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Posted by tinear on May 5, 2002 at 07:51:34

the leading men gone? Don't know about you, but I'm fairly tired of seeing pentagenarians (?) and sexagenarians as leading men successfully courting women of their granddaughters' ages. But, at least Hackman, Redford, Ford, Pacino, De Niro, etc. can act. How about the current crop?
Ben Affleck (AAAAAAAAAAfffffleccck): earnest, but more a tv kinda guy. You don't have to look too closely to see him really straining in his role, i.e. "Changing Lanes."
Matt Damon: an example will suffice. Blown off the screen by Jude Law in the (damn my memory) movie where Damon killed Law to assume his identity (also starred Gwyneth P)
Brad Pitt. So self conscious of his looks he seldom attempts a leading role. Seems to be saying "forget I'm a hunk and look how much personality I can show you." He does do a good job with smaller roles, but, outside of "Se7en," he ain't done squat.
Edward Norton. Maybe the only one with the acting "chops." Here again, likes to do the cutesy stuff. "Primal Fear" showed his power. "American History X" (wasn't that the title?) confirmed his skill.
Tom Cruise. I think he's got the skill, but he still looks like a little boy. His acting did improve after his master class w/Kubrick...but he can only do so much with his stature and persona.

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Topic - Where have all... - tinear 07:51:34 05/05/02 (21)

Guys! No one can remember - mvwine 06:16:18 05/06/02 (1)

Hey, - tinear 07:04:14 05/06/02 (0)

Re: Where have all... - Bolt_Snypr 15:42:30 05/05/02 (0)

Re: Where have all... - caa 15:02:07 05/05/02 (2)

market analysis - petew 07:37:09 05/06/02 (1)

Re: market analysis - caa 00:40:07 05/10/02 (0)

Where have you been? - AuPh 09:39:33 05/05/02 (9)

Re: Where have you been? - Victor Khomenko 17:10:13 05/05/02 (0)

"voluptuous" - Joe Murphy Jr 14:20:38 05/05/02 (0)

Been there, seen that... - tinear 11:16:27 05/05/02 (6)

hitting middle age, are we?...nt.. - late 11:20:31 05/05/02 (5)

Re: hitting middle age, are we?...nt.. - mikenyc 12:08:24 05/05/02 (4)

ennui ennui, oh baby, now, we gotta go - late 14:57:23 05/05/02 (3)

Re: ennui ennui, oh baby, now, we gotta go - mikenyc 16:26:58 05/05/02 (0)

As with many generalities, - tinear 15:47:38 05/05/02 (1)

equal to whom? - late 18:02:25 05/05/02 (0)

Today's movie guys - Joe Murphy Jr 09:01:29 05/05/02 (4)

Re: your memory problem. - Bruce from DC 07:12:44 05/06/02 (2)

Wanted to fix that, but forgot. - Joe Murphy Jr 17:00:08 05/06/02 (0)

One thing for Damon.... - mvwine 07:38:00 05/06/02 (0)

Re: Today's movie guys - mikenyc 09:56:39 05/05/02 (0)

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