Marlon Brando made some terrible films, as mcDonald Carey said when asked why he did "Days of our Lives" "It's work."
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Every single movie star (and I really do mean every single one of them) has been in a terrible movie, or turned in a terrible performance at least once in their career. Every. Single. One.
The vast majority of them are into really stupid religions and spirituality as well. Not respecting an actor/actress because of one bad movie and their personal life choices is asinine

I have all the respect for him I ever had, or ever will.

I don't respect him but I didn't respect him before this movie anyway. Yes he's fun in "Pulp Fiction", but not good enough for respect.

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Definitely. He's one of my favorite actors, and I liked his performance in this film, too.
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I dont know him, and I dont follow his films but at least he stood up for something he believed in. I'm not talking about religion but he wanted to adapt the novel and sticked to doing this movie although all the controversy and limitations it had.

I don't respect him at all. I actually respected him because he was so cool in Staying Alive but now I have no respect for him.
Seriously, your "respect" is dependent on the roles on actor plays? I don't know Travolta personally, so I have no opinion on respecting him (although what I know of his dealings with women, he seems like a great guy: a widower who found love again; I never hear about him running around or anything). He seems like a nice fellow someone you could shoot the breeze with. Other than that, I've got no info on whether or not to respect him.
If you simply mean "respecting his acting choices", well, he's certainly had his ups and downs, but for the most part, I'm happy to see him on the screen.
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Seriously? He was alright in Grease. He was terrible in Face/Off (that entire movie sucked) and Pelham. I've never seen Broken Arrow.

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I respect John Travolta for being graceful enough to play the villain and not the lead character as he had planned to when the project was first being discussed years earlier.
Now, as for him dropping the ball with some less than sterling film projects after his comeback film "Pulp Fiction", that warrants a book length analysis about the inner workings of the John Travolta business machine. His advisers have not been protecting him. But, despite that, he has maintained his "A" list stardom after his many falls from grace.
John Travolta is an amazing talent and I suspect we will see more comeback projects on the level of "Pulp Fiction".

I agree w/ some Pulp Fiction free hall pass. One of the GOAT movies. Their s a minute fraction of actors that havent done absolute crap movies. i.e. Samuel Jackson snakes on a plane. Another lifetime pass for PF but thats another thread. This post no way promotes this dog pile of a movie or in anyway supports its existence I want to make that as clear as day. However Trivolta is a fine actor and this is not his best work.

I thought he was pretty badass in 'Get Shorty'. The way he played it cool the whole time was great. Still, I think he's pretty one-dimensional.
It's not even so much that I disrespect him for being a Scientologist (although I do) or for taking this movie role. He's just so TERRIBLE in this movie. Almost like he was acting bad on purpose. This movie was supposed to be serious, right?
What I'd really like to know is why Forest Whitaker and Barry Pepper signed on. Maybe they wanted to do John a favor?

PULP FICTION gets him a life pass. THIS movie, however, sets him back to EVEN.
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Let's see: he was mildly likable in Grease, and I enjoyed him in Get Shorty and Pulp Fiction. He wasn't bad in Swordfish, either. Then there's Face Off, Pelham, Battlefield Earth, and I'm sure a couple other movies in which I think he absolutely sucks in (although, he's so bad that it's funny in BE).
As an actor, I think he's rather terrible and pretty one-dimensional, given his track record, so I wouldn't say that his few high points make me respect him. Add in the fact that he's a Scientologist and there's no longer any possible way that I could.

He got paid TEN MILLION for this piece of undigested sushi. Respect him? NO!!!
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Each actor has their goods and their bads, however most "bads" aren't as bad as this one. Travolta's a good actor but this was a real low for him. And I doubt he'd mad at himself for being apart of it, if he is, I give him more credit, slightly. Still, I think I'll see his new flick from paris with love this Weekend.
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I loved John Travolta in 'Get Shorty', that film rocked.
I've never really been a fan of his films but I mildly enjoyed Pulp Fiction and the remake of Taking Pelham 123
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How was Face/Off a bad film? It's even got a 7.3 on here, which, all things considered isnt bad. I quite enjoyed it. I like a lot Travolta's roles (Grease, Pulp Fiction, Get Shorty, Swordfish, Hairspray, FACE/OFF), but he's nothing AMAZING. Still, the only reason I watched BE was to see Travolta's performance, no matter how bad it was. Plus u cant totally blame Travolta for how bad he was. No one else on the set was telling him was acting terribly. Im sure he thought he was doing fine. Blame Christian for that. Do I like Travolta? Sure, hes a nice guy, regardless of religion (everyone has the right to believe what they want, even if I dont agree with it.)
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sadly I lost it when a movie called Grease came out
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I like a lot of his roles. His role in the Punisher was really awesome.
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Id watch him in a movie like this before I watch him dress up like a fat woman and dance around
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