Holy crap!!!
If I see him do this I might just die of laughter.
Or if they decide to pull of something like this:
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You’ve also reminded me to rent Wally’s Wonderland or whatever that movie he did with the animatronic bears was
Best Nic Cage film is still “The Rock” mostly because it is so bad it’s good.
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Bro, we could name a TON of “so-bad-they’re-good” Nic Cage movies, but The Rock is just good old fashioned entertainment, my man. Next you’ll be slandering Face/Off.
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I liked Face/Off. Good no, entertaining, yes.
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Yeah, of course a movie where people switch faces isn’t “good”, but for a movie to be SO bad that it becomes good, it has to be a whole new kind of train wreck. The Rock just isn’t that level of bad for me - it’s a pretty typical ‘90s action movie with some above average entertainment.
Face Off does have my favorite Nicholas Cage line ever, though:
Still totally makes me crack up.
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AGREED.
Did you get it mixed up with Con Air?
I think even John Malkovich wanted to do a Nic Cage.
I don’t believe this line was not ad-libbed:
“It’s not difficult to surmise Nathan’s feelings towards killing these guards; and my own proclivities are, uh, well-known and often-lamented facts of penal lore, but what I’m wondering is why you have any say in it at all?”
EDIT:
Alright, the part in The Rock where Sean Connery goes through all the traps in the prison to GET IN and open the fucking door FROM THE INSIDE made no bloody sense IIRC. Why didn’t he open the fucking door to GET OUT when he was escaping? There were guards at the time? Was it locked from the inside? This time there were no guards but the door was UNLOCKED??? Fuck, why couldn’t they just “blow up” the fucking door in the first place? It’s a fucking door! The military already had the tech to do so without creating much noise at that time.
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I went and found the script. Tarantino awkwardly tells Nic one of his favourite Nic Cage movies is Vampire’s Kiss in the first scene LMAO!
I made it to page 30. It’s not a silly comedy but it seems to be well written.
I’m gonna watch it just to see Cage play the piano and sing November Rain.
I’ll fucking defend Face/Off to the death even if it didn’t make any sense.
Face/Off had Nicolas Cage trying to act like Chow Yuen Fat in John Woo’s the The Killer right from the fucking intro. John Woo said it himself. The “I’m Castor Troy!” scene when he did those brief changes in facial expressions was classic Chow.
The intro of Face/Off made no sense wrt to Troy’s character. He looked like he was reluctant to take the shot and had a conscience or something. But watch this scene from The Killer then go watch it again to see what Nic Cage was trying to pull off:
Fuck, they both even had fake moustaches LMFAO!!!
The movie’s action scenes alone were too polished to be considered “bad”. The only other person who managed to get such a good performance from Travolta was Tarantino. It was so wonderfully restrained yet somehow over-the-top.
And how on earth do you write, let alone pull off a scene where 2 characters standing opposite each other staring into mirrors in between them have a brief verbal exchange, and then go, “let’s kill ourselves” before unloading their guns at their reflections AND get the audience to take it seriously at the same time lol?
Only fucking John Woo could pull shit like that off before he decided to start making shitty movies in China. IMO, it was the last good movie he ever made. That includes that shitty Mission Impossible sequel.
I mean, Jesus Christ, even the bloody title of that piece of crap called Paycheck was fucking self-explanatory.
Wait, Windtalkers wasn’t too bad.
Tomorrow War: The new Amazon original movie.
I want to give this movie a bunch of different ratings. Definitely some super weird plot holes, but the aliens looked PHENOMENAL, just love me some good sci-fi gore. Chris Pratt does a good job, J.K. Simmons is solid as usual, there’s pretty constant action throughout, and the effects aren’t corny. I think it may drag on a bit too long, and the plot seems to weaken with time, but overall it was fun to watch. Can’t decide between 6 or 6.5/10, but it’s in that ballpark. Give it a watch.
Also:
My wife doesn’t enjoy gag movies the way I do. Airplane, Hot Shots, Spy Hard - and she didn’t laugh much at Kentucky Fried Movie when I made her watch it last night. I just stay laughing the entire time.
Gemini Man - on netflix, watched this sunday arvo.
