Of course we all adore The Tic Code, probably Anne (domesticelephant) most of all.  We're so glad she got to have a private conversation with Chris and express her love for that film and why it means so much to her.  It's his favorite of his own films as well.

Oh yes, this movie has a special place in my heart. I watch it every year on his birthday. My dream was to get my DVD signed one day and not only that did happen, I also got to tell him in person how much the movie means to me, which was my most awesome moment of our whole trip.

But hey, I love Graduation and Fanboys, too.

Whittling that aspect of the story to the bare bones turned Chris sour on the movie, which is sad. 

Of course we all adore The Tic Code, probably Anne (domesticelephant) most of all.  We're so glad she got to have a private conversation with Chris and express her love for that film and why it means so much to her.  It's his favorite of his own films as well.

Agreed about Just Friends, but I would add that I find it almost endlessly watchable because he's so cute in it.  Have you watched all the DVD extras?  He was adorable in those too.  Have you seen that wallpaper TeeJay made with the Ken Doll quote.  I love that thing.  Hee.

I really love Charlie Banks.  Not a great movie, by any means, but certainly a very good one.  That story has so many layers to it.  I find it more fascinating each time I watch it.  And I think a lot of that is because Ritter's performance is so nuanced.  Funny thing is, I find Charlie impenetrable, and a crushing bore.

Of course Fanboys is a little special to us.  It was such a long fight.  And ultimately, though I'd love to see more of the original material restored, I'm happy with the way it turned out.  Linus isn't allowed to show much depth, and I think people might relate to him a little more and care more about him if he were, but I guess it is supposed to be a comedy.  I'm just glad Darth Weinstein finally listened when enough of us yelled Linus Must Die!

Also, the first two times I saw the film were just so amazing and fun I always feel the way I felt at those two screenings whenever I watch our little movie that could.

Just Friends, again an okay movie but for me the best part of it is the thing between Chris and Ryan Reynolds.  Love the way they play their brother relationship.  It makes the movie for me.  I've only seen clips of Huff, the ones on this sight.  That was certainly a different kind of character for him.  Great that he can play anything so well.

Another of his characters that I loved is Danny from Charlie Banks.  Though there are things I dislike about that movie, there are more things that I love.  I found the relationship between those three characters interesting.  I read some Netflix review by someone clueless who thinks that the Danny character was unnecessary to the story.  Could not disagree with that statement more.  In my opinion, he was highly important.  He was like the bridge holding Charlie and Mick at a distance from each other.  As long as he was there, Mick could control himself and Charlie could hold his tongue.  But when he wasn't there, that's when the two of them would have their conflicts.

I think Travis in Miracles might be his most tortured character ever.  The kids couldn't watch it, but did you see his eps of Huff?

Of course, we followed Infestation's progress from the moment it was announced and made friends with the director, Kyle Rankin before a frame of film was shot.  We had no idea what to expect from that movie beyond the fact that Rankin had done a couple of short films that were terrific.  I adore Hell Hole with Ray Wise.  It's hilarious.  Been a fan of Ray's for a couple of decades so I loved seeing the great chemistry he and Chris had.  Personally, I count Infestation as one of my very favorite Chris movies and I have zero shame about that.  For what it is, it's remarkably good.  Plus, we get to hear him speak Spanish, which just melts me.  LOL!  I've probably seen it 8-10 times by now.  It made me fall for Brooke Nevin as well.

Thing about Chris is he's a very low key, private, decent young man.  You never hear about him doing anything bad and getting in trouble because that's just not who he is.  It is sad that he's so underrated, but I don't think you will ever see him out there stirring up trouble just to get attention.  It's more likely that if he ever did get really famous, he'd be one of those guys who's so guarded about his personal life he would make entertainment reporters crazy.  He has said that he enjoys his anonymity and would rather be a respected working actor than a big star.  As frustrating as it is not to see his beautiful face splashed all over the web, I kinda love that about him.

Chris really is wonderful at getting right down to the pain in a character's soul.  He always excels at parts where he's emotionally tortured in some way.  And without hammy histrionics.  There's a beautiful subtlety in his work.  He can get so still and so quiet and yet you can read his feelings in his eyes, or even his posture.  And I believe his range is incredible, there's nothing he can't do given half a chance.

What really impresses me is when he can make a rather perpetually sad character like Adam funny.  He slays me in Queen of The Zombies, for instance.  And then he can turn around and pull some tears out of his hat in a movie about giant bugs from outer space for goodness sake!  Let's face it, the kid's amazing.

Have you ever read the JoA recaps at www.televisionwithoutpity.com?  They're a blast.

Edited to add:  There's no Do The Math thread, sadly.