Nic Cage was on Letterman on Monday night! Cory and I missed it, because we were drinking beer and playing ping pong. Which is definitely more exciting than watching Letterman.
HOWEVER, we missed this little gem. Lucky for us, the internet records it all...
nic ate shrooms with his cat
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hey, where's that chocolate cake?
Sorry, guys. I know that posting has been slow lately. I'm sure you've all been on the edge of your seats, anxiously wondering whether or not we are watching movies anymore, whether we will ever finish this project and fulfill this site's promise or abandon it to join myspace for a slow death in the internet wasteland of neglected media.
I'm not going to lie, it's been really tough lately. We knew that we would hit a speed bump when we got to the 2000s, but we underestimated just how high that bump would be.
"How tough Can it be," you may ask, "I mean, you're just watching movies, right?" I'm telling you, it's Really tough. Sure, we hit some rough patches before (Amos and Andrew? Trapped in Paradise? Zandalee?), but those movies always seemed to follow or precede other more interesting ones, or at least we had never heard of them so didn't know what we were getting into, or there was Judge Reinholt, or Something. Plus, we were in Sober April so even at the worst of times we would usually just shrug, crack open another root beer, and carry on.
However, Sober April is long gone, so when faced with this situation: "Hey, we both have the night off! What do you want to do? So and so is playing here, or we could go to so and so's party, or we could go hang out with so and so at bar xyz...or we could just stay in and knock out The Family Man?" ...well, yeah.
But, never fear, we finally watched it. Because we are not quitters! (And also maybe because it was the end of the month and we were broke--I rented it with change.)
And, you know, it wasn't too bad.
The Family Man (2000)
Tea Leoni is so weird looking. I think that's why she's surprisingly endearing in this movie. You find yourself almost thinking she's cute, and then she makes this face and you're like, whoa, she is Weird looking. Is she in anything else? I don't know. But anyway, for what it is, I think this is a cute movie. Kinda more one that you would watch on TV when you have a hangover than one that is actually worth renting, but definitely watchable. I don't know, maybe we're getting soft.
Don Cheadle is some kinda angel or something, which is pretty lolz. And the little girl is cute. Nic's pretty restrained, which is a slight letdown, but there's no baby-talking Dana Carvey, so you pick your battles I guess.
And, also it inexplicably spawned this incredibly bizarre youtube video (thanks, Jill!). so...uh...there's that.
Cory sez.. I'm not sure why I liked it, but I kinda had a good time with this. I do not suggest actually watching it.
I'm not going to lie, it's been really tough lately. We knew that we would hit a speed bump when we got to the 2000s, but we underestimated just how high that bump would be.
"How tough Can it be," you may ask, "I mean, you're just watching movies, right?" I'm telling you, it's Really tough. Sure, we hit some rough patches before (Amos and Andrew? Trapped in Paradise? Zandalee?), but those movies always seemed to follow or precede other more interesting ones, or at least we had never heard of them so didn't know what we were getting into, or there was Judge Reinholt, or Something. Plus, we were in Sober April so even at the worst of times we would usually just shrug, crack open another root beer, and carry on.
However, Sober April is long gone, so when faced with this situation: "Hey, we both have the night off! What do you want to do? So and so is playing here, or we could go to so and so's party, or we could go hang out with so and so at bar xyz...or we could just stay in and knock out The Family Man?" ...well, yeah.
But, never fear, we finally watched it. Because we are not quitters! (And also maybe because it was the end of the month and we were broke--I rented it with change.)
And, you know, it wasn't too bad.
The Family Man (2000)
Tea Leoni is so weird looking. I think that's why she's surprisingly endearing in this movie. You find yourself almost thinking she's cute, and then she makes this face and you're like, whoa, she is Weird looking. Is she in anything else? I don't know. But anyway, for what it is, I think this is a cute movie. Kinda more one that you would watch on TV when you have a hangover than one that is actually worth renting, but definitely watchable. I don't know, maybe we're getting soft.
Don Cheadle is some kinda angel or something, which is pretty lolz. And the little girl is cute. Nic's pretty restrained, which is a slight letdown, but there's no baby-talking Dana Carvey, so you pick your battles I guess.
And, also it inexplicably spawned this incredibly bizarre youtube video (thanks, Jill!). so...uh...there's that.
Cory sez.. I'm not sure why I liked it, but I kinda had a good time with this. I do not suggest actually watching it.
of doppelgangers and throttle linkage
So I thought that Mark Strong (bad guy boss from kick ass) was also in Kiss of Death and It could happen to you. Turns out Stanley Tucci and Mark Strong are fucking twins! And Mark knows it! And he's sooo flattered:
(from this blog)
Do you ever hear that people think you look like Stanley Tucci?
Yeah! I’ve had not only Stanley Tucci, but Andy Garcia. It’s funny, isn’t it? I actually take that as an enormous compliment because I think it’s a mark of people starting to notice you. I’ve known other actors who suddenly do something that gets them noticed and the first thing that happens on this long journey of becoming a regular in the movies, people try to work out who you’re like. There’s also a football player in London for Manchester United called Dimitar Berbatov who’s Bulgarian. So what they’re identifying, I think, is that kind of Mediterranean, Eastern European thing. I take it as a huge compliment. Stanley Tucci and Andy Garcia are a couple of terrific actors."
Apparently, he also looks like this soccer player too.
I don't care what Prince says, the internet is totes useful.
Anyway, this:
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
was pretty entertaining, I thought. Fast cars! Pretty typical story...Nic (Memphis Raines) has given up his life of crime but then he is lured back into it for One Last Heist, to save his asshole brother, Kip, from getting crushed in a car compactor by the bad guys. Well, they're all criminals, so I guess he's saving him from the badDER guys. But whatever, really, his bro is barely worth saving at all, in my opinion. He just whines and gripes and screws everything up all the time, and is hardly grateful to Memphis at all. Lame. But, of course, Memphis still really lusts after the car thieving so it's not so terrible after all...plus he gets to hook up with his old flame, Sway, (Angelina Jolie w/ gross dreadlocks) and engage in some weird car-talky foreplay:
Sway: What do you think is more exciting... having sex or stealing cars?
Memphis: Having sex or boosting cars... Um, oo! Well, uh... How about having sex WHILE boosting cars?
Sway: Oh, that's a good line. Doesn't work on a lot of girls, though.
Memphis: I just blurted it out, I'm sorry... But, you haven't answered the question.
Sway: Well, you see, the problem is... how do you get over the shifter?
Memphis: Oh, oh right... because the uh...
Sway: 'Cos it gets in the way.
Memphis: Because you wouldn't want to disrupt the syncro-mesh... the throttle linkage... the clutch master cylinder... the overhead camshaft.
Sway: I can't do this.
Memphis: Straight inline 6, triple Weber carburetors, bolted to each other's body structures...