As expected based on trailer, enjoyed it, good little action flick. Nice to have some bloke tv time outside of otherwise toddler approved viewings…
I went and rewatched Fright Night 2. The original Part 2, not that stupid sequel to that silly remake of the same name.
For horror fans, this one was directed by Tommy Lee Wallace, who also did the original IT miniseries and a couple of crappy movies including Halloween 3.
But Fright Night 2 remains one of my favorite horror movies. Say whatever you want. I don’t give a fuck because it’s AWESOME.
And the main villainess is fucking HOT, which also makes it AWESOME.
And the dude that did the Terminator theme provided an upgraded version of his original score for Part 1, which was FUCKING AWESOME.
You know why most of you old fart movie nerds didn’t get laid in the 90s? Because you were sooo fixated on The Lost Boys because it looked so “cool” and you were too young in the 80s to notice all the homoerotic undertones. (Unless you’re gay then you probably scored quite a lot. Good job.)
THIS was the shit that would have eventually got you LAID. That’s why it’s AWESOME.
Fear Street 1994 is woeful 90’s bait. There are multiple occasions where in a ten second time period you get three different 90’s songs. Everything is a wink nod reference. Maybe you had to be there idk.
The plot was dumb too. Just watch 13 ghosts if the idea appeals to you somewhat
I watched fury yesterday. Pretty good, but some of the supporting cast I didn’t like much. Maybe bad writing? Those characters were a bit over the top imo. I’ll give it 7/10.
I thought Fury was okay, but not amazing. I’d probably rate it about the same, maybe a little lower.
Watched The Irishman last night, really liked it. I’m not good at commentating or reviewing…I just liked it. Good actors, and I just enjoy mafia/mob movies. Learned a little bit about that part of history. 8/10?
Just rewatched Game Night tonight. First saw it when it came out a few years ago, and thought it was funny enough to do round 2. I’ve always liked Jason Bateman’s humor - more quiet and sarcastic. Jesse Plemons is probably the funniest character, just a really weird dude but amusingly so. Lamorne Morris didn’t have a ton to say but I love his Winston character in New Girl and just generally enjoy him.
I’d say 8/10, maybe 8.5. Not winning any awards but it’s just a good time.
EDIT: Jeez, I said “just” too many times in this post.
My phone took me straight to this section of the thread. Did not have the context of @dt79‘s post but it made me laugh.
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Another reason why Fright Night 2 is AWESOME.
Fury was definitely one of those movies you wanna see in theaters. The tank battles were chefs kiss
Been on a movie tear as sickness has ravaged the family for the past few days, haha.
Werewolves Within - horror comedy whodunit. Funny, great writing, great acting, great soundtrack. Sam Richardson is really solid. Certainly not scary, but it stays pretty engaging throughout. 8/10.
X Men: Apocalypse - Days of Future Past was a solid X Men movie, one of the only ones, so this one overall wasn’t great. I didn’t have a bad time watching it or anything, but the mutant powers are kind of ridiculous at this point, and it definitely leaves you wondering what the fuck the point of Beast is - I mean, you have people who can teleport, move stuff with their minds, crumble people to dust, and then you have a dude who just turns into a blue fluffy guy and jumps high. 3/10. Maybe a 3.5.
Killerman - Liam Hemsworth is a money launderer with amnesia after a car crash. Doesn’t make much sense describing it, and it’s about the same watching it. Probably a 2.5/10.
Tomorrow War - New amazon prime movie. Sam Richardson (from Werewolves Within) kills it. Chris Pratt doesn’t do a bad job either. There’s definitely one major plot point that doesn’t make any sense, and whoever wrote it has a really poor concept of time travel, but it’s fun and the aliens look awesome. 6/10.
Watched 2 movies yesterday, work is very slow.
Freaky - Vince Vaughan as a serial killer body swaps with a teenage girl. @dt79 this may be up your alley, some brutal violence but mostly a story about being yourself :^)
Free Fire - A whole movie about a shootout. Could’ve been better tbh. I think another trip to the editing room could’ve made it great
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You gotta admire Fassbender, though. The dude still acted his ass off. I loved the Dark Phoenix scene. They got the wrong actress. The Wolverine scene was also well done. But that’s the problem with this movie. It’s just a compilation of “scenes”. Nothing works to tie them together.
I think I caught a bit of it but I turned it off. May give it another shot.
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