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the Colin Farrell curse

posted 3 years ago by moviebuff00 (797)
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I'm sure none of you have heard of this before because I am actually the person that made it up. I've been noticing it with Farrell movies. For whatever reason, any movie that he's in just sucks. He has virtually no good movies. He's a good actor himself and he gets cast in a ton of big movies but if he's in it, it'll suck. I didn't know he was in this movie until today. I saw the trailer before and thought it might be bad already just because Pattinson is terrible whenever batman scenes show up. Now that I know that Farrell is in it, I am now 100% sure it is going to suck. Mark my words.

Also I was really looking forward to this movie because of Pattinson. He is such an interesting character actor and makes all his roles better than it should be. However, for some reason he looks terrible in this. I hope I'm wrong but it's unlikely the Farrell curse gets broken.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17730) 3 years ago

That's a big statement.

[–] FilmBuff (7234) 3 years ago

I can't say I've seen his entire body of work, but he has certainly been in some great films. In Bruges is a near perfect film, and he is a large part of the reason why it's so good. I think Miami Vice is excellent, though I'm a huge Michael Mann fan, so I may have a bit of bias on that one. The Lobster was great for what it was, though it isn't for everyone, and though I have not yet seen it, I've heard from a number of people that Killing of a Sacred Deer is quite good. I've heard similar about Seven Psychopaths. And, though it isn't really my kind of film, I have to admit that for dumb comedy, Horrible Bosses was much better than average.

[–] moviebuff00 (797) 3 years ago

i didnt like in bruges and whenever i trash farrell, it gets mentioned. miami vice was objectively bad and it was widely panned when it came out. i'm a huge mann fan too and collateral was one of the best movies ever. miami vice was just super cereal and it ended up being boring. i remember how much everyone was anticipating it after collateral was so good. lobster was weird and boring. also for some reason i always thought i had seen killing of sacred deer but upon writing this, i checked the trailer and realized i never did. maybe it will be good after all. you mentioned only a few movies but farrell was in a fuck ton. doesnt that prove my point?

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

I was actually planning to argue against your post, and I realized, I couldn't.

Also yeah, Miami Vice was such a massive disappointment. I went to theaters for that because Collateral, and I usually don't go to theaters for movies other than horror and big budget action popcorn flicks.

[–] GerardKennelly (8) 3 years ago

collateral was popcorn

oh look tom cruise is playing a villain!!!! popcorn so predictable from start to finish

miami vice is a far more mature film especially the ending

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 3 years ago

I'll let OP refute you.

[–] Kowalski (75520) 3 years ago

i didnt like in bruges and whenever i trash farrell, it gets mentioned

SO,YOU JUST HAVE BAD TASTE...SEE,NO CURSE...CALM DOWN.

[–] moviebuff00 (797) 3 years ago

stop crying because someone didn't like the movie you did.

[–] Kowalski (75520) 3 years ago

LOOK AT YOU...PROJECTING LIKE A BIG BOY.🙂

[–] Jones70 (6534) 3 years ago

Have you seen Phone Booth, Tigerland, Cassandra's Dream, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them?

[–] redban (6164) 3 years ago

Minority Report too

[–] GerardKennelly (8) 3 years ago

Javier Bardem turned down the colin farrell role because he didn't want to spend a whole movie chasing tom cruise

Bardem won an oscar chasing Josh Brolin

[–] DoctorThirteen (13920) 3 years ago

It's weird, I never think of Farrell as a 'movie star'. I think of him as an actor who's in movies, but I've never seen him as a 'puts asses on seats' kinda guy.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

Agreed. Solid actor, handsome, but lacks the charisma of a star. I am sure he makes a lot of money and gets high-quality sex partners, so I am sure he has few complaints .

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

"High quality sex partners".. lol! Stop pedestalling and get yourself laid with a lady of the night already or something, dude. YOLO!

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

You responded to a post you didn't read or comprehend.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Shouldn't meddle with nature, eh? I respect that.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

You did it again. Good night

[–] maximmm (3335) 3 years ago

Well - he now has a mini series in which he has actually proven that he can act.

Watch 'The North Water'. It came out this year. While Farrel is not the lead, he does have a very prominent part and you wouldn't know it was him due to his acting (make up is just a part of it - he's actually nailed the acting part).
Furthermore, it's actually a really good mini series.

Watch it and let me know what you think
Cheers.

[–] moviebuff00 (797) 3 years ago

i never said he's a bad actor. he's just in bad movies/scripts. i did watch the north water and it was almost good. it nose dived so fast though. second half was awful. also al capone died way too early. he was carrying the show.

[–] maximmm (3335) 3 years ago

al capone?
Are you sure we watched the same mini-series?

[–] moviebuff00 (797) 3 years ago

lol sorry i thought you'd get that reference right away. the ship's captain is played by stephen graham. his most famous role and claim to fame is playing al capone in boardwalk empire. i didn't even know his name and just looked him up right now.

[–] kwestmo (4385) 3 years ago

I wouldn't call this a curse

https://www.bing.com/search?q=colin+farrell+net+worth&cvid=531d59e4d9354fcd924335b69f76023f&aqs=edge.1.69i57j0l8.7630j0j4&FORM=ANAB01&PC=DCTS

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17730) 3 years ago

Colin Farrell is officially coming back for the Penguin spinoff series. They must have high hopes for this one.

https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/colin-farrell-pengui-the-batman-spinoff-series-hbo-max-1235127412/

[–] moviebuff00 (797) 3 years ago

or they just desperately want a dc universe like marvel's.

[–] ODB82 (2055) 3 years ago

I really like In Bruges and think he’s great in it.

He’s awesome in Horrible Bosses.

I liked him in season 2 of True Detective.

I’m not much of a fan of his, though.