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.