the most recent Nic Cage thing I saw was that one with him and Willem Dafoe as three-time ex-con losers where, oddly, Cage was out-weirdo'd by Dafoe.
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 31 May 2018 19:17 (six years ago) link
that being said the opening sequence of that film is fucking *insane* and the rest of the movie kinda pales in comparison
is there a more insane Nic Cage scene than this one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYJOAW7r03s
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 May 2018 19:19 (six years ago) link
like the last 30 seconds of that has got to be improvised right? who would put something like that in the script ?????
― frogbs, Thursday, 31 May 2018 19:22 (six years ago) link
i have this bk which has the script in it & that end dialogue is there
https://www.amazon.com/Bad-Lieutenant-Port-Call-Orleans/dp/0789320134
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 June 2018 13:09 (six years ago) link
what i think is improvised or maybe was a herzog suggestion is the scene starting w cage hiding behind the door & shaving
― johnny crunch, Friday, 1 June 2018 13:10 (six years ago) link
Mandy is by the guy who did Beyond the Black Rainbow so it was already a must-see for me.
― Simon H., Friday, 1 June 2018 13:15 (six years ago) link
btw I highly encourage all of you to watch this series of Pachinko commercials he did in Japan, each one of them is like a mini-Cage movie and they get progressively crazier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYkw-5htPw0
― frogbs, Friday, 1 June 2018 13:25 (six years ago) link
to those who wanted this in a blog, let it never be said that will m. doesn't deliver
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 1 June 2018 17:40 (six years ago) link
looks like my link wasn't working before because i don't know how to use wordpress. anyway, it's working now. also, i've watch The Best of Times, Fast Times, and Valley Girl, and I'm watching Rumble Fish now. Good movie so far but god this is a weird way to spend my summer
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 02:26 (six years ago) link
ADDED TO HOME SCREEN
― Anglo Scarfy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:05 (six years ago) link
stoked for the madness!
― visiting, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 03:31 (six years ago) link
National Treasure is a rare film that lives up to it's name. the movie should be in the Smithsonian. it is an act of pure nationalist magic, the best kind of full-hearted propaganda that loves its subject matter and is a ton of fun.
it is a non stop thrill ride. it is like Indiana Jones or something where it just keeps going to new, thrilling, gleefully batshit places. a rollicking adventure helmed by a madman. just non stop insanity from the first frame. North By Northwest on mushrooms.
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:26 (six years ago) link
wtf is wrong with you that you don't "get" Fast Times
xxp
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
i watched fast times a few weeks ago. holds up extremely well
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
admittedly, i didn't even know cage was in it
he's like...not really in it. does he even have a speaking line?
― frogbs, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
he's in one scene. but that doesn't mean the film sucks! cuz the film is p great
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 June 2018 16:38 (six years ago) link
the bit was that i was mad he wasn't in it at all
these aren't gonna be... incisive reviews
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 6 June 2018 19:42 (six years ago) link
after a series of 300-ish word "reviews" for nick cage movies i have now decided to write a 2000-page epic about his 45-second appearance in his 13th film, Never On Tuesday
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
Stoked
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:28 (five years ago) link
https://media0.giphy.com/media/CiTLZWskt7Fu/giphy.gif
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 June 2018 16:31 (five years ago) link
He really has turned into Timothy Carey, except he makes more (shit) movies and plays the lead.
Didn't know he had a role in Stone's Snowden!
Did anyone see this thing, which featured Jerry Lewis (last film) as NC's dad?
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3733774/fullcredits/
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
bears a physical resemblance to Carey too, oddly
― Οὖτις, Friday, 15 June 2018 16:47 (five years ago) link
that's what i was primarily thinking of!
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 15 June 2018 16:52 (five years ago) link
so it ended up at only 1200 words but that's like 25 words per second of screen time so I think that's enough. goes up on monday.
― challops trap house (Will M.), Friday, 15 June 2018 18:59 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rI054ow6KJk
🤘
― oder doch?, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 16:39 (five years ago) link
That looks incredible.
