God I want to hate you.
I was going to start my time on Trivialville with something cool and something witty, but instead I come to you with an admission. I've tried and tried to find a way to fight it, but try as I might, I just can't. Ladies and gentlemen of the information super highway: I think that Brad Pitt is the coolest actor in Hollywood.
I tried finding real reasons to hate him. Look at the dude. He's a pretty boy, the dude you would find time to bang your girlfriend on your anniversary, while still fitting in keg parties and football games. The fact that he looks not like an invalid should just make my blood boil, because as a natural human emotion we are jealous of people who have a better life than we do. However, that didn't work. So what about his wife, eh? Angelina Jolie. Say what you will about her personality, she is smoking hot. Ignore her twenty kids and bad Brangelina jokes in parody movies. He gets to bang her. Whenever he wants. Any hole he wants. Any room he wants. He probably made a tape too. Yet, at the same time, I realize that she also willingly had sex with Billy Bob Thorton, so that doesn't do anything.
These flimsy reasons cannot get my wannabee hating soul cleansed enough to start an "Anti-Brad" blog. The truth is, Brad Pitt is a damn good actor, and seems like a damn cool guy. He always comes across as a cool guy in his interviews, funny and down to earth, like a guy you could just hang out with. There's no real aura of big shot around him; he does not portray smug. He portrays normal guy who happens to be an actor and bangs Laura Croft.
Plus, look at his film choices. Sure, a few of them aren't the best (Johnny Suede, Cool World, etc.), but for the most part, he has been in movies that are both profitable AND interesting, which is no small feat (ahem TRANSFORMERS 2). Films like Fight Club, Seven, Benjamin Button, and all three Oceans movies (yes, even 12) have not only been hits but have been great movies to watch. You don't sit there staring at your watch and rolling your eyes a la Body of Lies. You are engaged. Pitt manages to keep you entertained through out.
He's also admirable for not just relying on his looks. It's so easy to just sit back in Hollywood and use your evolution-given looks to score easy paychecks. This man, however, CARES for his craft and takes roles as off-beat characters in movies like 12 Monkeys and Snatch, where isn't the pretty boy. The man loves to act, and to him, it's not a job. It's an adventure.
By now, you've got to be wondering why I'm verbally (typingly?) fellating Brad Pitt and where this came from. It has to do with the trailer for Inglorious Basterds, which comes out August 21st. From the looks of the trailer alone, Pitt'll be playing a crazy Southern Nazi-killing machine with a screw loose. This is a part most character actors take, but instead, Pitt ASKED to be in the movie. He has nothing but balls because odds are the picture will not be as profitable as some of his others. He doesn't care about the success though; he wanted to do it because he LIKED it. Crazy.
Brad Pitt is a damn fine actor and deserves any and all of the praise he gets, regardless if I feel like I should hate him or not. See Inglorious Basterds next month if you don't believe me. Now, while you watch the trailer below, I'm going to go lift weights in an attempt to regain my manhood.
-Jon
I tried finding real reasons to hate him. Look at the dude. He's a pretty boy, the dude you would find time to bang your girlfriend on your anniversary, while still fitting in keg parties and football games. The fact that he looks not like an invalid should just make my blood boil, because as a natural human emotion we are jealous of people who have a better life than we do. However, that didn't work. So what about his wife, eh? Angelina Jolie. Say what you will about her personality, she is smoking hot. Ignore her twenty kids and bad Brangelina jokes in parody movies. He gets to bang her. Whenever he wants. Any hole he wants. Any room he wants. He probably made a tape too. Yet, at the same time, I realize that she also willingly had sex with Billy Bob Thorton, so that doesn't do anything.
These flimsy reasons cannot get my wannabee hating soul cleansed enough to start an "Anti-Brad" blog. The truth is, Brad Pitt is a damn good actor, and seems like a damn cool guy. He always comes across as a cool guy in his interviews, funny and down to earth, like a guy you could just hang out with. There's no real aura of big shot around him; he does not portray smug. He portrays normal guy who happens to be an actor and bangs Laura Croft.
Plus, look at his film choices. Sure, a few of them aren't the best (Johnny Suede, Cool World, etc.), but for the most part, he has been in movies that are both profitable AND interesting, which is no small feat (ahem TRANSFORMERS 2). Films like Fight Club, Seven, Benjamin Button, and all three Oceans movies (yes, even 12) have not only been hits but have been great movies to watch. You don't sit there staring at your watch and rolling your eyes a la Body of Lies. You are engaged. Pitt manages to keep you entertained through out.
He's also admirable for not just relying on his looks. It's so easy to just sit back in Hollywood and use your evolution-given looks to score easy paychecks. This man, however, CARES for his craft and takes roles as off-beat characters in movies like 12 Monkeys and Snatch, where isn't the pretty boy. The man loves to act, and to him, it's not a job. It's an adventure.
By now, you've got to be wondering why I'm verbally (typingly?) fellating Brad Pitt and where this came from. It has to do with the trailer for Inglorious Basterds, which comes out August 21st. From the looks of the trailer alone, Pitt'll be playing a crazy Southern Nazi-killing machine with a screw loose. This is a part most character actors take, but instead, Pitt ASKED to be in the movie. He has nothing but balls because odds are the picture will not be as profitable as some of his others. He doesn't care about the success though; he wanted to do it because he LIKED it. Crazy.
Brad Pitt is a damn fine actor and deserves any and all of the praise he gets, regardless if I feel like I should hate him or not. See Inglorious Basterds next month if you don't believe me. Now, while you watch the trailer below, I'm going to go lift weights in an attempt to regain my manhood.
-Jon
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