Sway: Well, it's time to work...
Memphis: Good brakes... good brakes, too!
ha.
(from this blog)
Do you ever hear that people think you look like Stanley Tucci?
Yeah! I’ve had not only Stanley Tucci, but Andy Garcia. It’s funny, isn’t it? I actually take that as an enormous compliment because I think it’s a mark of people starting to notice you. I’ve known other actors who suddenly do something that gets them noticed and the first thing that happens on this long journey of becoming a regular in the movies, people try to work out who you’re like. There’s also a football player in London for Manchester United called Dimitar Berbatov who’s Bulgarian. So what they’re identifying, I think, is that kind of Mediterranean, Eastern European thing. I take it as a huge compliment. Stanley Tucci and Andy Garcia are a couple of terrific actors."
Apparently, he also looks like this soccer player too.
I don't care what Prince says, the internet is totes useful.
Anyway, this:
Gone in 60 Seconds (2000)
was pretty entertaining, I thought. Fast cars! Pretty typical story...Nic (Memphis Raines) has given up his life of crime but then he is lured back into it for One Last Heist, to save his asshole brother, Kip, from getting crushed in a car compactor by the bad guys. Well, they're all criminals, so I guess he's saving him from the badDER guys. But whatever, really, his bro is barely worth saving at all, in my opinion. He just whines and gripes and screws everything up all the time, and is hardly grateful to Memphis at all. Lame. But, of course, Memphis still really lusts after the car thieving so it's not so terrible after all...plus he gets to hook up with his old flame, Sway, (Angelina Jolie w/ gross dreadlocks) and engage in some weird car-talky foreplay:
Sway: What do you think is more exciting... having sex or stealing cars?
Memphis: Having sex or boosting cars... Um, oo! Well, uh... How about having sex WHILE boosting cars?
Sway: Oh, that's a good line. Doesn't work on a lot of girls, though.
Memphis: I just blurted it out, I'm sorry... But, you haven't answered the question.
Sway: Well, you see, the problem is... how do you get over the shifter?
Memphis: Oh, oh right... because the uh...
Sway: 'Cos it gets in the way.
Memphis: Because you wouldn't want to disrupt the syncro-mesh... the throttle linkage... the clutch master cylinder... the overhead camshaft.
Sway: I can't do this.
Memphis: Straight inline 6, triple Weber carburetors, bolted to each other's body structures...
Sway: Well, it's time to work...
Memphis: Good brakes... good brakes, too!
ha.
Monday, May 17, 2010
City of Angels
Remember how I was talking about how Nic Cage was on a roll? Well, then there was this movie.
City of Angels (1998)
This is a remake of a wonderful movie made 10 years earlier by Wim Wenders called Wings of Desire. I watched it in high school and was mesmerized. Then, I heard there was a remake...so I watched it, doubtful that it would affect me the way the original had, but hopeful that it would at least be worth my time.
Unfortunately, it missed the mark.
Unfortunately, some bad things happened.
Unfortunately what originated as understated, effective drama...
became overstated, forgettable melodrama...
and Nick Cave...
became the Goo Goo Dolls...
and sexy trapeze artist Solveig Dommartin became quirky do-gooder doctor Meg Ryan.
...to name a few of these bad things.
Oh, America. Is there a more perfect example of a missed-the-point remake?
The most frustrating thing about this movie is not only that it is terrible, but that in the process of being terrible it takes all of the beautiful and interesting elements of the original movie and cheesifies them so much that it's hard to believe they could ever be anything other than cheesy. Which is so totally unfair. It's one thing to make a crappy remake of an awesome movie, but to make a crappy remake of an awesome movie that threatens to ruin a viewer's ability to appreciate the beauty of the original? That's just cruel.
So, really all I want to say is don't watch City of Angels, don't read anything more about it, and rent Wings of Desire someday.
And if you're unfortunate enough to have seen City of Angels already, I'm sorry. But PLEASE still give Wings of Desire a chance, even though the thought of watching another movie about the concept of angels on earth is probably making you twitchy. I promise. It's beautiful in that one.
City of Angels (1998)
This is a remake of a wonderful movie made 10 years earlier by Wim Wenders called Wings of Desire. I watched it in high school and was mesmerized. Then, I heard there was a remake...so I watched it, doubtful that it would affect me the way the original had, but hopeful that it would at least be worth my time.
Unfortunately, it missed the mark.
Unfortunately, some bad things happened.
Unfortunately what originated as understated, effective drama...
became overstated, forgettable melodrama...
and Nick Cave...
became the Goo Goo Dolls...
and sexy trapeze artist Solveig Dommartin became quirky do-gooder doctor Meg Ryan.
...to name a few of these bad things.
Oh, America. Is there a more perfect example of a missed-the-point remake?
The most frustrating thing about this movie is not only that it is terrible, but that in the process of being terrible it takes all of the beautiful and interesting elements of the original movie and cheesifies them so much that it's hard to believe they could ever be anything other than cheesy. Which is so totally unfair. It's one thing to make a crappy remake of an awesome movie, but to make a crappy remake of an awesome movie that threatens to ruin a viewer's ability to appreciate the beauty of the original? That's just cruel.
So, really all I want to say is don't watch City of Angels, don't read anything more about it, and rent Wings of Desire someday.
And if you're unfortunate enough to have seen City of Angels already, I'm sorry. But PLEASE still give Wings of Desire a chance, even though the thought of watching another movie about the concept of angels on earth is probably making you twitchy. I promise. It's beautiful in that one.
Thursday, May 13, 2010
I miss Nic! (and Cory)
So, yeah, posting has been pretty sporadic lately. We actually haven't been able to watch any movies in May. First we went to Marfa so Cory could work the Alamo show at the Marfa film festival, and now Cory is on tour until the end of the month. So, movie-watching on hold till June. Which has actually been kind of weird, to go from NIC CAGE OVERLOAD to...nothing (except for a couple seconds here and there when we've caught a snippet of a movie on T.V., which, silly enough, is slightly comforting).
However, we did watch a ton of movies right before this hiatus, so I've been kind of trying to slowly post about them this month, just so no one gets too bored and gives up on us. So don't give up on us! We Will finish this project!
For now, the last two of the nineties...
Snake Eyes (1998)
This was another one of those pleasant surprises. It's a pretty typical mystery story, but what sets it apart from a lot of crime dramas is that for most of it there's really no mystery for the viewer, only for the protagonist, which I liked.
Visually, there's a lot of interesting stuff going on in this one, which adds to its appeal. The entire movie takes place in one Atlantic City casino, which makes for a kind of claustrophobic and tense mood throughout. The first 10 to 15 minutes are awesome, as the camera follows a fast-talking Nic Cage around as he wheels and deals behind the scenes before and during a big boxing match at his casino. It's all fast and loud and looks like it's all one take which is cool (Cory looked it up though, and apparently it's a couple different takes edited together to look like one, but it's still cool).
