Brad Pittis an American actor from the Midwest. Born in Oklahoma and raised in Missouri, Pitt’s environment, in his words, were comparable to a country belonging to Southern iconoclast author Mark Twain and outlaw Jesse James. His home life was built on conservative Christian values, butnature gave way to his spirituality. Pitt was a well-rounded student, participating in outdoor sports, clubs, and performing arts. He studied at the University of Missouri as a journalism major with a focus on advertising. Pitt, however, alwayssought an interest in films, an escape from hisdevout and regimentedupbringing. Two weeks shy of graduating with a degree, Pitt moved to Los Angeles, taking on small television roles in the late eighties before findingmajor success in the nineties. Brad Pitt has been called a sex symbol and the most handsome man in the world, but he has also becomea household nameinthe entertainment industrywith many critically acclaimed moments.
10Cool World (1992) - ‘Noids and Doodles
World War II veteran Frank Harris becomes a police detective for a cartoon universe known asCool Worldafter a motorcycle accident. Cartoonist Jack Deebs is the creator of Cool World, in which he draws femme fatale Holli Would, inspired by his cheating wife. Holli is infatuated with Jack, but she only loves him in an attempt to become human. Frank warns Jack that Cool World existed before Jack drew it and must remain separated from the real world, sharing the number one rule of Cool World: ‘Noids do not have sex with doodles. For all thoseFritz the Catfans out there, keep your pencil in your pocket.
9World War Z (2013) - Zombie Camouflage
Gerry Lane is a United Nations investigator inWorld War Zwho teams up with a virologist to find the origins of a deadly zombie outbreak. They travel to South Korea, where the first accounts of zombies occurred, only for the scientist to fall on his own sword. Gerry flies to Israel next, behind the safety of their quarantined walls. After the walls are breached, Gerry notices that terminally ill or injured persons are ignored by the zombies. The World Health Organization helps inject a deadly pathogen into his body to test his theory. Gerry’s hypothesis was proven true and a vaccine that repels zombies was developed.
8Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) - Fighting Bruce Lee
InOnce Upon a Time… in Hollywood, stuntman Cliff Booth scoffs at Bruce Lee lecturing about the differences between combat and combat sports. Cliff laughs at Lee’s self-proclaimed idea that Lee could not only beat the boxer Muhammad Ali, but cripple him. After being mocked, Lee challenges cliff to a sparring match on the set ofThe Green Hornettelevision show. The rules: no fisticuffs and whoever falls to the floor first loses, the best two out of three. Lee lands a flying kick, but when he strikes again, Cliff grabs and throws Lee into a car, leaving a massive dent.
7Meet Joe Black (1998) - Love You to Death
Death takes on human form inMeet Joe Blackafter giving Bill Parrish (Anthony Hopkins) extra time to live. Joe Black learns what it means to be human when he falls in love with Parrish’s daughter Susan (Claire Forlani) and meets an existential crisis. Joe visits a terminally ill woman ready to die who discusses the meaning of life with him. They both come to the conclusion that life is beautiful because it’s so fragile and finite.
6Burn After Reading (2008) - Call Collect
Blundering personal trainer Chad Feldheimer recovers a lost CD inBurn After Readingthat holds the memoir of former CIA analyst Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), believing it holds top secret information instead. Trying to be a good Samaritan, he calls Osborne to extort an award from him which Osborne assumes is money. The phoned in threat is hilariously botched.
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512 Monkeys (1995) - Jeffrey on Germs
In12 Monkeys, a deadly virus destroys most of the Earth’s population in 1996, forcing survivors underground. Volunteer time traveler and prisoner James Cole (Bruce Willis) from the year 2035 mistakenly ends up in the year 1990 where he is checked into a mental hospital. He meets nonconformist and environmentalist Jeffrey Goines, who preaches about the inhumane system they are controlled by. Jeffrey’s monologue about germs, the good kind, and the truth being disbelieved in favor of lies was a stroke of unfettered genius.
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4Se7en (1995) - The Box
Se7enfollows David Mills and seasoned detective William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) on the trail of serial killer John Doe, whose murders match the seven deadly sins. Five victims later, Doe turns himself in to plead insanity and potentially avoid criminal punishment, unless Mills and Somerset drive him to his last two victims and the last two sins: wrath and envy. Somerset finds a box with the severed head of Mills’ wife. Doe reveals to Mills he envied his life, making Mills wrathful enough to kill the killer.
3Legends of the Fall (1994) - Brothers in Arms
Tristan Ludlow is the middle son of an ex-colonel who lives off the land of remote Montana with the Native American people. At the onset of World War I, an apprehensive Tristan enlists with his brother Samuel, swearing to protect him. Samuel dies during a reconnaissance mission and Tristan waits at his dying brother’s side. Tristan cuts out his brother’s heart (a Native American belief that the spirit of a loved one only departs when the heart is removed) to bury it at the family ranch.
2Troy (2004) - Achilles vs. Boagrius
Achilles is a legendary warrior revered by the Greek gods in the historical war epicTroy. When he is summoned by King Agamemnon of Mycenae (Brian Cox), he fakes his absence, knowing he is used as a pawn for the king. Achilles tauntingly ponders aloud what it would be like for a king to fight his own wars before fighting Thesselay’s greatest warrior, Boagrius. He rushes the behemoth, stabs him dead, and stares down the enemy army asking for another duel. Achilles departs saying he has no king, the statement of a freethinking man.
1Fight Club (1999) - Ego Death
Tyler Durden is the ideal self and the shadow work of the Narrator (Edward Norton) looking to escape a modern capitalist society. He battles and replaces old belief systems with hisFight Clubto end consumerist and debilitating illusions of self-improvement. The anti-establishment, postmodern themes subvert and change reality, beginning with and evolving through the reborn individual: “People do it every day. They talk to themselves. They see themselves as they’d like to be.”
