Ya know, being washed up at 40 must be a pretty difficult thing to have to contend with, especially of you're one of those egotistical Hollywood types who's pretty used to being treated like you're something special. My case in point here is one Ben Affleck who, finding himself between movie flops, has apparently decided to turn his attention to offering up his version of typical Hollywood political insight. And in so doing, Ben compares Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to past campaign losers Al Gore, Michael Dukakis and Bob Dole. Like most who reside out there in Loonville, the actor/director has been very outspoken in support of various Democrat causes in the past, but this time around doesn't seem to be quite so fired up about offering the typical full-throated support for Barry "Almighty." Which is kind of odd really, since most out there in his neck of the woods have been falling over themselves holding fundraisers for Barry.
"I voted for Obama last time although he got to be all things to all people then," Affleck said in an interview to promote his silly looking new film called, "Argo." He went on to say, "And now he's got a record which makes it really different ... I obviously have more complicated feelings." Right, these actor types are very complicated individuals. Most haven't got the brains of your average ice cube. But hey, they're just so darn much smarter than we little people. Blabbering on, Affleck says Romney's inability to connect with everyday Americans is reminiscent of past failed candidates. "I think Republicans really had a chance to win," Affleck said. "And they kind of ended up with like a sort of Mike Dukakis, Al Gore, Bob Dole type - who just couldn't get people to see him as a real person somehow. Romney just had such trouble coming off as just like the kind of person you see at the grocery store. And I truly believe that has cost him the election."
In offering up how it is that he sees things developing, like we really care what he might think, he says, "It seems quite unlikely at least if you look at the statistics that he's going to pull it out. I think something happens in presidential politics where there's negative momentum. You start making mistakes and then all your advisers tell you, `You've got to raise your arms more!' `You've got to talk deeper.' So people just get into becoming robotic." Well gee, this guy missed his true calling, why's he wasting his time making movies non one sees when he could hire himself out as some sort of political advisor or something. Hell, he couldn't do any worse than he's doing now, right? I mean, I guess he could keep making movies, but you'd think at some point that would become a little boring. But, maybe I'm wrong, after all a lot of these Hollywood types use their personal failure as an excuse for their various addictions. They seem to enjoy their misery, maybe it works to stimulate their creative juices.
So Affleck's latest attempt at some sort of a comeback is entitled, "Argo," and will be in theatres, I guess, starting Oct. 12. If I understand the premise correctly it supposedly chronicles a joint effort by the CIA and the Canadian government to rescue six Americans from Tehran after the U.S. embassy was taken over by Islamist militants in 1978. From the previews that I've seen it most definitely does not look worth the 10 bucks that it would cost me to go see it. I'll either wait for it to come out on DVD, or most likely not waste my time with it. And look, if recent history is any kind of an indicator of what's currently been coming out of Hollywood, unless you're interested in movies that constantly paint this country in a very bad light, or portray we Americans as somehow being nothing more than greedy, polluting, corrupt and evil villains, then there really isn't much sense in going to the movies these days. Maybe that's why business hasn't been all that good for Hollywood this past summer.
Affleck, who has done some lobbying in Washington and even visited Africa several times for various causes, doesn't sound like much of an optimist regardless of the outcome in November. "The world is a very tricky place in terms of foreign affairs. And really, really we're in very bad shape economically," he said. "My worry is less about the presidential election than whether or not we're on a permanent downtrend. That really concerns me. Beyond the Obama administration and whoever the next - the Clinton administration - whoever gets elected next. That's my main concern." Affleck comes by his liberal weirdness quite honestly. Having been born in California for one thing, and having a mother who graduated from Harvard and was a 'freedom rider' back in the 1960s. Look, I really don’t care what this guys thinks about anything, and the fact that he is or is not optimistic about the future, has very little impact on how I feel.
Hollywood clowns like Affleck simply do not have even the slightest concept of what it's like to live in the real world, at least not in the one I live in. They just don't have a clue. And none of them except for maybe that flaming nut Ed Begley Jr, live by the rules that they say the rest of us should live by. I've always thought that these Hollywood types would be doing themselves a huge favor if they were just to keep their big mouths shut when it came to discussing any topic that could even remotely be tied to politics. That's the main reason I've pretty much stopped going to the movies anymore. I mean why should I spend 40-50 dollars, between tickets and munchies, on a night out for me and my wife, to see some movie that either belittles my country or is somehow demeaning to me? And I absolutely refuse to allow these Hollywood elitists to launder my money. I'd rather none of my money was used to subsidize any of their wacky causes or any of the socialist candidates that seem to be favored by our supposed celebrities.
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