The Actor with a Curl
What actor or actress has been in the widest range of great to awful movies?
I posed this question to some friend who were over for dinner Thursday night (specifically, the world's laziest blogger L-Dawg and her husband). And since then I haven't been able to stop thinking of nominations.
I was never satisfied with my original nominations, which included:
Dustin Hoffman (but he was in only one truly horrible movie, Ishtar)
John Candy (no disrespect for the dead, here)
Tommy Lee Jones (was anyone else besides me subjected to Volcano?
Bruce Willis (punished for Armageddon and Last Man Standing).
Mel Gibson (Conspiracy Theory GOOD, The Patriot BAD).
Chevy Chase (Fletch vs. Fletch Lives and Vacation vs. all the other Vacation movies).
The problem with this list is it involves actors who are tied to either an action or comedy drama (Dustin Hoffman being the exception). So I asked the question on Saturday when I was going for a long run with some friends of mine from MDRA. And one of my friends said right away, Nicholas Cage. And I can't think of a better nomination.
From the comic and visual masterpiece Raising Arizona to the shit-fest that was Con-Air and all the movies in between, Nicholas Cage has done it all. Not just from great to terrible, but from drama to action to comedy. Click here to see for yourself. When it comes to versatility in being in great and shitty movies and all the shades of grey in between, the Lifetime Achievement Oscar Award goes to Nicholas Cage. Well done Nick!
And I know what many of you are thinking. What about the ladies? To be honest I can't think of any that match the men's ability to be in shitty and great movies. Maybe ladies are just a lot more consistent with their decisions. Are there any other actresses or actors that also deserve mention (or that can unseat Nicholas Cage)?
3 comments:
If your definition of shit fest is a cult classic with great performances by actors such as John Malkovich and Steve Buscemi, then I suppose your correct. This is one of my personal favorite movies. I actually stumbled upon your ballsy comment by looking for a background picture for a copy of Con Air I am burning. Now I'm just going to assume you yanked that comment from some movie critic, because I don't see how any self-respecting guy can call this movie a shit fest. Now I suggest you actually see the movie before you assume it is horrible. And if your going to claim you already have, then maybe you should spend some time developing good movie taste instead of wasting your time blogging. I watch a wide variety of movies. Oscar winners, indies, action, comedy, documentary, pretty much anything. I judge a movie on what it's intended to be. Con Air is intended to be an escapist movie. It's not suppose to have any deep meaning, it's suppose to be fun. So get off your high horse and stop being so pretentious. Oh, and don't even get me started on Armageddon asshole.
Perhaps rather than bitching about other people's opinions, which they have every right to hold, she should brush up on her spelling and grammar?
Did you happen to see Joe vs. The Volcano. Mr Tom Hanks hopes you didn't.
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