Lazer Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 99% of rom coms are shit, glad MM is moving on to serious and respectable work. If he is a good actor, he should be able to pick roles in each, especially not to get typecast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Gittes Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 The rom-com slate is dire these days, though. I'm all for seeing McConaughey in a romcom that's actually funny, smart, has interesting characters and doesn't go through all the familiar beats and tropes. Except where are you gonna get one of those today, at least outside of independent cinema? The guy is better off challenging himself while he's at it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 The last succesful rom com was The Vow,with Rachel McAdams and the Tatum. The genre has died out for sure. Why females don t believe in the genre anymore ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 The last succesful rom com was The Vow,with Rachel McAdams and the Tatum. The genre has died out for sure. Why females don t believe in the genre anymore ? And that wasn't even a romcom (it was technically a romantic drama). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wiseau Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) while it's not a Rom-Com per se..but it follows the same concept (PG-13 rich people issues comedy)..The Other Woman did extremley well so the genre could be reawakened all over again.. unfortunately since Ted and Seth Rogen..and most notably The Hangover..the comedy trend is leaning for titty R rated comedies about a bunch of unrelatable perverted douchebags all this 21/22 Jump Street/Neighbors/Let's be Cops stuff should just die Edited September 21, 2014 by Johnny Wiseau Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 Yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted September 21, 2014 Share Posted September 21, 2014 (edited) Funny how people now pretend they always have unabashedly loved Matthew McConaughey and hold him high in their cinephile hearts even during his shitty streak of romcoms slump. I don't remember a single person that bet on him or quote him as one of the best Hollywood actors merely 5 years ago. MM circa 2003-2007 was: spending more time on beach workouts than deliver memorable and remarkable performances on screen. Yet, people now act like they always thought he was one of the greatest actors ever because he made some interesting choices lately and won an Oscar retroactively asserting that he was actually good in those mediocre movies that were Fool's Gold, Sahara and Failure To Launch. Give me a break, the fact that MM won an Oscar was so surprising to everyone because he was in a dump stuck in romcom oblivion and nobody thought any good about his acting prowess anymore thanks to those movies until that famous streak. Edited September 21, 2014 by dashrendar44 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidensSword Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Funny how people now pretend they always have unabashedly loved Matthew McConaughey and hold him high in their cinephile hearts even during his shitty streak of romcoms slump. I don't remember a single person that bet on him or quote him as one of the best Hollywood actors merely 5 years ago. MM circa 2003-2007 was: spending more time on beach workouts than deliver memorable and remarkable performances on screen. Yet, people now act like they always thought he was one of the greatest actors ever because he made some interesting choices lately and won an Oscar retroactively asserting that he was actually good in those mediocre movies that were Fool's Gold, Sahara and Failure To Launch. Give me a break, the fact that MM won an Oscar was so surprising to everyone because he was in a dump stuck in romcom oblivion and nobody thought any good about his acting prowess anymore thanks to those movies until that famous streak. But the potential was always there. Anyone that saw Contact, A Time to Kill or Surfer, Dude can testify to that. Edited September 22, 2014 by RaidensSword Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) But the potential was always there. Anyone that saw Contact, A Time to Kill or Surfer, Dude can testify to that. My point was that he was seen as the handsome jock that squandered his potential throughout the 2000's (I very much doubt people that cherish him today as a great actor just because of his oscah saw him in Lone Star or Contact nor remember he starred in Amistad). Nobody expected that comeback as a critically respected actor winning academy awards and earning accolades overnight seeing how his filmography had turned out. Nobody. Hell, people probably thought Leo would snatch the Oscar before MM back then as he was pushing really hard for it whereas MM was kinda stuck in a rut career wise amounting to no good. It's like you're telling me Gerard Butler or Josh Lucas will get an Oscar in the next few years. That thought was deemed unlikely back in 2006. Edited September 22, 2014 by dashrendar44 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 (edited) Matthew McConaughey has a family he needs to support now and probably realized that doing nothing but lazy romcoms wasn't going to lead him anywhere in the long run. Put two and two together, and it's not difficult to see why he decided to turn his career around, unquestionably for the better. Edited September 22, 2014 by filmlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Empire Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Uh....kinda. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaidensSword Posted September 22, 2014 Author Share Posted September 22, 2014 My point was that he was seen as the handsome jock that squandered his potential throughout the 2000's (I very much doubt people that cherish him today as a great actor just because of his oscah saw him in Lone Star or Contact nor remember he starred in Amistad). Nobody expected that comeback as a critically respected actor winning academy awards and earning accolades overnight seeing how his filmography had turned out. Nobody. Hell, people probably thought Leo would snatch the Oscar before MM back then as he was pushing really hard for it whereas MM was kinda stuck in a rut career wise amounting to no good. It's like you're telling me Gerard Butler or Josh Lucas will get an Oscar in the next few years. That thought was deemed unlikely back in 2006. Yeah I agree it was unexpected but I mean he wasnt always just a handsome jock. He fell into the rom com phase afterwards but he had shown his talent as an actor already in some earlier roles. It's more like people just forgot what he was capable of. I think almost like Tom Cruise on a smaller scale with his action films over the past decade plus compared to his Oscar nominated roles in the 80s and 90s. For McConaughey, I respect what he's done with his career and he absolutely deserves the credit and respect. I'm not saying he should stop that, just why cant he do both. Make another rom com or fun adventure movie with romance in between all these serious dramatic roles. He has such a great personality in real life that can really shine through on film when given the chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cozmeesah Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I wouldn't say I miss it, but I like Wedding Planner and Failure to Launch well enough. The latter more because of the supporting cast though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmandeep Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I rather seem more stuff like Lincoln Laywer then his rom com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Nolan chose Matthew after seing Mud dailies. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilmac Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joel M Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 I always liked him because Contact and Dazed and Confused were two of my favorite movies since I was a teenager. And I think even critics always liked him. They slamed his romcoms but I don't think they were slamming him. He had this "squandered potential" label but no one was calling him a sellout or a bad actor. He had a much better reputation than say Gerard Butler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 while it's not a Rom-Com per se..but it follows the same concept (PG-13 rich people issues comedy)..The Other Woman did extremley well so the genre could be reawakened all over again.. unfortunately since Ted and Seth Rogen..and most notably The Hangover..the comedy trend is leaning for titty R rated comedies about a bunch of unrelatable perverted douchebags :)all this 21/22 Jump Street/Neighbors/Let's be Cops stuff should just die You are like the worst poster of this site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted September 28, 2014 Share Posted September 28, 2014 Matthew McConaughey has a family he needs to support now and probably realized that doing nothing but lazy romcoms wasn't going to lead him anywhere in the long run. Put two and two together, and it's not difficult to see why he decided to turn his career around, unquestionably for the better. Lol no, the salary he got for rom-coms would have easily supported a family. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoxOfficeFangrl Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) Lol no, the salary he got for rom-coms would have easily supported a family. But if his rom-coms kept underwhelming, eventually he wouldn't get those jobs and paychecks anymore...if not for the McConaisssance, maybe he would've had to go the "dad in a family movie" route, a trip to Sandlerville or being the lead guy on the latest CBS procedural. All that would've paid the bills but without the respectability he's won now. Going the indie route was a gamble because there was no guarantee it was going to work out like it did...a lot of indie movies come and go without making any sort of impression. Edited October 2, 2014 by BoxOfficeChica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
