Biography
Ben Affleck was born on August 15, 1972 and is about 40 years old. His mother, Christine Anne “Chris” Affleck was a school district employee and teacher. She was also a freedom rider in the late 1960’s. His Father, Timothy Byers Affleck, on the other hand has had multiple qualities, which included Drug counselor, Social worker, janitor, auto mechanic, bartender, writer, director, and actor with theater company of Boston. His younger sibling and only brother, Casey Affleck is also an actor. Ben has three children, Violet, Seraphina, and Samuel. The mother of these children and current spouse of Ben is Jennifer Garner.
As an early child, Ben was an actor for PBS and starred in a show called, The Voyage of the Mimi. Ben was born and grew up in Berkeley, California, where he spent most of his childhood. His school/ universities he attended were Cambridge Rindge and Latin school, Occidental college, and the University of Vermont. He mainly began working in the movie industry around the 1990’s in roles show Life Stories: Family Crisis. The first movie Ben was involved in was Dark end of the Road at age 9, and most critically acclaimed movie he starred in was Good Will Hunting. The least popular movie in his opinion has to be Plastic Man because the males couldn't relate. The thing critics say they like and dislike about Ben is His appearance and his beard. The last movie Ben worked on was “Argo,” and it is uncertain what he will work on in the future.
10 interesting facts about Ben, start with the fact that he once got pulled over and fined for a suspended license. While in college he studied Middle Eastern Affairs. Ben and his childhood friend Matt Damon run Live Planet. He is also known to collect old school Mrs. Pac-man games etc. As we know he starred in the show Voyage of the Mimi, and his teeth happened to be capped. Ben own 5 motorcycles which he happens to love by the way. Next he starred in Burger King and L’Oreal hair commercials. Ben is also multi-lingual speaking Spanish, French and Arabic. Police once wrongly accused his crew from “Baby Be Gone” as Drug Dealers. This concludes my brief On Ben Affleck’s biography, subject to your analysis.
Web sites used:
· www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/
· www.wanttoknowit.com/ben-affleck-movie-list/
· www.starpulse.com/actors/affleck_Ben/
As an early child, Ben was an actor for PBS and starred in a show called, The Voyage of the Mimi. Ben was born and grew up in Berkeley, California, where he spent most of his childhood. His school/ universities he attended were Cambridge Rindge and Latin school, Occidental college, and the University of Vermont. He mainly began working in the movie industry around the 1990’s in roles show Life Stories: Family Crisis. The first movie Ben was involved in was Dark end of the Road at age 9, and most critically acclaimed movie he starred in was Good Will Hunting. The least popular movie in his opinion has to be Plastic Man because the males couldn't relate. The thing critics say they like and dislike about Ben is His appearance and his beard. The last movie Ben worked on was “Argo,” and it is uncertain what he will work on in the future.
10 interesting facts about Ben, start with the fact that he once got pulled over and fined for a suspended license. While in college he studied Middle Eastern Affairs. Ben and his childhood friend Matt Damon run Live Planet. He is also known to collect old school Mrs. Pac-man games etc. As we know he starred in the show Voyage of the Mimi, and his teeth happened to be capped. Ben own 5 motorcycles which he happens to love by the way. Next he starred in Burger King and L’Oreal hair commercials. Ben is also multi-lingual speaking Spanish, French and Arabic. Police once wrongly accused his crew from “Baby Be Gone” as Drug Dealers. This concludes my brief On Ben Affleck’s biography, subject to your analysis.
Web sites used:
· www.imdb.com/name/nm0000255/
· www.wanttoknowit.com/ben-affleck-movie-list/
· www.starpulse.com/actors/affleck_Ben/
Berkeley, California
Ben's Birth place
Ben's Birth place
How Ben Affleck Broke Into Film Industry
Ben Affleck had a dream as young boy to be in movies and kept that goal ever since. It all began with him starring in a Burger King commercial which caught many famous directors and hosts attentions and was followed by taking drama classes. Ben's teen years were mainly small TV movies and small television shows including “Hands of a Stranger” (1987) (TV) and "The Second Voyage of the Mimi" (1988) From then on, the young man was on his way to a long Movie/ Director career.
Ben Affleck’s influences
Ben Affleck enjoyed many films growing up and egotistically, he felt he could do what those actors did on the t.v screen, “even better,” he thought, so he as a child already had the mindset to become an actor. He specifically implies he is a Big Kevin Smith fan, and really likes how he produces his films. Ben would watch his films and analyze what made them special, and thought he could probably direct a film with his own taste in it. Instead of writing a review like most people would, he took many of the cast and actors from Kevin’s crew and influenced him to make the movie Argo, from then on in his life, he didn’t go by influences he just did his own thing.
