Most people think about the actor Brad Pitt just like an extremely handsome personality. It is true; the global acting superstar that is Brad Pitt is good looking even for men. His mysterious attitude is charming. It is only normal that the handsome actor became one of the biggest movie stars of all time and a global phenomenon. This is because Brad Pitt’s looks alone could most probably get him the leading role in almost any movie. In addition, most women would like to watch a movie featuring Brad Pitt just for seeing him appearing on the screen topless.
However, it is appropriate to admit that Brad Pitt is not celeb just by his good looking. It is certain that he has some pretty significant acting talent. The problem is that his talent is relegated at the second place because many people pay too much attention on how Brad looks rather than how he acts. The film Fight Club that became a cult film gives evidence of his acting skills. Brad Pitt plays, in this film, plays Jack alter ego or the narrator. In this film, he is supposed to play the cooler side of the main character and he plays this role with such authority and conviction that no one can contest it.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Monday, November 28, 2016
Brad Pitt Turns 50: His 10 Best Performances
By Gary Susman Dec. 18, 2013
Inside the body of a leading man is a crafty (and even underrated) actor
In fact, he’s a crafty character actor trapped in the body of a leading man, an actor whose performances are full of unpredictable, offbeat, human choices. He’s a chameleon who’s worked with his looks or against them, depending on what’s advantageous at the time. And to prove it, he’s been nominated for four Oscars (three for acting, one for producing Moneyball). In 2013, he proved himself equally credible as a hero trying to save the world from zombies in the summer spectacle World War Z and in a small but pivotal role as a laborer forced to put his abolitionist ideals to the test in 12 Years a Slave. So, to give Pitt the credit he deserves as an actor, here are 10 of his best performances.
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The then-unknown Pitt had only a few brief scenes as J.D., a slow-talking hitchhiker who knows how to fill out a pair of jeans, but he made them count. The grinning charmer didn’t just steal Thelma’s heart (and her cash), he also stole the movie. You can see him literally becoming a star before your eyes.
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A River Runs Through It (1992)
As golden-boy Paul Maclean, the idol of his bookish younger brother Norman (Craig Sheffer), Pitt resembles no one so much as the young, gleaming Robert Redford. So it’s no wonder the older Redford (who directed and narrated the picture) cast him. He’s a lovable bad boy, but he’s also an artist with a fishing pole, clearly touched by grace.
.Seven (1995)
Pitt proved he could do dark as detective David Mills in David Fincher’s descent into serial-killer hell. Morgan Freeman is there to lend him some gravitas-by-association, but Pitt is capable of plenty of bleakness on his own. By the time the film reaches its notorious climax, it’s clear that Pitt’s character won’t survive with his soul unscathed.
.Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Pitt earned his first Oscar nomination for his role as Jeffrey Goines, an asylum inmate who may have sparked an apocalyptic biological war. He could have relied on stereotypical mental-patient tics and clichés, but he went deeper, in surprising and mercurial ways. It’s a turn full of mischief and misdirection.
.Fight Club (1999)
Here’s another truly tricky Pitt performance, one designed to fool viewers, to satirize masculine behavior, and to sell viewers on anarchist revolution. Give credit to Edward Norton as the hapless narrator, but Pitt’s Tyler Durden is the multi-dimensional puzzle piece that makes it all work.
.Snatch (2000)
Pitt got a lot of flak for his impenetrable Irish accent, but that’s part of the joke, a way that his Mickey O’Neil takes advantage of adversaries. In Guy Ritchie’s colorful crime comedy, he’s a boxer with devastating fists, but he defeats opponents out of the ring just by flummoxing them with indecipherable blarney.
.The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Director Andrew Dominik tends to guide Pitt into jagged, spare, haunted performances, whether in 2012 crime drama “Killing Me Softly” or in this earlier Western, where Pitt plays the title outlaw as world-weary man of destiny, one who meticulously polishes his own legend by selecting, courting, and goading his own Judas. Neither film was a hit; both are ripe for re-discovery.
