Brad Pitt and the Beauty Trap

His work has not been undervalued, he is the sum of his parts. Baring his chest is pretty much his only talent.

I haven't seen the movie but watched that clip. Oh my what miracle he put it all back together to look like this. He looked like decrepit crap during and post breakup with The Vampress Angelina

Tristan eterna.

he has his moments, but his main skill lies in his looks.

sadly, unlike Cary Grant, he doesn't seem to have prepared adequately for when those aren't working anymore.

What R4 said.

He's always been a middling actor - not terrible, but not in any way remarkable either. His surface was so dazzling that nobody cared. Now he'll probably get an Oscar simply becauae he has so many friends and is well-regarded in the industry. It won't be because he gave a great performance.

People underestimate the effort Brad Pitt put into ACTING charming and gorgeous. Of course he was physically cute but hardly a god like apollo. He's small, was wiry, and pockmarked like Redford was as well. Marilyn Monroe put A LOT OF GENIUS into concocting her bombshell appeal. Brad Pitt made it look natural and easy but it was not and is not. It's a gift. I'm surprised you naysayers can't appreciate this. Nowadays every straight instaho has talents in working up a masculine beauty that projects. Doesn't mean they can also light up the movie stream and become a star. Brad did one, and then the other!

I've always enjoyed him in movies. Is the biggest star in Hollywood because he deserves to be.

R4, Cary Grant retired at 62. Brad is only five years away from that age, and he still looks good enough to do gratuitous shirtless scenes in movies.

They come from very different eras. Grant’s contemporary Garbo retired well before age 40, which would be like Nicole Kidman calling it quits fifteen years ago. The arc of a Hollywood career just isn’t comparable.

[quote] Grant’s contemporary Garbo retired well before age 40, which would be like Nicole Kidman calling it quits fifteen years ago. The arc of a Hollywood career just isn’t comparable.

Garbo was one of a kind, and her calling it quits at 40 was considered remarkable at the time. Her acting peers, like Dietrich and especially Crawford and Davis and Stanwyck, went on for decades longer.

Pitt's languid insouciance is a quality I lack.

I was born in 1983. I've been in love with Brad Pitt all of my life. Still am. The NYT article is kind of a study in the obvious though. Beautiful people have it easier and are taken less seriously. Even men. But about Pitt this is also true:

[quote]The beautiful man can make us nervous, partly because he complicates gender norms. George Clooney is more than a pretty face, more than one writer has insisted. Yes, but he is also pretty. Some of this anxiety reeks of gay panic and misogyny. Pitt has alternately rejected and embraced the dreamboat role, though he seems consistently game when asked to play that part in photo spreads

^^ Talking shit

He was so funny in "Snatch". A lot of his roles have been boring.

No comment.

He's hot as fuck. I've seen him numerous times. Like jaw dropping hot. I think he's a pretty good actor. I hope he win the Oscar. By all accounts he's a nice guy.

Um...you want us to sympathize with BRAD PITT and his 30-year movie career?

GTFOH

R4, lots of people have looks in HW. He has been able survive all this time bc of his looks? I doubt that. It's what gets you started but not what keeps you on.

He also produces, you know? I don't think his looks play a part in that.

R14, look at that, the guy's throwing the gays a bone and this is how you repay him

It's kind of funny how he was just a cute kid based on his High School photos and he bloomed into an Adonis. I just think he is a cool cat. I love his looks too, but mostly because he has a sweet face. Like he would be a good cuddler, however there a men that are much hotter - pure sex - than Brad.

How tall is he r17?

he ain't no McConaughey! a man who was beautiful, but also managed to ugly himself up and do serious work. and will be able to continue doing that even as the looks pass away completely.

perhaps Brad has limited himself through his choice of roles? he is good in those quirky character bits he tends to do. maybe it is his own fault that he rested upon his incredible physical appeal instead of stretching for more.

then again, there are only so many roles out there. and half of them are some kind of superhero. at least neither of them went THAT route.

He’s juggled the press since Poon. Yes, it’s her name.

I’m just glad he doesn’t go full Mike Douglas and confess to a bunch of trifling bullshit nobody cares about.

R20 Billy Pitt thew plenty of gays the "bone".

[quote] His work has not been undervalued, he is the sum of his parts. Baring his chest is pretty much his only talent.

Any gay porn performer can do that.

^ Any gay porn performer won't be an oscar winner on Sunday.

[quote] perhaps Brad has limited himself through his choice of roles? he is good in those quirky character bits he tends to do. maybe it is his own fault that he rested upon his incredible physical appeal instead of stretching for more.

It is his fault because he's gotten more chances than anyone else with a range as limited as his.

