OlderBrad Pitt: I’m Really Proud of My Family
Brad Pitt sat down for another interview with Today Show’s Ann Curry to talk about his Make It Right Foundation project in New Orleans. He also talked a bit about his family:
On his six children: “I’m really proud of this family. I look at my sons and daughters. … I feel rich being around them. Each one offers so much to the mix.”
On why he doesn’t talk much about his family in interviews: “I just walk away feeling bad about it when I do. It seems to get cheapened somehow as it goes through the filter and the airwaves. I just want to keep it close to the chest.”
On if he’d marry Angelina Jolie: “If we feel it’s important to our kids, we would.”
Be sure to watch Brad on Thursday’s The Ellen DeGeneres Show. It’s his first time ever on the show!
Brad Pitt - “Today Show”, 12/2
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The film has quite a bit to say about the way fate brings us together or tears us apart, and it’s not about stupid movie coincidence. I’ve thought about the way entire sections of our lives are built off of one decision, one moment where things fell together a particular way, and how any number of things could have prevented that from happening. I’ve been working with my writing partner now for 22 years, and the series of choices that put the two of us in one room for the very first time required his parents and my parents and our teachers and various employers of our parents to all do certain things a certain way, or we never would have met. If that had been the case, who knows where I’d be today, or what I’d be doing? Same thing with my wife… I met her at a party. What if I’d skipped out on it, like I did with so many other parties? What if I’d left before she arrived? What if I’d never met the person who invited me to the party? When I look at my two sons, I can’t imagine my life any other way than this, but it very easily could have gone a different direction based on a decision I made one night eight years ago. We are all victims of circumstance, and our lives are defined by the way we make choices based on those winds of fate. As I was watching the film, and it rolls into that last hour or so, the weight of it all and the beauty with which it’s presented just hit me, an accumulated emotional response, and I spent pretty much the entire last hour struggling with silent tears. There was no one single sledgehammer moment. Instead, it was the whole thing, the ideas it raises, the way it forced me to reflect on my own life. I’ve got no idea what anyone else will feel when watching this film, but I suspect each viewer will walk away with a very personal reaction, based on who they are, where they are in their lives, and what they’ve already experienced. Many films are designed to give every viewer approximately the same experience, but BENJAMIN BUTTON seems to be the opposite, a movie that was built with plenty of room for viewers to find their own way to their own reactions, and that’s one of the hardest things to pull off, especially in a film this size. And a big part of why it all works is because this cast all seems to be tuned in to whatever crazy-ass radio station is playing in Fincher’s head alone, all of them in synch with what he’s trying to do where. There is real magic in this film, and only a wee little bit of it can be credited to computers and the incredible work of Digital Domain and the host of other houses who all contributed to the film.
I can’t say enough good things about Taraji P. Henson, who makes you believe that the boundless love that Queenie offers this disturbingly strange baby is enough to keep him alive. It’s a difficult role as written, and could easily have become a stereotype, but Henson brings that same warmth and sparkle to the role that she exhibited as Shug in HUSTLE & FLOW. I wish directors would bump her from supporting to starring roles, because she’s electric when she’s given the right material. Ormond’s work is subtle, but I think it’s some of the best work she’s done. She was brutally overhyped when she first showed up in film, and I think it ended up hurting her. She didn’t really get to hone her craft because there was so much pressure on her to carry films from day one. Here, she plays a smaller role than she used to play, and it benefits her. As I mentioned, Tilda Swinton comes in for what’s basically an extended cameo, and she offers up an indelible portrait of this woman, “plain as paper,” who proves to be such an important milestone in Benjamin’s development. I loved what Jason Flemyng did as Benjamin’s father, particularly in the later sequences in the film as he struggles to be a part of Benjamin’s life, no matter how late it is. Elias Koteas makes a brief but memorable appearance that sets a haunting tone for the film in an opening scene, and Mahershalalashbaz Ali does solid work as Tizzy, the life-long love interest of Queenie. Jared Harris shows up as Captain Mike, a tugboat captain who ends up taking Benjamin to war. His philosophy is a major piece of the puzzle for Benjamin, and Harris does lovely work in the role.
