The dude works so often that I've taken him for granted, but he's quietly built an impressive body of work: nothing spectacular -- he still seems like a supporting actor experimenting with leading man status -- but worth citing.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:20 (thirteen years ago) link
owns
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
he still seems like a supporting actor experimenting with leading man status
really? have you seen any of the "bourne"s?
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:22 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah that description fits johnny depp more to me - character actor w/leading man looks
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:23 (thirteen years ago) link
Maybe the most consistent H'wood male actor of the 00s.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:25 (thirteen years ago) link
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 8:22 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
i was gonna say. those were really successful too
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:26 (thirteen years ago) link
I love the second one. Depp is more obviously leading man material: he reaches out to the audience like Nicholson or the Harrison Ford of the Indy movies (not an endorsement of Deep's acting btw).
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Damon is recessive and furtive; that's partly what makes him ideal casting in the Bourne movies (and why it's easy to imagine him turning into a zombie by the time The Bourne Inferno is released in 2017).
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:28 (thirteen years ago) link
to me Damon's secret weapon is how funny he can be -- i've been thinking about doing a poll thread of his best comedic roles (The Informant, 30 Rock, Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back, even the Ocean's movies really, etc.)
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
the 'supporting actor' cliché has as an element of truth in that he has the sort of generic appearance that police sketch artists must dread
he is like an avatar of civilized american values, even more colourless than clooney
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:31 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:28 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
those qualities combined with his larger than life charm means he plays GREAT sociopaths imo
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
otm
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:33 (thirteen years ago) link
idk about larger than life
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
do matt damon and ben affleck still hang out?
― iatee, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Thread inspired, btw, by how terrific he is in True Grit; he's become canny about choosing parts which exploit his aging-frat-guy looks.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:34 (thirteen years ago) link
damon is lifesize charm tbrr
he said he took the true grit part w/o knowing even what the project was, just 2 work w/ coens
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah he's wonderful in TG, tho in retrospect I think he was doing his McConaughey impression the whole time
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:36 (thirteen years ago) link
also hadnt read the book or seen the earlier movie xp
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:37 (thirteen years ago) link
he shd have seen the first versh
i trust he has made amends?
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link
A local weekly singled him out for his work this year:
Most Valuable Player
Matt Damon distinguished himself in just about every way possible in 2010 – charging righteously through Paul Greengrass’s Green Zone, playing a soulful seer in Clint Eastwood’s Hereafter, narrating Charles Ferguson’s Inside Job, turning in one of the savviest performances of his career as a puffed-up Texas Ranger in True Grit...and just crushing it as Liz Lemon’s boyfriend Carol Burnett on 30 Rock.
Rounders is my favorite performance of his.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:39 (thirteen years ago) link
green zone kinda gives lie to 'well chosen roles'
he did ok but script was pish
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
On the one hand, I'm glad he chooses things like The Talented Mr Ripley and The Good Shepard, and up for the challenge; on the other, the Hollywood tricks let him down.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:41 (thirteen years ago) link
*and is up for the challenge
he was pretty well chosen for 'the good shepherd', like he may be frat but he went to harvard so
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:42 (thirteen years ago) link
Green Zone and Hereafter are both horrible but Damon is fine in both.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
what do you mean hollywood tricks
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:45 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.newwavefilm.com/images/jean-luc-godard.jpg
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
that gleam-in-his-eye hollywood smile
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:46 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Matt%20Damon%20-%201%20-%20300%20-%20Syriana.jpgbe wary of his hollywood tricks
― Mordy, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.thecinemasource.com/moviesdb/images/Matt%20Damon%20-%201%20-%20300%20-%20Syriana.jpg
The Talented Mr Ripley is a serious bowdlerization of the novel: sentimental and soft even if, like I did, you enjoyed the Italian settings and the delicious supporting cast. Damon could easily have handled the sociopathic ambisexual that Patricia Highsmith created; instead he has to look doe-eyed and recite speeches about wanting to be an attractive nobody or whatever.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:47 (thirteen years ago) link
oops, image didn't work the first time xp
it's ok -- I can imagine his Hollywood smile and him turning tricks for me.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:48 (thirteen years ago) link
I can see why he did Green Zone, even though the script was a giant misfire in every way - he wanted to do another movie w/Greengrass that had some of that bourne juice w/o doing another sequel, was a chance to tackle ~important issues of the day~
xp I was gonna say earlier that it would've been great to see him do a FUN Ripley movie.
