>Isn't it a bit odd that Pitt is one of the five biggest movie
>stars, and yet to the best of my memory he has never carried a
>blockbuster as the certified, A-1 lead protagonist.

he doesn't tend to take on a ton of blockbuster type movies, he isn't the action star or comedian we've come to associate with his celebrity status. he is one of the few non-comedic (though he is actually one of the best comedic actors around) actors we love to watch because of his quirks and almost always makes the movie HIS. fight club does not work the same without him. burn after reading just isn't the same without him. i don't know that i want to see mr and mrs smith with another actor- save for john cusack, who is very much the same kind of actor.

>Has there ever been a Brad Pitt hit? He was the co-lead in
>Seven and Interview with the Vampire. Snatch and the Ocean's
>films were ensemble casts. I would even go so far as to say
>that Ed Norton was the lead in Fight Club.

out of each of these movies, you poll 100 people, the large majority of people will think of brad pitt first and foremost. i'd say 65%, easy. hell christian slater is now an afterthought in vampire, and kirsten dunst is usually thought of as the girl who grew up to become a highly unlikeable mary jane watson. he might do an even split with clooney in oceans, and though norton outplayed him in fight club his eccentric performance is usually the thing that stands out in peoples mind. whats the first thing that comes to mind about snatch? a bad ass pikey who knocks people out with one punch.

every single time twelve monkeys comes up, people talk about brad pitt and the crazy eye. hell even in movies they bring that performance up. so why he is very rarely a lead, his presence is usually a major reason why the films are as succesful as they are, because even the box office under performers tend to do excellent on dvd. i know plenty of people who own meet joe black. fucking everyone bought fight club. who doesn't own an oceans dvd? out of all of them, oceans is the lone film that could survive without him, but really... who wants a rusty free oceans movie? little shit like the fact that he's always eating makes him vital to the odd character of the movie.

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