Comments on: Matt Damon claims he turns down movies with gratuitous violence http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/ Stylish celebrity escapism Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:24:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Patrice http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-492175 Patrice Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:34:09 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-492175 Lucy: I was with you until the "he never votes part". Voting is confidential so there is NO WAY for you to know that. Also, who cares if he has big houses, he's earned them! Howie: No, he met Luciana when she was waiting tables in Miami. Lucy: I was with you until the “he never votes part”. Voting is confidential so there is NO WAY for you to know that. Also, who cares if he has big houses, he’s earned them!

Howie: No, he met Luciana when she was waiting tables in Miami.

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]]> By: Howie http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-491394 Howie Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:40:54 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-491394 ^^ Say what? I though he met his wife in Italy or something? ^^ Say what? I though he met his wife in Italy or something?

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]]> By: lucy http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-491363 lucy Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:57:14 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-491363 Please - this guy is such a hypocrite! Which of his movies don't have gratuitous violence? (All 3 Bournes, Departed, Green Zone, Brothers Grimm, Good Will Hunting, Rounders, Dogma, etc.). He can't utter a single sentence (in real life - not on film) that isn't riddled with explicatives. He made that vile video with Sarah Silverman (which sets a wonderful example for his teenage step-daughter). He met his wife at a titty-bar and just this weekend he made her perform lap dances at The Hustler Club -in front of his friends. What a wonderful role model for their daughters! Despite his "water" campaign, he bought a 10 bedroom 10 BATHROOM house in Miami and then he bought the 4 bedroom house next door which he knocked down to build a bigger POOL HOUSE. Now, he is trying to buy another 10 bedroom, 10 BATHROOM apartment in NY. Oh - and despite all his political proselytizing - he NEVER VOTES! Please – this guy is such a hypocrite! Which of his movies don’t have gratuitous violence? (All 3 Bournes, Departed, Green Zone, Brothers Grimm, Good Will Hunting, Rounders, Dogma, etc.). He can’t utter a single sentence (in real life – not on film) that isn’t riddled with explicatives. He made that vile video with Sarah Silverman (which sets a wonderful example for his teenage step-daughter). He met his wife at a titty-bar and just this weekend he made her perform lap dances at The Hustler Club -in front of his friends. What a wonderful role model for their daughters! Despite his “water” campaign, he bought a 10 bedroom 10 BATHROOM house in Miami and then he bought the 4 bedroom house next door which he knocked down to build a bigger POOL HOUSE. Now, he is trying to buy another 10 bedroom, 10 BATHROOM apartment in NY. Oh – and despite all his political proselytizing – he NEVER VOTES!

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]]> By: WAC http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-491329 WAC Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:12:31 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-491329 I think he means violence for fun, making it look cool and like something you should do to be a bad ass or 'feel like a man'. Jason Bourne is violent in self-defense. He makes it look cool to be able to do the things he physically can in the movie, but you never get the impression that Jason Bourne enjoys being violent. Quite the opposite- he is trying to leave that life. In closing, I LOVE MATT DAMON - he seems like a good person. He's very handsome and has a beautiful family, too! I think he means violence for fun, making it look cool and like something you should do to be a bad ass or ‘feel like a man’.

Jason Bourne is violent in self-defense. He makes it look cool to be able to do the things he physically can in the movie, but you never get the impression that Jason Bourne enjoys being violent. Quite the opposite- he is trying to leave that life.

In closing, I LOVE MATT DAMON – he seems like a good person. He’s very handsome and has a beautiful family, too!

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]]> By: Patrice http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-491041 Patrice Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:23:12 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-491041 Ummm, he does know that he was in (the fantastic) "Departed" doesn't he?? Ummm, he does know that he was in (the fantastic) “Departed” doesn’t he??

