Thursday, February 13, 2014

Who's The Bigger Star? Part 6

Here is a fun post where a compare two actors/actresses, sports stars, TV personalities, etc against each other and determine who is the bigger star.  Let's see who wins this time:

Bradley Cooper v. Matthew McConaughey

Bradley Cooper
  • Biggest Role:  Phil from The Hangover movies
  • My Favorite Role:  Sack in Wedding Crashers
  • Top Earning Movie:  The Hangover ($277.3 million)
  • Biggest Flop:  Definitely All About Steve
  • Awards:  2 Golden Globe Nomination (0 Wins), 1 Oscar Nomination (0 Wins)
  • Career:  Brad's first role that anyone remembers him was in Wedding Crashers.  After that, he played sidekicks in things like Failure to Launch and Yes, Man.  Than came The Hangover and his career really took off with movies like The A-Team, Silver Linings Playbook, and American Hustle.  Up next he will be voicing Rocket Raccoon in this summer's Guardians of the Galaxy, which I'm really look forward to.
Matthew McConaughey
  • Biggest Role:  Wooderson from Dazed and Confused
  • My Favorite Role:  Wooderson from Dazed and Confused
  • Top Earning Movie:  Magic Mike ($113.7 million)
  • Biggest Flop:  You would think it would be any of his crappy romantic comedies, but I'm going with Tiptoes.  Look it up, it's about midgets.
  • Awards:   1 Golden Globe Nomination (1 Win), 1 Oscar Nomination (Pending)
  • Career:  Technically, the first thing he did was a part on Unsolved Mysteries, but his next role was in Dazed and Confused.  The next time thing I remember seeing him in was A Time to Kill, followed by Amistad and Contact.  Then he did a bunch of stupid romantic comedies and that dumb dragon movie, Reign of Fire, with Christian Bale.  Recently, he has been doing a lot of critically acclaimed movies like Mud, Dallas Buyer's Club, and Wolf of Wall Street.  This summer he will be starring in Christopher Nolan's Interstellar, so that should be awesome.

Bradley Cooper is a likable guy and I really wanted to pick him, but the fact is, Matthew McConaughey truly is the bigger star.  In fact, my brother and I had a conversation recently about whether Matt is a good actor and we came to conclusion that, yes, I guess he actually is.  So, in the end, I had to go with Wooderson.

"Alright, alright, alright, I win again."

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