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November 23, 2010

You can freak out quite a lot in 4 minutes and 14 seconds.

A montage of Nicolas Cage (containing a lot of yelling and many iterations of "fuck"):

Via Metafilter.

44 comments:

Scott M said...: Nick Cage channeling Adam West in "Kickass" was on of the most fun movie moments of 2010. Genius.; 11/23/10, 12:30 PM
Anonymous said...: This is sort of how I envision Omega Liberal while he's posting here.

Reminds me of a story. I was working at a desk job with a guy who acted in productions at Sam Shepherd's Magic Theater in San Francisco. This was 30 years ago.

The actor guy was very mild mannered and friendly.

So, I took in a play. The guy played a ferociously evil bastard to perfection.

Afterward, I asked him: "How can a guy who's as easy going as you play that kind of part?"

"That's why they call it 'acting'" he answered.; 11/23/10, 12:37 PM
HKatz said...: One of the best examples of losing it (and this is appropriate for now, as it's a Thanksgiving movie and involves travel frustrations) is Steve Martin in Planes, Trains and Automobiles in that memorable f-word scene (though what's funny is that he delivers the monologue with a sort of quiet seething sarcasm and doesn't just yell a lot).; 11/23/10, 12:38 PM
bagoh20 said...: Ahhh, that ain't workin'. Git your money for nutin', your chicks for free.

That is a hell of a way to make a living. Damn, it looks fun!; 11/23/10, 12:45 PM
tim maguire said...: Nicholas Cage has been in a lot of movies. I mean, I've seen a lot of Nicholas Cage movies and I don't recognize at least half of these.

Kevin Bacon has nothing on Nicholas Cage.; 11/23/10, 12:49 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Winnebago Man seems tame in comparison.; 11/23/10, 12:54 PM
Hagar said...: Why give more airtime to this sort of stuff?; 11/23/10, 1:14 PM
The Crack Emcee said...: I don't recognize many of these films, either, but that second portrayal reminded me of the divorce. Just broke down.

Scott, is "Kickass" good?; 11/23/10, 1:18 PM
Scott M said...: I'm a pretty big fanboy snob when it comes to movies and I enjoyed the hell out of it. No prior knowledge of the graphic novel is needed, apparently, because I loved it.; 11/23/10, 1:26 PM
Scott M said...: Especially the girl playing Nick Cage's daughter. Awesome.; 11/23/10, 1:27 PM
MadisonMan said...: Planes Trains and Automobiles is a great great movie. John Candy at his finest.

It would have been better, though, with some nice TSA scenes in it.; 11/23/10, 1:28 PM
Lem Vibe Bandit said...: Nick Cage is not a high caliber actor IMHO.. hes there with Keanu Reeves and the Hugh Grants of the box office.. I dont expect much.; 11/23/10, 1:37 PM
test said...: "Nick Cage is not a high caliber actor"

That's about as understated as you can get. Half or more of his movies are simply unwatchable.; 11/23/10, 1:55 PM
The Scythian said...: If they ever make a movie about my life, I will be played by Nicolas Cage.

He'll just have to ramp up the intensity a little when he flips out.

(OK. A lot.); 11/23/10, 2:01 PM
prairie wind said...: It would have been better, though, with some nice TSA scenes in it.

"Those aren't PILLOWS!"; 11/23/10, 2:02 PM
blake said...: I reviewed "Kick-Ass" here.

Quoting myself: "It didn't piss me off."; 11/23/10, 2:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Worst movie I've seen in a long time:

Nicolas Cage in "Family Man."; 11/23/10, 2:10 PM
Unknown said...: The Blonde is a big Cage fan, but 'Con Air' is probably her fave, ironically less for him than all the rimshots the bad guys get.; 11/23/10, 2:12 PM
J2 said...: Best Movie I've seen in a long while:

Bad Lieutenant: New Orleans Port of Call; 11/23/10, 2:15 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: I think Cage is dependably good.

He plays lanky characters, but if you'd like to see him looking entirely different, watch the 1995 "Kiss of Death."; 11/23/10, 2:38 PM
ricpic said...: Uh, in real life that kind of acting out is answered with a knuckle sandwich.; 11/23/10, 2:39 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Worst movie I've seen in a long time:

Nicolas Cage in "Family Man."

