Chindie Posted April 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 1, 2016 Michael Bay is responsible for some of the most heinous wastes of celluloid and human time in history, but damn is the Rock not a great action movie even 20 years on. I can only assume it was a fluke. Or he had a lot of help making it. Even Nicolas Cage is good in it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brumerican Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Chindie said: Michael Bay is responsible for some of the most heinous wastes of celluloid and human time in history, but damn is the Rock not a great action movie even 20 years on. I can only assume it was a fluke. Or he had a lot of help making it. Even Nicolas Cage is good in it. Sean Connery takes most of the credit for that film . 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 6 hours ago, Chindie said: Michael Bay is responsible for some of the most heinous wastes of celluloid and human time in history, but damn is the Rock not a great action movie even 20 years on. I can only assume it was a fluke. Or he had a lot of help making it. Even Nicolas Cage is good in it. I shut that one off after 30 minutes of it. Awful movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Batman v Superman. Damn what a missed opportunity. So much wasted potential is the kindest way I can put it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 (edited) 10 hours ago, Brumerican said: Sean Connery takes most of the credit for that film . Ed Harris plus Sean Connery made it that good Edited April 2, 2016 by Zatman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicho Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 18 hours ago, Chindie said: Michael Bay is responsible for some of the most heinous wastes of celluloid and human time in history, but damn is the Rock not a great action movie even 20 years on. I can only assume it was a fluke. Or he had a lot of help making it. Even Nicolas Cage is good in it. It's no Con Air Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted April 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 2, 2016 I don't get the Nic Cage hate? He has been in some shit movies recently but he has also been in some classics and is an oscar winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 7 hours ago, Rds1983 said: I don't get the Nic Cage hate? He has been in some shit movies recently but he has also been in some classics and is an oscar winner. He is so wooden though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troon_villan Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 Christ, The Revenant was a chore of a movie. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 In the right movie, Cage is brilliant. When the script actually warrants his wackiness - like in 'Bad Lieutenant' or 'Raising Arizona' - he's a magnetic screen presence. But he says yes to way too many projects, and even worse, has silly fanboy-ish enthusiasms for really shit projects of his own, which are rubbish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 He's had taxman problems hasn't he? For some reason I think it's him that's a serious memorabilia hoarder, got hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of weird and wonderful stuff kicking about He is also a shit actor in a lot of films that have aged really badly and films that I didn't realise how bad he was until I got older, did like snake eyes and iirc kiss of death 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 17 minutes ago, villa4europe said: He's had taxman problems hasn't he? For some reason I think it's him that's a serious memorabilia hoarder, got hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of weird and wonderful stuff kicking about He is also a shit actor in a lot of films that have aged really badly and films that I didn't realise how bad he was until I got older, did like snake eyes and iirc kiss of death Yes, he has had a few tax problems IIRC and two divorces. Doubtless these are key reasons behind his wanton profligacy. And you're right about him being a memorabilia hunter, he's owned all sorts of weird shit. I remember he had to return a dinosaur skull to Mongolia after it turned out it was stolen (not by him) for example. I think he also own tons of comic-related stuff, he appears to be a real fanboy of the genre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jon_c Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 On 03/04/2016 at 01:39, mikeyp102 said: He is so wooden though I'll never get Nichlos Cage. He can seriously act when he wants to. Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation he is brilliant. But in many films he is just unwatchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted April 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2016 8 hours ago, villa4europe said: He's had taxman problems hasn't he? For some reason I think it's him that's a serious memorabilia hoarder, got hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of weird and wonderful stuff kicking about He is also a shit actor in a lot of films that have aged really badly and films that I didn't realise how bad he was until I got older, did like snake eyes and iirc kiss of death He's so much of a fanboy he married Lisa Marie Presley because he loves her dad, and called his son Kal-El because he adores Superman. He's a very odd bloke. But in the right role, he's not a completely bad actor. It's just the right role is once in a blue moon these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted April 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2016 3 hours ago, jon_c said: I'll never get Nichlos Cage. He can seriously act when he wants to. Wild at Heart, Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation he is brilliant. But in many films he is just unwatchable. Matchstick Men is one of my favourite Cage films 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rds1983 Posted April 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2016 3 hours ago, Chindie said: He's so much of a fanboy he married Lisa Marie Presley because he loves her dad, and called his son Kal-El because he adores Superman. He also changed his name to Cage after Marvel's Luke Cage. Fair play to him for not wanting to rely on the Coppola name, but to name yourself after a superhero instead is major fanboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 (edited) He's an interesting actor and certainly one of a kind. I might watch Knowing later, which got panned by a good number of critics, except the late Roger Ebert who gave it 4 stars. I always find movies like that worth watching. Edited April 4, 2016 by CarewsEyebrowDesigner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted April 4, 2016 Moderator Share Posted April 4, 2016 On 02/04/2016 at 18:22, Rds1983 said: [Cage] is an oscar winner. Somehow that passed me by. It's hard to believe, but yes it seems he really did. I'll be cruel and suggest it must have been a very very weak year in the category. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Designer1 Posted April 4, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted April 4, 2016 Fantastic actor when he chooses the right script and director. Utter bobbins most of the time though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dAVe80 Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 22 minutes ago, BOF said: Somehow that passed me by. It's hard to believe, but yes it seems he really did. I'll be cruel and suggest it must have been a very very weak year in the category. To be fair, he is excellent in Leaving Las Vegas. Quick google shows that he was up against Anthony Hopkins, Richard Dreyfuss, Sean Penn, and Massimo Troisi. Not too shabby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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