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Why the Nick Cage hate?
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:41 pm
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:41 pm
I hear all the time about how awful an actor Nick Cage is. I admit his performance in Con Air was over the top and atrocious, and I've not seen Season of the Witch, Snake Eyes, and the like... but I don't get the hate.
His performances in Face Off, replicating Travolta, and Matchstick Men were on point...he was cast perfectly for those roles.
Matchstick Men
I even enjoyed his performances in the National Treasure movies.
I know I'll get roasted and I'm not unwilling to concede his awfulness (especially with ConAir....Jesus H.) but just help me see it... enlighten me...Thanks.
His performances in Face Off, replicating Travolta, and Matchstick Men were on point...he was cast perfectly for those roles.
Matchstick Men
I even enjoyed his performances in the National Treasure movies.
I know I'll get roasted and I'm not unwilling to concede his awfulness (especially with ConAir....Jesus H.) but just help me see it... enlighten me...Thanks.
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Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:49 pm to Red Drum
I think you will find that this board likes him.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:50 pm to Red Drum
If it wasnt for his uncle, he is a nobody.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:52 pm to Red Drum
Raising Arizona is a top 5 comedy all time for me and his performance was incredible. He put out solid flicks throughout the 90's and early 2000's. Fame and some bad decisions made him go a little nuts. Then he had the IRS thing making him take every job that came across his table by default being in some shitty movies but he's done some solid ones along the way. Love me some Nic Cage.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 10:53 pm to Red Drum
His excess takes you out of the movie you're watching. It just becomes Nick Cage overacting in every other scene.
Posted on 8/10/16 at 11:06 pm to Red Drum
Posted on 8/10/16 at 11:06 pm to Red Drum
Even bad Nic Cage is awesome.
This post was edited on 8/10/16 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 8/10/16 at 11:10 pm to Red Drum
I enjoyed him in Family Man
Posted on 8/10/16 at 11:22 pm to Red Drum
If Nicolas Cage didn't accept every role he was offered, he'd be more respected overall.
That said, I don't think he's hated on as awful.
Some roles he nailed to perfection, others he went too Cage method and the rest he mailed in.
That said, I don't think he's hated on as awful.
Some roles he nailed to perfection, others he went too Cage method and the rest he mailed in.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 12:33 am to Red Drum
I even really love Knowing.
Hell, I even liked Pay the Ghost (even though it was constructed horribly as a film)
People will mention Moonstruck, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Zona, The Weather Man, World Trade Center, National Treasure, City of Angels, Con-Air, the Rock...and of course Leaving Las Vegas.
But the three movies that ARE Nic Cage in acting and what he emotes...and his most rewatchable...are...
1. Family Man
2. Matchstick Men
3. It could happen to you
I always thought he was a better semi-rom guy than a buffed action Rock guy...and
He nails it in his married or a little more sensitive roles. I mean he got his big break as the sensitive stoner in Valley Girl.
His cluelessness about how relationships work is pretty funny.
Him just being an action dork isn't as interesting.
I think he should have stayed in comedy like Arizona and rom-com.
Hell, I even liked Pay the Ghost (even though it was constructed horribly as a film)
People will mention Moonstruck, Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Zona, The Weather Man, World Trade Center, National Treasure, City of Angels, Con-Air, the Rock...and of course Leaving Las Vegas.
But the three movies that ARE Nic Cage in acting and what he emotes...and his most rewatchable...are...
1. Family Man
2. Matchstick Men
3. It could happen to you
I always thought he was a better semi-rom guy than a buffed action Rock guy...and
He nails it in his married or a little more sensitive roles. I mean he got his big break as the sensitive stoner in Valley Girl.
His cluelessness about how relationships work is pretty funny.
Him just being an action dork isn't as interesting.
I think he should have stayed in comedy like Arizona and rom-com.
This post was edited on 8/11/16 at 12:36 am
Posted on 8/11/16 at 1:33 am to Red Drum
I like the one where he marries the horse in Vegas.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:03 am to Red Drum
People like old Nick Cage, pre-2000. However, he has been absolute shite since 2000, except for maybe Lord of War.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:08 am to Red Drum
The Weather Man is Ana awesome movie.
He's made some fantastic movies and he's made some crap movies, but he's always entertaining.
He's made some fantastic movies and he's made some crap movies, but he's always entertaining.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:15 am to Red Drum
I've said this many times on this board, but I'm a firm believer that any movie improves by casting Nicolas Cage. Sure he can be hammy as hell, but I love that magnificent bastard. Think how truly awful the Wicker Man would have been without him. Instead Nick Cage turned it into a priceless comedy.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 7:54 am to Red Drum
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Why the Nick Cage hate?
He is kind of a cheesy actor.
Posted on 8/11/16 at 8:26 am to Red Drum
NOT THE BEES!
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