Movie Discussion: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Evie Totty | May 6, 2022
Oh man! I haven't seen this one yet (and I assume no one else has yet either lol)

Scott Hardie | May 7, 2022
Nope. I'll get around to it eventually. I'm not a big fan of Nicolas Cage as wild-eyed living meme (I prefer Nicolas Cage the serious dramatic actor), so some of the appeal of this is lost on me. You?

Evie Totty | May 9, 2022
Well Alana has the same attitude towards him as Amanda, so I asked her if she wanted to go. She said yes, but it never went further.

I finally asked her again yesterday and assured her that it was ok if she didn't want to go, that I go alone to the movies all the time.

She said she indeed did NOT want to go, so I will be seeing it sometime this week. :D

Erik Bates | May 26, 2024
I'm not a huge fan of Nicholas Cage, with three notable exceptions, and all for the same reason:

Con Air
Gone in 60 Seconds
The Rock

These three movies were in heavy rotation with me and my friends in high school. As a result, they hold a very special place in my memory, particularly because my best friend from high school, who I quoted so many lines from all these movies with, passed away a few years ago. They are a reminder of a very happy time in my youth.

I think my dislike of Nick Cage comes only second to my dislike of John Travolta, so you can only imagine how I feel about Face/Off.

That being said, this movie was hilarious. Nicholas Cage making fun of himself works for me. Maybe because it makes me not feel so bad about making fun of him, myself. Pedro Pascal is a God damn delight of an actor, and I need to see him in more comedies.

The one meme clip that made the rounds for a while from this movie is great, but it is by far not what got the biggest laughs out of me.

There were a lot of references that I just didn't catch likely due to my aforementioned dislike of him.

Back here to edit and say: Gone in 60 Seconds came out in 2000. I graduated in 1998. Must have watched it on summer break with the aforementioned friends.

Scott Hardie | May 27, 2024
Yeah, not a Face/Off fan here, due to the wildest overacting this side of a Jim Carrey 90s comedy. Some people really enjoy that style and more power to them, but it's a taste that I never acquired. Al Pacino sometimes goes bug-eyed and crazy too, and in his case it sometimes works, but only when the movie is otherwise grounded (for example, Heat works while The Devil's Advocate doesn't). Most of Cage's movies go for broke as much as Cage does. :-\