Can Ben Affleck be funny?


He's stated that he's tired of action roles, and it appears that the public is tired of seeing him in action roles. But can he prove to us that he can make us laugh in this movie?

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I think so. He's good when he's hosting SNL and usually laughs at himself, which I think is funny.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality.

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How fresh to take a stab at Daredevil. Although Affleck has pointed fun at his movies, I have never heard him make fun of that one. I have seen Daredevil, I own it. I liked it and I think that people are only hating on it because Ben Affleck is in it. Kevin Smith was in it, and he knows comic books. He woudln't have endorsed it with a cameo if he thought it was a joke of a movie.

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality.

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No, people are hating on it because it is a horrible, horrible movie. It really makes no sense and follows no real fluid plot line whatsoever. I like Ben Affleck, but he hasn't made a good movie in years.

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Yeah, that's what I've been hearing... that it was horrible and stupid and "I want my money back" etc. I think it had a plot. It might have been thin, but it was there. Besides, a poor plotline isn't enough to make a movie horrible. A lot of effects and revenge movies have thin plot lines and people still love them. (Independence Day, Kill Bill Vol 1)

I think the movie did a lot of stuff well, but few people give the movie any credit in that department. I'm going to go read the user comments again and see if anyone has gotten more specific than "THIS SUCKS!"

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality.

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Been there done that, spat on Daredevil.

Yididididigigigigi.

BUT F**K HE DID A GOOD MURDOCK.

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Yeah he can be surprisingly really funny. My mom and I ALWAYS crack up duiring that scene when he's suinging.

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Can he be funny? Did you see "Pearl Harbor"? ;)

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This looks like one of the worst films of the year. I don't know a single person interested in seeing it.

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So true and Ben Affleck is definely not funny at all. You know what's really funny, having an gigantic roof fall right top of him! OUCH!

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I think Affleck is very funny. He was hysterical in Kevin Smith's films. And, he's a riot whenever he does Saturday Night Live.

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Hey Paycheck was *beep* hilarious!!! Seriously, he was great in the Kevin Smith movies, and looks promising.......

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Sure he can. I've been laughing at him for years!

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How many people are going to make the same joke about " He was funny in (insert intentionally non-funny action-oriented Ben Affleck movie)"? "Duhr... Pearl Harbor was funny. Paycheck was hilarious. Daredevil was really funny." Sigh...

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Ben Affleck can go straight down the toilet where he belongs

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Alot of the people in this thread have judged the film and haven't seen it. It's funny. Affleck always makes me laugh. He plays snarky very well. A friend of mine had no interest in this film, I got him to watch the DVD with me and he laughed his ass off.

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Too many IMDb users appear to be followers, not leaders. They hear a lot of others making fun of Ben Affleck or another actor or actress, and they wish to appear intelligent, so they copy-cat what others say. Hopefully someday, they will learn to make up their own minds instead of follow the crowd.


Neal
The Conductor : Sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see.

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Exactly, T_H_R. O course, the bashers don't necessarily follow the critics. Most of the time they seem to, but for instance with SKY CAPTAIN, they start bashing the movie long before anyone sees it. It so happened that the critics liked SKY CAPTAIN, but the bashers went on their merry way and apparantly discouraged a lot of people from going to see it. The same with CATWOMAN. I don't think very many people know if the bashers and, in that case, the critics fairly judged that movie because nobody went to see it.


Neal
The Conductor : Sometimes the most real things in this world are the things we can't see.

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This movie was really bad and not funny at all. The plot is similar to Dickie Roberts but Dickie Roberts had its funny moments. David Spade did a better job than Ben Affleck.

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just saw the movie and i almost fell asleep ... it's just boring and i don't think it's ben affleck his fault just bad story and not funneh enough

i hope there are gonna be better comedy's with affleck :) well yeh if u have way to much time go see the movie if u dont have way to much time stay away from cinema :p

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I think Ben Affleck was quite funny in this and I really enjoyed his performance in this movie.......is there something wrong with me? Because I thought he was very good in Jersey Girl too!!

Keep doing the comedy....stay away from the action

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YES. When he mugs for the camera, flashing that gummy-toothed smile, I laugh. He's hilarious to watch as he makes a complete fool of himself. In terms of performance, doing comedy requires acting skills, which he possesses none of, so in that respect, NO, he's not funny.

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No.

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if you like Ben Affleck you'll like this movie.

It's a christmas movie its supposed to be s**t

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The only reason I didn't walk out of this turgid piece of crap movie was I was 35,000ft in the air and try as I might the air hostess wouldn't let me.

Funnily enough the last time I felt that way was during Paycheck

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Ben Afleck has ruined more movies than Keanu reeves.

Still, I actually thought he was pretty good in Armegeddon, and that was arguably his most comedic role (in certain scenes) -Actually, those comedic scenes were the only times he was good in Armegeddon.

So there you go. maybe he's onto something.

Bad as he is as an actor, he seems like a really nice guy. I wish him luck.

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I think he is a very weak dramatic actor, but I thought he was surprisingly funny in this film.

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No, being funny would require that Ben Affleck act well.

This is my signature. AREN'T YOU EXCITED?!

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I don't know. I think he is a growing actor and some people are way to harsh.

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Chasing Amy... Clerks II...

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I think he can be hilarious and even though Surviving Christmas doesn't seem to have had many great reviews I thought It was very funny and Ben definately held his own with James in my opinion

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