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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 5, 2011 16:38:03 GMT -5
Nicolas Cage in Drive Angry 3D. Rating: ★★ One thing these new exploitation movies keep doing wrong is the fact that they include big stars as their protagonists. Nicolas Cage, Kurt Russell, Robert De Niro, and many other big stars have been in these exploitation movies and it's nothing but awkward. Drive Angry 3D pairs the overhyped Nicolas Cage and Amber Heard together and pretty much gives us our money's worth. The plot is convoluted and twisted; a loner named Milton (Cage) escapes from Hell and is on the search for his daughter's baby who was stolen by Jonah King (Billy Burke). Jonah is a cult leader who is scheduled to perform a sadistic sacrifice on the infant. Milton teams up with bossy diner employee Piper (Heard) and they try to obtain the infant. There is a fine line between a human being helpless and a child being helpless. But to have an infant be prepared to be sacrificed is scummy and disgusting. It's unnecessary, dirty work that the screenwriter and directors shouldn't have approved to be in a film. But why scold an exploitation movie for being way to violent and disturbing? That's its point, but there is even a limit to how far a no rules movie can go. And we have Nicolas Cage in the film. One of Hollywood's most overrated and overpraised actors who hasn't done in a good film in years. Ghost Rider, National Treasure, and The Weather Man are all his recent film failures, and I can't understand why. I loved him in Leaving Las Vegas and found The Rock very exciting. He won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas. Why does he continue to submerse himself into low grade and tasteless films. If he wanted to, he could probably win another Oscar. And I'm sure the Academy is cringing when they see the work he does now. Though I am throwing constant punches, in this he wasn't as bad as I thought. As Milton, he did fairly well. That hairdo is laughable, but other than that, his face on the cover of the DVD says it all. He drives angry and loves it. Some scenes of him kicking the crap out of everyone like he is being controlled by a sugar rushed twelve year old on Grand Theft Auto are entertaining and good fun. But ultimately, the movie fails in the field of special effects, dialog, and plot. I should also mention that watching the film in 2D is something that was never meant to be. When people make 3D movies and utilize it by having debris and fire flying towards the audience, they forget that when the movie is released on a regular, non-3D Dvd it will look strange and out of place. So many moments in the film, including the credits, were meant to be seen in their original form. The music is loud, but fitting. The storyline is grotesque, but welcomed. The characters classless and not behaved, but we like it. It's all it should be. It's successful at achieving recognition for being itself and what it succeeded to be, but still, everything is too silly and too obscure to even obtain status as a cult classic. It's all just too, you know, odd. Starring: Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, Billy Burke, and William Fichtner. Directed by: Patrick Lussier.
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Post by nopersonality on Jun 6, 2011 1:53:05 GMT -5
Doesn't "Nic Cage" just say it all... ?
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 6, 2011 6:46:28 GMT -5
Doesn't "Nic Cage" just say it all... ? Pretty much. Be he wasn't as bad as he usually is.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 12, 2011 12:30:47 GMT -5
" And we have Nicholas Cage in the film. One of Hollywood's most overrated and overpraised actors who hasn't done in a good film in years. Ghost Rider, National Treasure, and The Weather Man are all his recent film failures, and I can't understand why. I loved him in Leaving Las Vegas and found The Rock very exciting. He won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas. Why does he continue to submerse himself into low grade and tasteless films. If he wanted to, he could probably win another Oscar. And I'm sure the Academy is cringing when they see the work he does now." So many things wrong with this I don't even know where to start. He does the crap films because his accountant ripped him off big time and he needs money. Why does that matter though? Who cares if his current films are crap? He has a history of greatness and that's all you need. Just because Cop Out, Jay and Silent Bon Strike Back, and Zack and Miri are terrible films doesn't mean Kevin Smith is a bad director. He's made at least two great films. "Overrated" and "overpraised." I don't understand this. Which Nic Cage are you referring to here? The one who did Leaving Las Vegas, Con Air, The Rock, Raising Arizona, ect, or the one who did National Treasure and The Wicker Man? Leaving Las Vegas Cage is certainly praised and rated, but you yourself said he was good in those films. No one is saying his performance in The Sorcerer's Apprentice is incredible. His new films are almost entirely panned by critics. Doesn't "Nic Cage" just say it all... ? Say what? Seeming as how Nic Cage has made several good films I don't see how just his name can say anything about the quality of the film. Doesn't "Nic Cage" just say it all... ? Pretty much. Be he wasn't as bad as he usually is. Think: is Nic Cage bad or are the films bad?