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]]> By: Feebee http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-490969 Feebee Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:29:44 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-490969 I'm with Beth and AC. There are a number of movies where violence is part of the plot and integral to the movie, then there's the stuff that's over the top and pointless ie gratutious :). I’m with Beth and AC. There are a number of movies where violence is part of the plot and integral to the movie, then there’s the stuff that’s over the top and pointless ie gratutious :) .

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]]> By: icky http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-490759 icky Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:44:32 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-490759 I love love love him I love love love him

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]]> By: sauvage http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-490482 sauvage Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:37:33 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-490482 I never watched "Saving Private Ryan" (except for the beginning because I had to in class, something about war poetry) and I never will because I don't do violence very well and in war there's little else, so - no. The thing about "The Departed" is, though, that I think that's a case where the violence shown is crucial to telling the character's stories. *SPOILER FOR THE DEPARTED FOLLOWING* The scene through I suffered the most was actually when Leo's bandaged hand gets smashed on the table to see if there was a hidden microphone in there. First, the acting was so incredibly good and tense and BOY! and, second: A broken hand is a sort of pain I can relate to from personal experience. *shudder* The second time I cringed was when Jack Nicholson's character is coming out of the back of the restaurant, covered in blood, looking like he worked in a slaughterhouse - because that's when my FANTASY kicked in and I realized what you'd have to do to somebody to make them bleed that much. Again: *shudder* I don't like violence, I never watch horror movies because I don't see the fascination of splashing blood. And I covered my eyes and ears once or twice watching "The Departed" - my boyfriend at the time told me when to watch again - BUT I still think the violence in the film told me some essentials about the characters and the world they lived in. The ruthlessness, the cruelty, the merit of life in this kind of environment - zero - the greed and on the other hand the drive for justice. I really liked the film. Still don't think I'll watch it again, I'm better with unicorns and rainbows and happy endings in the long run. I never watched “Saving Private Ryan” (except for the beginning because I had to in class, something about war poetry) and I never will because I don’t do violence very well and in war there’s little else, so – no.

The thing about “The Departed” is, though, that I think that’s a case where the violence shown is crucial to telling the character’s stories.

*SPOILER FOR THE DEPARTED FOLLOWING*

The scene through I suffered the most was actually when Leo’s bandaged hand gets smashed on the table to see if there was a hidden microphone in there. First, the acting was so incredibly good and tense and BOY! and, second: A broken hand is a sort of pain I can relate to from personal experience. *shudder*

The second time I cringed was when Jack Nicholson’s character is coming out of the back of the restaurant, covered in blood, looking like he worked in a slaughterhouse – because that’s when my FANTASY kicked in and I realized what you’d have to do to somebody to make them bleed that much. Again: *shudder*

I don’t like violence, I never watch horror movies because I don’t see the fascination of splashing blood. And I covered my eyes and ears once or twice watching “The Departed” – my boyfriend at the time told me when to watch again – BUT I still think the violence in the film told me some essentials about the characters and the world they lived in. The ruthlessness, the cruelty, the merit of life in this kind of environment – zero – the greed and on the other hand the drive for justice. I really liked the film. Still don’t think I’ll watch it again, I’m better with unicorns and rainbows and happy endings in the long run.

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]]> By: Sumodo http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-490425 Sumodo Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-490425 Matt, get a grip! Do you think you're the second coming of TOM HANKS? No way! Join Josh Brolin in a Western? Dream on, pretty boy, and be glad for the old ultra-v. You look hawt with a Smith & Wesson in a holstah! Matt, get a grip! Do you think you’re the second coming of TOM HANKS? No way! Join Josh Brolin in a Western? Dream on, pretty boy, and be glad for the old ultra-v. You look hawt with a Smith & Wesson in a holstah!

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]]> By: nikki http://www.celebitchy.com/76509/matt_damon_claims_he_turns_down_movies_with_gratuitous_violence/#comment-490415 nikki Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:51:14 +0000 http://www.celebitchy.com/?p=76509#comment-490415 so no more big action movies? so no more big action movies?

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