― brain (krakow), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:01 (five years ago) link
excited for that one!!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:05 (five years ago) link
hell yes
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:08 (five years ago) link
the first panos kosmatos film beyond the black rainbow is worth watching.
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 17:09 (five years ago) link
sorry I cannot watch that without thinking "HOW'D IT GET BURNED!!!" over and over
― frogbs, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:16 (five years ago) link
BtBR is dope, this looks to be a different beast. Actually I'm a little concerned with how over-the-top grindhousey it looks, wackier than I was expecting
― Simon H., Wednesday, 27 June 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
holy shit i cannot wait to see mandy
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:30 (five years ago) link
huh didn't register with me that that was the Black Rainbow guy. Kinda curious about it now
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
also man do I love Peggy Sue Got Married. love most of Cage's 80s films tbh
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 28 June 2018 15:51 (five years ago) link
I got some unfortunate Hobo With a Shotgun vibes from some costuming & color correction choices in that trailer but Black Rainbow was incredible and advance critical word for Mandy has been very, very good so I'm here for it
― You guys are caterpillar (Telephone thing), Friday, 29 June 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
apparently there's a 2-minute scene where Cage chugs vodka and yells at everyone, that's worth the price of the ticket alone
― frogbs, Friday, 29 June 2018 03:15 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/aug/14/i-watched-nicolas-cage-movies-for-14-hours-straight-and-im-sold
― brain (krakow), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 08:40 (five years ago) link
lol that was pretty good but I definitely would have put Bad Lieutenant in there, its sort of a darker spiritual successor to Vampire's Kiss, and somehow even more over the top
― frogbs, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
My friends who caught Mandy are raving about it.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
I'm now 60 of 88 movies into his oeuvre this summer and i'm losing my mind. but that writer is correct. he is the best actor
and i did see mandy after all -- my verdict:
- Acts 2 & 3 are precisely what you would expect from a panos cosmatos/nicolas cage weirdo revenge epic, and are great, but- Act 1 hints at an incredible movie that i wish they had instead made: a kind of kaleidoscopic, quiet, suspenseful character piece. almost reminds me of the shining or rosemary's baby or something, really, really good- yes the vodka scene is great but the crowd was whooping and hollering at what is actually a pretty harrowing scene, but it was a genre festival crowd so what do you expect
I've been going in mostly chronological order and I'm up to 2009 now. I'm far less worried now about the "rough patch" of 4, 5, 6 movies a year than i was at the beginning: i trust that this guy can make any movie watchable. plus i've heard some good/exciting things about some of the upcoming ones (joe, dog eat dog, arsenal) and the two very recent ones I've seen (mandy & mom and dad) were fantastic.
I'M ALMOST THERE
― challops trap house (Will M.), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 14:26 (five years ago) link
I have watched the first 20 minutes of Snake Eyes on TV more than I have watched any film on TV
just throwing it in here bcz Will did not give that ludicrous tracking shot a shout-out in his blog
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 17:43 (five years ago) link
i meant to! along with all of the different angles and first person stuff it was one of the things that made that movie feel so video game-y
― challops trap house (Will M.), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 17:49 (five years ago) link
loved that guardian piece
― Karl Malone, Tuesday, 14 August 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
a kind of kaleidoscopic, quiet, suspenseful character piece. almost reminds me of the shining or rosemary's baby or something, really, really good
my friend compared that first act to Lost Highway
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 18:20 (five years ago) link
I also urge Will to shamelessly plug his blog itt at least once a week
― 16, 35, DCP, Go! (sic), Tuesday, 14 August 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
Oh but I would never, ever dare to shamelessly plug on ILX! That would be OUTRAGEOUS!
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 13:31 (five years ago) link
that works too! hints at a super duper excellent movie in panos that i want to see so bad
― challops trap house (Will M.), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Scored a copy of Schrader's homemade edit of his "Dying Of the Light". Looking forward to watching Cage lose his mind via ACTING and silly jump cuts!
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 15 August 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link