Cringe at him in Inglorious basterds and 12 monkeys. How could a major Hollywood actor be THAT bad?

The academy are star fuckers who don’t have the balls to give that Oscar to the actor who really deserves it.

I condole Brad

And who would that be, R30?

R32 If the Academy had any decency or respect for the craft they'd be honoring the best performance of this year instead of being stuck up Brad's arse. Fatphobic tossers.

[quote]sadly, unlike Cary Grant, he doesn't seem to have prepared adequately for when those aren't working anymore.

He runs a very successful production company and he's already won an Oscar and a Prime-Time Emmy for producing. He said a few weeks ago that he now plans to cut back on acting to focus more on producing.

His looks are not really to my taste so I may have paid more attention to what he actually does on screen rather than his appearance, and I think he's a better actor than he's being given credit for in this thread.

Brad was amazing in 12 Monkeys.

ALL I KNOW IS i've never seen it, never got it with pitt's "looks" or clooney's for that matter!

maybe it is screen charisma, but GOD KNOWS their were and ARE countless men just in southern california/los angeles/hollywood who make BOTH of them look beyond average in terms of both face and body.. NOT to mention the rest of the u.s. and the world...

to claim that pitt and clooney have great looks and great talent that outmatches millions is simply just not true.... they had connections, know the right people and had luck..

Seeing Brad Pitt as "Mickey" in "Snatch" was the first time I realized he actually could act.

He was also great in "12 Monkeys" and I enjoyed him in "Burn After Reading."

^You don't really know what acting is, do you?

The NYT didn't have to put a fig leaf on the statue of Brad. We've see what's underneath already.

The article is kind of ridiculous and breathless. Brad has it so tough.

He is very cool in a Steve McQueen way. It's not all about looks.

R35 I believe you meant to say "Brad Pitt's ass was amazing in 12 Monkeys".

After his SAG acceptance speech a few weeks ago, I think I might have fallen in love with him. He seems like that cool jock who was popular in high school simply because he was just a good guy. He just appeared to be a kind, thoughtful stoner. It says a lot that even his ex still seems to be on friendly terms with him.

Back in Springfield he'd get drunk enough to let a guy play with him a little, but he'd never let you make him cum. He said that he wasn't giving in because if he did he'd never stop. He'd just finish himself and have another beer. He used to babysit for families I knew when he was younger, for cash, and he was great with kids and responsible. He's never forgotten, with all the craziness and phony relationships and going over the line how to pull back to his values. It's why he can still laugh with an open face and almost none of the others can. He puts up with everyone because he says, "We're all fucked up one way or another so who am I to judge?" And he can't stand Aniston.

^ Fiction

"Burn After Reading" was the first time I actually took him seriously as an actor.

He’s definitely improved as an actor the last 10 years or so. He really lucked out after Thelma and Louise in working with top notch directors and films. So much of it is luck in Hollywood and a snowball effect of either good or bad. For every one Brad Pitt there are 100s of Loren Deans.

Old fashioned career, no TV necessary

He's really lucky that he's attractive and unafraid of the casting couch, otherwise he'd likely be a car salesman in Nowhere, Missouri.

[quote] . It says a lot that even his ex still seems to be on friendly terms with him.

Well, one of them.

After the scorched earth separation was finished, has Jolie been all that vindictive? I hear they are still in business on that vineyard they bought.

[quote]otherwise he'd likely be a car salesman in Nowhere, Missouri.

Nowhere is in KANSAS!

Actually it's in Arkansas.

I think he’s transitioning out of hot guy roles to smart roles and producing quite nicely. He’s being a Warren Beatty type without being a douche about it. He does seem to have a natural stoneresque cool to him.

As well, I will openly admit I love him and everything he does unconditionally because he’s so hot he makes me want to blind myself.

[quote] I think he’s transitioning

Aw geez, Edith, the hebes finally cooked up something worse than the fags!

R5 I’m not a big Q.T. Fan, but I LOVED this film and I though Brac Pitt gave a great performance even when his shirt was on.

Weird. I distinctly remember his entre into the film world. He was a character actor than. Kalifornia, True Romance, Thelma and Louise, 12 Monkeys, Johnny Suede. All memorable performances, very different from each other. Along the way Robert Redford made him a movie star.

His reputation as a bad actor I attribute to Legends of the Fall and Meet Joe Black. For some reason when Brad and Anthony Hopkins get together a vortex of bad acting occurs.

The comparisons with Cary Grant is perfect. Brad Pitt's greatest role now is playing Brad Pitt, just like Cary finally just became what he was pretending to be.

Just before Xmas Brad won a court battle with AJ over custody. She wanted to move the kids out of California and he squashed it. She responded by screwing up his Xmas visitations. I think this limits both their ability to work as they can't do extensive location shooting. But Brad can produce. He has friends and colleagues that love him and he'll do well.

