Michael Madsen’s sick of Brad Pitt
By Alexandra Heilbron on August 20, 2009 | 82 Comments
Remember Michael Madsen as the tough but sweet foster dad of a troubled kid in Free Willy? Well, the real Michael Madsen has spoken. When asked by a TMZ photographer his opinion on Brad Pitt’s new movie Inglourious Basterds, he replied: “I kinda think everybody’s had enough of Brad Pitt. I’ve seen enough of him for a lifetime.” Though TMZ says Madsen “definitely wasn’t joking,” the actor then chuckled and asked rhetorically, “When will it be enough?” Madsen and Pitt co-starred in Thelma & Louise back when Pitt was still an up-and-comer. TMZ believes Madsen’s ticked because Pitt didn’t help him land a role in The Assassination of Jesse James. Instead, Sam Shepard got the role Madsen wanted. Come on Pitt, you could’ve helped Madsen, who filed for bankruptcy last June, get of out debt! What do you think? Does Madsen have a point? Have you had enough of Brad Pitt?
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Ummmmm… Sorry, but…. Michael who? 😉
dude are you a fu<k!ng idiot? Mr. Blonde? Reservoir Dogs, ring a bell? Sin City? Bruce Willis’ partner? nothing? sigh…who is JD and why is he allowed to discuss this if he has no freaking clue how great this guy used to actually be.
don’t forget Kill Bill, he was great in that.
YEAH….BUDD! seriously! don’t know how i forgot, probably because he’s actually a kick-ass actor. brad pitt couldn’t act his way out of a paper bag and that benjamin button movie was a piece of $h!t. honestly, hollywood decided they would give it good reviews and give it 14 academy noms before the movie was even finished. it was insulting to the audience’s intelligence. i wish i could get that 2+ hours back. i would rather spend it staring at a brick!
michael who? michael f**king madsen!
This guy is a great actor. Its to sad that he is falling on some bad times at the moment. But I belieave he will have the strenght to pick him self back up agene when it is all over with.
stew, not sure if you read his imdb page, but it looks like he has TONS of projects on the way. i’m sure this is just to get some cash and all. but believe me, he will be in another tarrantino flick. VERY surprised he wasn’t included in ‘Inglourious Basterds”. haven’t seen it yet, but i figured putting him in another ‘killer’ role would have been a great thing. he’s a can’t-miss big-screen villain. just his voice is intimidating.
To clarify, yes, I do know who Michael Madsen is. Or was, as the case seems to be. Do I respect him as an actor? Maybe the first time I saw him, in Reservoir Dogs. After that? Not so much. EVERY CHARACTER is exactly the same. You see Michael Madsen in the credits and you know EXACTLY what kind of performance he’s going to deliver.
Do I want to see someone squinting their eyes and trying to pull off a really bad Jack Nicholson imitation every time there needs to be a heavy in the story? Absolutely not. Give that role, and all future roles in the movie industry to someone who can portray a character, rather than relying on the same shtick time after time.
In my opinion, he’s no better than the likes of Tom Sizemore.
well, brad pitt is definitely a BETTER actor and a lot easier on the eyes.
he’s an ok actor. Nothing terrible or remarkable about his talents. I just don’t find him memorable in anything. Brad pitt may do a lot of commercial work but he can act if you’ve seen The Assassination of Jesse James or 12 monkeys or even kalifornia you wouldn’t deny that he has talent and he has way more screen presence and charisma then Michael Madsen
Yeah I saw the IMDB page of his upcoming movies. He should be in taintinos new movie, That would be awsome. I hope him and tarintino do more projects together. As for you JD, by making that first comment and then claifying that you know who he is, just makes you sound like an a$$
well, you and ty are clearly not paying attention to jds comment. its obvious from the ” 😉 ” at the end of the sentence that that comment was soaked in sarcasm and that jd simply meant as far as he is concerned michael is a nobody. just because he doesnt like michael doesnt make him an idiot, or an ass, or whatever stupid lame insults you can come up with. *im sorry if youre a she*
People can’t have opinions on this website anymore, mandee. I’ve been commenting about that for months now. When someone gives an opinion, it gets picked apart like crows on a dead animal. You can’t say anything without a huge argument and name calling ensuing and I’ve made that perfectly clear to Tribute through my comments but, nothing has changed and I don’t expect it ever will. Take Demigod for instance, although he has not said a word (yet) on this article, he only pops onto certain articles, doesn’t give an opinion on the topic and just starts or joins in on someone else’s fight…??? I mean, what the hell is the point? Unless he’s just a “TROLL” (as he likes to call me) and only wants to cause problems.