Happily, Nic is totes on fire in his role as Ricky Santoro. You really find yourself routing for him, even if he is kind of a sleaze.
8 mm (1999)
We've come to dread the movies where Nic plays a good guy. As a general rule, he is totally great as a Flawed protagonist (e.g. Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas) or at bringing emotional complexity to a villain (Kiss of Death), but when he's supposed to be the straightforward good guy or hero he usually plays it so squeaky clean and one-dimensional that it's unbelievable and you end up bored to tears (Guarding Tess, It Could Happen To You). Thankfully, in this one he avoids that trap and allows himself to go over to the dark side a little.
As for the film itself...it was okay. I felt it could have been way better. Definitely could have been creepier, more affecting. I mean, snuff films--that's not light subject matter. Not that this movie was lighthearted, but it all just seemed a little superficial, from the commissioned One Million Dollar snuff film to the long-haired, silk bathrobe-wearing porn director and the stereotypically freaky sex store. I feel like for whatever reason the director was scared to delve very deep into the subject matter, which left him unable do anything more than basically Hollywoodize it into a simple moralistic tale that entertained, but didn't really hit a realistic or emotional level.
Which, of course, happens all the time. It's hard to face all the sick shit that's in the world head-on, and even harder to take a piece of that sick shit and make it into a relevant Fictional movie. I certainly couldn't do it.
Oh you know what? We also watched Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) which Was at Vulcan (thanks to whoever posted that tip, I don't know why I just assumed they wouldn't have it). Nic Cage is only in the first scene, and then it's just a long play of weird people running around on stage with Julee Cruse flying around over them, singing songs from the album that the Twin Peaks music is from. So...um...not that exciting. But whatever, I like her music. I would watch that 7 times in a row before watching Trapped in Paradise again.
And that's it for now! Check back in June, when we resume the madness with renewed vigor!
In the meantime, were you wondering how Nicolas Cage picks the types of meat he eats?
However, we did watch a ton of movies right before this hiatus, so I've been kind of trying to slowly post about them this month, just so no one gets too bored and gives up on us. So don't give up on us! We Will finish this project!
For now, the last two of the nineties...
Snake Eyes (1998)
This was another one of those pleasant surprises. It's a pretty typical mystery story, but what sets it apart from a lot of crime dramas is that for most of it there's really no mystery for the viewer, only for the protagonist, which I liked.
Visually, there's a lot of interesting stuff going on in this one, which adds to its appeal. The entire movie takes place in one Atlantic City casino, which makes for a kind of claustrophobic and tense mood throughout. The first 10 to 15 minutes are awesome, as the camera follows a fast-talking Nic Cage around as he wheels and deals behind the scenes before and during a big boxing match at his casino. It's all fast and loud and looks like it's all one take which is cool (Cory looked it up though, and apparently it's a couple different takes edited together to look like one, but it's still cool).
Happily, Nic is totes on fire in his role as Ricky Santoro. You really find yourself routing for him, even if he is kind of a sleaze.
8 mm (1999)
We've come to dread the movies where Nic plays a good guy. As a general rule, he is totally great as a Flawed protagonist (e.g. Raising Arizona, Leaving Las Vegas) or at bringing emotional complexity to a villain (Kiss of Death), but when he's supposed to be the straightforward good guy or hero he usually plays it so squeaky clean and one-dimensional that it's unbelievable and you end up bored to tears (Guarding Tess, It Could Happen To You). Thankfully, in this one he avoids that trap and allows himself to go over to the dark side a little.
As for the film itself...it was okay. I felt it could have been way better. Definitely could have been creepier, more affecting. I mean, snuff films--that's not light subject matter. Not that this movie was lighthearted, but it all just seemed a little superficial, from the commissioned One Million Dollar snuff film to the long-haired, silk bathrobe-wearing porn director and the stereotypically freaky sex store. I feel like for whatever reason the director was scared to delve very deep into the subject matter, which left him unable do anything more than basically Hollywoodize it into a simple moralistic tale that entertained, but didn't really hit a realistic or emotional level.
Which, of course, happens all the time. It's hard to face all the sick shit that's in the world head-on, and even harder to take a piece of that sick shit and make it into a relevant Fictional movie. I certainly couldn't do it.
Oh you know what? We also watched Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Broken Hearted (1990) which Was at Vulcan (thanks to whoever posted that tip, I don't know why I just assumed they wouldn't have it). Nic Cage is only in the first scene, and then it's just a long play of weird people running around on stage with Julee Cruse flying around over them, singing songs from the album that the Twin Peaks music is from. So...um...not that exciting. But whatever, I like her music. I would watch that 7 times in a row before watching Trapped in Paradise again.
And that's it for now! Check back in June, when we resume the madness with renewed vigor!
In the meantime, were you wondering how Nicolas Cage picks the types of meat he eats?
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Between the Rock and Con Air
The Rock (1996)
Remember back in the 90s when white people could be terrorists too?
I don't have much to say about this one. I think it was really popular? Didn't think it was bad, just not really my thing. I think Cory liked it better.
Remember back in the 90s when white people could be terrorists too?
I don't have much to say about this one. I think it was really popular? Didn't think it was bad, just not really my thing. I think Cory liked it better.
Cory says...Yes I did it is good times. I was sad to learn that you can't make animated gifs with sound cuz I wanted to make two from this movie. The first would be when n.c. says he is a beatlemaniac, and the second would be when connery and n.c. both say "it's a grunge thing." Not a great movie, but not amos and andrew either.
Con Air (1997)
You know, for all the shit I talk about action movies, I actually kinda dig this one. I mean, it's totes ridiculous...but I think that as long as you are able to completely ignore what is possible in reality and just accept this movie for what it is, you will be adequately entertained. Nic's hair is pretty atrocious but in a funny mullet way...not in a greazy sleazy way like in Zandalee) and he is kind of endearing as the soft-spoken good bad guy. I also really like John Malkovich...and of course Steve Buscemi (although it is totez lolz that it is supposed to be a good thing when at the end he, a mass murderer, remains free to live a supposedly changed life). Oh yeah, and John Cusak is his regular cute John Cusak-y self. All in all, a pretty fun time. And thanks to Top Drawer thrift store's 50 cent movie shelf, I now own it on VHS.
So, happily Nic seemed to be able to recover from the disastrous releases of 1994 with the Kiss of Death, and then stay reasonably afloat with the Rock, and Con Air. Oh yeah, then Face/Off after that. None of which are my faves, but all of them are much, much more respectable additions to his repertoire than those of that dark year.
You never know what you're gonna get with this guy.
