3/4 Nicholas Cage's "Weather Man" is the most banal, depressing film I've
seen in years.
\_ Did you see the preview? It looked just as you describe it.
\_ Worse than the Constant Gardner?
\- Constant Gardner person: have you seen End of the Affair
\_ No.
\_ Were there any acts of redemption, character development, or
righteous anger in Constant Gardener? 'Cos there were NONE in
WM; just more of the same low-level idiotic personal mistakes.
\_ CG was just lame. I spent the whole time waiting for some-
thing to happen, and nothing did. Anyway, your description
of WM makes it sound a lot like Lord of War.
\_ Lord of War was ub3r
\_ Are you a Nicholas Cage fan? What did you think of "Leaving
Las Vegas" or "Matchstick Men"? Some people love him and some
hate him. I happen to love him.
\_ The only watchable movie NC has made is 'The Rock.' Mostly
'The Rock' is watchable b/c of Sean Connery. -!op
\_ Red Rock West and Honeymoon in Vegas were entertaining.
Face/Off in the not as great as YF Chow sense was good.
\_ I didn't like Face/Off. But then again I HATE John
Travolta; I cheered when he got killed in Broken
Arrow.
\_ Also good were: "Moonstruck", "Valley Girl", "Fast
Times at Ridgemont High", and some others.
\_ Actually, I like him as an actor, although he has a tendency to
coast on character on occasion (cf. Gone in 60 Seconds). He did
a fine job in WM; so did Michael Caine. It's just that the
material didn't deliver. |
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