Polls like these are best taken with multiple grains of salt, because the open-ended nature of them allows someone to appear on both a "must-see" and a "must-avoid" list simultaneously.
However, the Chicago Tribune's Pop Machine blog is continuing their informal poll of who denotes quality and who denotes, um... not quality. ;) You may remember the "quality" list from a few weeks ago.
10 (tie). Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez (together again at 8 votes each)
7-9 (tie). Kevin Costner, Angelina Jolie, Ashton Kutcher (9 votes each)
5, 6 (tie). Jim Carrey, Julia Roberts (10)
3, 4 (tie). Will Ferrell, Adam Sandler (11).
2. Robin Williams (12)
1. Tom Cruise (27)
Based on these results, I think the best conclusion you can draw is that people who go to movies don't spend time voting in online surveys about movies. Box office success apparently guarantees you a spot in the top half of this list.
I also enjoy thinking about meetings where films like Gigli and The Guardian, where multiple people on this list are working together. "How do you think we can alienate twice as many moviegoers?" "I know... Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner together!!"
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