8ball
Decolonise colons!
I nearly suggested Arnie. Heard he did something a couple of years back that showed some acting chops.
Nicolas Cage = Dreadful
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I nearly suggested Arnie. Heard he did something a couple of years back that showed some acting chops.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
less demanding than the Bergman, Tarkovsky and Hitchcock odysseys I originally had planned!I would find that quite demanding.
Yes, I can't help but feel that there are better uses of your time, better films to watch, Orang Utan...
You could knock Tarkovsky off pretty quick - he only made six films or something.
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
Think of the toll your cage pursuit is having on your critical faculties
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Some I like more than others but it's not really a 'get through them' thing. Or it shouldn't be anyway...
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
See, you're halfway through already! Not so keen on Nostalgia, but I found Ivan's Childhood and Andrei Rublev beautiful and transfixing.
ETA Forgot The Sacrifice.
T & P
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Whereas Predator was never conceived as a film where good acting should be expected or contribute towards its overall enjoyment, he was actually decent in it. By his standards the best acting performance he’s ever pulled imo. That’s not saying a lot in itself of course, but at least he displayed a wider range of emotions than in other films.
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He just has to look angry and shoot and hit people mind
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
He can do comedy though - he's great in Cactus Jack in which he plays a version of Road Runner to a version of Kirk Douglas' Wile E Coyote.
8ball
Decolonise colons!
I’m thinking if something fairly recent which was a very unphysical role and people said he was very good.
Maybe I dreamed it…
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
8ball
Decolonise colons!
this one?
Maggie (film) - Wikipedia
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Yeah, I think you’ve got it. For some reason the only details I had in my head was that it was about a man whose daughter was sick. Which is kind of accurate but misses a few details that some people would consider relevant.
Reno
The In Kraut
I didn't think the film was very good and Schwarzenegger got praise for appearing in a low budget indie in an atypical role. He does fine considering but it doesn't play to his strengths. It's a zombie film trying to tug at the heart strings but I just found it glum and not much else.
This one doesn't have Arnie in it but suspect it's a better film:this one?
Maggie (film) - Wikipedia
The Maggie - Wikipedia
What about all the Ealing Comedies or something, Orang Utan?
Eta And The Maggie's set in West Coast Scotland which you were just saying you liked.
Also just realised the Mandy thing too.
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Could do that - have access to at least four of them on DVD. My dad has a huge collection, a lot of them collections on box set - I just gave him a BFI collection of Kurosawa gangster films. Actually, there’s an idea…This one doesn't have Arnie in it but suspect it's a better film:
The Maggie - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
What about all the Ealing Comedies or something, Orang Utan?
Eta And The Maggie's set in West Coast Scotland which you were just saying you liked.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
I might watch Pig tonight. Also just noticed that funhouse one is on Now Cinema too.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Pig gets a thumbs up from me.
T & P
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Yes, I was highly impressed with it and thought Cage was fucking great in it.
And I don’t give a fuck if anyone were to try the ‘well, he didn’t have many lines in it or an extensive range of emotions to muster’ argument. Without wishing to compare performances or actors, he’s every bit as good from a purely objective acting standpoint as Javier Bardem was in No Country for Old Men. Not that he’ll ever get the recognition for it, because neither is the film as high profile nor the character as iconic. But as good a performance for that role as any other living actor could have delivered imo.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Willy's Wonderland was so bad I couldn't finish it. It's a shame as I quite liked the creepy puppet things.
Reno
The In Kraut
From what I read, Cage got nothing but praise and he won a number of prestigious acting awards for his performance in what was a highly regarded film.
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Much as I liked Pig, it was probably his beard that did most of the work.
T & P
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Good to hear he gets praise when due. Though my post was aimed at this thread (given its title) rather than the world at large.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
GQ piece out recently:
www.gq.com
Nicolas Cage Can Explain It All
GQ’s April cover star details why every extraordinary thing about his wild work and life actually makes perfect sense.
I'm just reading this - it's less fun than I was hoping tbh. some entries for the male model strong looks thread though ska invitaGQ piece out recently:
Nicolas Cage Can Explain It All
GQ’s April cover star details why every extraordinary thing about his wild work and life actually makes perfect sense.
DaveCinzano
WATCH OUT, GEORGE, HE'S GOT A SCREWDRIVER!
Comes across as less a mad genius, more just a dude who works hard at his chosen craft
ska invita
back on the other side
hah thanks for that, good entertainment....i wonder if he ever had this Elvis on Crack look before Wild At Heart? He seems to have adopted it quite deeply. Though looking him up he is from California, which basically = the desert, as opposed to being an urbanite New Yoiker, so maybe its natural and not totally put on IYWIM . Didnt know his real name is Copolla and is uncle is Francis Ford
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