I was reading a magazine article (cannot recall where). A guy was saying that Brad Pitt’s facial hair or lack of was directly proportional to how good the movie was. So if Brad was clean shaven, the movie was shite. If he had stubble it was good. If he had a beard the movie was great. I only really recall that in 'Snatch he had a beard, and that movie was fantastic.
I cannot recall how much facial hair he had in other movies. I think Pitt is one of the most under-rated actors around. Watch him in Snatch, Fight Club, Seven, Ocean’s 11. He is great.
I don’t know about Pitt (I like most of the movies he’s been in), but the same could be said for Robin Williams regarding the beard. His beard movies are better than his non-beard movies.
He was clean shaven in Thelma & Louise and I liked that one. But that was before he was a big star so maybe it doesn’t count.
Oh god, Brad Pitt in Thelma & Louise. I must go fan myself now.
Brad Pitt - meh. Don’t like him much. He’s an OK actor, but there’s better. And I hate the scruffy look.
Interview with a Vampire was worth watching just to see Brad Pitt (sans facial hair) walk across the screen. Ohmyohmyohmy. Brad and his lovely locks.
Legends of the Fall he was also mostly sans facial hair, but sported his lovely locks.
Maybe I just have a thing about Brad with long hair. On the other hand, one of my all time favorite movies is Fight Club, and his hair is short in that (and he does have a scruffy semi-facial hair appearance).
So, never mind.
In it, Pitt sported a thick beard and moustache-did the movie do very well? Another question: Pitt sues some parapparazzi (sp?) a few years back, for publishing some nude pix of Pitt sunbathing by his pool-is Pitt now at that stage of his carreer (he’s what,almost 45?) when he would actually welcome such publicity? 
I loved him in Johnny Suede where the role called for a somewhat slow-witted robotic style. I’m not convinced he’s a good actor otherwise. But I remain open-minded and enjoy the view.
My brother went to HS with Pitt, and Brother is 41.
Any fans wish to comment?
His acting didn’t get good until after Meet Joe Black. (Previous to and including MJB, most of his acting revolved around rubbing his head or face.) I’m not exactly sure what happened between that movie and Fight Club, but I would currently list him as one of Hollywood’s better actors.
I wouldn’t say that his beard has much to do with anything though. Troy may have been a pretty darn mediocre movie, but he still gave a good performance. About the only non-solid acting I could say that I’ve seen would probably be in Mr. & Mrs. Smith, and even that was still perfectly professional (and it was an action movie after all.)
Is that the female version of “I’ll be in my bunk”? 
Two things:
- he worked with Anthony Hopkins,
- he got cast in a role which wasn’t about him walking around rubbing his head or face (or sticking his hand in his back pocket, may I borrow that fan?)
IMHO, everyone and everything in the [clean-shaven Pitt] Meet Joe Black sucked, and that includes the helicopter, the dining-table settings, and the fluffy white clouds in the sky.* I’d lay the bulk of the blame with the writing and direction, which were lifeless, half-baked and jaw-droppingly tedious, but Brad Pitt’s performance didn’t do anything to elevate the material.
*Comic hyperbole, of course. I’m sure there was nothing really wrong with the helicopter itself, the table settings or the clouds, if there were any. Even the most brain-dead flicks usually manage to use some nice scenery and props. That opening scene with the helicopter flight was grossly overlong, though, drained of any interest by the director’s incompetence – but an accurate intimation of what was to come.
On second thought, Jake Weber (the “bad-guy” fiancee and corporate suit) was good, though, turning in a layered performance. He seemed to understand what a bad movie he was in and played his role (not really that bad a guy either, considering) with some irony and self-awareness. It probably helped that his character was the only one with a real grounding in reality, reacting to Joe Black much as I would, with a healthy dose of skepticism, incredulity, suspicion, resentment, contempt, etc. And you can call me brain-damaged, but I thought Jake Weber was much more appealing and sexy than Brad Pitt, too… 