But the film rests on the shoulders of two actors above all others. Cate Blanchett has long since proven herself to be a versatile talent, but part of what she does so well is vanish into her characters. Here, she’s playing a role that doesn’t really offer much in the way of camouflage. Playing Daisy across the span of her whole life, Blanchett has to impart the stages in this girl’s evolution, and she does it with delicacy and real wisdom. Towards the end of the film, as Benjamin reaches childhood, her work just becomes devastating. She and Pitt have an amazing rapport, and his role, which is so technically demanding, could have easily swallowed him whole. But over the years, Pitt’s proven that he’s at his best when he’s being challenged, and he does the best work of his career here. Moving, human, and heartbreaking, he makes Benjamin Button into a real person, not just a novelty.
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is that rare film that manages to encompass the whole of the human experience in a mere two and a half hours, and I feel like I saw it at the right moment in my life. It’s something I’ll return to any number of times in the future, and it’s rich and strange and wonderful enough that I expect I’ll find something fresh in it every time. My profound thanks to every person involved in making this magic live and breathe, and I hope all of you reading this embrace the film the same way when it opens on Christmas day. Maybe one of the reasons the film worked on me so deeply is because I’m dealing with the notion of impermanence right now in a very personal way. I’ve been here at Ain’t It Cool News for 12 years now, and I consider Harry to be one of my best friends on the planet. Quint’s like a brother to me. Mr. Beaks started as a talkbacker, and my correspondence with him led to a friendship that’s endured any number of professional and personal changes. John Robie was just another occasional spy when we first met during one of Harry’s trips to LA, and he’s one of my closest buddies now. The same is true of Dr. Hfhurrhurr, who is the godfather to my first son. Without AICN, I can’t imagine the last decade of my life. And yet… nothing lasts. And so this month starts a transition that’s going to take me from AICN to my new online home, HitFix.com, a process that’s going to take the next six weeks or so. I’ve met so many great people and had so many remarkable experiences here that I guess a part of me thought that AICN would always just be part of me. It’s a little bit terrifying, and while I’m looking forward to working with a great group of people, part of me feels like I’m leaving behind one of the most significant things I’ve ever done.
Nothing lasts, and as we are blown by the winds of change, we can either bend or break. Here’s hoping I’m strong enough to bend.
http://www.aintitcool.com/node/39274
U CAN BUILD ALL THE HOUSES AND HAVE ALL THE KIDS U WANT, UR STILL A CHEATER AND U CHEATED ON UR WIFE THAT IS YUKKK AND UNFORGIVABLE
Neleh @ 12/02/2008 at 7:00 pm
Anoble anymore twinkies left lol. 30 more minutes Anoble.
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I’m glad you enjoyed the twinkies - and no calories with those twinkies!
here’s a “Frosty” to go with the twinkies.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0BFhgDcZkM&feature=related
Benjamin’ Beauty: A Quick Commentary on ‘Benjamin Button’
Feeling an urge to at least say something
I found the above image over at the New York Times and since I am still not entirely ready to write a full review of the film and it hadn’t been released yet I figured I would add it to this short article commentary since I liked it so much.
After seeing The Curious Case of Benjamin Button last night my first instinct was to run home and write all about it. A few notes trickled into a couple of pieces, but for the most part I felt I would have to see it again before reviewing it. Then, as I was working, a TV spot for the film came on behind me. I turned to watch and just like the trailer for The Wrestler so much of what I felt while watching the film started to come back to me and I realized the reason I couldn’t put my finger on what I liked so much - I actually liked damn near all of it. I liked the little moments as much as the bigger ones and I had a lump in my throat for just about 75% of the film and can tell you right now the more emotional you are the more likely you will come out of this film devastated and balling your eyes out.
I connected to the story as soon as the born-old Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) was able to begin speaking and as he got older I understood everything he was dealing with. Many have called the film cold, have said it keeps its emotions at an arms length and “maintains a slightly remote feel.” I couldn’t disagree with these opinions more.
