Open Announcement to the Academy...
(taps microphone) Ladies and Gentleman of the Academy,STOP SCREWING OVER MATT DAMON!!!
Thank you for your time (and apparently you did NOT see The Good Shepherd this year),
The BLS
posted by The BLS @ 1/31/2007 12:30:00 AM
5 Comments:
But hasn't he won an oscar already?
Very good, astute viewer. Yes, Matt Damon has won an Oscar... for WRITING.
He's been nominated for Best Actor for Good Will Hunting.
But I can name at least three other movies where he was should have been a contender for an Oscar and failed to get a nod: The Good Shepherd, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan, and All the Pretty Horses are just a few of his best, in my opinion. I haven't seen The Departed yet, but I've been told his performance in THAT was phenomenal as well.
It just irks me that critics are so bowled over by Leonardo DiCaprio this year and overlook an actor who is constantly turning out quality product. (No, Leonardo, I'm not letting anyone forget your moving turns in Titanic and The Beach.)
But I'm not bitter or anything.
The problem with Damon is he always plays the same role these days.
Although if you are a Damon fan I can't believe you haven't seen the departed. It is freakin amazing. But again, he plays the same guy. The suprise hit in that flick was Alec Baldwin. You need to see it asap.
Leonardo was great in Titanic, and I proudly admit that I thoroughly enjoyed that movie (even if everyone else pans it these days). Damon is an awesome actor, but did you really like The Good Shepherd? It was so disjointed and boring and non-informative. I blame that on DeNiro, not Matty. His only flaw was not requesting the make-up department to actually make him look older when he was supposed to be older.
Don't worry, Matt will get his...
I thought he should have gotten a nomination for "The Departed" though.
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