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:36 PM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
haha totally.
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:50 (thirteen years ago) link
like Malkovich
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
He was perfectly cast in True Grit, his comedy skills showed off pretty well (LOVE that scene where he flashes Mattie his US Marshall badge with that look like UH HUH GET A LOAD OF THIS, so tongue in cheek but playing it totally straight.)
Loved all of the Bourne movies, Good Will Hunting, Mr Ripley, Good Shepherd...really love him in 30 Rock, and his stuff on Entourage was hilarious. I think he's hottest when he's being funny.
Hereafter looked so dire not even Damon could get me to watch that one.
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
i think this dude is great btw. probably the most consistent hwood star of the 00s in terms of quality of projects. way more staying power than affleck though i admire how both of them have carved out semi-weird little niches for themselves
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:51 (thirteen years ago) link
re ben affleck, i hadn't seen him in anything until the town, and was tryna remember what he looked like the next day but kept thinking of adam sandler
damon i guess is more identifiable than that
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:51 PM (43 seconds ago) Bookmark
haha thats exactly what i was thinking of - Ripley's Game is CRAZY underrated
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
LOVE that scene where he flashes Mattie his US Marshall badge with that look like UH HUH GET A LOAD OF THIS, so tongue in cheek but playing it totally straight.)
yeah -- I loved this. It's so hard to play a prig without mugging.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:52 (thirteen years ago) link
the 2000s: most consistent actor/actor with the best choice in projects
nommed damon in this thread
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:53 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm hoping he becomes like Paul Newman in the seventies and eighties: less to prove, so he walks into any old project and blows everyone off screen.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:54 (thirteen years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_WyfBJte-Jds/S9wQ0Af_qiI/AAAAAAAAAU8/77VDzNL7acM/s1600/invictus.jpg
― zvookster, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:56 (thirteen years ago) link
he was the only good thing about invictus tbh
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
did n e one watch that
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah i saw it, not enough rugby
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
he got an Oscar nod for that one!
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:57 (thirteen years ago) link
http://mimg.ugo.com/201003/39166/cuts/matt-damon-will-smith-bagger-vance_288x288.jpg
― zvookster, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
every nation is fucked in the long run; where would you draw the line matt damon?
w/ a ridiculous and almost much impossible to change constitution
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:41 (twelve years ago) link
when did bieber corner the market on emo hair
honestly hopin more dudes rock balhead Damon steez now
― davon cuul II (m bison), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
never question estela's doings
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
america is hopeless that's why I'm focusing on africa
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
good luck with that
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:42 (twelve years ago) link
feeling pretty confident that we will be imprisoned in cages by robots no later than 2030 so im not too worried
― max, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
estela's only reading this thread because she's the real jason bourne
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
god has forsaken this earth, what up moon and mars colinization
― davon cuul II (m bison), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
m bison btw if i am ever in your part of tx i will buy you a drink and make you bitch with me about school stuff
― horseshoe, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:43 (twelve years ago) link
i thought estela was doing some esl teaching iirc?
― horseshoe, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
haha my wife and I are nothing if not indefatigable sources of school bitchness
xp
― davon cuul II (m bison), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
estela is having books published in languages iirc
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
does your wife teach too?
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
*rain abruptly stops, solitary shaft of light emerges from clouds to shine down on ilx*
yeah guys... i think things are gonna be okay
*gets murdered by private law enforcement for stealing sunlight*
― Magic (Lamp), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
and then calling the publisher and saying 'you look tired today'
my wife is a school psychologist, she on that other level
― davon cuul II (m bison), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:45 (twelve years ago) link
― Magic (Lamp), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 10:45 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark
okay lol
― horseshoe, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:46 (twelve years ago) link
y'all laugh but lamp is actually from the future
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
Philip K. Lamp
― it's not that print journalists don't have a sense of humour, it's just (Laurel), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:47 (twelve years ago) link
how did he get out of his cage
― iatee, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― 我爱你 G. Weingarten (dayo), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
he's not trying to save us, merely get us acclimated to our future of suburbs with armed guards and razor wire fences and really excellent charter schools
― king of torts (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
he's a bit late then
― mookieproof, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
<3 all u in this thread
and matt damon
― davon cuul II (m bison), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:49 (twelve years ago) link
I <3ed Matt Damon long before this thread, but now I like him more for even being vaguely associated w this ongoing conversation.