Con Air (1997)
You know, for all the shit I talk about action movies, I actually kinda dig this one. I mean, it's totes ridiculous...but I think that as long as you are able to completely ignore what is possible in reality and just accept this movie for what it is, you will be adequately entertained. Nic's hair is pretty atrocious but in a funny mullet way...not in a greazy sleazy way like in Zandalee) and he is kind of endearing as the soft-spoken good bad guy. I also really like John Malkovich...and of course Steve Buscemi (although it is totez lolz that it is supposed to be a good thing when at the end he, a mass murderer, remains free to live a supposedly changed life). Oh yeah, and John Cusak is his regular cute John Cusak-y self. All in all, a pretty fun time. And thanks to Top Drawer thrift store's 50 cent movie shelf, I now own it on VHS.
So, happily Nic seemed to be able to recover from the disastrous releases of 1994 with the Kiss of Death, and then stay reasonably afloat with the Rock, and Con Air. Oh yeah, then Face/Off after that. None of which are my faves, but all of them are much, much more respectable additions to his repertoire than those of that dark year.
You never know what you're gonna get with this guy.
Monday, May 10, 2010
1994
Nicolas Cage was in three movies that came out in 1994. I don't know What he was thinking, but they are all utterly, painfully, terrible.
I have to say, that even during runs like this, maybe even in a twisted way Because of runs like this, I can't stop loving this guy. I mean, even when he's in a complete piece of crap he still gives it his all. I haven't seen a movie yet where he seems like he's just sleepwalking through the role...even in the ones that seem to be "filler" or blatant money-makers.
Roger Ebert said:
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively.... He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him.
Yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about.
Anyway, I should stop now lest my sentimental ramblings distract you from the main point of this post; these three movies are awful. Watch at your own risk.
Guarding Tess (1994)
This was probably the best of the three. Which is not saying much. A bizarre movie with a meandering plot; I still don't quite understand what it was trying to say.
Trapped in paradise (1994)
Worst. Movie. Ever. Barf. I would rather watch Amos and Andrew again, twice, than watch this movie one more time. Dana Carvey? Jon Lovitz? Oh, and it's a CHRISTMAS MOVIE too! UGHHH.
Cory says... When we watched City of Angels I started doing stuff like ironing my pants cuz it was so boring, but this movie was really really pissing me off. I could feel my muscles tensing up and I got a headache. If anyone can name me a more annoying character than Dana Carvey in this film I would be amazed.
I have to say, that even during runs like this, maybe even in a twisted way Because of runs like this, I can't stop loving this guy. I mean, even when he's in a complete piece of crap he still gives it his all. I haven't seen a movie yet where he seems like he's just sleepwalking through the role...even in the ones that seem to be "filler" or blatant money-makers.
Roger Ebert said:
There are often lists of the great living male movie stars: De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino, usually. How often do you see the name of Nicolas Cage? He should always be up there. He's daring and fearless in his choice of roles, and unafraid to crawl out on a limb, saw it off and remain suspended in air. No one else can project inner trembling so effectively.... He always seems so earnest. However improbable his character, he never winks at the audience. He is committed to the character with every atom and plays him as if he were him.
Yeah. That's what I'm talkin' about.
Anyway, I should stop now lest my sentimental ramblings distract you from the main point of this post; these three movies are awful. Watch at your own risk.
Guarding Tess (1994)
This was probably the best of the three. Which is not saying much. A bizarre movie with a meandering plot; I still don't quite understand what it was trying to say.
Cory says.. No this movie is not allowed to be the best of anything.
It could happen to you (1994)
Cheesy. Corny. Sappy. Rosie Perez.
Cory says.. Nic is a cop in this, and Bunk from the Wire is his partner. Do yourself a favor and never watch this.
It could happen to you (1994)
Cheesy. Corny. Sappy. Rosie Perez.
Cory says.. Nic is a cop in this, and Bunk from the Wire is his partner. Do yourself a favor and never watch this.
Trapped in paradise (1994)
Worst. Movie. Ever. Barf. I would rather watch Amos and Andrew again, twice, than watch this movie one more time. Dana Carvey? Jon Lovitz? Oh, and it's a CHRISTMAS MOVIE too! UGHHH.
Cory says... When we watched City of Angels I started doing stuff like ironing my pants cuz it was so boring, but this movie was really really pissing me off. I could feel my muscles tensing up and I got a headache. If anyone can name me a more annoying character than Dana Carvey in this film I would be amazed.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Balls, Attitude, Direction
Kiss of Death (1995)
It's little gems like this that have made this endeavor worth it. I'm not saying this is a great film, but Nic Cage's roided out performance is a sight for very siiick eyes. Instant top 10. David Caruso is boring as usual, as is Sam Jackson, but whoever wrote this part for Nicolas knows whazzup. One thing we've learned thus far is that when casting N.C. you need to make sure he is not the hero, and he needs to be allowed the freedom to go waaay off the tracks.
katy says...I didn't really think David Caruso or Sam Jackson were that boring. Sam Jackson had a leaky eye thing going on that was pretty gross. My mom's good friend Jay O. Sanders is in it too, which was a nice surprise.
Cory is right, of course, Nic definitely stole the show. Gnarly goatee? Check. Various white windsuit/wife beater combos? Bench-pressing of a stripper? Check. You totes want to watch this one.
(sorry about the crappy quality of this clip; it's all I could find, and I just had to give y'all a taste)
It's little gems like this that have made this endeavor worth it. I'm not saying this is a great film, but Nic Cage's roided out performance is a sight for very siiick eyes. Instant top 10. David Caruso is boring as usual, as is Sam Jackson, but whoever wrote this part for Nicolas knows whazzup. One thing we've learned thus far is that when casting N.C. you need to make sure he is not the hero, and he needs to be allowed the freedom to go waaay off the tracks.
katy says...I didn't really think David Caruso or Sam Jackson were that boring. Sam Jackson had a leaky eye thing going on that was pretty gross. My mom's good friend Jay O. Sanders is in it too, which was a nice surprise.
Cory is right, of course, Nic definitely stole the show. Gnarly goatee? Check. Various white windsuit/wife beater combos? Bench-pressing of a stripper? Check. You totes want to watch this one.
(sorry about the crappy quality of this clip; it's all I could find, and I just had to give y'all a taste)
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Heading into the new millenium!!
So. Here we are on May 1.
While we didn't meet our initial goal of finishing in 30 days, we still watched a TON of Nic Cage movies this month, 33 to be exact. In fact, it turns out we have knocked out everything up to the 2000s, with only 18 movies left to go.
This is really pretty amazing, considering we both have jobs, friends, and yes, even interests other than Nicolas Cage. Plus, our schedules are often pretty opposite; I work Monday-Friday 10-6, and Cory works whatever day of the week he is scheduled, and usually until 12:30-1 a.m.
