Nicholas Cage's best performance

[Orrex]

Poll question: Nicholas Cage's best performance

[Tuesday Afternoon]

1. He was pretty decent in Moonstruck...

and Raising Arizona...that's it.

[Orrex]

3. I forgot about Moonstruck, but you're right

However, after Cher's Do You Believe in Life After Love? atrocity, I can't watch anything with her in it, even if it predates that wretched, wretched song.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. point taken

;)

[Frank Cannon]

2. Clearly, it was his Oscar-worthy performance in The Wicker Man

For your enjoyment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6i2WRreARo

(Not a Rickroll.)

[ScreamingMeemie]

21. Oh, you beat me to it, I can't believe we paid the 3.99 directv rental

for that... :(

[Crazy Dave]

5. The Rock

And with excellent, outstanding support from Sean Connery and Ed Harris, it's one of those movies that I've watched more than a dozen times.

[Orrex]

6. You know, that film surprises in a number of ways

Most signficantly IMO is the fact that neither the protagonist nor the antagonist is a "bad" guy; each is truly doing what he believes to be right, with integrity and dedication. This is borne out by Harris recognizing when his bluff has been called, and his subsequent choices.

Granted, the whole bit with Connery escaping is a little overblown, and the film itself is a big sfx showcase, but there are some surprisingly good moments in it.

[Crazy Dave]

8. Now I've got two of my favorite quotes stuck in my head

"You want me to stick this IN MY HEART?!!?"

and...

"I wuz gonna take pleasure in guttin' yew boy"

Might have to get that out of the archives and watch it today, just to get them out of my head ;)

[TZ]

7. Honeymoon in Vegas

Oh come on...he was hilarious in that...especially at the end when he was one of the flying Elvii....:D

[fishwax]

20. he was funny in that one

I haven't seen that movie in a while, but it's always good for a laugh :)

[dustsailor]

9. I liked National treasure

Although to be honest I have not watched enough Nicholas Cage pieces to reach a conclusion.

[dustsailor]

10. Correction

I saw the second movie only. Not the first National Treasure.

[Lyric]

11. Gone in 60 Seconds, probably nt

[Forkboy]

12. I thought he was awesome in Matchstick Men.

I know people with OCD and he had it down.

Lord of War was cool too.

[Flaxbee]

17. those two were very good --

Matchstick Men was great, & Lord of War was depressing as hell, but Cage was very good in it.

[martymar64]

13. What about Valley Girl?!?!?!

He was good in that. Plus it had the luscious Deborah Foreman!

[redwitch]

19. Loved him in Valley Girl.

Like, totally, fer shur. :-)

I think it was the first time I saw him, loved that movie, loved the music. :hi:

[Cant trust em]

14. Two words for you.

Ghost Rider.

:rofl:

[auntAgonist]

15. Con Air was good. John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118880/

[sasquatch]

16. Lord of War was his best work

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Wild at Heart.

[Orrex]

35. Okay, I'll give you that one

But Willem Dafoe really steals the show IMO.

[ghostsofgiants]

36. Yeah, Willem is great in that as well.

[Orrex]

38. I have a friend who has called him "William Dafoe" for at least 20 years

You just can't teach some people.

[PassingFair]

22. His hairline changes more than his facial expressions do.

Really, I can't GET PAST THE HAIR.

I just can't.

[AlCzervik]

23. totally agree, it becomes another character in whatever movie he's in. Too distracting.

[PassingFair]

26. His "acting" is so flat and BAD...

that I get caught up in the hairline.

I say "Freeze it! WTF is going ON UP THERE!"

It drives my husband NUTS!

[orleans]

32. i agree his acting is totally flat. i never understood why people

think he's so great

to me he is always the same

[KamaAina]

33. That's because it's a RUG

has been for years.

On the other hand, he does own a place on Esplanade Ave. (lower boundary of the French Quarter), so he can't be all bad.

[Adsos Letter]

24. Face Off

[Haole Girl]

25. Lord of War

http://ia.media-imdb.com/images/M/MV5BMjEzNDM2OTgzN15BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwMzU3MTIzMQ@@._V1._SY140_SX100_.jpg

[Zavulon]

27. I don't know what his best was, but I can point out his worst.

It was that dumbass angel movie in which he gives up his wings to be with some girl and she dies almost immediately thereafter.

This is the sort of shit you have to go see when you have a girlfriend. Trust me, sit through that garbage and you'll seriously consider celibacy.

[Orrex]

34. City of Angels is a shitty faux remake of Wings of Desire

An excellent film that I heartily recommend.


But you're right that City of Angels is pretty god-awful.

[democracyindanger]

28. Leaving Las Vegas

Nobody remembers that that's what he won an Oscar for?

[Richard Steele]

29. "Vampire's Kiss", 1989. Far and away his best work!

:rofl:

[Brigid]

30. Another vote for "Lord of War."

Fascinating stuff.

[KG]

31. Birdy

[bigwillq]

37. I thought he was really good in

Leaving Las Vegas...I thought the Oscar was well-deserved although Sean Penn was also very good in "Dead Man Walking" that year as well.