[Displaced Flames fan]

The kid is no longer in big brother's shadow...and probably never should have been. I'll give Ben credit for writing Good Will Hunting and for directing Gone Baby Gone, but as an actor, Casey is way above him.

I watched Gone Baby Gone about a month ago with little expectation. Casey Affleck? In Ben's movie? What should I have expected? Well, as anyone who has seen it knows, not only was it a great movie it was a great performance by Casey.

Tonight I watched The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, a Brad Pitt produced film with Pitt as Jesse James and Casey Affleck as Robert Ford. The character is the complete opposite of Casey's Patrick Kenzie from Gone Baby Gone and he nails it. Throw in the always on Brad Pitt and an incredibly intriguing story and it's money. I think Casey could've been nominated for his performance in this one as easily as Gone Baby Gone.

If you haven't seen either movie, do it.