I’m with JD ALL the way here….Brad did some good stuff in the past, think Casey was way more memorable than him in Jesse James, think I.Bastards looks really forgettable, though perhaps not as much as that horrid B.Button flick…
I won’t hold my breath waiting for Brad to become interesting again…he’s been so “the year before the year before the year before last year” for me for awhile…
I have really enjoyed Madsen’s roles, he’s got more to add I’m sure…
My opinion ON THE ARTICLE: I think both actors are pretty good. I like movies from both of them. I do agree however, that Michael Madsen is mad at Brad Pitt but for me, his words of Brad do ring true. I’m getting sick of hearing of Brad Pitt so I have chosen to not watch any of his movies for awhile.
Thank you TY!
Brad Pitt is a star because women want him and he’s with Angelina. The guys sucks as an actor. Are you guys kidding when you ask who Michael Madsen is?
I order you all to get to the video store and buy/rent steal resevoir dogs and then tell me which film Brad Pitt anywhere close to Madsen’s acting talent.
I’m sick of Brad Pitt too, just like Ben Affleck, I loved him but once “Bennifer” took over, I just really can’t stand him. It’s just too much of a good thing.
B
seen reservoir dogs like 50 times and in my opinion he was good not great. well I’m sick with hearing about Brad pitt I like him as an actor and would like to see him in less commercial work and more artful pictures. Oh and in response to your order in my opinion Brad is better then Michael Madsen in Kalifornia, A River Runs Through It, Interview With the Vampire, 12 Monkeys, Seven, Babel,The assasination of jesse james, and Meet Joe Black. Brad pitt has had crappy performances (troy, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, all of the ocean films) but he is talented in my opinion.
anyone who says brad pitt cant act needs there brain checkd, are you kidding me? he plays every role perfectly!
Fightclub!
Snatch!
12 Monkey!
Jesse James!
Seven!
Babel!
Interview with the vampire!
and i know hill be great in inglorious bastards.
HE MAKES THOSE MOVIES! so please, please dont embaress yourself anymore with saying that nonsense. please.
im sure people could spew a whole list of movies they believed that michael madsen did just as well. everyone has different taste in actors/actresses. i agree with you completely, brad pit is better. but to accuse people of “embaress”ing themselves because they perhaps have a different view on these 2 actors than you is uncalled for.
Nancy on August 20, 2009 6:57 PM
BWAAHAAHAA ME joining in on someone else’s fight?? Like the one you did between me and ‘Shauna’? Sticking your elongated nose into that one..
Here’s my opinion on the article.. SHAAADAAAPP lol
That Wasn’t very nice of Mr. Pitt to not help Mr. Madsen get a role. He would have been Great as an addition in the film! The ones in there already; I think maybe that their really good actors and Good people but them in That role and type of movie – it does Not inspire me to go see the movie. He was Fantastic in Free Willy!! My Mother bought that movie and I bought her a Sequel to it. Outstanding movie! And I usually never buy that many VHS/DVD’s.
This is a basically a blog, where you can come and comment on things. Not everyone will agree with them causing them to write a return comment that yes may start an agruement. But that’s what happens on these sites, agurments just happen. You can get mad, sad, what ever. But in the end you can walk away, you don’t have to continue the fight. Mandee, I can come up with a million other insults, but if I put them on here they would just get eased. I was just leaving my own opinion on the subject and another comment made by another. I don’t care if you don’t like this post, comment back on it if you like. Tell me its rubish and what not. I don’t care, I’ll probobly write back. Because I find this all fun and entertaining!
PS:Micheal Madsen rules, You may not agree, but hay read the above!
As an artist, I do like Brad Pitt. I believe that all the media coverage has made people less tolerant of him but is that his fault? Brad has made numerous movies that do not stick to one theme. I like that. it shows he is versatile and smart enough not to get stuck on just action movies. Things are not always as easy as they seem either. One actor getting a role over another is no different than one person getting a job over another. Don’t whine about it. Pick up your socks and control your life. We are responsible for our successes and failures in life and we are the only ones through hard work, faith and time that can turn things around. Not Brad Pitt.
stew, all i said is its uncalled for to insult someone based on who they like better as an actor.
Hey Nancy do whatI do post your comment then don’t go back, then the idiots who make snide remarks and comments won’t mean a thing. This site is getting crazy one would think it was a social net like facebook.
