MATT DOES NOT HATE OR HAVE A PERSONAL VENDETTA AGAINST KEANU REEVES

By Matt Holmes / April 17, 2008

FOR ALICIA, AJ and LAYN - three readers who no doubt hadn't read Obsessed With Film until today and I'm pretty sure won't be back again. But for anyone else who cares to read - be my guest. It's a long article but I feel like I've lost some baggage from it so it was all worth it in the end. I like Keanu Reeves. The 1994 thriller Speed, next to Die Hard is one of my favourite action movies. The Matrix is probably in my top twenty films of all time (i can't be bothered to check my list but I'm sure it's high). Keanu Reeves is perfectly cast in both of them. His withdrawn geek and portrayal of the average American slacker he brought to The Matrix was genius for the Wachowski's. And he was strangely charismatic in the Speed movies. He made the films his own. I do like the guy. He is a limited actor but hell so is William Shatner - and I love Shatner. Although Reeves is not someone I would pay my money to see exclusively, I have nothing against the guy and I won't avoid a movie he is in. He sucked as John Constantine, he sucked in The Gift, he sucked in The Devil's Advocate but he showed dramatic weight in The Lake House and was fun in Point Break. So earlier this morning I get a torrid of hate from a post ADVERTISING and not DISSING the future movies Keanu Reeves has signed up for. Here's how I started the post, which offended some Reeves fanboys who I don't think had ever visited this site before...

Keanu Reeves, the A-list star of the mega flop that was Street Kings has revealed that he has a movie in the works that could find David Fincher soon attached to direct.

What is wrong with that? It is true. Street Kings was a disappointment. CHRIS EVANS, FOREST WHITAKER, HUGH LAURIE and KEANU REEVES in a thriller second best to a no-name slasher flick, a genre that apart from the Halloween remake has been dead for years? Yeah it will crawl to get it's money back over the next week but it ain't a good return. Maybe "mega flop" was harsh but I'm pretty certain the studio was expecting more. You can read my original message HERE. I said not one more bad word about Keanu. Here's some of the abuse I get...

Matt you€™re a cunt... don't even both with this asshole. He clearly wants to see Keanu fade.

Ok so now for some retorts on that article's comments... I never once brought Johnny Depp or George Clooney into the equation, so I don't know why you used those guys against me. But anyway your point is without substance because those two guys can afford flops because their careers will stay active through performances of critical and Academy recognised weight. Not the same for Keanu who can only survive on box office returns. ALICIA, I wrote an article saying Leatherheads was a flop. But you don't visit the site often do you, because it wouldn't have tagged your search like a Keanu Reeves one would. Hmmm, shame that. You can read that HERE. And BTW, today's article wasn't about the Street Kings flop it was about the movies he had upcoming. You can read the Lions for Lambs flop article HERE. Sweeney Todd has made $152 million worldwide. It is not a flop my friend. Research please Miss, if you are going to diss.Smart People? Was that expected to do anything anyway? The fact that it was released so widely just goes to show you that Fox Searchlight were expecting more. They didn't get it. ABOUT WATCHMEN AND SPEED RACER... Believe what you like... actors and directors like to put spins on things. From what I've heard from people who had no reason to lie, it was mostly down to money but you can believe what you want, as I do. Like I say I have no reason to put Keanu Reeves down, I think he's a likeable actor in the right role but he makes some lousy career choices every now and again. Street Kings won't effect him too much, no-one will care about the movie anyway in 3 months time. It will be a bargain bin discounted dvd. It's movies like The Day The Earth Stood Still where the pressure is on him. Again, your wrong about the Will Smith/Tom Cruise thing coming second against Prom Night. No Will Smith movie (which includes the non gigantic movies The Pursuit of Happyness, Hitch) has opened to a lower total than Prom Night in OVER SIX YEARS. And that happened to be the critically acclaimed and Academy Award recognised Ali. In Tom Cruise's case apart from Lions for Lambs which I said was a mis-step (but he's the owner of U.A, so HE has the power to put this right) no movie of his has opened lower than Prom Night since Eyes Wide Shut in 1999... but if you count inflation then Jerry Maguire's 1996 opening runs it close. Hmmm, again do your research please. Will Smith and Tom Cruise would not have come second best to Prom Night. THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL WILL BE A BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE YOU MORON. YOU CAN'T TELL ME HE HAS TAKEN ON THAT ROLE FOR ARTISTIC MERIT YOU BLOODY CLOWN!

Can€™t an actor have personality enough and choose what appeals to €œhim€ and not for the wannabe critics?

Wannabe critics? The audience that pays his wages you mean? You know - the ones that go and see his films? I thought Street Kings looked absolute shit but I supported it through the production stages because it sounded cool and I liked the cast involved. Trailer came around... garbage!

Your article is mean and the proof that biased pseudo journos or bloggers are everywhere and act as they knew everything, when they are only stating their personal love or hate feelings about someone, an actor in this case.

I WAS PROMOTING HIS UPCOMING MOVIES, NOT DISSING HIM! READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE BEFORE SLAGGING ME OFF! THERE WAS NOTHING MEAN ABOUT IT!Scott Derrickson? Yeah I liked his style on The Exorcism of Emily Rose but I bet no causal fan knows who the fuck he is. Rebecca Miller - again... to the average fan.. who is she? David Fincher is only LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY - they haven't agreed to anything yet. Though I hope they do because I think they will make a good pairing and it would be an exciting partnership. All this anger in you readers seems to stem from other bloggers who have slagged Keanu off. Not me! So please, disagree with what I say all you like but I have no bias intentions with anything I write. Why the hell would I, what would I ever seek to gain exactly? Hey I don€™t hate Keanu, but he is not a good actor, but he€™s okay as long as he plays emotionless characters, AND BY THE WAY HE SUCKED IN DRACULA!!!!!!!!!! Though I thought he showed promise in The Lake House. And I'm done.