Gar! Nathan Rabin, you say the same things I do about The Cage, just more eloquently and two days later!
A lot of people dislike Nicolas Cage because he makes so many terrible movies and does things like name his son Kal-El. I, on the other hand, love the guy. Think of all the gutsy, unforgettable performances he’s given through the years in movies like Valley Girl, Rumble Fish, Raising Arizona, Moonstruck, Red Rock West, Leaving Las Vegas, Face/Off, Bringing Out The Dead, Adaptation, Matchstick Men, The Weather Man, and Lord Of War. That’s lifetime-pass credentials for sure. And his Werner Herzog Bad Lieutenant movie promises to be great, wonderfully terrible, or both.
Like R. Kelly, even when Cage is terrible, he’s pretty terrific. You could even argue that when he’s terrible, Cage is especially awesome, on multiple levels. He’s a legitimately great actor. He’s also a great bad actor, a great crazy actor, and a great over-actor.
You may be a famous movie critic-cum-memoirist, but I got here first Mr. Rabin. Although I thank you for alerting me to a few crazy Cage-ins I hadn’t seen (Zandalee included).
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thejamminjabber // August 21, 2009 at 4:35 pm |
Totally. Cage has greatness in him. It’s been a while, tho… can’t wait for Port of Call.
http://thejamminjabber.com/2009/08/21/werner-herzog-returns-with-a-double-barrel-blast-of-batshit-crazy/