Their war will continue. I think he has the bigger war chest and options.

[quote] Brac Pitt

He's the male equivalent of a basic bitch.

Mitt is 72. He's done plenty of immoral acts and damaged thousands of people in his career, at Bain. Good for him on this but let's not make him a hero and we don't need him as POTUS.

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oops excuse me

I haven't read the whole thread only some posts and what I can say is this: most of you are wrong about Brad, you're too prejudiced. I have just seen him in "The Big Short" a film about the banking crisis. He is phenomenal in it; I didn't even realise it was him until way into the film. He's one of the producers too.

Let's face it, he's brilliant. If only he hadn't married that crazy b**** Angelina, and he'd stayed with what's her name, he'll be a lot more respected nowadays.

I love Brad Pitt. ASS. And his nose and lips. I read on Datalounge that some think his nose is simian or some veiled racist nonsense. The Brad Pitt nose is the most requested male nose job in the world. The guy who fixed my nose told me that, as did the nurse in his private office. She said to me " You look like a dark Brad Pitt!!

Like Lindsay Lohan, it's the bridge nostril ratio and the angle of his articulate beautiful nose projection that elevates the rest of his hot boy look to something much more rare. He did an interview with Cate Blanchett on Oprah for that not bad film - Babylon? He wore a thin moustache and was a complete ass, but he looked like Errol Flynn. I have never seen an Errol Flynn movie in my life. But I watched t old hollywood documentaries. Pitt was very handsome. And is now hot handsome, a bit skeeved.

Brad and Jen looked great together. That relaxed elegance that is her style and the just out of bed hair that they wore so well, together. He became more slick and serious looking with Angelina. He looks right with all of his women. He assimilates their body postures, mood and personal style. Even in casual photos, he somehow manages to match the expression of his romantic partner. He's fascinating that way. A whole thread could be done on it.

Pitt's best case for gay sainthood was his ASS. The best little hard white boy ass around. Tiny and round, all muscled and perfect. AND his smooth yellow skin of course...

Yellow skin, R64?

Yeah, of course. Pitt is a yellowbone.

Whichever poster called him and George Clooney average white guys was right on the money.

Are you black R64/R66?

I'm darker that white. Yup.

Thanks, R69.

[quote] Yeah, of course. Pitt is a yellowbone.

How can he have yellow skin if he’s white?

He's pockmarked but OK, yellow.

Because insane troll logic R71.

There are plenty of white people with yellow skin tones. But let's not derail the thread just because Brad Pitt is one of them.

What is meant by “yellow skin” in this context?

Remember at premier of Interview the audience yelled "Kiss him!"

Pitt the younger.

Pitt even younger.

Another.

Gorgeous yellowbone skin alert at R76 and R77. Brad is viewed more kindly now at Datalounge because he is OLD. But he's always been a babe to black men and women and anyone under 45. BAE.

What do you mean by yellowbone and yellow skin, R80?

It's obvious R81. Brad is a white man with yellow skin. He's a yellowbone. It is not that rare, but he is such a good example. Most yellowbones are mixed race or light skinned black people with yellow skin tones. Lil Wayne paid homage to Yellow Bones and Beyonce did too in song lyrics. Beyonce grew up being called a yellowbone or redbone. To go too far with it would be racist. But Brad, like a few other male celebrities is a famous yellowbone. I'm black and I like that ASS, in a white boy.

But he’s not mixed race or light skinned black, as far as I know, so how can he/does he have yellow skin?

Huh, I wonder who knows?

My ex boyfriend was a blond white boy with yellowish skin tone. He tanned so beautifully. Golden like Brad. Is Brad cat nip to gay black men? I didn't know this but I understand it if so.

Leaked Meat

[quote] Is Brad cat nip to gay black men?

Is he?

Affirmative

What is it about him that makes him cat nip to black men? I would think he'd be considered just another bland white guy.

[quote] But Brad, like a few other male celebrities is a famous yellowbone.

[quote] There are plenty of white people with yellow skin tones

Who are others?

[quote] But Brad, like a few other male celebrities is a famous yellowbone.

[quote] There are plenty of white people with yellow skin tones

Who are others?

[quote]Whichever poster called him and George Clooney average white guys was right on the money.

Wendy Williams this morning was talking about some list that just came out naming the most "perfect" looking men in the world. Number one was Robert Pattinson followed by Henry Cavill, Bradley Cooper, Brad Pitt, and then George Clooney.

Robert Pattinson, R92? Ewwwww.