― it's not that print journalists don't have a sense of humour, it's just (Laurel), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
xxxp max, last year i signed up to get tesol certification and the next thing i knew i was selected to go to korea on an all expenses paid study trip. one day we were driven around on a bus and the bus company was called bs tours.
― estela, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
HI Y'ALL I'LL JES CHILL ON THIS ROCK
http://barefoot.provocateuse.com/images/photos/matt_damon_04.jpg
― livin in my own private Biden hole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:50 (twelve years ago) link
proud of u estela *tips hat*
― max, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
why are you wearing a hat.
― estela, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:56 (twelve years ago) link
is it a thinking cap.
pfft no it is a top hat
― max, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
a bosthoon's hat.
― estela, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://listsoplenty.com/pix/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Mr-Peanut.jpg
me irl
how did you end up in the trailer for return of the planet of the apes.
― estela, Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
i mean rise of.
late to the party but that clip is great and that article about him and water made me love him forever maybe?
― g++ (gbx), Thursday, 4 August 2011 02:59 (twelve years ago) link
thats a photo of me dashing off to be in the trailer for rise of the planet of the apes
― max, Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
you certainly look dashing.
― estela, Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:04 (twelve years ago) link
http://confederatearticles.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dandy.jpg
apes, indeed *raises one eyebrow*
― Magic (Lamp), Thursday, 4 August 2011 03:06 (twelve years ago) link
like I am a fucking masochist who reads the local education news stories and every comment is like WELL IF THESE PARENTS WOULD JUST DO THEIR JOB or IF THESE LAZY TEACHERS blah blah it's like, is there an area of policy which so many ppl believe there is only one easily identified problem and it's out of sheer malicious negligence that it doesn't get fixed?― davon cuul II (m bison), Wednesday, August 3, 2011 8:48 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark
i thought tea party folks and libertarians take this approach to EVERY issue
btw hawaii doesn't link school funding to local property taxes IIRC.
― by another name (amateurist), Thursday, 4 August 2011 04:55 (twelve years ago) link
pretty boy HAS to play Whitey Bulger
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2011/10/ben-affleck-matt-damon-bring-whitey-bulger-to-the-big-screen/
― Dr Morbois de Bologne (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 01:22 (twelve years ago) link
Both look great in that photo, I must say.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 01:25 (twelve years ago) link
Matt Damon likes Boise and teachers so of course I have to like him!
― fried chicken makes Alex cry, who'd vote for such a wimpy guy? (Abbbottt), Wednesday, 26 October 2011 02:23 (twelve years ago) link
Watched Ford v. Ferrari - his face now looks like it was carved out of ham.
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Saturday, 31 October 2020 22:37 (three years ago) link
This is worse than the fucking car commercials pic.twitter.com/u53fjVPbw7— Edward Ongweso Jr (@bigblackjacobin) January 3, 2022
Isn’t Damon supposed to be an environmentalist?
― papal hotwife (milo z), Monday, 3 January 2022 18:26 (two years ago) link
Matt wisely chose to receive his compensation in non-crypto currency, therefore minimizing the environmental impact of his making that ad.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 3 January 2022 18:32 (two years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/kuYvznq0AK— Poorly Aged Things (@PoorlyAgedStuff) January 19, 2022
Crypto.com, which froze withdrawals yesterday, announced that someone hacked the platform for $15 million in ether (4,600 ETH). This money is now being laundered through Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash in batches of 1,000 ETH
This money is now being laundered through Ethereum mixer Tornado Cash in batches of 1,000 ETH
lol!
― calzino, Wednesday, 19 January 2022 06:29 (two years ago) link
He was very good in “Air”.
― The Triumphant Return of Bernard & Stubbs (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 10 April 2023 20:34 (eleven months ago) link
I re-watched Elysium two nights ago having not seen it since it was new. Angry, ripped working-class goon Damon in a really gritty (like, you can almost smell it) sci-fi story of class warfare. The ending falls apart, but he's good throughout and Jodie Foster is a very good villain.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 10 April 2023 21:04 (eleven months ago) link
https://imgur.com/gallery/dVFsroE
― StanM, Monday, 10 April 2023 21:14 (eleven months ago) link