{"id":2685486,"date":"2026-10-16T08:31:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-afflecks-animals-is-the-ultimate-nonevent\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:33:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T12:33:25","slug":"ben-afflecks-animals-is-the-ultimate-nonevent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ben-afflecks-animals-is-the-ultimate-nonevent\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Affleck&#8217;s Animals is the ultimate nonevent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fben-afflecks-animals-is-the-ultimate-nonevent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2685486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The content discusses the career of actor Ben Affleck, emphasizing that his film releases rarely qualify as major events. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, especially following his success in &#8220;Good Will Hunting,&#8221; Affleck was highly productive but often at the expense of his reputation. The article questions whether certain films like &#8220;Forces of Nature,&#8221; &#8220;Changing lanes,&#8221; and &#8220;Paycheck&#8221; were important, while noting that several of his projects, including &#8220;reindeer Games,&#8221; &#8220;Gigli,&#8221; and &#8220;Jersey Girl,&#8221; were poorly received or considered flops.it highlights how Affleck&#8217;s prolific output has sometimes diluted his star power.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<div class=\"wex-inarticle-ad wex-inarticle-ad-first wex-inarticle-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\">\n<div class=\"wex-ad-wrap wex-ad-art-dsk-inart-1\" style=\"min-height:90px\"><span class=\"wex-ad-label\" hidden>Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-3182201-15\" data-wex-ad=\"art-dsk-inart-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It would be a stretch to say that the release of a <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ben-affleck\/\">Ben Affleck<\/a> movie ever <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/586054\/ben-affleck-big-republican-actors-are-hard-to-watch\/?srsltid=AU7gw4U-buoR89Q9pygzXDZEvx8gxY6b3VTsdZcxn-ZqHirlEcVMuUHq\">qualified as an event<\/a>. Even in the late 1990s and the early 2000s \u2014 the post-<em>Good Will Hunting<\/em> window during which he was most plausibly anointed for stardom \u2014 Affleck tended to be <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/red-alert-politics\/1413739\/ben-affleck-gives-batman-costar-a-shout-out-during-congressional-testimony\/?srsltid=AU7gw4VprGtoAwJlYFUfBTasv_73QoVao928ZeBJbdT3qUQOUQ3RUaKk\">recklessly productive<\/a> in a way that diluted his brand. Was <em>Forces of Nature<\/em> (1999) an event? Was <em>Changing Lanes<\/em> (2002) a big deal? Was there a lot of press surrounding <em>Paycheck<\/em> (2003)? I am purposely omitting the flat-out bombs (<em>Reindeer Games<\/em> [2000], <em>Gigli<\/em> [2003], <em>Jersey Girl<\/em> [2004]) that Affleck has long seemed drawn to with alarming frequency.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height: 160px; margin-top: -160px; margin-bottom: 40px; background: linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(245, 243, 235, 0), #FFFFFF); pointer-events: none; position: relative; z-index: 1;\"><\/div>\n<style id=\"mos-8f9e1f44-59f1-4ca6-a069-79d7a74215c1-style\">@scope (#mos-8f9e1f44-59f1-4ca6-a069-79d7a74215c1) { .we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sununu-and-shaheen-look-to-keep-dynasties-alive-in-new-hampshire\/\" title=\"Sununu and Shaheen look to keep dynasties alive in New Hampshire\">-page-content {   text-align<\/a>: center;   margin-bottom: 32px;   font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;   color: #333; }  .we<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hemp-ban-would-shut-down-68-of-us-industry-report-finds\/\" title=\"Hemp ban would shut down 68% of US industry, report finds\">-page-headline {   font-size<\/a>: 42px; 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