Comments on: Ben Affleck Ready To Get Literary As Tom Buchanan In Baz Luhrmann’s ‘The Great Gatsby’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 16:01:43 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Paris Milton https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100451 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100451 I hope Ben Affleck’s acting career is relaunched. He has done some great films in his time and should receive some sort of recognition for his work as an actor. He is an underrated actor. So, I hope that from now on he does more movies, more leading roles, tries to reach his full potential as an actor and tries to win an Oscar.

]]> By: Mr. Fart https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100452 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100452 So what you\’re saying Mr. Black is you prefer the Ben Affleck of Reindeer Games and Pearl Harbor to the Ben Affleck of The Town? Exactly how many lead paint and paste sandwiches did you eat as a child or are you still feasting on them?

]]> By: Mr. Black https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100453 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100453 So now two unfortunate casting choices for my most anticipated movie of 2012, Tobey and Ben Affleck. I love Baz, but I don\’t understand how directors feel it\’s a good idea to have them in their movie. I liked Ben before he became a pseudo-intellectual writer/director of mediocre movies. Plz. I\’ll take Bradley Cooper over him any day of the week.

]]> By: Emily https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100454 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100454 I feel he skews too old for Tom. Carey who is perfect for the role skews so much younger. I need to reread the book because all I can do is recite the green light bit from the end.
I would have enjoyed seeing Bradley Cooper though.

]]> By: sdp https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100455 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100455 So basically he\’s reprising his character from Mallrats, just older and in a period setting. This is an awesome idea, seriously.

]]> By: Carly https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100456 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100456 I think Affleck will do a fine job, though I still would have liked to see Tom Hardy in that role. After watching the trailer for the (admittedly awful looking) MMA movie that stars Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton, I can\’t help but think that Edgerton would have been great as Buchanan too. Hmmmm.

]]> By: Ryan https://staging2.theplaylist.net/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-20110408/#comment-100457 Fri, 13 May 2016 14:47:01 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2011/more/uncategorized/ben-affleck-ready-to-get-literary-as-tom-buchanan-in-baz-luhrmanns-the-great-gatsby-119307/#comment-100457 Tobey Maguire is a great actor. I hope he can get back to his \’Pleasantville\’, \’The Ice Storm\’, \’Wonder Boys\’ days. \’Spider-Man\’ did him no favors.

I think Affleck is a good actor and will be fine in the film I\’m sure, but I hope he doesn\’t take his eye off the ball in regards to directing. Nobody mixed mainstream sensibilities with intelligent filmmaking better than he did with The Town last year.

Bradley Cooper is very good, but I\’m glad he\’s being punished for making \’Limitless\’, which was a really terrible movie.

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