remember when Nicolas Cage tried to be a serious actor...

[joker-scar]

is it just me or are you sick of seeing Nic Cage making these "i gotta make a ton of cash to pay for my juvenile rock star lifestyle"...i liked KICK ASS but what else for a few years???????

 

[the_batdemon]

no...I don't remember..was that around the same time Jim Carey tried being serious?

I won't deny he's been in some movies I've enjoyed, but he's always been Nick Cage in a different toupee. I can't believe they are making a sequel to Ghost Rider.

 

[etheren]

 

[DarkHelmet]

He seems to be just making movies to earn a living. Nothing wrong in that I guess considering the alternative.

I've never really enjoyed his movies..except one "Wild at Heart" and I can tolerate him in "Rumblefish".

Unfortunately, and this is just my opinion, his voice is too annoying, just like Keanu Reeves. Just can't take them seriously.

 

[Werstrooper]

Nic cages greatest moment (in my eyes) and who is there with him I wonder WHY THE VERY SAME STEREOTYPE!!!

 

[terryr]

When Con-Air came out they said "Nicholas Cage as an action hero?!" And he said 'well, just this once'.

 

[etheren]

The worthwhileness of Nicholas Cage's films are inversely proportional to the level of badassery that he tries to portray.

Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas -> Awesome
Ghost Rider and The Sorcerer's Apprentice -> Horrible

 

[Larry Young]

I'm going to DRIVE ANGRY in about thirty minutes and I expect to be awash in complete awesomeness.

 

[Qui-Gonzalez]

I enjoyed him in Raising Arizona. Holly Hunter helped my enjoyment. She is a dish.

 

[Larry Young]

OK, well, DRIVE ANGRY was awesome.

 

[rodneyfaile]

I remember hearing that he was being considered for the role of Superman in Superman Returns. That movie wasnt great, but I liked it. I thought Brandon Routh was excellent. Can anyone imagine Cage as Superman?

 

[allosaur176]

I remember hearing that he was being considered for the role of Superman in Superman Returns. That movie wasnt great, but I liked it. I thought Brandon Routh was excellent. Can anyone imagine Cage as Superman?

That all started when Tim Burton was going to make the movie back in the 90's

 

[clancampbell]

I just can't get past his constant bad Elvis impersonation.....

 

[Zykotec]

How sad is it that 'The Rock' directed by the action director so many people love to hate, may have been one of the last times he was not a 'action hero' type

 

[Art Andrews]

I saw the trailer for Drive Angry and just rolled my eyes. I feel like you shouldn't have to try to hard to make someone cool... either they are or they aren't, and most of the time Nicolas Cage isn't. I think he was great in movies like 'The Rock' because he was a hero by accident. However, when he tries to play it straight or play it as a tough guy, it just always comes across as silly to me. But for unknown reasons they just keep trying to jam him into that mold.

 

[HAL9000]

Life's too short. Why can't he have fun? Movies are entertainment.

 

[Vaux]

I liked him in Lord of War, but I thought Ghost Rider was horrible it was so cheesy, I really hope that it was a low budget film, at least it then has an excuse.

 

[rodneyfaile]

Matchstick Men was pretty good.

 

[Star Wars Chick]

I know Art doesn't like him much at all but I really do. Loved The Rock, loved Con Air, loved Face-Off, loved Gone in 60 Seconds. I don't mind the fact that he is pretty much the same in most of his movies but I know it drives art batty.

 

[KevVader]

I know this has been posted before but it really sums it up.

YouTube - Nicolas Cage's Agent