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Joe Rogan Experience #2440 - Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

Joe Rogan Experience #2440 - Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

Recommended on this episode

BookRecommendedISBN verified

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Hunter S. Thompson

“Fear and Loathing changed my life”
“Fear and Loathing changed my life. Like reading that book was like, "What the fuck?" Like, "What is this guy doing?"”— Joe Rogan
BookRecommended

Hell's Angels

Hunter S. Thompson

“is some of the best writing”
“I mean those books Hell's Angels and and you know, Fear and Loathing is some of the best writing.”— Ben Affleck
BookRecommendedISBN verified

The Rum Diary

Hunter S. Thompson

“Rum Diary was spectacular”
“Rum Diary was spectacular, you know? It was like really descriptive and punchy and interesting”— Ben Affleck
MediaRecommended

Adolescence

Netflix (inferred)

“I think that's one of the best things ever done”
“You have adolescence. I don't know if you saw. I think that's one of the best things ever done.”— Ben Affleck
MediaRecommended

Narc

Joe Carnahan

“terrific great movie”
“he did a movie his first movie is called Narc I don't know if you ever saw terrific great movie”— Matt Damon
MediaRecommended

The Beast in Me

Netflix (inferred)

“That lady terrific”
“Did you see um uh The Beast in Me, Claire Danes? ... That lady terrific.”— Matt Damon
MediaRecommended

The Smashing Machine

Benny Safdie

“it's a great movie. The scenes are fantastic. The acting is so good”
“it didn't get the credit it deserved... But it's a great movie. The the the scenes are fantastic. The acting is so good”— Joe Rogan
MediaRecommended

The Smashing Machine (documentary)

John Hyams (inferred)

“It was amazing documentary. It's really good”
“It was amazing documentary... It's really good.”— Joe Rogan
MediaRecommended

Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Rian Johnson

“It's great. I really liked it”
“you were telling me to see uh wake up dead man, the knives out the third knives. It's great. And I watched I really liked it.”— Matt Damon
MediaRecommended

Saving Private Ryan

Steven Spielberg

“the most realistic depiction of war that's ever been made”
“Saving Private Ryan. That opening film, The Storming of the Beach. Unbelievable. That might be the the most realistic depiction of war that's ever been made.”— Joe Rogan
MediaRecommended

Malcolm X

Spike Lee (inferred)

“made me want to be a better man”
“I remember where I was when I saw Denzel Washington play Malcolm X. Went to the movie, watched that movie and I remember leaving... I want to be a better man.”— Joe Rogan
MediaRecommended

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Larry David

“curb your enthusiasm is so great”
“It's one of the reasons why curb curb your enthusiasm is so great cuz Larry David just gives you a place to get to.”— Ben Affleck
ProductRecommended

BPC-157

(peptide)

“If you ever get injured, get immediately on BP157”
“The Wolverine stack. BP157 and TB500... If you ever get injured, get immediately on BP157 and TB500.”— Joe Rogan
ProductRecommended

TB-500

(peptide)

“It is a phenomenal stack and just really helps injuries”
“It is a phenomenal stack and just really helps injuries... get immediately on BP157 and TB500.”— Joe Rogan

The guest's own work

MediaBy the guest

The RIP

Joe Carnahan (inferred)

“I really enjoyed the rip. It's great. And uh everybody go see it. It's great. I loved it.”— Matt Damon
MediaBy the guest

Good Will Hunting

Matt Damon & Ben Affleck

“when we wrote the first movie that Goodwill Hunting, it was like we knew that had to be a cheap movie.”— Ben Affleck
MediaBy the guest

Air

Ben Affleck

“even my real like Matt was the lead in the last movie I did air that I directed.”— Matt Damon
MediaBy the guest

The Town

Ben Affleck

“The Town was a great movie, too, man. And I I knew a lot of people like that”— Joe Rogan

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

MediaReferenced

Taxi Driver

Martin Scorsese

“he told me about the experience of seeing Taxi Driver in New York for the first time, right, in 76”— Ben Affleck
MediaReferenced

Le Mans

Lee H. Katzin (inferred)

“I watched Lemon's the other night, Steve McQueen, and there's no one talks for like five minutes.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

Avatar

James Cameron

“Like Jim Cameron's Avatar, I'm going to make my three-hour movie and people are going to come and great.”— Ben Affleck
MediaReferenced

K-Pop Demon Hunters

Netflix (inferred)

“then K-pop Demon Hunters came along and actually did that. That's the first movie that's ever”— Matt Damon
MediaReferenced

Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan

“you can go, well, you know, Oenheimer is a billion dollars or whatever”— Matt Damon
MediaReferenced

The Crown

Netflix (inferred)

“Joshua Connor that who played the priest. I because I first saw him on uh on the crown.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

King of Comedy

Martin Scorsese

“what are you watching? King of Comedy. Like last week I watched Baxi Driver, King K, all these Scorsese movies”— Ben Affleck
MediaReferenced

Joe vs. the Volcano

John Patrick Shanley (inferred)

“It reminds me of Joe versus the volcano where he goes in to buy luggage... it's the greatest scene.”— Matt Damon
MediaReferenced

Rocky

John G. Avildsen (inferred)

“when Rocky came out and I I saw it and immediately ran around the block... I'm like this is going to change my life.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

The Sopranos

David Chase (inferred)

“one of the most interesting things about the Sopranos is that the main character The guy that you loved was a murderer.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

A Streetcar Named Desire

Tennessee Williams

“a very famous story about Marlon Brando when he did street car Named Desire and Tennessee Williams who wrote it”— Ben Affleck
MediaReferenced

Cocaine Cowboys

Billy Corben (inferred)

“Did you ever see Cocaine Cowboys? ... The entire graduating class of the police academy one year either wound up murdered or in jail.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

Alex Gibney (inferred)

“Gonzo. Gonzo. That's right. In that documentary, Gonzo, he talks about it.”— Joe Rogan
MediaReferenced

The Odyssey

Christopher Nolan (inferred)

“do I want to see the Odyssey on on a big screen? def. I went to a theater to just watch the trailer for that movie”— Matt Damon
MediaReferenced

One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson (inferred)

“when I went to see one battle on IMAX like you know that feeling there's nothing like that feeling”— Matt Damon
MediaReferenced

Marty Supreme

Josh Safdie (inferred)

“If you want evidence that he shot Marty Supreme, he was a camera opera in one battle after another.”— Matt Damon
ProductReferenced

Thorne supplements

Thorne

“approved supplements through like really high level labs like Thor, like Thorn supplements where it's third party tested.”— Joe Rogan