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 12, 2011 13:30:03 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, but I never saw Raising Arizona or the movies you found him good in. The movies and Nic Cage are bad. He's an Oscar winning actor. He should be doing way better roles than this. He's a good actor when put in the right film.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 13, 2011 17:34:25 GMT -5
Maybe it's just me, but I never saw Raising Arizona or the movies you fond him good in. The movies and Nic Cage are bad. He's an Oscar winning actor. He should be doing way better roles than this. He's a good actor when put in the right film. Your contradictions confuse me.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 13, 2011 21:35:36 GMT -5
The movies, like this, Ghost Rider, and The Weather Man, are bad and so is he. The good films he's done, like Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock, are good and he is good in them. He's good, when put in the right role. Not when he is playing so unlikable fool on a bad hair day.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 14, 2011 14:58:46 GMT -5
The movies, like this, Ghost Rider, and The Weather Man, are bad and so is he. The good films he's done, like Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock, are good and he is good in them. He's good, when put in the right role. Not when he is playing so unlikable fool on a bad hair day. Again, are the films bad or is he bad?
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 14, 2011 15:24:02 GMT -5
The movies, like this, Ghost Rider, and The Weather Man, are bad and so is he. The good films he's done, like Leaving Las Vegas and The Rock, are good and he is good in them. He's good, when put in the right role. Not when he is playing so unlikable fool on a bad hair day. Again, are the films bad or is he bad? Reread the post. I said he's bad in bad movies, and good in good movies. He can pull it off when he has well written material.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 14, 2011 23:52:56 GMT -5
Again, are the films bad or is he bad? Reread the post. I said he's bad in bad movies, and good in good movies. He can pull it off when he has well written material. Last sentence helped clarify things a bit. Still don't see how he's overrated or overpraised if you say he's good in the films everyone likes him in.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 15, 2011 8:13:47 GMT -5
Reread the post. I said he's bad in bad movies, and good in good movies. He can pull it off when he has well written material. Last sentence helped clarify things a bit. Still don't see how he's overrated or overpraised if you say he's good in the films everyone likes him in. He's good, but not anymore. Yet Hollywood still thinks that he's gold when he's really a has-been. Come back in another very serious drama film, maybe. But as far as the last, maybe, eight years he's done nothing close to memorable or good.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 15, 2011 12:08:51 GMT -5
Last sentence helped clarify things a bit. Still don't see how he's overrated or overpraised if you say he's good in the films everyone likes him in. He's good, but not anymore. Yet Hollywood still thinks that he's gold when he's really a has-been. Come back in another very serious drama film, maybe. But as far as the last, maybe, eight years he's done nothing close to memorable or good. One of us has to be delusional because I live in a world in 2011 where everyone thinks Nic Cage is a joke now.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 15, 2011 16:37:05 GMT -5
Well, you and Hollywood still kiss the ground he walks on even though he has done nothing but idiotic action films for the last eight years.
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Post by Handsome Devil on Jun 16, 2011 0:23:54 GMT -5
Well, you and Hollywood still kiss the ground he walks on even though he has done nothing but idiotic action films for the last eight years. I still like him. I think he's a great actor no matter what material he is given But, I don't think everyone else shares my love of him. It actually seems to be quite the opposite most times. Maybe we're just living on different planets here Steve.
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Post by StevePulaski on Jun 16, 2011 8:07:24 GMT -5
Well, you and Hollywood still kiss the ground he walks on even though he has done nothing but idiotic action films for the last eight years. I still like him. I think he's a great actor no matter what material he is given But, I don't think everyone else shares my love of him. It actually seems to be quite the opposite most times. Maybe we're just living on different planets here Steve. Maybe I'm out of touch, but I still know a lot of people that worship is sellout ass. Raising Arizona is on my list for The Summer Diaries, though.
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