I have to admit that the sheer volume and virulence of the hatred often surprises me, hate comms, reviewers hoping for violent deaths, its sad and a little sick. Seriously people, if you dislike him that much don't go see his films, don't buy the magazines he's all over and in. There will be another along right away, without him in it, somewhere.
Really, it's all about personal preference, there are a whack of actors I dislike (one in PoTC, in fact), complete with legitimate reasons and reasonable explanations (to me anyways), but some of these people who claim the 'hate' have seen everything he's ever been in (*I* just saw Elizabethtown this past weekend) quote all the scenes he sucks the hardest in (hee, look ma I'm twelve, and a slasher) sometimes it seems wordy old Bill had it right,"The lady doth protest too much, me thinks."
It's not 'cool' to like OB for various reasons; he's too pretty (one suggestion was he should just quit acting and model), he gets more coverage than personal favorites, he's had it too easy, hasn't paid his dues, yadda, yadda, blah, blah. But you said it, anyone given opportunities like his would un-apologetically jump at them and tell all detractors to 'bloody well sod off'.
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Date: 2006-08-16 05:24 am (UTC)Really, it's all about personal preference, there are a whack of actors I dislike (one in PoTC, in fact), complete with legitimate reasons and reasonable explanations (to me anyways), but some of these people who claim the 'hate' have seen everything he's ever been in (*I* just saw Elizabethtown this past weekend) quote all the scenes he sucks the hardest in (hee, look ma I'm twelve, and a slasher) sometimes it seems wordy old Bill had it right,"The lady doth protest too much, me thinks."
It's not 'cool' to like OB for various reasons; he's too pretty (one suggestion was he should just quit acting and model), he gets more coverage than personal favorites, he's had it too easy, hasn't paid his dues, yadda, yadda, blah, blah. But you said it, anyone given opportunities like his would un-apologetically jump at them and tell all detractors to 'bloody well sod off'.