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It appears that Shia LaBeouf receives a lot of hate.

If you ask me, I personally think it's because he's just a regular guy who got lucky.  And we wish we could've been in his spot and that it was you or I who was "discovered" and not him.

Another part is his name.
He gets cast in all these "studly...leading man" roles but his name sounds like a chick's name.
He's gotta do something about his name.

Why all the hate for Mr. LaBeouf?

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Yeah, leading man. Sure....  :lookingup:

I hate him soooooooooo much !  :hatred:

He is a charisma black hole !

At least Nicole Kidman tries to have a personality !
Sure, she fails but she tries.

I wouldn't go as far as the jealousy part, but I can agree that there doesn't seem to be anything special about him. Looks like any guy off the street. Kind of bland. A competent actor but no more than that. He's forgettable, no charisma, no character, and he stars in movies with people who can act circles around him. I don't hate him, but I will say that he doesn't bring a whole lot to any movie he's in. Saw him in Transformers and Crystal Skull, and I can't think of one memorable moment that could be credited to Shia LaBoeuf. Seeing his name on a movie I'm excited about is more of a disappointment than anything else. Well, actually, my reaction to hearing that he would star in Transformers was "Who?"

So, it is puzzling why these plum roles go to someone who is so bland, and not to actors who could really do something with them. I don't wish I was discovered in his place, because I know I don't belong in movies, except maybe as an anonymous thug who doesn't say much. What I have to ask is when LaBoeuf was discovered, what did they think they'd found, and what was it about him that said "potential leading man?"

Now, as far as the name, yes, it does sound like a girl's name. Actually, before I asked who the hell Shia LaBoeuff is, I wondered if she was related to the chick who played Sondra Huxtable. Then I saw that the name was next to Spike/Sam and went WTF?

As names go, LaBoeuf isn't too bad, if you don't combine it with Shia. On it's own, it does sound a bit strippery, but I do like the fact that it translates from French as "The Beef," which would be kind of cool on someone who was more, well, beefy. Still, it makes me chuckle to think of a director yelling out "Where's The Beef?" when Shia is needed on the set.

Never figured out the whole I hate thing with actors and movies.  You don't know these people and evidently someone likes him because he gets work.


I personally don't like expending emotional energy hating someone I don't know and has no relevance in my life other than occasionally being entertained by them.  I feel the same ways about movies, if I don't like it , I don't watch it again, end of story.

He's this generation's Robby Benson.  And I think his name sounds like some sort of meat stew.

Shia LeBeouf? Who he? I wonder if he's related to Sleepy LaBeef?

Heres Sleepy's music-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpD8ec_psEE

...and as the 'monster' in the MONSTER AND THE STRIPPER...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgWHdl5wlEo

FWIW until I clicked on this thread I had no idea this "Shia LaBeouf" person I've seen discussed was a male.  I just assumed it was some really bad actress.  Now, seeing the pics posted, all I can say it. .

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like the actor that played Wesly Crusher in TNG?

So what's this kid famous for?

I didn't know who he was either (still don't, really), although sonehow I knew he was a guy.  If he's been in anything I've seen, I never noticed him.

Yep, that's him. :teddyr:

Sleepy LaBeef!  :bouncegiggle:

Btw RC, that song is awesome.  :thumbup:

I have no idea who he is, and kinda want to keep it that way  :teddyr:

Shia ruins everything he is in.  He's the male Sandra Bullock.

Well, he was in that shiny mess of a movie from mega-hack Michael Bay that blasphemed the Transformers of my childhood. And then he somehow won the lottery to be in an Indiana Jones movie. I think he might be more tolerable if he did smaller films. These big over-hyped blockbusters always seem to want someone "safe" these days. Sort of an "everyman" that doesn't overshadow the mile-a-minute computer effects and still appeals to the world market when the films are translated. Didn't he join the young Hollywood DUI club this year too?

Hey, at least Speed wasn't that bad. I can't think of a single film where Shia doesn't suck.

Yeah, I liked Sandra Bullock earlier on. She was good in Speed and in Demolition Man, and I thought she was pretty hot. Then, I don't know what happened. Somewhere along the line, everything she did started to suck.

I don't hate the guy. I just find him sort of likeable in everything he's been in so far. If anything, I'll start hating him for appearing in so much crap.

I just looked at Shia's filmography and I've only seen one thing he was in.  He has been in a lot of absolute crap that I'd never go near.  But the IMDB had a link to an article with a quote from him that makes me admire his honesty a bit:

"I don't even really know what it is I do for a living - the level of insecurity is very, very high. You're making a lot of money, getting a lot of accolades and positive criticism for something where you don't even know what you're doing. There's no business-model for this. You can't go home and say, 'You did your job today,' because I don't know what my job is!"

http://www.monstersandcritics.com/people/news/article_1484901.php/Shia_LaBeouf_just_happy_to_be_acting#ixzz0J5XqkAL1&D

I don't know if I'd label something "absolute crap" if I hadn't seen it, thoughI realize that TRANSFORMERS has a kind of cult hate it's so disparaged (and I don't care to look at it, plus I'd bet it's sh!t).  I might react the same way to films like the last INDIANA JONES (didn't see) or TRANSFORMERS (didn't see) as my guess is they're not my cuppa, but there's plenty of films released that I don't bother to look at, though I might be interested.  How do we know these films aren't worthwhile if we haven't seen them?  But, I did see THE BATTLE OF SHAKER HEIGHTS which is how I know She'sa Loinabeef and I quite liked that film.  I agree with Trekgeezer; I don't get the hate. 

I thought she did well in Crash. She played the stuck-up yet afraid of the world b***h role pretty well IMO.

