[xzins]

Give me plot, give me action, give me adventure, and give me purpose, direction or meaning.

Roll those into a film, and I'll probably watch it. (Rob Roy, Braveheart, Mohicans, etc.)

Put any politicized actor in it and I'll be thinking more about how much I hate the dude's politics than what's happening on the screen. I just can't suspend belief when I see these people.

[webstersII]

"Roll those into a film, and I'll probably watch it. (Rob Roy, Braveheart, Mohicans, etc.) "

Add "The Patriot" to that list and it covers most of my favorites.

[Buckwheats]

I just can't suspend 'disbelief'..... is what you can't do. Otherwise, I agree completely.

[jimt]

Put any politicized actor in it and I'll be thinking more about how much I hate the dude's politics than what's happening on the screen. I just can't suspend belief when I see these people.

Amen to that. After the stupid putz who plays Gandalf in Lord of the Rings began shoving his sex life in our faces, all I've been able to think of is him buggering hobbits.

They need to keep their personal and professional lives separate, and recognize that professional success doesn't force us to like their personal proclivities.