# Is he an action star? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 28, 2019, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206 "2019-06-28T07:03:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/41 "2019-06-30T11:51:43Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > . . . > Likewise I’ve seen Brad Pitt do some dramatic work, but in my head he’s an action star. . . . > [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > He is? Snatch Mr. and Mrs. Smith Ocean’s Eleven Ocean’s Twelve Ocean’s Thirteen Inglorious Basterds And of course, his seminal role in Deadpool 2. . . 😛 I feel like there are others, but can’t think of them at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/42 "2019-06-30T12:45:00Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Snatch > Mr. and Mrs. Smith > Ocean’s Eleven > Ocean’s Twelve > Ocean’s Thirteen > Inglorious Basterds > And of course, his seminal role in Deadpool 2. . . 😛 > > I feel like there are others, but can’t think of them at the moment. I think that World War Z would count as an action movie, even if his character was more focused on finding out about the zombie threat than in actually fighting them. There’s also the suspense thrillers he’s done, like Spy Games and The Devil’s Own. But honestly, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the only out-and-out action movie of his I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/43 "2019-06-30T12:50:07Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Snatch > Mr. and Mrs. Smith > Ocean’s Eleven > Ocean’s Twelve > Ocean’s Thirteen > Inglorious Basterds > And of course, his seminal role in Deadpool 2. . . 😛 > > I feel like there are others, but can’t think of them at the moment. I think that World War Z would count as an action movie, even if his character was more focused on finding out about the zombie threat than in actually fighting them. There’s also the suspense thrillers he’s done, like Spy Games and The Devil’s Own. But honestly, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the only out-and-out action movie of his I can think of. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/44 "2019-06-30T14:32:44Z")
> [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser](#): > > I think that World War Z would count as an action movie, even if his character was more focused on finding out about the zombie threat than in actually fighting them. > There’s also the suspense thrillers he’s done, like Spy Games and The Devil’s Own. > > But honestly, Mr. and Mrs. Smith is the only out-and-out action movie of his I can think of. _Troy_. Don’t get me wrong: the movie’s a mess, and Pitt was given particularly bad dialog (and the mid-Atlantic accent they forced on him didn’t help). But his actions scenes are excellent. He looks and moves exactly as Achilles should look and move - I completely bought him as Homer’s swift-footed killer of men. ---
**Author:** ![Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@Go\_Arachnid\_Laser\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Go_Arachnid_Laser_1)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/45 "2019-06-30T14:57:04Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > _Troy_. Oh, yeah, absolutely. Forgot about Troy. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/46 "2019-06-30T21:52:01Z")
I would like to forget about _Troy_. ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/47 "2019-06-30T23:10:53Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Snatch > > Mr. and Mrs. Smith > > Ocean’s Eleven > > Ocean’s Twelve > > Ocean’s Thirteen > > Inglorious Basterds > > And of course, his seminal role in Deadpool 2. . . 😛 > > I feel like there are others, but can’t think of them at the moment. The “Ocean’s” films were not action movies. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2019, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/48 "2019-06-30T23:14:14Z")
> [@Wolf333](#): > > The “Ocean’s” films were not action movies. Indeed. They were what is called caper films. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206/49 "2019-07-01T18:01:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I would like to forget about _Troy_. It’s fairly forgettable. That was pretty well its greatest flaw. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-he-an-action-star/836206.md?page=2)