He acts way too cocky for his own good and arrogant not likeable traits for anybody.I liked him in Eagle Eye thoroughly enjoyed the movie but as far as his REAL life personality goes un uh no way.

I only saw him in Indy 4.
But wait, Indiana Jones 4 doesn't exists.
Neither does Highlander 2.

He does seem rather bland for a film actor, but I do remember him from the TV show "Even Stevens," which I quite enjoyed; therefore, his talents might be better suited for TV than films.

Holes?

I don't know what to say about him. I've heard about his obnoxious character in the Transformers films (Which I've never seen) and I can't judge him with that. I saw him in Indiana Jones And The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull, and thought his acting was just "Meh".

Well, it's a bit sad because he is a "child actor made good."

Shia LeBeouf was momentary entertaining as a child actor. He wasn't bad as a child actor, he was good in some Nickelodeon or Disney Channel garbage. He had the unfortunate task of being thrust into the main actor role in terrible movies, the latest Indiana Jones and whatever Transformer movie is playing these days.

Because the entertainment is nothing if not stupid, they decided to put him in every single big budget movie released in the past few years.

It's impossible to create a movie star, just as it's impossible create a rock star. American Idol is a sham.

The tragedy of Shia LeBeouf is that he doesn't realize that he's a waste of space.

Maybe, maybe he might have been a good actor, but as it stands now he's a punchline. It's sad because he doesn't realize he just a punchline in the Hollywood hype machine. The man who would be king is always a set-up for patheticness.

Please, the only reason people hate this guy is because of four certian movies he has been in.  Indiana Jones IV and the Transformers series.  If he wasn't in those movies, no one would hate this guy and just see him as any other actor.

It's not his fault Transformers sucks.  Michael Bay's adaption just flat out sucks with his fratboy sense of humor, managing to create movies with no plots, pulling the focus away from the real stars [the transformers], and a creating a loud mess with no substance to them.  The acting is bad clear across the board, it just so happens that Shia is the main character, so naturally the movie focuses on him more than the other characters allowing for people to hate him more.

Indiana Jones IV, well that needs no explanation.  People are ticked off that he is Indiana Jones son (frankly, get anyone to play that part and people will be upset), the movie's use of CGI [I could hardly give a damn of a movie uses that], the nuking of a fridge (possibly the most ridicious moment of an extremely ridicious movie franchise), and the aliens (Who cares?  So you are fine with people pulling out each others hearts, the ark of the covent melting nazis, and the holy grail?).  This film is still Indiana Jones and still gives us this classic adventure of going to search for treasure as another evil group tries to seek it out.

Shia has been good in other movies before.  He was great in Holes, Disturbia, Nausicaa, and Surf's Up.  It's just these movies that are giving him a bad rep.

Speaking of people with bad reps, look at Robert Pattinson.  He has some acting talent despite what the Twilight movies show.  Go check him in Harry Potter 4.

I would count Shia LaBeouf among the reasons those movies sucked, but mainly because he was miscast. The guy is not an action hero. If I were choosing somebody to play Henry Jones III, he wouldn't make it onto the list of possibilities. Same with casting Sam/Spike Witwicky. Yes, he should be a regular young guy and not an action hero type, but making him a panicky doofus is going too far, and it's a symptom of what's wrong with the Transformers movies in general. Yes, both characters are unlikely heroes who get thrust into dangerous situations, but they never become credible heroes.

Shia LaBeouf has the makings of a decent character actor. He plays a certain character type very well. He just seems to keep getting misused. If they ever decide to remake The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (and I'm not saying they should), he'd be the first guy I'd think of. But heir apparent to the Indiana Jones franchise? Not a chance.

Just a really bad actor who gives consistently annoying performances, be it Transformers or Wall Street 2. I was indifferent to him in Indiana Jones 4, as I'm fairly indifferent to the Indiana Jones films in general.
Hate is too strong a word, as one can at least say he's not the worst part of Transformers 1, 2 or 3. =D

Holy heck.  I only think of him as being in the Transformers movies, despite the fact that I've seen him in at least two or three other recent movies.  I forgot that he was in Eagle Eye.  I forgot that he was in Wall Street 2.  I hardly noticed him in Indy 4, Charlies Angels, I, Robot or Constantine.  It is so odd that he has been in such a wide set of movies and yet I hardly even think of him.  He's kind of like the Silence in the new Dr Who series: after he goes, you forget all about him.  Weird.

I've got two simple words why Shia Lebouf is a big name: Steven Spielberg.

Most of Shia's movies have involved Spielberg since Transformers. Speilberg really pushed his career for some reason. I still can't figure out why.

That's what I find so puzzling. He's been put in roles that would, in my opinion, require some kind of screen presence, and he has very little of it.

This is a sad thread.

You're right.
This was an old thread I started and it's extremely negative.
Can we get a lock please?

Much appreciated.   :smile:

As for me, I think "Insecure Bovine."

I really don't like him.

I'm not gonna hate on him, but he is a non entity.

Transformers, Indy, Eagle Eye, Disturbia...

I get nothing from this guy. At least keanu Reeves was likeable once. I don't like Adam Sandler but I can understand he has a goofy appeal to people, but Shia doesn't really have anything.


And what happened to Josh Hartnett ?

 While I think he's neither very likable nor very talented, I can't say I hate him. Annoyed by him is more like it, and I think one of the main reasons for that is media over exposure. I'm just sick of hearing about him. He's just not interesting enough to merit all the media attention.

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LEAVE SHIA ALONE!!!

allow me to fill in the blanc for you.  Shia must have done some "special" favors for Mr Spielberg.  ;-)

Someone made this a sticky.
I'm locking it immediately.