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Ben Affleck turns 50 on Monday.

posted 2 years ago by beantown23 (1438)
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I saw in a recent thread that Affleck had directed a few films I was unaware of and I started researching his career. I first was aware of him as the school asshole in Dazed and Confused. He had great success with Good Will Hunting in 1995 and a decade or so of lead movie roles until Gigli almost ended his career. He was a bit of a joke because of his romance with JLo and I kind of wrote him off as a actor. He really has rallied from that and I owe him a apology for disrespecting his overall talent as a actor, writer producer and director.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

He's made some good ones as a director, for sure.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

Ben Affleck turns 50 on Monday.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (72195) 2 years ago

😄…where does the time go?

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

He has real talent, and if he'd kept his nose to the grindstone he might be the next James Cameron by now.

But no, he prefers to spend his time getting hammered, gambling, and marrying badly.

[–] Kowalski (59228) 2 years ago

NOT EVERYONE IS CUT OUT TO BE BEN AFFLECK.

[–] Kowalski (59228) 2 years ago

"He was a bit of a joke because of his romance with JLo and I kind of wrote him off as a actor."

WHY?...DUDE WAS INTO JENNIFER LOPEZ...HOW DID THAT MAKE HIM A JOKE OR AN ACTOR TO RIGHT OFF?🤔

AND IF YOU WANNA GO CHECK HIS IMDB...YOU WILL SEE CONSISTANT STUDIO AND THEATRICAL RUN FILMS SINCE THE EARLY 90S...WITH ALMOST NO YEARS WITHOUT AFFLECK FILMS...INCLUDING HIS AWARD WINNING DIRECTORIAL EFFORTS.

[–] beantown23 (1438) 2 years ago

It was the whole Bennifer saga in the press and IMO he came off looking like a loser in life and love.

[–] tcrum (29851) 2 years ago

Thats a pretty low response from someone I expect more from..I don't give a shit about him, but he has really tried to be a good director/actor. I give him the benefit of the doubt.

[–] tcrum (29851) 2 years ago

I have no problem with him. He's tried to step up and be something special, but I just don't see it.

[–] Padeen (6459) 2 years ago

Did anyone watch "Voyage of the Mimi (1984)" in grade school?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124265/