PLUS we were sober the whole time! Which made the simple act of just Finishing some of these movies an incredible accomplishment in and of itself.
Yep, we're feeling pretty proud of ourselves.
But we don't want to get carried away with pride yet, we still have movies to watch. Which we can now watch with beer! Which, incidentally, might be key to getting us through this last stretch ...I have a feeling the post-2000 chunk is not going to be as easy as the pre-2000. (I'm lookin' at you, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.)
Anyway, thanks for reading and stick around...there's plenty more to come!
The List: UPDATED 5/1/2010
(I'm behind a little in blog posts, but we have watched everything that is checked off)
Season of the Witch (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010) ✓
Astro Boy (2009) (voice)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
G-Force (2009) (voice)
Knowing (2009)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Next (2007)
Grindhouse (2007) only in a mock trailer ✓ (watched on you tube...awesome)
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Wicker Man (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006) (voice)
The Weather Man (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
National Treasure (2004)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Adaptation (2002)
Sonny (2002)
Windtalkers (2002)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
The Family Man (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) ✓
8MM (1999) ✓
Snake Eyes (1998) ✓
City of Angels (1998) ✓
Face/Off (1997) ✓
Con Air (1997) ✓
The Rock (1996) ✓
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) ✓
Kiss of Death (1995/I) ✓
Trapped in Paradise (1994) ✓
It Could Happen to You (1994) ✓
Guarding Tess (1994) ✓
Deadfall (1993) ✓
Red Rock West (1993) ✓
Amos & Andrew (1993) ✓
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) ✓
Zandalee (1991) ✓
Wild at Heart (1990) ✓
Fire Birds (1990) ✓
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV) ✓ (which totes was at Vulcan, I don't know why I doubted them)
Tempo di uccidere aka Time to Kill (1989) ✓
Vampire's Kiss (1988) ✓
Never on Tuesday (1988) (uncredited) .... Man in Red Sports Car
Moonstruck (1987) ✓
Raising Arizona (1987) ✓
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) ✓
The Boy in Blue (1986) ✓
Birdy (1984) ✓
The Cotton Club (1984) ✓
Racing with the Moon (1984) ✓
Rumble Fish (1983) ✓
Valley Girl (1983) ✓
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) ✓
While we didn't meet our initial goal of finishing in 30 days, we still watched a TON of Nic Cage movies this month, 33 to be exact. In fact, it turns out we have knocked out everything up to the 2000s, with only 18 movies left to go.
This is really pretty amazing, considering we both have jobs, friends, and yes, even interests other than Nicolas Cage. Plus, our schedules are often pretty opposite; I work Monday-Friday 10-6, and Cory works whatever day of the week he is scheduled, and usually until 12:30-1 a.m.
PLUS we were sober the whole time! Which made the simple act of just Finishing some of these movies an incredible accomplishment in and of itself.
Yep, we're feeling pretty proud of ourselves.
But we don't want to get carried away with pride yet, we still have movies to watch. Which we can now watch with beer! Which, incidentally, might be key to getting us through this last stretch ...I have a feeling the post-2000 chunk is not going to be as easy as the pre-2000. (I'm lookin' at you, Captain Corelli's Mandolin.)
Anyway, thanks for reading and stick around...there's plenty more to come!
The List: UPDATED 5/1/2010
(I'm behind a little in blog posts, but we have watched everything that is checked off)
Season of the Witch (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010) ✓
Astro Boy (2009) (voice)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
G-Force (2009) (voice)
Knowing (2009)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Next (2007)
Grindhouse (2007) only in a mock trailer ✓ (watched on you tube...awesome)
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Wicker Man (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006) (voice)
The Weather Man (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
National Treasure (2004)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Adaptation (2002)
Sonny (2002)
Windtalkers (2002)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
The Family Man (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) ✓
8MM (1999) ✓
Snake Eyes (1998) ✓
City of Angels (1998) ✓
Face/Off (1997) ✓
Con Air (1997) ✓
The Rock (1996) ✓
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) ✓
Kiss of Death (1995/I) ✓
Trapped in Paradise (1994) ✓
It Could Happen to You (1994) ✓
Guarding Tess (1994) ✓
Deadfall (1993) ✓
Red Rock West (1993) ✓
Amos & Andrew (1993) ✓
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992) ✓
Zandalee (1991) ✓
Wild at Heart (1990) ✓
Fire Birds (1990) ✓
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV) ✓ (which totes was at Vulcan, I don't know why I doubted them)
Tempo di uccidere aka Time to Kill (1989) ✓
Vampire's Kiss (1988) ✓
Never on Tuesday (1988) (uncredited) .... Man in Red Sports Car
Moonstruck (1987) ✓
Raising Arizona (1987) ✓
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) ✓
The Boy in Blue (1986) ✓
Birdy (1984) ✓
The Cotton Club (1984) ✓
Racing with the Moon (1984) ✓
Rumble Fish (1983) ✓
Valley Girl (1983) ✓
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) ✓
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Suburbian nightmare
Amos and Andrew (1993)
From the Netflix jacket:
"Racial stereotypes get skewered 1990s style in this satire from director E. Max Frye."
This was our first clue that this was gonna be a tough one. "1990s style?" What does that even mean? we wondered. Are the stereotypes going to be skewered by bad fashion and grunge music? Or were the 90s a particularly notable time for skewering racial stereotypes? Who writes these things?
After watching it, I still don't really know what that phrase means, or how it relates to this movie. So the whole thing basically revolves around one joke: Samuel L. Jackson moves into an affluent, all-white neighborhood and is subsequently mistaken to be a burglar. Cause he's black. So then when they realize their mistake the dumbass police have to cover their tracks by striking a deal with a criminal (Cage) so that he will go in there and pretend he actually was holding Jackson hostage the whole time.
It's not a bad joke, really. Kinda. But unfortunately, this is not a 5 minute Saturday Night Live sketch, this is a full, 96 minute movie. How did they they manage to fill up all that time, you may ask? Cue the bumbling cops, nosy attention-grubbing neighbors, and white criminal vs. black good guy shenanigans. It doesn't work. It doesn't "skewer" anything. It's pretty painful in fact, and despite being about 91 minutes too long, doesn't even have a real ending.
Both Nicolas Cage and Samuel Jackson do all right, I guess, considering what they have to work with. And really, this little stinker for SJ is no biggie, considering the next year he was going to go on to totally kick ass in Pulp Fiction. Unfortunately, Nic in 1994, not so much, but that's another post.
cory says.... hands down the worst movie so far.... at least in firebirds he had a couple scenes where he flipped out. this movie just set the bar on the ground.
But wait! Don't completely write this movie off, because without it Sir Mixalot would never have been commissioned to write its theme song (and, incidentally, create a new word) which plays through the credits and is quite a gem.
