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In Reply to: Just saw Windtalkers - what a steaming pile of crap. posted by Doug Flynn on August 10, 2002 at 00:10:04:
For me, his stand-out performances are "Wild at Heart", "Moonstruck",
"Raising Arizona", "The Rock", "Peggy Sue Got Married", "It Could Happen To You" and "Gone In 60 Seconds".He's a pretty good actor, with a respectable film career, so far. Not pretentious or, seemingly, overblown with his celebrity. He held his own with Sean Connery, and that's a big accomplishment in itself, for any actor to claim. "Raising Arizona" was a major acting chore, too, in terms of consistency of his comic performance, in the face of actors with supposed minor Coen Bros. Company, co-starring roles, that rivaled his. To be put in a film with so many good actors, with a one-off performance, is hard. Keeping up with Holly Hunter is tough too, as she is a very cerebral actor, of some accomplishment, that fails to show her "acting", actually working...but "the wheels" are constantly grinding there.
I was pretty put off by the seemingly syrupy "The Family Man", at first, but it took a few viewings to "get it", and it's quite a "little" film.
Cage has this winning "look", that he puts on, at some point in ALL of his performances, that is so empathetic, you just want to go out of your way to make any allowances for a sub-standard flaws in the story.
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I didn't care too much for 8mm.mp
That's the Scorcese film.It seems similar to "After Hours" and "King of Comedy". I wouldn't like it...not for Cage's performance, but for Scorsese's vision of New York here. To depressing to make an effort to see it, for me. But I will give it a try...if you insist.
Gritty and real.but very well done. It moved me.
I find I appreciate depressing movies sometimes because they remind
me to appreciate my life and not take a valuable second of it for granted.Also, I find it helps me be more symathetic with others, because I am opening my eyes to something that might be unpleasant and that I haven't experienced, but others have.
And Scorcese's view of city life is dark and bleak, but many people do view city life like that, and they manage to find pockets of happiness for themselves, so a common underlying theme in these movies is perseverence, and perhaps a bit of stoicism.
This movie can be compared somewhat to Midnight Cowboy, and notice how happy the two were in their private bungalow. That's the beauty in it that I see.
mp
No-one does New York better than Scorcese as per NY NY and Taxi Driver, Midnight Cowboy is brilliant too. I did miss "Bringing out the Dead" so I'll check it out, I've seen all the other Cage vehicles you mention and agree they're excellent, thanks for the heads up on "Dead"
Eric
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