I think part of Nicolas Cage's problem is his personal life with the addition of a crappy agent( I believe I half read an article that he was suing his agent some time back) that was probably nickling and diming him to death in combination with Cage living outside his means regardless of his (more than likely) multi-million dollar paychecks.The last two films of his I attempted to brave were pretty horrible,definately on the "SUCK FEST" list. Drive Angry,and Season of the Witch.
Yeah...Christensen Hayden sucks big time.He's about one bed post notch better than Shai LaDouche.He was unimpressive in the Star Wars pre-quels,but then again,a bad script will make anyone look bad.
Will Ferrell is also a hit&miss for me.Often times he is unwatchable,but then he does an entertaining film like Old School,Elf and believe it or not...Stranger than Fiction was a pretty good film.He was nominated for an Oscar in that film as I recall,and then he turns around and does Blades of Glory.Yikes.
DiCaprio is a different animal all together I.M.O. I didn't like some of his films( I HATED Titanic..I know that sounds so un American), but I think I admire him as an actor because it would have been so easy for him to go for the easy parts taylored for him that he probably would never even have to ask for and be the pretty boy/GQ pin-up on teen magazines.You have to hand it to him for films like What's Eating Gilber Grape and Catch Me if you Can and he just branched out and was doing films you would never expect to see him in.Obviously he has some sort of working relationship with Scorsese,kind of like what Depp had with Burton.
Yeah...Jack Black annoys the P*^#!@$?*^@# out of me. I don't typically find him funny or entertaining very often.
I think Keanu is partly a victim of starting at a young age in films and being type cast,but he does surprise in films like "The Gift".
Greg Kinnear is a great actor,so I don't know why he is being placed on the should'nt be a lead list?Flash of Genius was a great film of the little guy fighting an evil corporation.He doesn't always get choice films, but who would of thought a guy who started out on "Talk Soup" would be able to act in the first place?Still, he does bad films like any actor...he's been in some good films and bad, like "Stuck on You"... :confused
Yeah...Christensen Hayden sucks big time.He's about one bed post notch better than Shai LaDouche.He was unimpressive in the Star Wars pre-quels,but then again,a bad script will make anyone look bad.
Will Ferrell is also a hit&miss for me.Often times he is unwatchable,but then he does an entertaining film like Old School,Elf and believe it or not...Stranger than Fiction was a pretty good film.He was nominated for an Oscar in that film as I recall,and then he turns around and does Blades of Glory.Yikes.
DiCaprio is a different animal all together I.M.O. I didn't like some of his films( I HATED Titanic..I know that sounds so un American), but I think I admire him as an actor because it would have been so easy for him to go for the easy parts taylored for him that he probably would never even have to ask for and be the pretty boy/GQ pin-up on teen magazines.You have to hand it to him for films like What's Eating Gilber Grape and Catch Me if you Can and he just branched out and was doing films you would never expect to see him in.Obviously he has some sort of working relationship with Scorsese,kind of like what Depp had with Burton.
Yeah...Jack Black annoys the P*^#!@$?*^@# out of me. I don't typically find him funny or entertaining very often.
I think Keanu is partly a victim of starting at a young age in films and being type cast,but he does surprise in films like "The Gift".
Greg Kinnear is a great actor,so I don't know why he is being placed on the should'nt be a lead list?Flash of Genius was a great film of the little guy fighting an evil corporation.He doesn't always get choice films, but who would of thought a guy who started out on "Talk Soup" would be able to act in the first place?Still, he does bad films like any actor...he's been in some good films and bad, like "Stuck on You"... :confused
Each of these guys could've allowed themselves to get sucked into yet another genre roll or to just keep doing the same "paycheck" stuff over and over, but they really try to do more than just that. But think about it. How easy would it be for a guy like Ian McKellan to just keep playing characters in fantasy/comic-book/action genre films? He could be some over-the-top Bond villain, then play some character in a DC Comics film, and then do some Harry Potter knock-off or something. Or, you know, he could go direct Richard III at the Old Vic...
