Nic Cage: Reasons to Hate Him
Very funny article from PopMatters.com titled “The 10 Legitimate Movie-Related Reasons to Hate Nicolas Cage.”
How this guy still is in major movies is amazing, he’s inches away from falling into the ‘Direct-to-DVD’ titles ala Steven Seagal like movie career.
They include the trailers and everything. Enjoy.
(PopMatters.com) Everyone loves to argue that, over the last decade of so, Nicolas Cage was a great actor making only wise decisions. They love to point to his filmography circa 2005 to present and conclude that, before this unfortunate binge as a play for hire paycheck casher, the award winning star was work smart and role savvy.
They highlight his recent pathetic attempts at working within difficult genres—the comic book epic (Ghost Rider), the apocalyptic headscratcher (Knowing), the sci-fi actioner (Next)—and resolve that, prior to some bout of wild child tabloid talentlessness, a pre-middle aged Cage made all the right choices. In turn, they have gone from adoring to apoplectic, hating their one time hero in the process.
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