Brad Pitt announced last month that he will retire in three years when he turns the big 5-0 on December 18, 2013. Sounds shocking but respectively he has done enough films to say he can. Looking back Mr. Pitt is an inspirational individual, especially knowing that he went from a chicken wearing costume dude for a local restaurant to becoming a father of six and falling in love with a very well-known influential actress. After reading the news I started to think back of all his films he has started and I consider at least five favorites of mine that Mr. Pitt has started in. Which are:
A River Runs Through It (1992)
Based on the novel a River Runs Through It by Norman Mclean which is a depiction of his life in Montana, about two brothers named Norman (Craig Sheffer) and Paul (Brad Pitt). Both brothers have very distinct personalities Norman is the studious one and Paul is the rebellious of the family. The film follows both of their lives and the struggles each goes through in order to realize that a close brotherly bond is what makes them stronger. This film won an Academy award for an American film and was also directed by Robert Redford.
Snatch (2000)
This film is a dark comedy with a twist and I personally had to watch it more than once to really understand the whole plot and to figure out what was exactly going on. The reason this film is my top 5 with Mr. Pitt is that he shocks his audience by being a character with a thick Irish accent that only says a few words throughout the movie. It surprised and entertain moviegoers, as well it’s just fun to watch. Snatch was directed by Guy Ritchie and also had Jason Statham, Benicio del Toro.
Se7en (1995)
This film is a suspenseful and dark film that is about two Detectives, David Mills (Brad Pitt) and Detective Lt. William Somerset (Morgan Freeman), trying to catch a sadistic killer portrayed by Kevin Spacey with a precise theme which follows the seven deadly sins in Christian beliefs which are gluttony, envy, lust, pride, sloth, greed and wrath. Watching this film gives you a sick feeling but a mental sick when looking at the crime scenes and also watching the end of film. If you have a strong stomach you may handle it. This film was directed by David Fincher who also directed the film T G W D T which comes out this month.
Fight Club (1999)
“The first rule of fight club is you don’t talk about fight club”. This film is extremely violent and watching sweaty men fight just to fight to escape their own reality from their ordinary life is entertaining and weirdly profound. Edward Norton starts as the main character who befriends Tyler (Brad Pitt) which helps him establish this underground club called fight club. Along the way he meets Marla (Helen Bonham Carter) a craze dissolute woman who falls in a relationship with her. Not to mention this film is also directed by David Fincher. Indeed this film has another twisted ending and you might want to watch the first scene again to get a glimpse of the subliminal images that were purposely made to see the full picture of the film itself.
Meet Joe Black (1998)
Last but not least it has to be Meet Joe Black about a romantic film that follows Joe Black (Brad Pitt) that is Death himself. Nice choice of body death snatches for his appearance to William Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) to tell him that he has come to take him away for his life will soon come to an end. Beforehand Black’s living body meets Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani) at a coffee shop and love at first sight may have encountered Susan. Awkwardly, non-living Black bumps into her again with his father but slowly their relationship starts to flourish. Susan faces the dilemma of making the choice to live with true love or to live without it. While William Parrish is trying to comprehend he has little time to live and wanting to be with his family more. And Joe Black starts to understand how humans live and he also develops a liking to peanut butter a lot, he also falls in love or so he believes he has fallen in love with Susan Parrish. He is willing to take her as well but when he speaks his plan to William Parrish things get ugly. Parrish becomes upset and argues with Black that he has no clue what love is he only is in love with the idea of falling in love but he is not really in love with his daughter. Black refuses to believe until he soon realized that William Parrish was right and he needed to let her go. To which I must say the best scene in this film must be that particular scene when they discuss Susan Parrish’s future. Here is an excerpt of the film scripts’ of my all-time favorite quotes:
It's not love --
JOE
Then what is it?
PARRISH
Some aimless infatuation in which,
for the moment, you feel like in-
dulging. It's missing everything
that matters.
JOE
Which is what?
PARRISH
Trust, responsibility, taking the
weight, for your choices and feel-
ings and spending the rest of your
life living up to them. And above
all, not hurting the object of your
love.
JOE
So that's what love is?
PARRISH
Multiply it by infinity and take it
to the death of forever and you will
still have barely a glimpse of what
I am talking about.
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