.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Working again with Fincher, Pitt plays F. Scott Fitzgerald’s backward-aging character not as a gimmick but as a real person, eager to give and receive love. Whether he’s playing a young man trapped in a feeble old body or a wizened elder in a young man’s body, it’s hard to imagine another actor who could have pulled this off.
.Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Sure, Aldo Raine, Quentin Tarantino’s alternate-history World War II commando bent on scalping “Natt-sies,” is a cartoon, but Pitt plays him with complete conviction. He takes Tarantino’s mission – which is all about vengeance, bloodlust, and rewriting history – and makes it seem almost noble and heroic.
.Moneyball (2011)
Pitt could have played Oakland manager Billy Beane as a misunderstood genius, a prophet of a statistic-based strategy of roster-building whom the baseball gods can’t forgive for being right. Instead, Pitt goes the more interesting route of playing him as a once-promising athlete with a lifetime of regrets for bad decisions, seeking on the diamond a redemption so precarious that he can’t even bear to watch the games. He’s a man of intelligence, heart, and deep scars, and he’s surely an exemplar for the roles Pitt will be playing for the rest of his career.
not mine.credit and source: TIME
Inside the body of a leading man is a crafty (and even underrated) actor
In fact, he’s a crafty character actor trapped in the body of a leading man, an actor whose performances are full of unpredictable, offbeat, human choices. He’s a chameleon who’s worked with his looks or against them, depending on what’s advantageous at the time. And to prove it, he’s been nominated for four Oscars (three for acting, one for producing Moneyball). In 2013, he proved himself equally credible as a hero trying to save the world from zombies in the summer spectacle World War Z and in a small but pivotal role as a laborer forced to put his abolitionist ideals to the test in 12 Years a Slave. So, to give Pitt the credit he deserves as an actor, here are 10 of his best performances.
Thelma & Louise (1991)
The then-unknown Pitt had only a few brief scenes as J.D., a slow-talking hitchhiker who knows how to fill out a pair of jeans, but he made them count. The grinning charmer didn’t just steal Thelma’s heart (and her cash), he also stole the movie. You can see him literally becoming a star before your eyes.
.
A River Runs Through It (1992)
As golden-boy Paul Maclean, the idol of his bookish younger brother Norman (Craig Sheffer), Pitt resembles no one so much as the young, gleaming Robert Redford. So it’s no wonder the older Redford (who directed and narrated the picture) cast him. He’s a lovable bad boy, but he’s also an artist with a fishing pole, clearly touched by grace.
.Seven (1995)
Pitt proved he could do dark as detective David Mills in David Fincher’s descent into serial-killer hell. Morgan Freeman is there to lend him some gravitas-by-association, but Pitt is capable of plenty of bleakness on his own. By the time the film reaches its notorious climax, it’s clear that Pitt’s character won’t survive with his soul unscathed.
.Twelve Monkeys (1995)
Pitt earned his first Oscar nomination for his role as Jeffrey Goines, an asylum inmate who may have sparked an apocalyptic biological war. He could have relied on stereotypical mental-patient tics and clichés, but he went deeper, in surprising and mercurial ways. It’s a turn full of mischief and misdirection.
.Fight Club (1999)
Here’s another truly tricky Pitt performance, one designed to fool viewers, to satirize masculine behavior, and to sell viewers on anarchist revolution. Give credit to Edward Norton as the hapless narrator, but Pitt’s Tyler Durden is the multi-dimensional puzzle piece that makes it all work.
.Snatch (2000)
Pitt got a lot of flak for his impenetrable Irish accent, but that’s part of the joke, a way that his Mickey O’Neil takes advantage of adversaries. In Guy Ritchie’s colorful crime comedy, he’s a boxer with devastating fists, but he defeats opponents out of the ring just by flummoxing them with indecipherable blarney.
