
For the last three or four years, I hope Ben Affleck can be our generation’s Clint Eastwood. Affleck has completely transformed himself into a Hollywood A-lister. With a career that began with Kevin Smith movies like
Mallrats and
Chasing Amy, Affleck became a household name when he won an Academy Award (best original screenplay) for
Good Will Hunting, a film in which he co-starred with Matt Damon. Affleck then stars in big-budget blockbusters such as
Armageddon, Pearl Harbor, and
The Sum of All Fears. But after he started dating Jennifer Lopez and co-starred with her in both the forgettable
Jersey Girl and
Gigli, a movie that many people have called one of the worst movies ever made, his perception as an actor began taking a turn for the worse. Forgettable money grabbers like
Daredevil, Paycheck, and
Surviving Christmas accompanied tabloid fodder, and seemingly, in the blink of an eye, Affleck became sort of a joke in Hollywood circles.
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