Unwatchable actor/actress meme

I’ve been tagged by Eliacin, and have nothing better to blog about today, so I’ll just suck it up and do it.  I’m supposed to list five actors or actresses that would make me run from any movie they appear in.  As a necessary disclaimer, I frustrate many many people when talking about movies, because, well, I actually don’t see a ton of them.  They’re all, “Hey Steve, so remember in xyz movie, so and so did this and said that?”  And I’m like, “Uh, well, how about no . . . haven’t seen xyz, or its sequel.”  And they go, “What???  Everyone has seen that movie.”  And I usually end up saying something like, “My list of no-brainer-everyone-has-seen-it-except-for-me movies is impressive.”  So, then, here’s my list, in no particular order:

Matthew McConaughey - I know, every woman alive thinks he’s so hot that his acting chops don’t matter . . . Apparently, I mean what I say - I just checked his page on IMDB, and of his 33 movies in release, I’ve seen only two.

Demi Moore - I just tried to think of something clever to write, but the images and music from Ghost are wrecking the moment for me.

Ben Stiller - There, I said it.  For silly, goofy, character acting, Will Ferrell has him beat by far.  I liked him in The Royal Tenenbaums, but I would have to receive major compensation for psychological trauma if forced to watch Dodgeball or Zoolander.

Tom Cruise - Oh, that one was just way to easy.  For my list that’s in no particular order, I think he’s the winner.

Sarah Jessica Parker - I’m not buying the hype. 

As I thought about this, I was amazed at the number of honorable mention candidates, but in many cases on or two solid performances were enough to keep them off my list.

I’ll try to come back later and tag some others for the meme.  For now I will try to cleanse my thoughts from having spent these minutes bathing in this disgusting stew of bad art.