
The Last Samurai
Mission Impossible II
Far and Away
The Outsiders
Just my opinion.