You think I'm joking?
From the Netflix jacket:
"Racial stereotypes get skewered 1990s style in this satire from director E. Max Frye."
This was our first clue that this was gonna be a tough one. "1990s style?" What does that even mean? we wondered. Are the stereotypes going to be skewered by bad fashion and grunge music? Or were the 90s a particularly notable time for skewering racial stereotypes? Who writes these things?
After watching it, I still don't really know what that phrase means, or how it relates to this movie. So the whole thing basically revolves around one joke: Samuel L. Jackson moves into an affluent, all-white neighborhood and is subsequently mistaken to be a burglar. Cause he's black. So then when they realize their mistake the dumbass police have to cover their tracks by striking a deal with a criminal (Cage) so that he will go in there and pretend he actually was holding Jackson hostage the whole time.
It's not a bad joke, really. Kinda. But unfortunately, this is not a 5 minute Saturday Night Live sketch, this is a full, 96 minute movie. How did they they manage to fill up all that time, you may ask? Cue the bumbling cops, nosy attention-grubbing neighbors, and white criminal vs. black good guy shenanigans. It doesn't work. It doesn't "skewer" anything. It's pretty painful in fact, and despite being about 91 minutes too long, doesn't even have a real ending.
Both Nicolas Cage and Samuel Jackson do all right, I guess, considering what they have to work with. And really, this little stinker for SJ is no biggie, considering the next year he was going to go on to totally kick ass in Pulp Fiction. Unfortunately, Nic in 1994, not so much, but that's another post.
cory says.... hands down the worst movie so far.... at least in firebirds he had a couple scenes where he flipped out. this movie just set the bar on the ground.
But wait! Don't completely write this movie off, because without it Sir Mixalot would never have been commissioned to write its theme song (and, incidentally, create a new word) which plays through the credits and is quite a gem.
You think I'm joking?
Monday, April 26, 2010
the kling klang king of the rim ram room
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
There is no denying that this is a great movie with an amazing performance by Nicolas Cage. You can practically Feel his pain as you watch him physically degenerating.
Ok, that said, I have three problems with this one. First and foremost, THE MUSIC. It is sooo loud, and the same songs play over and over and over. It's incredibly distracting and odd and the songs themselves (sung by Sting, Don Henley, and Michael McDonald) just do not date well.
Second, I don't understand why Sera kicks Ben out after she finds him with the hooker. Seems to me like the whole premise of the movie is how they accept each other as they are...but then, she doesn't really. I don't know...maybe I'm missing something, but every time I watch this movie I always feel like that part is just there to add some drama...drama that I don't really think is necessary for the story.
Third, the sex scene at the end. I mean, it's definitely portrayed as sick and sad, as it should be. However, I just don't think that it's realistic to think that it could even happen at all. I mean, in real life I have a hard time believing that he could even come close to, er, performing...not to mention if he was really that far into the dt's he'd probably be pretty gross, personal hygiene-wise, and sex would probably be the last thing on either of their minds. I know, I know, it's a movie, not reality, but up to that point it is a pretty darn realistic movie, and then there is that scene and i just think "oh, Hollywood."
All that said, it's a very well done movie, and I'm glad Cory got to see it (I can't believe he hadn't already).
cory says... I'm not joking here... I didn't really feel depressed watching this (other than the rape scene). I found it to be somewhat playful in a twisted way. I thought the acting was excellent, and it seemed like they had a good time making this. I agree the music is fucking terrible.
Hmm.
I really want to read the book now. Did you know that the author was an alcoholic too, and killed himself two weeks after learning his book was going to be made into a movie? Sad stuff.
By the way, whatever happened to Elisabeth Shue?
A nice surprise
Yay! It made me so happy to sign in today and see some comments today. Blogging can feel a lot like talking to yourself after awhile, and even though i put that viewcounter thingy on here it's still NOIICE to have evidence from actual feedback that people are reading. So, thanks!
Plus, we've been pretty hermity lately, what with the not drinking and all, so lame as it may sound, it's nice to have a little contact with the outside world. Speaking of, since May 1 is Saturday, this was our last full weekend of Sober April. I think we're both pretty darn ready to be done with That part of the project. It's been nice to have some time to reset and relax, but the weather has been pretty beerific these days, and we're ready to join in the fun.
Now, on to the movies.
Red Rock West (1993)
This was one of those that we knew nothing about, and were pleasantly surprised by. It wasn't amazing or anything, just an interesting mystery, with decent acting and writing, not too long, not too flashy or boring. Nicolas Cage is a cowboy from Texas also, so he gets to throw in a little twang, which is interesting.
Dennis Hopper is also in it. If you're like us, you're thinking "Dennis Hopper and Nicolas Cage OMG ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!" But actually, they're both very subdued. Which actually works in this movie but, you know, is still a bit of a bummer.
Plus, we've been pretty hermity lately, what with the not drinking and all, so lame as it may sound, it's nice to have a little contact with the outside world. Speaking of, since May 1 is Saturday, this was our last full weekend of Sober April. I think we're both pretty darn ready to be done with That part of the project. It's been nice to have some time to reset and relax, but the weather has been pretty beerific these days, and we're ready to join in the fun.
Now, on to the movies.
Red Rock West (1993)
This was one of those that we knew nothing about, and were pleasantly surprised by. It wasn't amazing or anything, just an interesting mystery, with decent acting and writing, not too long, not too flashy or boring. Nicolas Cage is a cowboy from Texas also, so he gets to throw in a little twang, which is interesting.
Dennis Hopper is also in it. If you're like us, you're thinking "Dennis Hopper and Nicolas Cage OMG ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN!" But actually, they're both very subdued. Which actually works in this movie but, you know, is still a bit of a bummer.
cory says... this review makes it sound only mediocre, but I think it was a very good movie.. then again we've been watching some really really bad stuff!!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Rockin' good news
Wild at Heart (1990)
Really fun and rather straightforward (for David Lynch) film. A rebel-love story/road movie. Nic has an Elvis thing going that I could watch all day, and Laura Dern is the sex pot love stricken 20 year old. Willem Defoe is creepy/awesome too.
Great movie and Cage killin it.
Really fun and rather straightforward (for David Lynch) film. A rebel-love story/road movie. Nic has an Elvis thing going that I could watch all day, and Laura Dern is the sex pot love stricken 20 year old. Willem Defoe is creepy/awesome too.
Great movie and Cage killin it.
Three-way
Man, we had a run of some dull movies this weekend.
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Pretty straight-forward rom-com. I'm yawning just thinking about it. Nic gets to dress as Elvis at the end though, which I bet he liked.
Zandalee (1991)
Judge Reinhold produced this one, and he's also the star. And the keywords on IMDB are:
poet, friend, erotica, tank top, jogging.
So, there ya go.
Check out Nic's crazy hair!
