Yeah but I think when origin stories have already been TOLD that's why it is annoying. Iron Man and Cap were required to have origin stories, honestly. As well known as they are to us, the general population had NO IDEA. I'm fine with Hulk being glossed over, and Spidey now, because their origins had already been told at least once.
His Peter always sounded like he was suffering from crippling depression... and that was while IN the suit. Out of the suit, he sounds like that emo kid at parties who brings up soldier suicide rates in Iraq.
Even though they play the scene in every trailer, the line about "Oh no! You found my weakness! Small knives!" is pitch perfect Spidey. When I first saw that I was like, "Yes! This kid gets it."
I'm not a fan of Nic Cage. He's been okay in a few things, but his overall body of work isn't overly impressive. He does make me laugh in his absolute ridiculous roles though.
...even the Rock gets an honorable mention, but in most of his movies I tolerate the guy. I'm not knocking his acting ability, I just don't think he should be a leading man.
I love Nic Cage, some of his movies are fantastic, and some he's so over the top it's amazing to watch. and there are lots he's also just a great actor in.
Face/Off is more of a meta-example for him and Travolta of how good they really are as actors. Yes, the movie is ridiculous, but consider this: at various points in the movie, you have John Travolta playing Nic Cage and Nic Cage playing John Travolta, and seeing what they can get away with in terms of characterisation. To make it even funnier, they take it even deeper when they're around other characters not in on the joke, at which point you have John Travolta playing Nic Cage playing John Travolta, and Nic Cage playing John Travolta playing Nic Cage.
Head exploded yet? It's because Travolta and Cage Inceptioned each other.
John Carter was #1 in DVD & Blue-Ray sales when it came out last week and if news reports hold, it's also #1 this week but waiting for latest Rentrak details to confirm.
It was a damn good movie that didn't deserve such a bad theatrical run.
Travolta talking about creating both characters with Nic was interesting. How they spent hours just talking to each other figuring out each other's mannerisms and crafting both the characters. The movie if nothing else is great for actors studying the art of becoming a character because you have both actors switching places halfway through the movie.
Bringing Out The Dead is one of the world's most sorely underappreciated films. Scorsese fanboyism aside, it's one of the best damn movies anyone can watch ever.
