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
like Malkovich
― 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
the clint eastwood movie looked horrifying
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw it, rugby was really really bad. damon was better than freeman.
― caek, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
His acting improved when he cut the locks imo
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
yea i love him but i dont think ill ever see invictus, green zone or hereafter
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
also the best part of that movie was the black and white security guards becoming friends
one of the white guys looked like fat south african pleasant plains
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Of course there's:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd4o_hUXbfs
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:00 (thirteen years ago) link
hes a great talk show guest too. letterman has a huge crush on him.
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:02 (thirteen years ago) link
simmons actually made a good point about Invictus - mandela spent too much time in the foreground, it wasn't the rugby team's story so you couldn't get involved in the actual drama of the game, plus the whole thing was just lame and crappy
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:04 (thirteen years ago) link
sure he's a nice person and all but this thread is just o_O to me
― zvookster, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
He's not quite as consistent as advertised (he added nothing to Hereafter), but I'll take his acting over Affleck's directing.
There was absolutely no call for him to get that nod for Invictus unless they just wanted to award him for having the biggest pecs he's ever had in his career, but he should definitely get one for True Grit.
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:05 (thirteen years ago) link
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:04 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
yeah i wanted a sweet inspirational sports movie but it ended up just being morgan freeman showing off
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:06 (thirteen years ago) link
He's not quite as consistent as advertised (he added nothing to Hereafter)
Yeah, this was my point upthread. It's so easy for him to slip into stolid mode.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:07 (thirteen years ago) link
think he's great and i used to really not. he grew on me. that first bourne was the turning point.
― horseshoe, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:08 (thirteen years ago) link
i love when he burns the proof in GWH and hes like LOL THIS IS EASY FOR ME and stellan skarsgard looks like hes gonna cry... always lol at that scene
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:12 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah love that scene. also "how do ya like them apples" was always lol for me
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:22 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYD2cwMbpw&feature=related
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:24 (thirteen years ago) link
lol
― horseshoe, Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:08 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark
ditto.
― kanellos (gbx), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:38 (thirteen years ago) link
<3 <3 <3
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
it's like the line in The 40 Year Old Virgin ("Y'know, I always thought that Matt Damon was like a Streisand, but he's rocking the shit in this one") was speaking everyone's mind
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:51 (thirteen years ago) link
nobody mentioned The Departed yet cos i mean
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:56 (thirteen years ago) link
he is obv great in that
― BIG SANTA aka the sleighdriver (J0rdan S.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
still prob the fourth best tho, which is why that movie is so amazing
Beyond the roles he picks, he's been very good at balancing being a star and being anonymous, and it benefits his work. See Affleck and Damon as opposites of how to manage an emerging career.
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
beyond the departed, i like him a lot. good comedy chops, great in bourne action roles, can do likeable or not,
xp choice of roles also important.
up there as one of the top 5 males in 00's i guess
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Ben Affleck: Hey look, I'm sorry I dragged you away from whatever-gay-serial-killers-who-ride-horses-and-like-to-play-golf-touchy-feely-picture you're supposed to be doing this week. Matt Damon: I take it you haven't seen Forces of Nature? Ben Affleck: You're like a child. What've I been telling you? You gotta do the safe picture. Then you can do the art picture. But then sometimes you gotta do the payback picture because your friend says you owe him. [They both take a beat and look at the camera] Ben Affleck: And sometimes, you have to go back to the well. Matt Damon: And sometimes, you do Reindeer Games. Ben Affleck: See, that's just mean.
― hann am0n tana (some dude), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:04 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:05 (thirteen years ago) link
lemon face lion face is where the lols are at in that scene imo
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
which i watched last night tbrr
can i just
http://www.playbill.com/images/photo/m/b/mb.jpg
― kanellos (gbx), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
wait does mindy have six fingers???
― kanellos (gbx), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:10 (thirteen years ago) link
you of all people would know
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:12 (thirteen years ago) link
she always wore mittens
― kanellos (gbx), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:15 (thirteen years ago) link
guys dont get smittensfor gals who wear mittens
― all i gotta do is akh nachivly (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
― would like a calmer set (Eazy), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:59 PM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark
yeah, well, plus Affleck just isn't very talented as an actor. selectiveness aside I think his looks and talent carried him about as far as they could.
my fav Damon-in-a-smith movie moment is him ad-libbing the lyrics to "Run's House" in Dogma
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i have no idea what that pic is
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:17 (thirteen years ago) link
afflect directed gone baby gone so pretty much wins that
― Rockcrit from the Tuoms (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:18 (thirteen years ago) link
i am sort of proud of affleck for realizing he is a mediocre actor and deciding to become a better-than-mediocre director
― max, Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:18 (thirteen 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 (one year 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 (one year ago) link
https://imgur.com/gallery/dVFsroE
― StanM, Monday, 10 April 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link