I don’t think Brad Pitt is especially handsome. He’s kinda punkish. He’s got that cropped hair, 30 year old Calvin where’s my Hobbes look to him.
Harrison Ford I would say is Handsome. Mel Gibson sure, but Brad Pitt, Colin Farrel definitely not. Just run of the mill boyish to me.
As a heterosexual male who’s quite comfortable with my sexuality and masculinity, I think handsomeness has varying degrees. I would not consider myself vain really, as I have not been to the gym in a few years. However I have kept my definition in my upper body from all the damn hiking, rock climbing, and projects I do around the house. My wife thinks I am a handsome man, I’m over 6 foot, sandy blond hair, 220, quite lean, decently symmetric.
So what are your conditions of handsomeness? How do you define it? Who is handsome that we can reference in this thread?
I have a hard time finding the attractiveness in actors who I feel look boyish, lanky, too styled in that Gen-X kind of look. I agree that the spiky-haired thing just doesn’t look good to me. Harrison Ford is a good looking man for sure. I always thought that Patrick Swazye was also a very handsome/attractive looking guy.
Leonardo DiCaprio? No. Orlando Bloom? No. They both fit into that thin, hip, ‘pretty-boy’ look that I just don’t understand.
Exactly, Eonwe - I don’t like that too hip for photo’s look either.
Slight hijack for you - real quick. I’m going to be in VT this wekend please tell me the weather is not going to be crappy…I’m on a lake in north east kingdom…beer, books, steaks…Oh I don’t want to get rained out.
Dude, you are so gay!.
I’m kidding, of course. I think B.P. rocks the house but I don’t get all the hoopla about how he’s so hot. I can’t think of a guy I think is “handsome” right now, sorry.
Are you allowed to hijack your own thread like that?
Anyway, no rain in the forecast, just partly cloudy.
Bring something warm though, summer’s kind of ending. Very pleasant days (highs in the low-mid 70s), with nights down in the mid 50s. If you’re going to be awake and out in the mornings or evenings I’d suggest making sure you’re not just in shorts.
I’d have to agree with your wife Phlosphr and say Brad Pretty is a good looking guy. Of course, nowhere near as hot as his wife but I digress …
I’d also agree with Harrison Ford and Mel Gibson and nominate Taye Diggs, Chris O’Donnell, Val Kilmer, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, Leonardo De Caprio, Don Johnson and Gabriel Byrne.
Whoa, that seems like an awful lot of names for a hetero guy :eek:
I’m a girl, so I can’t answer the OP myself. My boyfriend and I have had this discussion before though, and he thinks another man is attractive if he would want to look like him.
He doesn’t like pretty boys or men who look like they spend more than an hour each day getting ready.
Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, Russell Crowe, and Jeremy Irons were a few he considered attractive.
Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Brad Pitt were not considered attractive by him.
Colin Firth. Colin Firth!! How can you not know?!?! (Oh right—you’re a guy! )
Actually, even though I loved Colin Firth in Pride and Prejudice and some other movies he’s been in, I don’t find him to be devestatingly handsome. Nice-looking, sure, but not drop-dead handsome. Hell, I don’t think of Harrison Ford as “handsome.” Extremely attractive, but not “handsome.” And Orlando Bloom, Leonardo DiCaprio. Nah. Cute, OK, but not handsome. Actually, I don’t think DiCaprio is even “cute.” He’s just…something. Not hideous, just semi-appealingly not-ugly.
Colin Farrel—he’s very attractive, bording on handsome. Brad Pitt, very cute, but not what I’d call “manly handsome” (whatever that means). Russell Crowe—oh yeah. Well, maybe more “attractive,” like Harrison Ford. (But I mean attractive. here…)
But Sean Connery (especially in his prime) oh my GOSH was he handsome. Same goes for Paul Newman (!), Burt Lancaster, Gregory Peck (!!), and Tom Berenger (similar to Paul Newman in Greek God looks) when in his “prime.” Very handsome.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, I’m a chick so my opinion doesn’t really count here. But I wanted to chime in and say that some of us don’t see much appeal in Leonardo DiCaprio or Orlando Bloom.
Well here is the thing… I have noticed during my scientific study of Celebrities that lasted 3.2 seconds…
Our “icon” celebs keep getting younger and younger…
back in the days of Cary Grant… even up to Harrison Ford, Mel Gibson, Richard Gere types… they were much older than the current “icon stars”
Brad Pitt, Collin farrell, Orlando Bloom, Ashton Kutcher types are all younger… and harder to look at as traditionaly handsome…
But as another comfortably heterosexual male… in his mid 20’s… who fits plnnr’s description pretty well…
I would have to agree that Brad Pitt is a good looking guy…
I would rather have the younger sexy/cute guy look right now… and hopefully be “handsome” when I am in my late 30’s -40’s
Brad Pitt is 40 according to the IMDB, was bout 30 at breakthrough (T&L, Kalifornia, etc). Richard Gere was bout 30 at breakthrough(American Gigilo and Officer and a Gentleman). Ford was 35 in SW. Just saying.
My bestfriend (who happens to be a 52 year old guy) and I help eachother pick out pretty and handsome people for eachother.
We discussed yesterday that Tom Selleck, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones were all handsome. I did mention Bradd Pitt to him and he said no way!
I don´t know if John Cusak is handsome or if it´s just that I like him (as an acotr I MEAN)…
Anyway, most men that my female friends find attractive (like those baby-looking welps like… uh… Justin Timberlake or the like) doesn´t seem to me…
I´ve noticed that there are two main types of men that my f-friends find handsome:
a) girlish boys looking like preteenagers
b) tall muscled brutes
I find a man handsome when he´s well-proportioned and has some style, some way of moving… you know, self confident but in a no agressive way (I don´t know if I´m making myself clear)
Slightly hijack tought- Funny how many times us, hetero guys talk about handsome men…
I don´t know if John Cusak is handsome or if it´s just that I like him (as an acotr I MEAN)…
Anyway, most men that my female friends find attractive (like those baby-looking welps like… uh… Justin Timberlake or the like) doesn´t seem to me…
I´ve noticed that there are two main types of men that my f-friends find handsome:
a) girlish boys looking like preteenagers
b) tall muscled brutes
I find a man handsome when he´s well-proportioned and has some style, some way of moving… you know, self confident but in a no agressive way (I don´t know if I´m making myself clear)
Slightly hijack tought- Funny how many times us, hetero guys talk about handsome men…
I’m incredibly pathetic with names, so I can’t think of his, but what about that guy who died in Star Wars Episode 1? He was in Rob Roy, too.
But, does it really matter what we straight guys think? Me, I’m good looking enough to be doing fine in my career (yes, looks seem to matter), and good enough that when a woman 15 years younger catches me looking, she looks pleased and not "ewwww"y. But not good enough looking for it to really matter with the women.
I’m afraid I’m one of the girls who don’t find that Calvin Klein model attractive in any way whatsoever. His face looks too feminine IMHO.
Actually, I can’t think of any young actors right now who are handsome. Plenty of them are cute, but they don’t even compare to some of the older generation.
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