How did Matthew McConaughey gain this recent attention as a GOAT actor?

[feelosofer]

I think he was always a good actor but in the 2000's he settled to heavily on his good looks and did a lot of mediocre rom-coms. But even then he has some gems. U-571 was underrated.

 

[Jesus]

Dude is extremely overrated to me

He basically plays the same "texas boy" in all his movie but just changes his look a little

He also is starting to overact alot ala Johnny Depp

But hey to each his own

Hope you say the same about Denzel...

 

[The_King_of_Everything]

i jut noticed that he's in Nolan da Gawd's next classic.....hes killing shyt right no

Watch interstellar on an edible

 

[STAN JONES]

Hope you say the same about Denzel...

is this thread about Denzel?

 

[BXKingPin82]

I think he's a great actor. I've been a huge fan of him since A Time To Kill which is still one of my all time favorite movies. Also, he was good in Contact and Frailty. He did a lot of chick flicks after The Wedding Planner, but can you blame him. That shyt was a box office smash. Putting him in a chick flick is like printing money. Minus Failure to Launch because they put that horse faced cac bytch in it. I actually liked Fools Gold though with that bytch from Entourage.

this movie gave me chills when i first saw that shyt

 

[TheGodling]

He stopped making bullshyt romantic comedies and refocused on good roles that showcased his talents. Look at his career decisions starting in 2011. He took a 2 year break, came back with The Lincoln Lawyer and has been on a roll ever since.

Pretty much, plus he was one of the rising stars in the 90's with some big roles (A Time To Kill, Amistad, Contact) so it's not even as if the guy's talent came out of nowhere, he just became dedicated to his craft again.

 

[dizzy4111]

Killer Joe
Mud
Bernie
Lincoln Lawyer
Paperboy
Magic Mike

That's where his resurgence started. True Detective, WoWS, Dallas Buyers Club cemented it.

 

[TKOK]

He started doing non rom-com movies.

 

[TheGreatShowtime]

Nolan said he saw Mud and thought McConaughey would be perfect for Interstellar.

Mud is actually a pretty good movie. But he just had that incredible run of Dallas Buyer's Club coming out late 2013, True Detective in early 2014 and Interstellar late 2014. Just happened to line up

 

[OmegaK2099]

 

[wire28]

this movie gave me chills when i first saw that shyt

Personal classic to me. Love that joint.

 

[Adidacs]

Mud and True Detective, imo.

Interstellar

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

Remember when Wolf of Wall Street came out and the trailers were like, "Academy Award nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, Academy Award nominee Jonah Hill... and Matthew McConauhey."

Now he's the only one of the three with an Oscar.

and he had a 3 minute roll

 

[Field Marshall Bradley]

and he had a 3 minute roll

One of the most memorable scenes in the film though

 

[the next guy]

He stopped making bullshyt romantic comedies and refocused on good roles that showcased his talents. Look at his career decisions starting in 2011. He took a 2 year break, came back with The Lincoln Lawyer and has been on a roll ever since.

Pretty much, plus he was one of the rising stars in the 90's with some big roles (A Time To Kill, Amistad, Contact) so it's not even as if the guy's talent came out of nowhere, he just became dedicated to his craft again.

People for get the they were comparing this guy to paul newman and stuff, during the height of Leomania and Brad Pitt in the Fight Club.