Yeah, but pretty much all of those lady sop pictures are atrocious.; 11/23/10, 2:42 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Ha. I call him "dependably good," but then I look at his credits and see that I've hardly seen any of his recent pictures. So "dependably good" if you only watch him in good movies. I don't know about the other ones.; 11/23/10, 2:44 PM
Freeman Hunt said...: Netflix thought I'd like "Birdy," so I had it sent and watched it. WTF, Netflix?; 11/23/10, 2:46 PM
Patrick said...: I think cage is a pretty good actor, and I like some of the movies in this compilation. That said, I could not finish watching it. It was just too disturbing to watch that much freaking out.

HKat, Planes, Trains is a great movie, and the "mild freakout" scene is great, especially followed with a very deadpan "You're *****ed."

Gobble gobble.; 11/23/10, 2:49 PM
yashu said...: So good as "Ronny Cammareri" in Moonstruck; when I think of that character I smile. Love that movie.; 11/23/10, 2:53 PM
Scott M said...: especially followed with a very deadpan "You're *****ed."

A point of order...there are only four stars in ****ed. :); 11/23/10, 2:54 PM
Mattman26 said...: Vampire's kiss is kind of a quirky gem.; 11/23/10, 3:15 PM
ndspinelli said...: Cage is a superb actor who takes about any role presented to him. The reason is not that he can't discern good from bad. He is just so incredibly cavalier w/ money, he simply needs the cash; 11/23/10, 3:18 PM
Known Unknown said...: Cage is as good as his source material/director:

Raising Arizona (Coen Brothers)
Wild at Heart (David Lynch)
Moonstruck (Norman Jewison)
Bad Lieutenant: New Orleans Port of Call (Werner Herzog)
Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese)
Adaptation (Spike Jonze); 11/23/10, 3:31 PM
Penny said...: Keep Calm and Carry On; 11/23/10, 3:39 PM
q12345q6789 said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 11/23/10, 3:45 PM
q12345q6789 said...: Maybe they could play this at "Anger Management" meetings. Because afterwards all that anger seems ridiculous.

OTOH, maybe this would just tic some people in that situation of...hmmm?; 11/23/10, 3:46 PM
q12345q6789 said...: off.
Tic those people off, that is.; 11/23/10, 3:47 PM
q12345q6789 said...: I have noticed that Nic Cage is a particular *kind* of actor. There is this over-the-top-ness to his portrayals. Going all the way back to Peggy-Sue Got Married... I dunno if it started out as a self-conscious mask type thing and then became a "style". Even when he plays it "straight" he's a little too straight, or a little bigger-than-life in some other way. So yeah, if he's playing a guy who is going to get upset; that guy is going to be VERY UPSET!; 11/23/10, 3:52 PM
Martin L. Shoemaker said...: E.M. Davis, don't forget:

Valley Girl (Martha Coolidge)

Oh, film snobs will pan it as a typical teen flick with a vapid female lead whose career disappeared without a trace not long after. And I won't say they're wrong.

But I thought Cage's work there was very good for an early film; and I really liked Coolidge's storytelling. She's not an A list director, maybe not even a B list. I doubt many will even recognize her name. But she has delivered some pretty solid comedies, and I like her work, at least what I've seen of it. Her pilot for Sledge Hammer had me laughing for days.; 11/23/10, 4:23 PM
blake said...: Valley Girl! Deborah Foreman! She tried to make a comeback a few years ago after being retired for 15 years or so.

But besides Foreman and Cage, voice great E.G. Daily, Colleen Camp, Michelle Meyrink, Frederic Forrest!

Foreman followed-up with the better (IMO) "My Chauffeur" with "Flash Gordon" star Sam J. Jones.; 11/23/10, 5:21 PM
oldirishpig said...: I am extraordinarily happy to report that while I guessed one film was "Wicker Man" I had no idea what any of those other awful things were!; 11/23/10, 5:30 PM
lanelseymour said...: Nicholas unCaged; 11/23/10, 6:13 PM
Methadras said...: The Crack Emcee said...

Scott, is "Kickass" good?

I thought kick-ass was great, but then again, I also thought Unbreakable was great too. Most people didn't get it.; 11/23/10, 6:27 PM
William said...: "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom." Or anyway to a few Oscar nominations. His excess and the romanticism of Shanley's lines in Moonstruck were a perfect match.; 11/23/10, 6:47 PM
Anonymous said...: Kick Ass was the most fun movie of 2010.; 11/23/10, 8:01 PM
sakredkow said...: It's all about the nuance, isn't it?; 11/24/10, 8:17 AM
Big Mike said...: I couldn't quite get to the halfway point. When Cage wants to chew the scenery, he can really work those molars.; 11/24/10, 8:18 PM

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