Is it normal that i can't watch movies starring douchebag actors?

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I really want to see the movie "Braveheart" starring Mel Gibson, but I've always had this thing were I can't sympathize or relate to a character if the person who potrays it is an asshole in real life. If it's a smaller character I know is a jerk I don't care, but spending 3 hours watching some douchebag actor really just makes the experience suffer. Same goes with music, if an artist is an asshole I can't enjoy the music.

Is it normal to feel this way? Can anyone else relate?

P.S. How can I look pass this and enjoy the movie even though Mel Gibson is racist/anti semitic/woman hater/child beater/psycho?

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I can't really watch Tom Cruise movies for similar reasons.

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    • wistfulmaiden
      9 years ago

      really? How come you don't like Tom is it the scientology thing...I met him a few times and he was very nice much more decent than most actors.

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      • Tommythecat.
        9 years ago

        It could be because he can't actually act that well, he's the same in every movie.

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        • VirgilManly
          9 years ago

          I think he only has about three facial expressions.

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          • Tommythecat.
            9 years ago

            And two of them are the same one!

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      • [Old Memory]
        9 years ago

        I don't hate him or anything like that. I just can't take him seriously in movies because I know how wacko he is in real life. Part of it is because of Scientology.

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        • wistfulmaiden
          9 years ago

          ah I see :)

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I have a friend who has an unnatural hatred for Tom Hanks. I got him a dartboard with Tom Hanks face on it for his birthday a couple years ago and he said it was the best gift ever. He is still using it.

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    • MetalFanNo1
      9 years ago

      That's sound very surprising, Tom Hanks is said to be the nicest actor in Hollywood.

      "Tom Hanks make me look like an asshole."

      - Steve Carell

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      • [Old Memory]
        9 years ago

        That might be why he hates him.

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  • snarkygirl
    8 years ago

    I can respect that

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  • Todays_food_is_tacos
    9 years ago

    years ago one of my friends put me through the ordeal that was Zoolander. I will never ever watch anything with Ben Stiller again.
    Have you not seen any of the Lethal Weapon movies then?
    missing out...

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  • Sog
    9 years ago

    I will not watch anything with Vince Vaughn or Seth Rogan. I guess that's not quite the same thing because they are typeset into douchebag roles, whereas people like Mel Gibson and Tom Cruise are good actors but douchebags in real life.

    I have no problem watching a Mel Gibson or Tom Cruise movie because their personal life doesn't play into how much I enjoy the movie.

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  • CountessDouche
    9 years ago

    The worst part about Mel Gibson going batshit crazy is that my dad looks just like Mel Gibson. Now I can't take any of his advice seriously.

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    • wistfulmaiden
      9 years ago

      that must be funny

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago

    that's unfortunate that you can't cross that line. I learnt to divide that line quite quickly. I was into Marilyn Manson but strictly his music, and that is the case with many artists. You just gotta learn to appreciate art.

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    • Holzman_67
      9 years ago

      oo oo another example! I think Kanye West is a total douche but love his music!

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  • VirgilManly
    9 years ago

    If you can stomach his performance he does get disemboweled and dismembered at the end.
    At least that should give you something to look forward to.

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    • MetalFanNo1
      9 years ago

      Thanks for the spoiler, I clearly said that I wanted to see it, but I need to get over the fact that Mel Gibson is the main character. I don't mind when people spoil old movies, but if the person you're talking to clearly has never seen it it's kind of unnecessary to spoil the ending.

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      • VirgilManly
        9 years ago

        As I said, "at least it should give you something to look forward to."

        Besides, all you have to do is open a history book for a spoiler to that or any other historical movie.

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  • Faceless
    9 years ago

    That movie is fuckin awesome. Just watch it.

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  • wistfulmaiden
    9 years ago

    I get what youre saying...I would never buy a Kardashian product or watch a film with Justin Bieber because looking at them makes me want to puke.
    Mel Gibson disappointed everyone that's for sure:(

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    • Tommythecat.
      9 years ago

      All I know is Kim kardashian has a rockin' body.

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      • wistfulmaiden
        9 years ago

        maybe but she has rocks in her head .

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        • Tommythecat.
          9 years ago

          Not even rocks, they're probably just pebbles

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          • wistfulmaiden
            9 years ago

            Do you think Kim or Paris Hilton is more narcissistic? Kim dated Kanye cause is name starts with "K" but Paris Hilton had to date a male "Paris"? hehe.

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            • Tommythecat.
              9 years ago

              Hmmmmm both are pretty lame....

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    On the one hand, not watching the movies of someone who you do not wish to support, is an admirable thing, but on the other, especially with a very old movie like Braveheart, you are hurting yourself more than the actor, for it is a great movie and Gibson does an admirable job of bringing the character to life.
    My question is where you got your information on Gibson and the veracity of that information. How do you KNOW that Gibson is all those things? Have you actually spoken with him, or have you accepted what the press has used to sell copy, as factual? Hell, we had a president (the dumb Bush) that flat chat lied about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, just because his VP (Chaney) wanted a war that his companies could profit from.
    You just cannot accept what you hear or read as the truth, any more.

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    • MetalFanNo1
      9 years ago

      Of course I don't know him, but it's quite obvious in interviews and rants with him that he is just a horrible human being. Once he did a small interview for a Swedish news paper before everyone realized how crazy he was (It was after Lethal Weapon.) and in that interview he said that it's bullshit that it's illegal to beat your child in Sweden. Similar things happened in interviews were it becomes apparent that he's an asshole. Then there are like 4 rants out there were he says racist/misogynistic/anti-semitic and horrible things to his ex girlfriend (Even threating her if I remember correctly.).

      P.S. I do not not watch movies because I don't want to support the actor, it's just that I can't stand watching them for 3 hours.

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      • thegypsysailor
        9 years ago

        "Spare the rod and spoil the child"?

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  • RainbowDischarge
    9 years ago

    I can't watch Disney's Pocahontas since realizing Mel Gibson voices my childhood beloved John Smith.

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