Why Nick Cage matters/ is a Massive Tool.

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Nicolas Cage



Best Films (In the lead role)
1. Raising Arizona(1987)- Pure madness. Genius.
2. Adaptation(2002)- Fat Charlie Kaufman Twins.
3. Bringing Out the Dead(1999)- Semi sequel to Taxi Driver. Only with hope.
4. Matchstick Men(2003)- OCD & Sam Rockwell.
5. Leaving Las Vegas(1995)- Suicide by Alcohol.
6. 8MM(1999)- Snuff Porn. Wow
7. The Rock(1996)- Sean Connery, undeniable guilty pleasure.
8. Red Rock West(1993)- great nor piece with Dennis Hooper.


Worst Films
1. Ghost Rider(2007)- A hair piece that looks like a squirrel.
2. Next(2007)- The future he sees is Jessica Biel’s carrier dying.
3. The Wicker Man(2006)- Laughably unscary remake.
4. Knowing(2009)- What happens if you dig up a time capsule? Armageddon!
5. Con Air(1997)- unadulterated mullet bliss.
6. City of Angels(1998)- Angel in love with Meg Ryan. Leave that to Tom Hanks.
7. Honeymoon in Vegas(1992)- Sarah Jessica Parker. Enough said.
8. Bangkok Dangerous(2008)- Hitman in love with a blind Asian girl.



This week the Nick Cage film Knowing is opening in which he finds a buried note that can predict the apocalypse. Yuck! Chris and I had a big argument about whether Cage had any redeeming qualities. This is my rebuttal.

Its time to take stock of my fallen hero. I remember really thinking he was a good actor in the 90’s sure he was in shit like City of Angles and Con Air. But he took risks and worked with top talent like Scorsese, Cohen brothers, Ridley Scott, and Spike Jones. He even won an Oscar for Leaving Las Vegas (one of the most gloriously depressing movies ever). Films like 8mm and Bringing Out the Dead blew me away. I own at least 5 of his pictures.

Then a strange thing happened, the well ran dry, I mean Mohave. I have worked at a theater for 3 years now and during that time Cage has put out 7 movies that all suck badly. Were talking career low marks. I’ve gotten to where if I see his name on a trailer I grown “oh no, not again”. Some say he doing it for the money but I don’t buy this. He spent the first decade doing noncommercial projects. Then once he hit pay dirt with The Rock he still balanced his output with indie pictures.

What the fuck happened. My guess based on the output is he got the DeNiro syndrome where he compulsively had to keep himself working. Quality goes to the wayside. However, unlike DeNiro these films had no redeeming qualities. So in my opinion he has lost his way big time. My advice is please Nick stop, regroup, and choose wisely. I still want to see you rock.