The film has a peaceful flow - a delicate and realistic approach to it all. The emotional core counts on the audience’s ability to understand Benjamin is no different than you or I. His only difference is that the physical Benjamin is growing in reverse, but the mental and emotional Benjamin is growing up as any child would. Without the physical difference this is nothing more than the story about a man and his ability (and the world’s ability) to deal with that one difference, something that ultimately changes the course of his life even though it so closely mirrors the normal life of so many people.
One person called the film cliche. I read another calling it “so phony and cloying and gimmicky that its success will some day be seen by some as a tragedy.” Sorry, can’t agree here either. Benjamin Button ends up living a full, and relatively normal life. It’s reality with a twist. Benjamin’s life story is no more cliche than anyone’s life is cliche, and it actually isn’t all that remarkable. This film is one man’s life story unfolding in the midst of a unique set of circumstances and it is the nature of its telling and the effect it has on those involved that makes it what it is.
Some have said it felt long and at 166 minutes it is long. However, once the credits began to roll I wouldn’t have been surprised if you told me only 90 minutes had passed. The film is engrossing and the sooner you realize Benjamin Button is no different than anyone else, outside of his physical appearance, you will be able to wrap yourself up in his story as fate guides the way.
As for the acting, folks are right to congratulate Cate Blanchett and Taraji P. Henson. I am not sure this is Blanchett’s crowning achievement as others have said (I think Elizabeth is phenomenal on top of so many of her other performances), but she carries her portion of the load quite well. Henson is just as good as she always is and I definitely see a nomination in both of their futures. I, however, am not happy to see so many write off Pitt saying his performance involves too much CGI and is too limited. Pitt is phenomenal in this film as he creates a character you wouldn’t mind spending some time with. But more on that in a real review along with talk of the excellent script, direction and just about every other aspect of this picture.
I will write a real review for the movie some time down the line, but I felt it was best to tackle some of the criticisms and early comments on the film in a separate piece since they really don’t belong in a review. I will have the chance to see the film again (and I will see it again) I am just not sure if I will wait to review it before or after that time.
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/benjamin-beauty-a-quick-commentary-on-benjamin-button
Hi Senior..I 2nd what you said..20 minutes Senior..
Hey Mongo..muaah. Wheres Pt..
Angelina so Elegant & Lovely in her white dress. Utterly &Completely Beautiful.Her lips were luscious,gorgeous in red. Just Beautiful.
She speaks well versed,intelligently..no huh um ah uh..like u know..Miss stutter much.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=vYGyhH8Pizc
Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error”
(((Bravo Ms.Dina#1+1)))
Hi Cliniqua. I don’t think you were here when I did my shout out.
Honey that was really a nice video. Loved the music and the pictures.
I know the trolls and haters know this, but will never fess up to it. But Brad and Angie mention their children because the interviewers are always asking them about their children and if they are going to adopt or have more.
Just like they are forever asking if they are going to get married. And Brad was asked to take pictures of Angie for her Changeling article in W. He was asked to do so. If you notice whenever they are asked they volunteer as little information as possible. And it is the most innocuous information they can give, which is usually about their children.
Mygawd look what Brad saying all Angie could cook was cereal. That spread around the internet like funk in a closet. That was the most banal of comments but some tried to make it some type of validation that Brad was unhappy with Angie. Sure. Peace
Thanks for all the reviews of Benjamin Button The Movie is getting raves along with BP’s performance. I will be there.
http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/theweek/Film-week-Changeling/article-516242-detail/article.html
Film of the week: The Changeling
Tuesday, December 02, 2008, 11:30
By Mike Polanyk
The Changeling (15)
It’s a writer’s dream to unearth a great true story that had vanished into obscurity. This is one.
It’s about Christine Collins, whose invincible spirit brought down a corrupt police department and ushered in a new era of American law.
Writer Joe Straczynski stumbled upon it in the Los Angeles city archives and brought it to the attention of producers Brian Grazer and Ron Howard.
Clint Eastwood agreed to direct, and the result is another great film from a man who has rediscovered top form in the winter of his career.
Eastwood has called this a film about “truth stranger than fiction’’.
It certainly is, and Jolie’s magnificent presence and Eastwood’s sweeping and assured direction makes this a terrific thriller.