It kind of is in a way. You comment on something anyone can replie back to yours. Then you comment back to defend yourself. Who cares, it’s all entertaining!
Hi Stew,
You’ll never be able to end an arguement or difference in opinion with Mandee as she is like a NON STOP one woman horror show when it comes to posting her opinion as no one’s opinion is right in her eyes, ONLY HERS, so unless you are up for a non stop fight, you might as well give up now, as she is like a dog with a bone!!
Demigod, Aug. 21, 4:15 AM: First of all, didn’t you and your “clan” accuse me of being Shauna? Really though, my comment wasn’t much about you joining into others fights, it was about you only coming on here JUST to fight, not to give an opinion. So my opinion is that if you’re not going to give an opinion ON THE ARTICLE, maybe you should be the one to “SHAAADAAAPP”!!! LMAO!
only Shauna????
as part of The Clan (thanks! I’m flattered to be associated with such a distinguished group btw) I feel compelled to correct you…
Oh april, I’m always up for a fight. She may be like a dog with a bone. But i’m the other dog that is going to take that bone away!
Totally agree with Karen. Just because someone is getting a lot of attention in the media doesn’t always mean they want it.
Both of them have been good in various movies, although I think Brad Pitt is the more versatile actor. Sam Shepard is also a great actor, so he was probably just better suited to the role.
you could never write the way I do, nance, face it…you’re destined to lesser things…
LMAO, no Nancy, sorry, you’re more of a magnet than I am! Not much more, but still!
i get why people might be sick of brad pitt, but its not really his fault is it? its the media who’s drowning us with irrelevant ‘news’ after irrelevant ‘news’. he’s not the one shoving his face into every magazine…he’s just making movies and doing his charity thing. its the people press who won’t leave him alone. i think if it were up to him, he’d prefer to be less exposed. and if don’t know Madsen too well except in Kill Bill but he sounds bitter.
nancy, it wasnt joanne that accused me of being you,it was april 😛
Stew,
Well then you can take over the reigns then, this should be interesting, LOL!!
i wasnt defending her, i was just saying joanne wasnt trying to drag me into anything, the only one that sunk that low was april.
Just to clarify something, there seems to be a miscommunication here, as I NEVER accused Mandee of being Nancy, EVER!! If so, find it on the blogs and show everyone, because I never said that at all, EVER!!
I agree, april…
I really agree, april…
have never agreed more, april…
oh, one more thing…
I agree with demigod too….
speaking of obvious, when did you return from cottage?
hahaha moonbog, the day I answer to you is the day you author the newest edition of the dictionary…
in stores today
but I don’t want the “dickshunaree” version…
moondog on August 23, 2009 10:52 AM im starting to actually wonder if thats true…
Well, if you are the “real” mandee, I would have to say don’t hold your breath because she will never admit to it. I never thought of this angle but nothing surprises me much anymore.
Well….she didn’t admit it, or deny it. That actually makes me wonder too.
yeah that comment was the real me 😀 they even stole my website so that people would believe it was me. so lame.
mandee its true trust me on this
kinda takes me back to yet again, t.g, (since you mention it) the absence of denial or admittance when those nssty comments posted under “Jo-Anne” were revealed as attributed to “tributegirl”…
nasty
Well, seeing as you have mentioned this several times, Jo-WAnne, I’ve seen comments from Tributegirl denying it several times. So….?? Why are you trying to divert the attention away from you on this?
cause its true
shes tryin to ditch mandee using april
like you even care moondog, you insult me more than anyone, so why try to make it seem like youre defending me?
EXACLTY MANDEE,
Doth protest too much (moondog that is)!! One day he is all for you and the next all against, can’t make up his MIND??? LOL!!
no worries there, nance, at least as far as you are concerned I know the attention is ALWAYS on me…hahahaha
Wake up…you’re dreaming again, hahaha.
Um, yeah, I did deny it, several times, so why say I didn’t? I think it was her the whole time and she was just looking for a scapegoat to take the blame for her stupid comments. But whatever, I don’t put much stock in what she says anyway.