Characteristics and process
Ben Affleck actually has some common characteristics, to start off Drama. Ben will initiate some dramatic scenes into his films to allow viewers to get the same emotion the protagonist in the film would typically get. He loves to add scenes that have the audience wondering what’s going to happen next and how does it conclude mainly by adding drama into the dialogue. Next brings us his locations, though I don’t have enough information on locations, sources say that he was very particular of where he filmed and the background played with the shot. Last is a mixture of music and action for example in Daredevil, the concluding scenes had that dramatic tone to it as the person walked off and it created a feel of end. There may be more characteristics of Ben, but the majorities are all precedents.
Movie review 1 - Argo
Argo
Iran Revolution
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
A nation will do anything to gain power and respect. Normally, America would be the main topic but in this case it’s a foreign nation involved. However, America attempts to cover up a hostage situation with a story, that’s puts the CIA in a very delicate position. They are forced to act upon the story and engage in further undercover work. In order to protect the hostages the US gives credit to another nation which is barley aware of the situation.
This American Thriller, directed by Ben Affleck was given the name Argo which meant “science Fantasy.” The story, promoted by the studios GK Films and Smokehouse Pictures, was released to the public in America, October 12, 2012 and stars Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman. The film starts off with a brief summary of Iran’s government and their plans to nationalize their oilfields. America and British intelligence had a plan to take down the reign of Iran’s ruler Shah. After being overthrown and replaced he sought refuge in America which caused fury in Iran. In result Iranians took some of the embassy hostage and the remaining that escaped are the US’s priority to aid them in rescue as well as the captured.
Basically after the reign of Shah, Ayatollah Khomeini takes over mainly through the Iranian Revolution. When the Iranian Revolutionaries take hostages from the US Embassy, a sum of them, escape and hide in Canadian ambassador, Ken Taylors home. The situation is kept a secret and taken under control by the US. After the US state their plan of exfiltrating them from Iran, Tony Mendez pointed out the flaws in the plan and got an idea from watching Planet of the Apes with his son. Soon the CIA undercover as actors in search for exotic film grounds, migrated throughout Iran and set up “Argo,” which was suppose to resemble the movie star wars. Their attempt resulted in many mishaps that eventually turned out to favor them positively.
The movie has the best plot of all movies I reviewed and thus I feel the movie had nothing but pros, specially the way they set up “Argo,” it was too realistic and convincible even for a movie. The positives kept building up when they simulated a hostage situation which was interesting to see. I noticed one con, the plot had a point 6/10 through the film where it didn’t make any sense until the end, and honestly had me confused at one point but overall the film was great.
This movie should be recommended to anyone who loves action and drama, also those who enjoy foreign interactions. The age groups limit because of the mature content as well as the language but any one over seventeen needs to have little Argo in their life. A good reason I personally liked it was the ambassadors scene, he is, at first, hesitant to take them in but knows that the CIA is not far from the situation. Finally I simply enjoyed the movie as a whole and would love to see it over with my class. This concludes my review subject to your response.
Iran Revolution
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
A nation will do anything to gain power and respect. Normally, America would be the main topic but in this case it’s a foreign nation involved. However, America attempts to cover up a hostage situation with a story, that’s puts the CIA in a very delicate position. They are forced to act upon the story and engage in further undercover work. In order to protect the hostages the US gives credit to another nation which is barley aware of the situation.
This American Thriller, directed by Ben Affleck was given the name Argo which meant “science Fantasy.” The story, promoted by the studios GK Films and Smokehouse Pictures, was released to the public in America, October 12, 2012 and stars Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin and John Goodman. The film starts off with a brief summary of Iran’s government and their plans to nationalize their oilfields. America and British intelligence had a plan to take down the reign of Iran’s ruler Shah. After being overthrown and replaced he sought refuge in America which caused fury in Iran. In result Iranians took some of the embassy hostage and the remaining that escaped are the US’s priority to aid them in rescue as well as the captured.
Basically after the reign of Shah, Ayatollah Khomeini takes over mainly through the Iranian Revolution. When the Iranian Revolutionaries take hostages from the US Embassy, a sum of them, escape and hide in Canadian ambassador, Ken Taylors home. The situation is kept a secret and taken under control by the US. After the US state their plan of exfiltrating them from Iran, Tony Mendez pointed out the flaws in the plan and got an idea from watching Planet of the Apes with his son. Soon the CIA undercover as actors in search for exotic film grounds, migrated throughout Iran and set up “Argo,” which was suppose to resemble the movie star wars. Their attempt resulted in many mishaps that eventually turned out to favor them positively.
