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Mr. and Mrs. Smith

Apex Mountain

Jolie; Pitt, qualified; 21st-century celebrity culture; fighting spy couples, tentative; Brody; on-set romances for this century, disputed

In the discussion (8)
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  • Jolie is an affirmative choice.
  • Pitt is an affirmative choice based on becoming perhaps the world’s most famous actor, while Moneyball and the intervening run remain alternatives.
  • Twenty-first-century celebrity culture receives agreement.
  • Fighting spy couples receives a tentative yes, but assassins or hit men more broadly do not.
  • Vaughn is rejected and The Bourne Identity is preferred for Liman.
  • Brody receives an emphatic yes because this film coincided with his O.C. fame, recalling hopes he could become the next Tom Hanks.
  • Marriage-counseling movies receives a no without a clear alternative.
  • On-set romances is disputed: Taylor and Burton are preferred overall, while Pitt and Jolie are defended at least for the twenty-first century.