Mandee & April, it is weird that moondog is defending mandee now, after all the insults (that still seem to be happening), but I actually believe him with what he’s saying here. Not the “idjit” crap, but the rest. Notice she’s still making comments, but avoiding that one issue?
take the heat off yourself, typical tg all the way….
as I’ve stated MANY times before, since you are so hellbent on advising repeatedly over the months I am posting under another name….why hasn’t one of you contacted Tribute who, you know, will reveal the truth (as done with 3 of you revently and you tg in the past)
Oh, wait a minute, we all know why…
sorry, recently…
let me make it easy for you…I’ll invite Tribute right here to disclose if I’ve posted under mandee’s name…there you go…
more than you ever did, tg….
tg and april, i agree. in this post he is trying to be nice and defend me, meanwhile in the other ones on the same day, perhaps even around the same time he is insulting me. perhaps deep down moondog really just wants us to be his friend and is sad that we arent. lmao. im so funny.
Mandee,
You are funny, ’cause he is contradicting himself all over the blogs, on every SINGLE one he changes his mind with you, so I would not trust whoever this person is EVER!!
Tribute Girl,
I do not know what you are referring to in regards to moondog, saying you believe him when I (and Mandee) just pointed out that he changes his mind all the time with her. Also I do not know what you mean when you say:
Notice she��s still making comments, but avoiding that one issue?
IF you are referring to Jo-Anne, what is she avoiding telling you as I do not see her avoiding anything?? If you are referring to the only thing I can see that “moondog” wrote about, Jo-Anne is trying to ditch Mandee using me, than you are WRONG as she is friends with both is us, if that is not what you are referring to, please tell me what it is, as I think “moondog” is a FAKE and is posting under someone else’s name and/or is just trying to raise CRAP amongst all of us and I do not like it one bit!!
note to april….exactly what tg is on about…didn’t respond to it earlier cuz it’s her same ol’ bellyaching…I can hear the dogs howling on this one, it’s so painful…
Dear Jo,
Then I am right? She’s referring to you trying to ditch Mandee using me? Where did that come from? OMG, just when I thought these stupid insinuations were over with, GEE WHIZ, this is getting ridiculous!!
BTW, you STILL have not commented on the fact that we were both at the same Rod Stewart concert last year? Were you in the mudslide section, or did you have a good seat? CHFI gave us AWESOME seats and what an SUPERB show!!
yup, they have been resorting to that “type of thing” for over a year now, as obviously their other “jabs” don’t have an affect on me…and neither does this…
Rod baby! I was in the last (covered) section of 300 seats, very last row before walkway and then the 400’s uncovered began…
Got to tell you it was my least fave concert of his, (although enjoyable still), felt he forgot the words a few times, was out of breath, understandably of course, but my best memories of him are from earlier shows in the 70’s…always love that voice though, he’s one of a kind…
Rod Stewart…”forgot the words a few times”? Yeah right! He was drunk! As usual. LOL. Where do you think his alcoholic son gets it’s from?
not my take on it Nance…
so, does that mean, your kids will become spousal abusers too?
using your reasoning only…
That was a very dirty little jab, Jo.
April, I had a post on here earlier, and it wasn’t bad at all, but they deleted it for some reason. I think they sense something brewing here. Anyway, to answer your questions, what I meant was I agreed with moondog that Joanne was trying to ditch mandee, that’s all I meant. I didn’t mean the part he said about using you, or any of the “idjit” crap. And what I meant by she is avoiding that one issue, is that she never said that she wasn’t trying to ditch mandee (who, by the way, commented that she thought that moondog may be right), even though she was asked straight up if she was trying to ditch her.
As far as all the other silliness about bellyaching, etc, well, she’s the one still crying over stuff that happened over a year ago, so….I guess we know who is bellyaching.
Jo,
You won’t believe this, but I was in the very last row before the walkway too, in the 300 section, almost smack dab in the middle (near the end of the row to the middle). Too mucking fuch, LMAO!! I sat beside a daughter and her Mom, and the daughter had a digital camera and I asked her if she would kindly e-mail me the pictures as I did not know you could take pictures (and she never did), and this daughter was blond and just had a baby, that wouldn’t have been you and your daughter, would it, as I could not believe that it was her mother as she looked so young?? The daughter was very pretty too!! She let me look through the camera a few times!! I still have my tickets and can tell you exactly where I sat (if that would help!!) I have seen him SEVERAL times, and yes, he’s older, but he can still sing and entertain an audience and I still adore him!! And he still loves his soccer balls (would love to catch one of them one day!!) This is SO weird that we were at the same concert in the same row, what a small world!! Great seats I thought and so did my hubby who gasped when I told him we were sitting where we were!! Of course I sang through the whole thing (love to sing) and couldn’t get enough of him!! His old shows where he made about 8 costume changes into vibrant color suits was COOL, LOL!!
Nancy,
I honestly would NOT say he was drunk at all, as I would know, (being a bartender and all, little escaoes me when it comes to drinking, LOL) why, were you there as well?