The movie has the best plot of all movies I reviewed and thus I feel the movie had nothing but pros, specially the way they set up “Argo,” it was too realistic and convincible even for a movie. The positives kept building up when they simulated a hostage situation which was interesting to see. I noticed one con, the plot had a point 6/10 through the film where it didn’t make any sense until the end, and honestly had me confused at one point but overall the film was great.
This movie should be recommended to anyone who loves action and drama, also those who enjoy foreign interactions. The age groups limit because of the mature content as well as the language but any one over seventeen needs to have little Argo in their life. A good reason I personally liked it was the ambassadors scene, he is, at first, hesitant to take them in but knows that the CIA is not far from the situation. Finally I simply enjoyed the movie as a whole and would love to see it over with my class. This concludes my review subject to your response.
Moview Review 2 - Gone Baby Gone
Gone Baby Gone
Patience vs. anticipation
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
Children, parents pride and joy! If anything were to happen to the children of any parent, their entire world will go from whole to pieces. God forbid, but if a child were to be kidnapped, the probability of finding that child before harm is done is almost impossible depending on the size of the location and background. Gone Baby Gone displays these events and more which unfortunately result in the death of some and gain of others. Whether you find out what happens in the plot, is up to you.
This American crime drama-mystery film was directed by Ben Affleck and produced by The Ladd Company. It was displayed in theaters around America in 2007. The film basically initiates with a women saying her daughter was taken and two investigators were asked on the case. The parents were involved in a drug/money conflict which is crucial information towards the missing child. Her doll was found near a river and it was thought she died in the river. Two months later another child is abducted and Patrick takes matters into his own hands. Patrick puts pieces together and finds out that Remy (a detective he works with) staged a kidnapping in order to take the drug dealer’s money before the drug dealer even knew it was missing. After Remy was killed in a bar robbery Amanda’s whereabouts are discovered. Her fate relies on Patrick.
After Remy’s death, Patrick discovers that Amanda was living with Doyle (another detective that staged the kidnapping) and his wife. Amanda is actually happy with them, more than she could be with her mother. Doyle even explained that Amanda would be better off with them because her mother isn’t a good mother figure. Patrick talks it over with Angie, and she lets him know that if he calls the police, she will leave him, because she saw the smile and joy the girl felt hugging Doyle. Patrick after thinking it over, calls the police, has Doyle arrested and Amanda returns to her mother possession. The Final part (which I wish to reveal) is a sympathetic piece that is regretful on Patrick’s part.
The film was well thought of and actually fits in perfectly at the end, but of course isn’t perfect. The pros of the film start with the way the detectives investigate the child’s absence. They immediately discover some evidence that is extremely helpful to the case. With that being said, the Pedophile scene was the most helpful to them, because things become apparent to them. On the other hand, the cons were in that exact scene towards the end because Nate died. I feel they just felt like having someone die and therefore, it was useless to add that unnecessary scene, but then again I’m not the director and that’s not my film. But overall the film deserves the good reviews and critics responses it got.
I personally wouldn’t recommend this particular movie because of the extreme content on children being abducted, but anyone who enjoys drama and justice at the end, will most likely enjoy this film. Two main reasons I enjoyed the film start with Patrick shooting the pedophile in the back of the head out of anger. The reason I liked this was because it’s funny to see people get what they deserve. Finally, the second reason I enjoyed the film was when Patrick chased down Remy, while he was injured, to the rooftops and Remy tripped. I just honestly found humor in that. Overall the movie was alright and most likely could be enjoyed by a mature audience. This concludes my review subject to your response.
Patience vs. anticipation
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
Children, parents pride and joy! If anything were to happen to the children of any parent, their entire world will go from whole to pieces. God forbid, but if a child were to be kidnapped, the probability of finding that child before harm is done is almost impossible depending on the size of the location and background. Gone Baby Gone displays these events and more which unfortunately result in the death of some and gain of others. Whether you find out what happens in the plot, is up to you.
This American crime drama-mystery film was directed by Ben Affleck and produced by The Ladd Company. It was displayed in theaters around America in 2007. The film basically initiates with a women saying her daughter was taken and two investigators were asked on the case. The parents were involved in a drug/money conflict which is crucial information towards the missing child. Her doll was found near a river and it was thought she died in the river. Two months later another child is abducted and Patrick takes matters into his own hands. Patrick puts pieces together and finds out that Remy (a detective he works with) staged a kidnapping in order to take the drug dealer’s money before the drug dealer even knew it was missing. After Remy was killed in a bar robbery Amanda’s whereabouts are discovered. Her fate relies on Patrick.
