The last movie you saw

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:32 pm

uh. thingy was ok too.. leaving las vegas?

still, his perfomance in matchstick men was pretty good, imo.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:44 pm

GONNAFISTYA wrote:Oh....lemme guess...he did great work in Face Off?

no, because that movie sucked cosmic quantities of cock

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:50 pm

seremtan wrote:
GONNAFISTYA wrote:Oh....lemme guess...he did great work in Face Off?
no, because that movie sucked cosmic quantities of cock

I'm glad you agree and didn't fall for the troll.

Post by **GONNAFISTYA** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:51 pm

MKJ wrote:uh. thingy was ok too.. leaving las vegas?

still, his perfomance in matchstick men was pretty good, imo.

I haven't seen it. I'll check it out but - again - alot of his movies are good despite the fact he's in them.

Post by **o'dium** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:52 pm

Damn, I liked Face Off too...

Guess I just fucking love trash these days... Meh!

*watches Hulk*

Post by **4days** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:58 pm

aye, i liked that one too. it was a shite film, there's no two ways about that - but i liked it.

*watches 28 weeks later*

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:00 pm

4days wrote:*watches 28 weeks later*

Oh yes, i still have to see that.

Post by **sliver** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:10 pm

If you're going to bitch about Nic Cage, at least bring up Next which is currently (or was recently) inducing vomiting in theatres.

And how can you not consider The Rock? Sure, it's a Michael Bay flick and not The Godfather, but it's successful in everything it tries to do, it set the bar for contemporary action films, and if you don't find it entertaining you don't have testicles or a penis.

Post by **Dukester** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:31 pm

Red Rock West

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:36 pm

GONNAFISTYA wrote:
MKJ wrote:uh. thingy was ok too.. leaving las vegas?

still, his perfomance in matchstick men was pretty good, imo.
I haven't seen it. I'll check it out but - again - alot of his movies are good despite the fact he's in them.

thats why i commented on his performance.
the movie also has sam rockwell in it. and he's an utter tool.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 4:48 pm

GONNAFISTYA wrote: Lord of War was simply a good movie, with a good story and compelling plot. It wasn't a great movie because of Cage's neurotic ramblings.

GONNAFISTYA wrote: Again. It it had an interesting story and compelling plot...Cage's "wide arm action pose" did nothing but make the movie that much less respectable.

GONNAFISTYA wrote: Is that the one with Cage and the woman from Jurassic Park and all they did was fuck and whenever he wasn't fucking Cage walked around wide-eyed trying his best to look crazy? Please.

Absolutely none of you have given a valid example of good work from Cage...the movies you've listed would have rocked just as hard with someone else cast. The only time I enjoyed Cage's work was in "Raising Arizona"....because (like Keanu Reeves) he's good at playing a dope.

Oh....lemme guess...he did great work in Face Off?

Almost exactly what I was going to reply to all these Cage movies.

Two N Cage movies that I liked -- Lord of War and Raising Arizona -- were good, but could almost certainly been just as good or better with someone else in them. He fit the part in Arizona well because he looks like a dopey idiot -- how hard is that part to play?

Cage, in every movie, walks around with sullen look on his face like somebody just kicked his puppy -- even in Lord of War he looked like he was about to cry half the time.

Raising Arizona was the first time I ever saw him in a movie, and I loved his character so I thought he was great. Every movie after that has served to lower my opinion of him by notches, to the point where now I cringe to even watch a highly-praised movie if he's in it.

The movie I haven't seen of his is Matchstick Man, and a friend of mine said it was a great movie. I just rented 4 movies last night, but haven't been able to bring myself to get it. I'm sure I'll watch it at some point fairly soon.

But Cage, in movies, about every 5 or 10 minutes, kicks me right out of the film experience, and somehow reminds me that I'm just looking at Nicholas Cage. No matter what part he plays, his character is always almost the same person. The actual lines he has to recite are the only things different about his characters.

/rant =\

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:15 pm

Cage was good in Raising Arizona and Moonstruck.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:20 pm

Moonstruck?!

Post by **sliver** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 5:21 pm

THE ROCK you fucks.

Yes, most of the time, a better actor would have done a better job. But you can say that for everyone who isn't one of the best actors in the world, so what the hell kind of point is that? I'm no Nic Cage fanboy, but you're all indulging in hyperbole.

Post by **R00k** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:05 pm

The point is that none of his movies have been great as a result of his being in them.

But you're disregarding all the other things I said about him and focusing on that one statement anyway.

edit: and yes, the rock was good. but again, he didn't contribute significantly to that fact IMO. His role could have been replaced not just by a great actor, but by dozens and dozens of other actors -- just about anybody really -- and it still would have been just as good or better.

Plain and simple, my opinion is that he's a shitty actor. All his characters are the same person, with the sole difference being the lines he has to say for that particular role. Same look on his face, same tone of voice, everything.

Post by **menkent** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:09 pm

Valley Girl was good.
eat it.

Post by **feedback** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 6:19 pm

Cage's propensity for always playing the same character should get him a spot on Mad TV. HI I'M ANTONIA

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:00 pm

Nicolas Cage is a shitty actor and I also gather that he's kind of a douchebag in real life.

His best movie is The Wicker Man because it's so hilarious.

Post by **sliver** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:06 pm

I completely forgot about Adaptation. That was a solid movie. :icon14:

Post by **Ryoki** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:11 pm

Jackal wrote:His best movie is The Wicker Man because it's so hilarious.

That was absolutely terrible, fucking hell. But you're right, it had me laughing at the sheer awfulness in places.

Would have been a better point and click adventure than a movie.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:34 pm

sliver wrote:I completely forgot about Adaptation. That was a solid movie. :icon14:

w3rd
the reason cage fits that role is because cage always looks like he's about to cry :icon14:

Post by **Wabbit** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:35 pm

Raising Arizona is my favorite Cage movie but I also liked him in Face Off (I think that's the name of it--him and John Travolta switching places somehow) and I liked the Constitution movie too.

Vampire's Kiss was absolute shit.

Post by **Foo** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 8:38 pm

You mean the film where he takes his face off? I think it was called face off.

Post by **vileliquid1026** » Wed Jun 20, 2007 11:58 pm

R00k wrote: He fit the part in Arizona well because he looks like a dopey idiot -- how hard is that part to play?

Cage, in every movie, walks around with sullen look on his face like somebody just kicked his puppy -- even in Lord of War he looked like he was about to cry half the time.

Lol, I agree.

I never was able to have a high opinion of Leonardo Decaprio ever since he played a retard in What's Eating Gilbert Grape. I haven't even watched a movie he was in since that... I can't bring myself to do it.

Post by **Lieutenant Dan** » Thu Jun 21, 2007 11:27 pm

Taxi -3/10

Holy shit this movie sucked ass.

I was even ripped and it sucked.