.The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)
Director Andrew Dominik tends to guide Pitt into jagged, spare, haunted performances, whether in 2012 crime drama “Killing Me Softly” or in this earlier Western, where Pitt plays the title outlaw as world-weary man of destiny, one who meticulously polishes his own legend by selecting, courting, and goading his own Judas. Neither film was a hit; both are ripe for re-discovery.
.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Working again with Fincher, Pitt plays F. Scott Fitzgerald’s backward-aging character not as a gimmick but as a real person, eager to give and receive love. Whether he’s playing a young man trapped in a feeble old body or a wizened elder in a young man’s body, it’s hard to imagine another actor who could have pulled this off.
.Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Sure, Aldo Raine, Quentin Tarantino’s alternate-history World War II commando bent on scalping “Natt-sies,” is a cartoon, but Pitt plays him with complete conviction. He takes Tarantino’s mission – which is all about vengeance, bloodlust, and rewriting history – and makes it seem almost noble and heroic.
.Moneyball (2011)
Pitt could have played Oakland manager Billy Beane as a misunderstood genius, a prophet of a statistic-based strategy of roster-building whom the baseball gods can’t forgive for being right. Instead, Pitt goes the more interesting route of playing him as a once-promising athlete with a lifetime of regrets for bad decisions, seeking on the diamond a redemption so precarious that he can’t even bear to watch the games. He’s a man of intelligence, heart, and deep scars, and he’s surely an exemplar for the roles Pitt will be playing for the rest of his career.
not mine.credit and source: TIME
Friday, November 25, 2016
Is Brad Pitt an over-hyped actor?
Eric Tang, Cinephile
I thought he was amazing and under-appreciated in the movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. You fear him in one scene; in the other, you understand complex emotions and thoughts without needing much dialogue. Not too many actors can convey this.
You can feel his presence and sternness in the movie, Tree of Life. This is done mainly by his deliberate actions and movements.
And in Burn After Reading, he's a good comedic actor without silly gags or overdoing it.
I don't know too many actors who cover this much range successfully. I must agree with Ratnakar Sadasyula(రత్నాకర్ సదస్యుల) and say that his good looks cause many to overlook his skill. In my opinion, Brad Pitt is very much underrated as an actor.
Ratnakar Sadasyula
I would say Brad Pitt's acting often does not get the due appreciation it deserves. Due to his drop dead handsome looks, Pitt more often than not has been dismissed as just a pretty boy. Something I feel that has not been too fair to his career.
On one hand, Pitt has done the standard commercial stuff, The Mexican, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Troy, Ocean's series, and then his work for the Coen Brothers, David Fincher has been really good.
Not many mainstream actors at the peak of their popularity would attempt to appear in something like Tree of Life, or play a supporting lead to George Clooney in Burn After Reading. And the range of roles Pitt has played from Fight Club to 12 Monkeys to Snatch to Inglorious Basterds, all different characters.
Geoffrey Widdison, Engineer, reader, thinker, dreamer. Scientist, scholar, Latter-Day Saint.
I didn't have much respect for Brad Pitt until I saw "12 Monkeys", it's the first time I saw him in a role that completely downplayed his looks, he's not even remotely appealing to look at, yet he completely owns the role. That's a fundamental test of an actor's skill, if you can't be good-looking, will you still be watchable?
Then go watch "Fight Club", and the conversation's over. You may or may not like any of his individual movies, but the man is a phenomenal actor.
Christy John
Really? He is one of the few super stars who also know how to act. Many people have already listed his famous movies including 'Curious case of Benjamin Button', 'Fight Club', '12 monkeys'. 'The inglorious basterds 'etc.
I am writing to add in one more movie which I believe brings out the best in him. Guy Ritchie's Snatch. See how easily he turns into an Irish gypsy inclusive of the talk and the walk. He is seriously an amazing star who can be moulded into whatever role you want.