After Remy’s death, Patrick discovers that Amanda was living with Doyle (another detective that staged the kidnapping) and his wife. Amanda is actually happy with them, more than she could be with her mother. Doyle even explained that Amanda would be better off with them because her mother isn’t a good mother figure. Patrick talks it over with Angie, and she lets him know that if he calls the police, she will leave him, because she saw the smile and joy the girl felt hugging Doyle. Patrick after thinking it over, calls the police, has Doyle arrested and Amanda returns to her mother possession. The Final part (which I wish to reveal) is a sympathetic piece that is regretful on Patrick’s part.
The film was well thought of and actually fits in perfectly at the end, but of course isn’t perfect. The pros of the film start with the way the detectives investigate the child’s absence. They immediately discover some evidence that is extremely helpful to the case. With that being said, the Pedophile scene was the most helpful to them, because things become apparent to them. On the other hand, the cons were in that exact scene towards the end because Nate died. I feel they just felt like having someone die and therefore, it was useless to add that unnecessary scene, but then again I’m not the director and that’s not my film. But overall the film deserves the good reviews and critics responses it got.
I personally wouldn’t recommend this particular movie because of the extreme content on children being abducted, but anyone who enjoys drama and justice at the end, will most likely enjoy this film. Two main reasons I enjoyed the film start with Patrick shooting the pedophile in the back of the head out of anger. The reason I liked this was because it’s funny to see people get what they deserve. Finally, the second reason I enjoyed the film was when Patrick chased down Remy, while he was injured, to the rooftops and Remy tripped. I just honestly found humor in that. Overall the movie was alright and most likely could be enjoyed by a mature audience. This concludes my review subject to your response.
Movie Review 3 - The Town
The Town
Win it all vs. lose it all
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
You’re in a black sedan, waiting in front of a bank with the top of your ski mask slightly cold from the sweat. You anticipate making sure every move you make is on schedule. The clock has 7 seconds left and your hand is gripping the door handle, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, a person innocently passes by, unaware of your intentions. Finally, its 16 seconds past go time, and your halfway in the bank with your gun at a slight angle, your finger tensing up the triggers surface and your voice at the verge of cracking as your first syllable vibrates your vocal cords. “Everybody get down!” Within seconds, panic breaks out and you let off a couple of warning shots into the ceiling. The outcome is broken glass from a light you hit, emitting an echo through the silence of the frightened civilians as it clashes on the white tiles. Seeing the young lady behind the register, tremble, you walk over and give her the command to open the safe. In her attempt, you notice she’s stalling, so your next move is crucial in order to prevent and your accomplices from regretting your plans from behind bars. Pointing the gun at her face, she opens the vault, and your boys run in, grabbing all they can in a 32 gallon bags. On your getaway, you grab the girl and head for your escape. You now have a hostage, what is your next move?
The Town is an American crime drama film, written and directed by Ben Affleck. The film opened in theaters to the United States in September 17, 2010 at number one with more than about $23 million and positive reviews. The studio that produced the film, The Ladd Company, has credit for the great quality and sound. The film is about a robbery that goes wrong for Claire Kleesy who’s unfortunately the hostage the men take. Even after they let her go unharmed, Main characters, Jem Coughlin, Doug Macray, Gloansy magloan, and Dez Eldon debate on taking out Claire since she was a witness. Doug follows Claire to prevent Jem from killing her. Doug and Claire grow feelings for each other that the gang doesn’t know about. Claire can identify Jem by a tattoo and send them all to jail which frightens Doug because he knows if Jem finds out the truth he will kill her. Doug is tired of living as a criminal and has second thoughts on converting to good.
Sad to say, Doug wants to leave the criminal life but cant. The reason for this is Fergie, a dirty FBI agent, threatened to kill Claire if he doesn’t partake in a second job that has presented itself. Doug will do it but swears to kill Fergie if Claire is harmed. They go to Fenway Park where they are disguised as Boston police officers and nab $3 million dollars. Before they can escape, Doug’s ex-girlfriend identifies him and gives enough detail to surround them. The Gang and police open in gunfire and two of the gang members are killed. As Doug and Jem walk off in their police suits, an officer spots them and they exchange gun fire. Jem is wounded and Doug knows he can’t do anything to save him, so he leaves. He then comes across Fergie, kills him and urges Claire to go with him to Florida. She refuses and later on finds a sack of money with a note in it saying she can handle it better than he can. What she does with the money is touching.