I agree with this. Brad Pitt has made really intriguing choices with so many of his roles from early on and he has never been given due credit. People will always dismiss him but I’ll always be impressed with many of his performances and even more with the roles he has taken on:

—A River Runs Through It

—Kalifornia

—Interview with the Vampire

—Seven

—Legends of the Fall

—The Devil’s Own

—Seven Years in Tibet

—Meet Joe Black

—Fight Club

—Being John Malkovich

—Troy

—Mr. and Mrs. Smith

—Babel

—Inglorious Basterds

—Benjamin Button

—Ad Astra

He so easily could have taken on easy big box-office action and romantic comedy roles only but he has done so many really interesting things.

I think he has a nice body but for some reason I have never found him handsome. And I usually like guys who are a little goofy-looking.

I'm indifferent to his acting and find the whole Jolie/Jen business annoying. "Man leaves woman for other, different, separate woman." Wow. That never happened before.

Pitt showed some comedic flair in "True Romance" as Floyd, the stoned, pot smoking roommate to the character of Dick, the role Michael Rapoport was playing.

While Pitt could play that role in his sleep as could a plenty of others, still, he made me laugh.

I like Brad Pitt, but, to me anyway, he lacks excitement and charisma.

Smooches!

Back at 'ya, r97!

I wish Pitt would go full-on villain in a future James Bond, or Super Hero flick.

He has a good role in the upcoming Damien Chazelle movie Babylon. Emma Stone is playing Clara Bow.

Fuck, don’t wish that on us. We don’t need another goddamned superhero movie.

Sorry, r100. I'll, albeit reluctantly, admit I enjoyed the hell outta the Marvel saga that ended with Avengers: Endgame.

Anyway, Pitt was totally in over his head with Jolie. She had the Hollywood pedigree with her Dad and growing up in that atmosphere of "the industry".

Given that, its kinda poetic justice that Pitt seems to have won the image and PR war with Jolie, and I write this as someone who adores Jolie's stardom.

He won the PR war because she’s trying to turn the kids against their father and she’s not subtle. That’s some low level shit.

What good has “winning the PR war” done him? His oldest is not speaking to him, and I think he’s the only one that understood what happened on that plane. It’s like the situation with Madonna’s son, he’s cut her off.

His jaw and bad skin always distracted me when he was younger, even if he is very pretty. Keanu and Johnny Depp were the prettiest for me during those days, he was a distant third for me. Seems like he got those fixed. They dont make pretty actors like they used to anymore.

What’s wrong with his jaw, R104?

River Phoenix dying sure cleared the way for him to have a bigger career.

Everyone ignored Pitt's turn in the Jesse James movie, he was surprisingly good. I was surprised anyway. I never took him seriously as an actor but I should have paid more attention.

I loved that he won in the PR fight with Jolie. She was always a crazy cunt.

Again, winning a PR fight serves no purpose if your kids hate you. This isn’t high school where being popular matters. And even having said that, Jolie will never lack for attention or be shunned or disinvited from events she wants to attend. It’s well known she’s antisocial by nature so that’s her choice.

It serves a purpose if the person you won it against is in a PR-reliant industry that you now own.

As for kids hating - meh. Teenagers are teenagers. They don't hate their father.

If Maddox is all Oedipal, what can one do? She adopted him alone before she knew Brad, of course he was terribly jealous and will probably stay that way. It pleases his awful mother because with her it's all about her.

With the rest, it's widely known that a parent who tries to turn kids against the other parent will eventually lose. Children aren't stupid. Jolie's a crazy cunt and her parental alienation shtick will blow up in her face, just as her campaign against Pitt blew up in her face. She has no education and she's not that bright so it's no surprise that she's lost.

[quote]She has no education and she's not that bright

As opposed to brain trust Brad "I dropped out of college 2 hours shy of graduation" Pitt? Although I agree with you on this, unfortunately, Jolie will get the red carpet rolled out by the UN and rub shoulders with Secretary Generals and Ambassadors, allegedly helping to solve the world's refugee problems, whenever she steps out from whichever cave she hides. Pitt, meanwhile, has long given up trying to convince the world that he's somehow an expert on architecture and now the main news wil always l be if he was at the same party with Anniston and how long they spoke. I'd rather be Jolie in this case.

[r105] look at [r77] pic he posted. Its the dwyane wade, bethenny frankel, and courtney thorne smith jaw. I have the same thing, it bothers me.

Why should it bother you, R111? Some of the most beautiful people have jaws like that (Pitt, Maria Shriver).

Pitt's jaw looks good on a man.

I agree, “Frankeljaw” can be the most definingly attractive feature on some men. On some women, like Minnie Driver and Bethenny, though, it really is barrier for me to be able to see them as beautiful, I guess because I associate it with masculinity.

[quote] Maria Shriver

Skeletor.