I wonder what made you ask this question.
Manoj Arya, filmbuff, a junkie for the printed word
For me he is "best of both worlds" kind. He is a star - e.g. his Ocean movies where is exceptionally good especially in Ocean's 12 with his simmering romance with Catherine Zeta Jones, and he blew my mind with his part in Moneyball.
Tatsam Mukherjee, Big mouth. On films.
2000 Snatch Mickey O'Neil (the Pikey)
2001 The Mexican Jerry Welbach
2001 Spy Game Tom Bishop
2001 Ocean's Eleven Rusty Ryan
2004 Troy Achilles
2004 Ocean's Twelve Rusty Ryan
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith John Smith
2006 Babel Richard
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Rusty Ryan
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2008 Burn After Reading Chad Feldheimer
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Benjamin Button
2009 Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine
2010 Megamind Metro ManVoice
2011 The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien
2011 Moneyball
wikipedia.org
Billy Beane
2011 Happy Feet Two Will the Krill
2012 Killing Them Softly Jackie Cogan
2013 World War Z Gerry Lane
2013 12 Years a Slave
Even if you've seen half of the films mentioned above - Tell me you've seen a wider range by anyone else in the last decade.
David Maynard
Brad Pitt has always tried to take the hard road by shying away from roles that would make him a celebrity in preference for ones that challenged him as an actor. Other notable actors on this level are Denzel Washington and Johnny Depp.
David Durham
I've always thought of him as pretty solid. In interviews he tends to come across as bemused by the hype around him rather than being consumed by it.
David Lamb
First, I will say that I like him as an actor, the movies he chooses to be in, and he seems like a decent person outside of acting.
Brad Pitt, to me seems to act in two different ways - subtle characters, or unhinged characters. I think he is at his best when he plays someone unhinged (see 12 Monkeys and Ingloriuous Basterds for examples). He can play subtle really well, as in Moneyball, or a solid performance as in World War Z, or mediocre as in Meet Joe Black. Sometimes an actor is only as good as the material they have to work with. Or a little mix of the two as in seven and Fight Club.
I think he has potential for comedy, but doesn't do them often (see Ocean's 11 and Inglorious Basterds, Snatch, Burn after Reading).
Then there are the overrated movies like Benjamin Button.
I think for the most part he is a good actor because he is smart about the movies he chooses to be in. And I had no idea I've seen so many Brad Pitt movies.
Anonymous
Seeing "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" made me realize Brad Pitt is a phenomenal actor.
In fact, I'd say his good looks(which look typical midwestern to me) hinder the fact that he's a talented spectacular actor.
not mine.credit and source: QUORA
I thought he was amazing and under-appreciated in the movie, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. You fear him in one scene; in the other, you understand complex emotions and thoughts without needing much dialogue. Not too many actors can convey this.
You can feel his presence and sternness in the movie, Tree of Life. This is done mainly by his deliberate actions and movements.
And in Burn After Reading, he's a good comedic actor without silly gags or overdoing it.
I don't know too many actors who cover this much range successfully. I must agree with Ratnakar Sadasyula(రత్నాకర్ సదస్యుల) and say that his good looks cause many to overlook his skill. In my opinion, Brad Pitt is very much underrated as an actor.
Ratnakar Sadasyula
I would say Brad Pitt's acting often does not get the due appreciation it deserves. Due to his drop dead handsome looks, Pitt more often than not has been dismissed as just a pretty boy. Something I feel that has not been too fair to his career.
On one hand, Pitt has done the standard commercial stuff, The Mexican, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Troy, Ocean's series, and then his work for the Coen Brothers, David Fincher has been really good.
Not many mainstream actors at the peak of their popularity would attempt to appear in something like Tree of Life, or play a supporting lead to George Clooney in Burn After Reading. And the range of roles Pitt has played from Fight Club to 12 Monkeys to Snatch to Inglorious Basterds, all different characters.