The casting is distinctive, the drama beautifully constructed, and The Changeling is a thorough success and great entertainment.
It is obvious that something suddenly has changed with Brad. He did W and obviously he is very proud of it. And he did Oprah and he was the happiest dad , talking about his kids. But in 2 or 3 weeks , Suddenly he sounds aggressive about talking about his private stuff. He was obviously annoyed by Ann’s questions about his family. Yes he answered those question and grinned while he was talking about his family , But he obviously didn’t want to talk about that there.
Could be the whole X’s drama or the other one about him talking about his kids in Oprah !
He obviously looks so annoyed in most of his pics which have been taking recently.
And there is this whole dark shadows around them recently.
We certainly don’t know what is going on . We are not in this business.
But just by looking at Lainey’s posts recently , you can tell something is up.
Lainey has been attacking Jolie-Pitts for a while now. She acts like they are no longer a couple. She keeps bringing the topic about PittP*rn’s lacking in their RCs . She attacks Angie for everything. Dress , Make up and almost everything. She attacks Brad for his interviews. Wouldn’t be surprised , if i saw her talking and bringing Break Up rumors on her blog when it comes to JPs. Of course Lainey is one very small gossip blog , But it can be a big alert to all of us.
On another not , I just wish Brad and Angie would go out alittle more together as a couple, Just like last year. I wish they would go out for date night and shopping like last year in NO. I wish we would get some picture of Angie and Brad together out other than in RC.
Don’t get me wrong , nothing wrong with staying at home with their kids . But i believe right now Brad and Angie look alittle unconnected to each other. Must be the twins. They have 6 kids. They obviously don’t get as much time together as before. Things will change, hopefully , after twins will be alittle bigger. Peace to all.
4 Mongo dear*
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hWB4ZI4d7Lc
Mongo of course this song never fails 2 make me sniff cry lol.
Hey AG*Wheres Jill*Hey ebmo..Muaah..
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To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.”
IA Ms.Dina#1 *did I ever tell you youre good person*.Muaah.
You contribute so much 2 the threads.Youre well liked,respected.
Im not the only 1 who thinks it. I started visiting Huffington Post more because of your interesting posts. Thanku dear..now sshhh you dont have 2 say a thing. Im mum. Sorry if I embarass you..um but I mean well*lol.
Rock on bdj. Hey Briseis,sonia,beremy girl,NLAL.FALP.muaah.
http://www.bayoubuzz.com/News/Entertainment/Culture/Hollywood_Buzz/Brad_Pitt_Curious_Case_of_Benjamin_Button_A_Love_Letter_To_New_Orleans__8004.asp
Videos at site
It is also a love letter to humanity.
At the surface, Benjamin Button (played by Pitt) is a story about a man growing younger (physically) while living in a freak time warp. He was born as an elderly ugly baby with all of the frailties associated with the aged crippling disabilities He falls in love with normalcy and with a normal, yet lovely childhood friend (played by Cate Blanchett) who at first looks many years younger than his physical age. However, as days pass, the younger he becomes physically is matched by her growing old, gracefully. .
Ultimately, externally, he becomes a young boy, then a baby once again, suffers from dementia as internal age creeps into his young body resulting in his demise.
Strangely, this “love letter: personifies New Orleans where it was filmed and produced. The story is told in reverse as counter-clockwise Katrina approaches taking portraits of lives backwards.
Curious Case is about the lack of permanency in New Orleans and in general. Life is cyclical. Old becomes young while young becomes old. People are born, live, then move on. Meanwhile the vacuum of loss occurs, time creeps hastily and sometimes in reverse.
In Curious Case, Katrina and events wash away lives, memories, and identities. Yet, the storm and reality gives birth to the future and with hope,
So goes Curious Case. Pitt and Angelina Jolie have a love affair with a city that is living in a time warp of its own. New Orleans was destroyed by fate as were the many personalities in Curious Case, yet a new curious future sprouts. Curious represents an ever-changing life where young and old converge, as do the past and future, renewing existence after fate destroyed what was in its way.
