Showing posts with label Ben Affleck. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ben Affleck. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2013
He's "stale, hairy and vanilla."
The reasons — according to the NY Post — why 100s of 1000s of people think Ben Affleck should not play the role of Batman.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
What Ben Affleck said about marriage at the Oscars and why people are criticizing him.
Accepting the award for Best Picture, he said (addressing his wife):
The critics are imagining themselves in the position of the wife and thinking they'd want to hear a nice compliment. But I bet Affleck planned his speech, with the help of his wife Jennifer Garner, and that the 2 of them decided they had an excellent opportunity to speak to everyone about marriage and this was the message they wanted to give: Work on it everyone. We — the pretty people, who seem so ideal — we have to work on it and we do work on it.
The line is crafted. 10 years was edited into 10 Christmases. It's been years and it's included family traditions and deep values that take a lot of attention. The first sentence creates some tension. Is he saying that the wife took care of the home front, making his life stable and pleasurable, while he went out in the world and furthered his career? The second sentence prolongs the tension — It’s good, it is work, but it’s the best kind of work — and we finally get to the resolution: there’s no one I’d rather work with. That means he is also doing this work. And that's subtly stated. He didn't praise himself as he said those last few words which reveal that he is a partner in the work. It's all carefully about her.
Well, there's also the "no one" — the nonexistent person he would prefer to "work with," that is, to have a marriage with, because it's marriage that equals work. The temptation of adultery is that it looks like a vacation from a marriage that seems like work. Imagine the opportunities strewn in front of Ben Affleck. There's a twist on that last line that creates anxiety for the sensitive listener: There's no one other than Jennifer that he'd like to work with (be in a marriage with), but does he ever play?
"I want to thank you for working on our marriage for 10 Christmases. It’s good, it is work, but it’s the best kind of work, and there’s no one I’d rather work with."What's wrong with that?
The criticism centers around this statement as lacking in cuteness, and focusing on the negative. It wasn’t the “right forum” for this type of declaration, it was a possible indicator that “something is wrong” in the marriage, he should have just stuck to “I love you and adore you and you’re perfect” -- basically whining that a major Hollywood star was uncomfortably honest about his relationship and said overly blunt things about marriage in one of the most public forums on the planet.Obviously, that's a summary from someone who doesn't agree with the criticism.
The critics are imagining themselves in the position of the wife and thinking they'd want to hear a nice compliment. But I bet Affleck planned his speech, with the help of his wife Jennifer Garner, and that the 2 of them decided they had an excellent opportunity to speak to everyone about marriage and this was the message they wanted to give: Work on it everyone. We — the pretty people, who seem so ideal — we have to work on it and we do work on it.
The line is crafted. 10 years was edited into 10 Christmases. It's been years and it's included family traditions and deep values that take a lot of attention. The first sentence creates some tension. Is he saying that the wife took care of the home front, making his life stable and pleasurable, while he went out in the world and furthered his career? The second sentence prolongs the tension — It’s good, it is work, but it’s the best kind of work — and we finally get to the resolution: there’s no one I’d rather work with. That means he is also doing this work. And that's subtly stated. He didn't praise himself as he said those last few words which reveal that he is a partner in the work. It's all carefully about her.
Well, there's also the "no one" — the nonexistent person he would prefer to "work with," that is, to have a marriage with, because it's marriage that equals work. The temptation of adultery is that it looks like a vacation from a marriage that seems like work. Imagine the opportunities strewn in front of Ben Affleck. There's a twist on that last line that creates anxiety for the sensitive listener: There's no one other than Jennifer that he'd like to work with (be in a marriage with), but does he ever play?
Sunday, February 24, 2013
"The best in business is on 'Argo' right now. She’s like Rahm Emanuel."
A non-random sentence from an article with the first sentence: "Political movies are expected to rake in the trophies at Sunday night’s Academy Awards ceremony."
So... "political movies" is supposed to refer to movies with political subject matter, but they win awards because people wage a political campaign for the award.
Too much politics! Remember when it seemed like movies were counterculture or art or something like that?
The "she" in the quote in this post's title is Sasha Stone, who's quoted predicting the award winners this year won't appropriate the occasion and make political remarks: "You don’t want to turn off half of America by making jokes about Republicans."
So... "political movies" is supposed to refer to movies with political subject matter, but they win awards because people wage a political campaign for the award.
Too much politics! Remember when it seemed like movies were counterculture or art or something like that?
The "she" in the quote in this post's title is Sasha Stone, who's quoted predicting the award winners this year won't appropriate the occasion and make political remarks: "You don’t want to turn off half of America by making jokes about Republicans."
Thursday, January 10, 2013
Oscar nominations.
Here.
Observations: Quentin Tarantino punished. Who's Benh Zeitlin? Benh Zeitlin gets a director nomination and QT is out. Ben Affleck shunned as well.
"Zero Dark Thirty" punished.
The award ceremony is set up to be a solemn struggle between 2 inspiring models of virtue: Lincoln and Pi.
What is "Beasts of the Southern Wild"? Isn't that the question everyone's asking. Here:
"I see that I'm a little piece of a big big universe." Blech!
Obviously, it's Inspiration Year.
This is why I don't go to the movies.
Leave me alone, Hollywood.
Observations: Quentin Tarantino punished. Who's Benh Zeitlin? Benh Zeitlin gets a director nomination and QT is out. Ben Affleck shunned as well.
"Zero Dark Thirty" punished.
The award ceremony is set up to be a solemn struggle between 2 inspiring models of virtue: Lincoln and Pi.
What is "Beasts of the Southern Wild"? Isn't that the question everyone's asking. Here:
"I see that I'm a little piece of a big big universe." Blech!
Obviously, it's Inspiration Year.
This is why I don't go to the movies.
Leave me alone, Hollywood.
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