He plays a man that is absolutely devoid of a soul (in a quotidian, banal kind of way) perfectly. Throughout the film there is literally nothing resembling a soul stirring behind his eyes, they are totally glassy and blank. This is a much tougher ask than the "tortured soul" or GigaHam™ performances that DiCaprio and Nicholson give (needless to say, both are great)
>inb4 he was playing himself
He doesn't come off that way in interviews, so I'm willing to chalk it up to prowess. This, Ripley, and True Grit are his absolute bests
>op posts about how characters have souls
Um, religion isn't real, anon. It's fake. There is no such thing as a soul.
You’re a literal npc then.
Is soul music also fake? Or are you just too moronic to understand language? If someone says they're heartbroken, do you sperg out and complain about feelings not literally residing in the heart?
I'M A SAILOR PEG
This character is so despicable throughout the entire movie.
I was rooting for him. He was trying to get out of being manipulated all while doing his best to manipulate everyone else for that goal
I never found him that evil or unlikable, trying to save himself yes but Costello probably did worse shit than he ever did
He's a cuck
He's a literal homosexual, so being a cuckold is beside the point
You fell for the youtube moron.
Hi, Darlene.
He shares a pretty fun story about Nicholson https://youtu.be/DuXOSXyyCGo
>inb4 he was playing himself
I think what it actually was was that he had just played Jason Borne 3 films straight and Borne has the same 'devoid of soul' characteristic Sullivan had so it was an easy transition. I agree it's a good performance.
>Scorsesegays would defend Matt Damon playing his character like a walking hate sink throughout this movie.
Matt damon should play jfk.
His character was the weakest and unmemorable in the flick if that's what you mean by no soul. Ripley is fricking lame too.
I thought Jack Nicholson was so bad in this that it took me out of the movie. He acted like he was trying to personify what an edgy 14-year-old thinks a psychopath is every time he was on screen.
>shoots guy
>try-hard forced laugh
>"hehe... he fell funny (said to nobody in particular for no reason other than for people to think he's badass and cold)
>"oh my goood you are so fricked up boss!!!!"
I couldnt take this movie seriously after watching Infernal Affairs
That's odd because IA is ten times cheesier.
absolutely not
It is. Non stop flashbacks and violin.
Marty ran out of 'funny/tough accent' locations
why didn't he just move to some southern shithole full of degenerated morons and set a movie there?
It always bothered me that DiCaprio tried running instead of taking the evidence (letter with SSN#) to the higher ups
Still great movie
Shit movie. And that rat at the end, damn it.
truth. damon's best role. in my headcanon, his character was anally and orally molested as a kid
>character introduced in the last 2 minutes to kill everyone
I check
Sorry but Good Will hunting is his best perfomance ever
>This, Ripley, and True Grit are his absolute bests
What about fricking Jason Bourne!
invented shakey cam
shit
I miss bweee posting.
Scorsese is a hack
He’s so fricking ugly, back in the 00s he used to be considered one of the “hottest men in Hollywood” along with Brad Pitt, George Clooney and Leonardo Dicaprio.
hes always good honestly. good in oppenheimer, great in the martian, phenomenal in that virus movie by soderbergh. hes just a good, always watchable actor.
He should have won an oscar for this role but he wasn't even nominated.
i remember an interview clip of him talking about Team Amrica's "MATT DAMON!" gag where that's all he could say, and in the interview he gave credit to the makers of the film for their humour and career but said he didn't understand the gag. And then proceeded to talk about himself and how many talents he has, essentially going" MATT DAMON!"
I seriously hope he was in on the bit