Lots of nudity. Those are the good parts.
Cotton Club (1984)
Nic Cage is a minor character. He kills some kids. Cool costumes, but pretty bland as far as stuff happening.
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Pretty straight-forward rom-com. I'm yawning just thinking about it. Nic gets to dress as Elvis at the end though, which I bet he liked.
Zandalee (1991)
Judge Reinhold produced this one, and he's also the star. And the keywords on IMDB are:
poet, friend, erotica, tank top, jogging.
So, there ya go.
Check out Nic's crazy hair!
Lots of nudity. Those are the good parts.
Cotton Club (1984)
Nic Cage is a minor character. He kills some kids. Cool costumes, but pretty bland as far as stuff happening.
"Suck my tongue"
Face/Off (1997)
Um, this movie is totally gross. So, I had heard of it before, and knew it involved some sort of identity switch, but somehow I never knew that this identity switch actually involves FACE TRANSPLANTING. EWWW!
A shame, because I really liked what Nicolas Cage was doing with his character Before his face was switched and he had to act like John Travolta. Actually, I can't help thinking that it would have been a much better movie as just a straight up revenge flick, with no squidgy face-switching involved. Then we could have had more of this:
Right?
Um, this movie is totally gross. So, I had heard of it before, and knew it involved some sort of identity switch, but somehow I never knew that this identity switch actually involves FACE TRANSPLANTING. EWWW!
A shame, because I really liked what Nicolas Cage was doing with his character Before his face was switched and he had to act like John Travolta. Actually, I can't help thinking that it would have been a much better movie as just a straight up revenge flick, with no squidgy face-switching involved. Then we could have had more of this:
Right?
Monday, April 19, 2010
Thursday, April 15, 2010
The List
Cory made this list, so I thought I'd give y'all a mid-month update:
Season of the Witch (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010)
Astro Boy (2009) (voice)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
G-Force (2009) (voice)
Knowing (2009)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Next (2007)
Grindhouse (2007) only in a mock trailer
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Wicker Man (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006) (voice)
The Weather Man (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
National Treasure (2004)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Adaptation. (2002)
Sonny (2002)
Windtalkers (2002)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
The Family Man (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
8MM (1999)
Snake Eyes (1998)
City of Angels (1998)
Face/Off (1997)
Con Air (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995/I)
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Deadfall (1993) ✓
Red Rock West (1993)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Zandalee (1991)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Fire Birds (1990) ✓
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV)
Tempo di uccidere aka Time to Kill (1989) ✓
Vampire's Kiss (1988) ✓
Never on Tuesday (1988) (uncredited) .... Man in Red Sports Car
Moonstruck (1987) ✓
Raising Arizona (1987) ✓
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) ✓
The Boy in Blue (1986) ✓
Birdy (1984) ✓
The Cotton Club (1984)
Racing with the Moon (1984) ✓
Rumble Fish (1983) ✓
Valley Girl (1983) ✓
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) ✓
There are 58 total, and we are going to watch 51 of them. Good grief. We've only watched 13.
Our list to watch includes Kick-Ass (see below), but not Season of the Witch, since there's no release date on that. It also doesn't include some other ones. We decided to skip Never on Tuesday, since he's just an uncredited "Man in Red Sports Car." Maybe it's a good movie, but not really pertinent to our mission. We also decided to skip the Christmas Carol movie, G-Force, and The Ant Bully, where he just does voices for animated characters. Animated movies are for sissies. And we're skipping Grindhouse because he's just in a mock trailer; again, not really pertinent to the task at hand (although I've never seen it and really want to, so I am trying to put it on a mental list to watch later).
We included Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted in the total because a tv movie/musical directed by David Lynch, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern with music by Julee Cruise (Twin Peaks) sounds totally rad, but it's pretty hard to find, so we're not holding our breath.
We're still trying to stick with chronology, but sometimes we can't, and that's ok with us.
By the way, we really need to say THANK YOU to John Morrow for pretty much being our sponsor for this whole thing. He's burned us so many movies! I think he's almost as excited as we are about all this. Almost.
So what's next for the Cage-meisters? Field Trip! Kick-Ass opens at the Alamo at 12 a.m. Guess who's gonna be there, balcony-style? We're committed, people!
Season of the Witch (2010)
Kick-Ass (2010)
Astro Boy (2009) (voice)
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans (2009)
G-Force (2009) (voice)
Knowing (2009)
Bangkok Dangerous (2008)
National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
Next (2007)
Grindhouse (2007) only in a mock trailer
Ghost Rider (2007)
The Wicker Man (2006)
World Trade Center (2006)
The Ant Bully (2006) (voice)
The Weather Man (2005)
Lord of War (2005)
National Treasure (2004)
Matchstick Men (2003)
Adaptation. (2002)
Sonny (2002)
Windtalkers (2002)
Christmas Carol: The Movie (2001) (voice)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
The Family Man (2000)
Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
8MM (1999)
Snake Eyes (1998)
City of Angels (1998)
Face/Off (1997)
Con Air (1997)
The Rock (1996)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
Kiss of Death (1995/I)
Trapped in Paradise (1994)
It Could Happen to You (1994)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Deadfall (1993) ✓
Red Rock West (1993)
Amos & Andrew (1993)
Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
Zandalee (1991)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Fire Birds (1990) ✓
Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted (1990) (TV)
Tempo di uccidere aka Time to Kill (1989) ✓
Vampire's Kiss (1988) ✓
Never on Tuesday (1988) (uncredited) .... Man in Red Sports Car
Moonstruck (1987) ✓
Raising Arizona (1987) ✓
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986) ✓
The Boy in Blue (1986) ✓
Birdy (1984) ✓
The Cotton Club (1984)
Racing with the Moon (1984) ✓
Rumble Fish (1983) ✓
Valley Girl (1983) ✓
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) ✓
There are 58 total, and we are going to watch 51 of them. Good grief. We've only watched 13.
Our list to watch includes Kick-Ass (see below), but not Season of the Witch, since there's no release date on that. It also doesn't include some other ones. We decided to skip Never on Tuesday, since he's just an uncredited "Man in Red Sports Car." Maybe it's a good movie, but not really pertinent to our mission. We also decided to skip the Christmas Carol movie, G-Force, and The Ant Bully, where he just does voices for animated characters. Animated movies are for sissies. And we're skipping Grindhouse because he's just in a mock trailer; again, not really pertinent to the task at hand (although I've never seen it and really want to, so I am trying to put it on a mental list to watch later).
We included Industrial Symphony No. 1: The Dream of the Brokenhearted in the total because a tv movie/musical directed by David Lynch, starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern with music by Julee Cruise (Twin Peaks) sounds totally rad, but it's pretty hard to find, so we're not holding our breath.
We're still trying to stick with chronology, but sometimes we can't, and that's ok with us.
