{"id":76368,"date":"2010-07-19T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T18:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lookingcloser.org\/?p=76368"},"modified":"2012-10-04T21:56:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-05T03:56:07","slug":"the-affleck-affect-actors-who-are-better-at-directing-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lookingcloser\/2010\/07\/the-affleck-affect-actors-who-are-better-at-directing-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The Affleck Affect: Actors Who are Better at Directing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Sure, Ben Affleck starred in a couple of disposable films. I still like the guy.<\/p>\n

Maybe if I\u2019d had to suffer through Gigli<\/em>, I\u2019d feel differently. But I loved his turn in Good Will Hunting<\/em>, thought he did his best as Jack Ryan, and I even enjoyed him in the not-so-memorable films Bounce<\/em> and Jersey Girl<\/em>. I just think he needs the right roles, the right scripts. <\/p>\n

But what\u2019s far more interesting to me is the revelation of Ben Affleck the Director<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Gone Baby Gone<\/em> was a stunner of a debut. So impressive, in fact, that I cynically wondered just how much help he\u2019d been given by powerful Hollywood friends.<\/p>\n

But this? Wow. This trailer for The Town<\/em> played before Inception<\/em>, and while everybody else left the theater talking about Inception<\/em>, I left thinking about how much I want to see this.<\/p>\n

You? Does this trailer get your attention?<\/p>\n

<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to see it. And it makes me even more interested in seeing what Affleck does next.<\/p>\n<p>Can you think of another actor who, when he started directing, turned out to be a better director than an actor?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, Ben Affleck starred in a couple of disposable films. I still like the guy. Maybe if I\u2019d had to suffer through Gigli, I\u2019d feel differently. But I loved his turn in Good Will Hunting, thought he did his best as Jack Ryan, and I even enjoyed him in the not-so-memorable films Bounce and Jersey […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1051,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1577,1576,1575,389],"class_list":["post-76368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-ben-affleck","tag-gone-baby-gone","tag-the-town","tag-trailer"],"yoast_head":"\n<title>The Affleck Affect: Actors Who are Better at Directing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sure, Ben Affleck starred in a couple of disposable films. I still like the guy. Maybe if I'd had to suffer through Gigli, I'd feel differently. 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