Geoffrey Widdison, Engineer, reader, thinker, dreamer. Scientist, scholar, Latter-Day Saint.
I didn't have much respect for Brad Pitt until I saw "12 Monkeys", it's the first time I saw him in a role that completely downplayed his looks, he's not even remotely appealing to look at, yet he completely owns the role. That's a fundamental test of an actor's skill, if you can't be good-looking, will you still be watchable?
Then go watch "Fight Club", and the conversation's over. You may or may not like any of his individual movies, but the man is a phenomenal actor.
Christy John
Really? He is one of the few super stars who also know how to act. Many people have already listed his famous movies including 'Curious case of Benjamin Button', 'Fight Club', '12 monkeys'. 'The inglorious basterds 'etc.
I am writing to add in one more movie which I believe brings out the best in him. Guy Ritchie's Snatch. See how easily he turns into an Irish gypsy inclusive of the talk and the walk. He is seriously an amazing star who can be moulded into whatever role you want.
I wonder what made you ask this question.
Manoj Arya, filmbuff, a junkie for the printed word
For me he is "best of both worlds" kind. He is a star - e.g. his Ocean movies where is exceptionally good especially in Ocean's 12 with his simmering romance with Catherine Zeta Jones, and he blew my mind with his part in Moneyball.
- Ocean's 12 Rusy Ryan
- Moneyball Billy Beane
Tatsam Mukherjee, Big mouth. On films.
2000 Snatch Mickey O'Neil (the Pikey)
2001 The Mexican Jerry Welbach
2001 Spy Game Tom Bishop
2001 Ocean's Eleven Rusty Ryan
2004 Troy Achilles
2004 Ocean's Twelve Rusty Ryan
2005 Mr. & Mrs. Smith John Smith
2006 Babel Richard
2007 Ocean's Thirteen Rusty Ryan
2007 The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
2008 Burn After Reading Chad Feldheimer
2008 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Benjamin Button
2009 Inglourious Basterds Lt. Aldo Raine
2010 Megamind Metro ManVoice
2011 The Tree of Life Mr. O'Brien
2011 Moneyball
wikipedia.org
Billy Beane
2011 Happy Feet Two Will the Krill
2012 Killing Them Softly Jackie Cogan
2013 World War Z Gerry Lane
2013 12 Years a Slave
Even if you've seen half of the films mentioned above - Tell me you've seen a wider range by anyone else in the last decade.
David Maynard
Brad Pitt has always tried to take the hard road by shying away from roles that would make him a celebrity in preference for ones that challenged him as an actor. Other notable actors on this level are Denzel Washington and Johnny Depp.
David Durham
I've always thought of him as pretty solid. In interviews he tends to come across as bemused by the hype around him rather than being consumed by it.
David Lamb
First, I will say that I like him as an actor, the movies he chooses to be in, and he seems like a decent person outside of acting.
Brad Pitt, to me seems to act in two different ways - subtle characters, or unhinged characters. I think he is at his best when he plays someone unhinged (see 12 Monkeys and Ingloriuous Basterds for examples). He can play subtle really well, as in Moneyball, or a solid performance as in World War Z, or mediocre as in Meet Joe Black. Sometimes an actor is only as good as the material they have to work with. Or a little mix of the two as in seven and Fight Club.
I think he has potential for comedy, but doesn't do them often (see Ocean's 11 and Inglorious Basterds, Snatch, Burn after Reading).
Then there are the overrated movies like Benjamin Button.
I think for the most part he is a good actor because he is smart about the movies he chooses to be in. And I had no idea I've seen so many Brad Pitt movies.
Anonymous
Seeing "Curious Case of Benjamin Button" made me realize Brad Pitt is a phenomenal actor.
In fact, I'd say his good looks(which look typical midwestern to me) hinder the fact that he's a talented spectacular actor.
not mine.credit and source: QUORA
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