Curious and Brad Pitt have given New Orleans a gift. The City survives and will be remembered in part by this most-moving movie. The film and the Pitt glow will help unwind a city that in many ways was and is still going backwards. Hopefully art, determination and talent and the Pitt-Jolie presence will help it move forward where it can take its rightful and graceful place in history.
See Governor Blanco and the Rest of the Punch Panel: Thursday’s event
Brad Pitt Describes The “Essence” of the movie Curious Case of Benjamin Button
#199–are we grasping at straws much!!!…. Now that was funny…ROTFLMAO… Thank you for the laughs :lol:
…..am sooooo happy for the fanistons in agony.
Thanku Anoble youre a dear friend&youre good.I may have 2 sprinkle chocolate on Frosty haha..Thanku..I love that cartoon & The original Drummer boy& The Grinch..
Headed home Anoble,Senior.Soopx,Ate Char.
But 1st Fast food& My Wanted video yep.
Welcome back again andAmen2that*dont know where ebmo is.
Ill find her though lol,shes good.
Back at you Anoble, 4 you…
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=MPBS7dVrE1U
Later all Take care,
Our family the JPs+6 are getting nothing but Blessings.
Done dotta.Night Neleh.
Whine, whine whine hens. It will not change a thing. BP is with the love of his life and has six adorable children. BP and AJ are making a difference in the world. AJ is the biggest female star in the world yet took the time to have Papa Pitt babies and raise their six children. She did not put family on hold for a career but managed to find time for her UN and humanitarian work while having a striving career and raising a family. Priorities hens. Pass it on.
http://www.9wsyr.com/entertainment/story.aspx?content_id=e01888ad-5ef3-40b1-b966-3a4cd1e5b0df&rss=118
Brad Pitt has urged the U.S. government to pass a law protecting celebrities and their families against the paparazzi because he’s tired of photographers sneaking around to photograph his six kids.
The actor and partner Angelina Jolie are tailed by celebrity photographers at home and on the red carpet but Pitt insists their antics have gone too far.
In an interview on The Today Show, he says, “Let me be very blunt: I hate them. I hate these people. I don’t understand why they do that for a living.”
“We’ve got to make a distinction between these people who photograph celebrities at events and people who climb over your walls or wear camouflage and call out your kids names as you’re trying to take them to school to see if they’ll look that way.”
Just a THOUGHT @ 12/02/2008 at 7:31 pm
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Why do you keep changing your name? Everyone in here knows you’re stupid ass and crapy stories.
Stop wasting your time making up stories and fantasizing with the break up of a couple with 6 kids and find HELP. You’re MENTALLY ILL.
IMO Lamey is part of the campaign against Angie and Brad getting award nominations. She did the same thing last year. All her “Pitt P*rn” stories are fabrications . It is just an elevated form of fanfic to make people think she is more hooked-up than she is. She is right in there with Ted. C.
Hi there, neleh, how are you? Thanks for the shoutout.
#119 Just A Thought: You said, On another not , I just wish Brad and Angie would go out alittle more together as a couple, Just like last year. I wish they would go out for date night and shopping like last year in NO. I wish we would get some picture of Angie and Brad together out other than in RC. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t they have pictures of date nights with the Eastwoods and Mick Jagger just last summer, and then in the fall, they went to New Orleans and wasn’t there pictures of Brad all over Angie? Those were not red carpet events, and they were fairly recent. What more do you want?
And who gives a sh*it about Lainey? I erased her from my bookmarks when she started being really snarky … hers is an insignificant little blog, she knows nothing, just the way Ted C knows nothing. They are just insignificant bloggers in the internet, even PerezHilton is no longer the biggie he was last year, no one mentions his site anymore, he is so 2007.
EVERYONE, PLEASE READ ALL COMMENTS BEFORE POSTING….The constant same interviews about his projects and his movie are getting tiring…..Just let one person say it first….There is no need in repeating it a thousand times, like yours is the most important.
knows you’re = knows your
You know the hens are desperate when they start quoting Lamey, bogus Blind Items and Ted C. Meanwhile, Whiny and Peeboy still going strong. On the Insider TV Show, John and Jen made hot couple #1. There you go hens. Love all around.
hnmmm as opposed to the hens saying the same thing over and over. Now that is tiresome.
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