Tribute girl,
I guess I sort of get it all now!! Just do not know why they are deleting stuff unless there are swear words in them?? I did read the comments about her ditching Mandee and Mandee’s response, however, knowing Jo like I do, she probably didn’t feel like she had to say anything else on the subject as she knew she and Mandee were okay and since everyone was bugging her about it, why feed back to everyone. She and Mandee are still speaking on a lot of the other blogs and all is well, so there is no ditching involved. I probably would not have responded either if it had of been me, as I would not give everyone the satisfaction of knowing after being attacked and as long as I knew that we were still friends, I would still speak to her, which is exactly what Jo is doing, so the answer to the big question is NO, she was not dumping Mandee. Can’t blame her for not responding either when so many people were bugging her about it either!!
There, said my peace and all is good, I now understand that your post was removed and why, we’ll never know??!! Weird though, isn’t it as they are doing that a lot!!
Jo-WAnne: Hopefully my kids won’t, I can’t say for sure. There is a difference between my situation and Rod Stewarts children, Kim and Sean though…he has influenced them all their lives…I got my kids away from the abuse while they were really young and they haven’t encountered that behaviour since.
April: I’m not a fan AT ALL so, I wasn’t there. Unless he quit drinking or slowed down (too little, to late for his kids)….well, he used to be drunk all the time, especially back in the 70’s. I used to tend bar as well, and I’ll tell you, an alcoholic sure can hold his liquor quite well…but he’s still pissed to the gills! LOL.
April, I know what you are saying, so no problem there, I just found it odd (and obviously so did others, including mandee) that she didn’t jump in to defend her at all, because usually she will jump into any kind of disagreement. I know they are talking, and that’s fine, I had just found it strange at the time. I also found it strange that instead of answering, she brought up a bunch of year old stuff, but whatever, I really don’t care, I was just wondering.
No worries Tribute girl.
Nancy,
Okay, don’t insult my MAN or I’ll hunt you down and get you GOOD, LMAO!! Have you ever watched “Celebrity Rehab” as his son Sean was on it and when they had visitors day where family was supposed to show up, I felt SO bad for him, as his Dad was of course on tour, and his Mom was away…..away? She’s NOT a rock star and to me, she could have easily cancelled visiting a rich friend to help her son (as a matter of a fact, UNLESS he had already booked a concert that night, so should have Rod,) so an ex-girlfriend, but still a friend of his showed, that was it and I felt SO much for this kid that it literally brought me to tears!!
Anyone here, LOL???? Is this blog no longer a focus of attention (just curious)?
I didn’t see that April, I knew that he was on Celebrity Rehab yes but didn’t know that his parents didn’t go to support him. Rod’s daughter Kimberly drinks really bad too…or she used to, maybe she has stopped, idk. She had bad liver problems from drinking though in her late 20’s.
I felt SO bad for him as he is truly a very LONELY guy who thinks his parents never wanted him, and his story was heart breaking to listen to! I can see why he started to drink, like most people do in access, to cover the emotional pain he was suffering!!
That show was AWESOME and I just hope a few of them are still alive today, wish I could find out about one of them and if he is still clean as well!!
Which one?
I forget his name but if you never saw the show, then I don’t think you’d know who I was talking about as I can’t remember his name BUT he played with a band and was the lead singer (I believe) and fell of the wagon a few times once out and staying in the second show, “Sober House”. His name will come to me though and I really liked him a lot.
(The first paragraph was all about Sean Stewart just in case we are miscommunicating, LOL!!)
Oh, I’ve seen the show, I just don’t watch it often. I did see a couple episodes with Sean Stewart but not the one you mentioned where his parents never showed. Oh…and of course I know who you’re talking about! I love Skid Row!! Sebastian Bach…awesome voice! Fave song: ‘I’ll Remember You’.
I meant favourite song of Skid Row. He was on with Ted Nugent and they were trying to form another band, weren’t they?
Nancy,
I have NO idea what you are referring to about Sebastian Bach, LMAO????? Also have no idea if they were trying to form a new band, so HELP ME OUT HERE AS I THINK WE ARE ON A DIFFERENT LINE OF COMMUNICADO, LOL!!
I thought you were talking about Sebastian Bach, the lead singer of Skid Row, when you said you wished you could find out about the one guy who was the lead singer of a band. He was on Celebrity Rehab as well, hahaha. Hmmm…guess it wasn’t him, LMFAO!