The movie had some good parts and bad, depending on how you view them. For example, the setting was actually a great place to add the gun fight, but they were limited to the things that could have taken place in the movie. What I mean by this is a scene on a rooftop could have been added to excite the audience. Another pro to the film was the characters and the way they all tied in the end as they started dying. Each had a role in the film and in my opinion the story unwrapped itself perfectly near the end. The con of the film had to be the scene where the police were blind to see Doug and Jem weren’t police officers. Other than that little defect, the movie over all was in great favor to my attention.
I would recommend this movie to anyone that loves action and good dramatic moments. Mature viewers only because of the violence and the adult content of course. Also if people are interested in seeing a demonstration on how the S.W.A.T handle situations, the film put together a perfect simulation in the gun fire scene which was every interesting. Two reasons I liked this film were the shooting scenes that excite the audience with every shot, and mainly the setting of Boston, especially because I’ve always wanted to see Boston and the movie had great landmarks. This concludes my review subject to your response.
Win it all vs. lose it all
Review
Raphiel Rodriguez
You’re in a black sedan, waiting in front of a bank with the top of your ski mask slightly cold from the sweat. You anticipate making sure every move you make is on schedule. The clock has 7 seconds left and your hand is gripping the door handle, 4 seconds, 3 seconds, a person innocently passes by, unaware of your intentions. Finally, its 16 seconds past go time, and your halfway in the bank with your gun at a slight angle, your finger tensing up the triggers surface and your voice at the verge of cracking as your first syllable vibrates your vocal cords. “Everybody get down!” Within seconds, panic breaks out and you let off a couple of warning shots into the ceiling. The outcome is broken glass from a light you hit, emitting an echo through the silence of the frightened civilians as it clashes on the white tiles. Seeing the young lady behind the register, tremble, you walk over and give her the command to open the safe. In her attempt, you notice she’s stalling, so your next move is crucial in order to prevent and your accomplices from regretting your plans from behind bars. Pointing the gun at her face, she opens the vault, and your boys run in, grabbing all they can in a 32 gallon bags. On your getaway, you grab the girl and head for your escape. You now have a hostage, what is your next move?
The Town is an American crime drama film, written and directed by Ben Affleck. The film opened in theaters to the United States in September 17, 2010 at number one with more than about $23 million and positive reviews. The studio that produced the film, The Ladd Company, has credit for the great quality and sound. The film is about a robbery that goes wrong for Claire Kleesy who’s unfortunately the hostage the men take. Even after they let her go unharmed, Main characters, Jem Coughlin, Doug Macray, Gloansy magloan, and Dez Eldon debate on taking out Claire since she was a witness. Doug follows Claire to prevent Jem from killing her. Doug and Claire grow feelings for each other that the gang doesn’t know about. Claire can identify Jem by a tattoo and send them all to jail which frightens Doug because he knows if Jem finds out the truth he will kill her. Doug is tired of living as a criminal and has second thoughts on converting to good.
Sad to say, Doug wants to leave the criminal life but cant. The reason for this is Fergie, a dirty FBI agent, threatened to kill Claire if he doesn’t partake in a second job that has presented itself. Doug will do it but swears to kill Fergie if Claire is harmed. They go to Fenway Park where they are disguised as Boston police officers and nab $3 million dollars. Before they can escape, Doug’s ex-girlfriend identifies him and gives enough detail to surround them. The Gang and police open in gunfire and two of the gang members are killed. As Doug and Jem walk off in their police suits, an officer spots them and they exchange gun fire. Jem is wounded and Doug knows he can’t do anything to save him, so he leaves. He then comes across Fergie, kills him and urges Claire to go with him to Florida. She refuses and later on finds a sack of money with a note in it saying she can handle it better than he can. What she does with the money is touching.
The movie had some good parts and bad, depending on how you view them. For example, the setting was actually a great place to add the gun fight, but they were limited to the things that could have taken place in the movie. What I mean by this is a scene on a rooftop could have been added to excite the audience. Another pro to the film was the characters and the way they all tied in the end as they started dying. Each had a role in the film and in my opinion the story unwrapped itself perfectly near the end. The con of the film had to be the scene where the police were blind to see Doug and Jem weren’t police officers. Other than that little defect, the movie over all was in great favor to my attention.
I would recommend this movie to anyone that loves action and good dramatic moments. Mature viewers only because of the violence and the adult content of course. Also if people are interested in seeing a demonstration on how the S.W.A.T handle situations, the film put together a perfect simulation in the gun fire scene which was every interesting. Two reasons I liked this film were the shooting scenes that excite the audience with every shot, and mainly the setting of Boston, especially because I’ve always wanted to see Boston and the movie had great landmarks. This concludes my review subject to your response.