By the way, we really need to say THANK YOU to John Morrow for pretty much being our sponsor for this whole thing. He's burned us so many movies! I think he's almost as excited as we are about all this. Almost.
So what's next for the Cage-meisters? Field Trip! Kick-Ass opens at the Alamo at 12 a.m. Guess who's gonna be there, balcony-style? We're committed, people!
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
sculling and heeleeocopters
The Boy in Blue (1986)
Those are the opening credits for The Boy in Blue, which we watched on Sunday. As you can see, the movie is about the Riveting sport of SCULLING! (which, incidentally, was a word in a crossword I did on Saturday. The cosmos are aligning for Cage and me.) Also, as you can see, Nicolas Cage is Ripped in this movie. Sculling is hard, and you need muscles.
So this movie is about Ned Hanlan. What? You've never heard of him? Well, he was a great Canadian sculler, who against all odds won a bunch of championships and proved everyone wrong and got the girl and...yeah, it's that story. But, as far as formulaic biopics go, it was pretty harmless. Watchable. I'm not sure if it stays true to real events or not; I started to do some research and it seemed like the director had taken some artistic license but I stopped before I got too involved because I realized I didn't care that much. But I Did find out that there is a statue of him in Toronto, and it looks like this, which is pretty awesome.
Fire Birds (1986)
Fire Birds is Top Gun with Helicopters, and Goose doesn't die. In fact we kept hoping one of the characters would die so we could start to feel something, anything, for ANY of the characters. It made us long for the Nic Cage of the 80's. Here is the best scene and it is yawnsville compared to even the most boring scenes from VAMPIRE'S KISS!
There is also a pretty good air kick when he's pissed at his ex-fiance. And Tommy Lee Jones pronounces the word "helicopter" as "heeleeocopter." What's up with that?
But that's it. I think this one is definitely the worst so far. Cory thinks Moonstruck was worse, but that's probably because he's a boy and boys like action movies and girls like romantic comedies. Or something like that. But seriously, it is terrible. Bad plot, bad script, and bad acting...even by our hero. They barely take the time to identify the enemy for pete's sake ("leaders of drug cartels" who are being protected by ONE sharpshooter pilot, Eric Stoller), or even where the Important Mission to take down these cartel leaders is supposed to take place ("South America"; they don't even bother to specify which country).
Four thumbs down, wayyy down.
By the way, did anyone see Nic (rockin' the new blond locks) on Leno last night?! We didn't even know about it, but my good friend Matt Smith gave me a heads up. I watched it today, which was better anyway because I could skip over anything that wasn't interesting (i.e. not involving Nicolas Cage). I'm glad that Jay kept it light and stayed away from the foreclosure mess that's been all over the place lately. And the batman trivia with Adam West was great. Nic definitely gave him a run for his money. I'm not suprised at all.
I'm pretty stoked for Kick-Ass.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Contains Spoilers: Time to Kill is boring, stop watching Deadfall when Nic Cage dies
Tempo di Uccidere (Time to Kill) (1989)
Unfortunately, this movie isn't nearly as exciting as that picture on the IMDB page makes it look. It wasn't bad, and I think it's a good performance by Cage, but it was very slow-moving. Also, we had just finished Vampire's Kiss (which you all have to watch, immediately, remember?) and so it was kind of hard to transition from the crazy comic energy of that one to the quiet, depressing world of this one.
How depressing? Nicolas Cage is a soldier in the Italian army during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, who believes he has contracted leprosy from a girl he raped. Heavy. The rape scene is pretty graphic, and clearly there are no occasions for funny-face-Cage moments in this one.
But, we powered through, and I'm glad I've seen it I guess. The strange thing about this movie is that it is made by an Italian director and is about Italians, yet no Italian is spoken in the movie, only English. So I guess when they released it in Italy they had to dub it or subtitle it into Italian? I wonder why they chose to make it that way.
After we finished this one we decided we still had time for one more (what a wild Friday night!), and we had Firebirds, which is the next on the list. But it looked like another war movie, and I just couldn't handle it. So, we decided it would be ok to bend the rules a bit and go for Deadfall.
Deadfall (1993)
It's about grifting! I love movies about grifting! But this was just. so. awful. It's directed by Cage's brother, Christopher Coppola, so I'm assuming Nic did this movie as a favor.
And luckily he did, because now the world has this:
Eddie
This character was hilarious, so manic, so off-the-wall, so badly bewigged, that it was magic. A coked up gritted-teeth-talking Tony Clifton. We laughed out loud at probably every scene he was in.
Too bad the rest of the movie couldn't hold up its weight. In fact, the suckiness of this one inspired a new rule for our Cage-a-thon; if his character dies, and the movie is terrible, it's ok to turn it off. We're only in it for the Cage, after all.
Unfortunately, this movie isn't nearly as exciting as that picture on the IMDB page makes it look. It wasn't bad, and I think it's a good performance by Cage, but it was very slow-moving. Also, we had just finished Vampire's Kiss (which you all have to watch, immediately, remember?) and so it was kind of hard to transition from the crazy comic energy of that one to the quiet, depressing world of this one.
How depressing? Nicolas Cage is a soldier in the Italian army during the Italian invasion of Ethiopia, who believes he has contracted leprosy from a girl he raped. Heavy. The rape scene is pretty graphic, and clearly there are no occasions for funny-face-Cage moments in this one.
But, we powered through, and I'm glad I've seen it I guess. The strange thing about this movie is that it is made by an Italian director and is about Italians, yet no Italian is spoken in the movie, only English. So I guess when they released it in Italy they had to dub it or subtitle it into Italian? I wonder why they chose to make it that way.
After we finished this one we decided we still had time for one more (what a wild Friday night!), and we had Firebirds, which is the next on the list. But it looked like another war movie, and I just couldn't handle it. So, we decided it would be ok to bend the rules a bit and go for Deadfall.
Deadfall (1993)
It's about grifting! I love movies about grifting! But this was just. so. awful. It's directed by Cage's brother, Christopher Coppola, so I'm assuming Nic did this movie as a favor.
And luckily he did, because now the world has this:
Eddie
This character was hilarious, so manic, so off-the-wall, so badly bewigged, that it was magic. A coked up gritted-teeth-talking Tony Clifton. We laughed out loud at probably every scene he was in.
Too bad the rest of the movie couldn't hold up its weight. In fact, the suckiness of this one inspired a new rule for our Cage-a-thon; if his character dies, and the movie is terrible, it's ok to turn it off. We're only in it for the Cage, after all.
"I turned into a vampire. It's a long story."
Vampire's Kiss (1988)
I can't BELIEVE this movie has a lower rating on IMDB than Moonstruck!! People don't know shit about shit. This movie is so good. The loose, bizarre plot is basically just an excuse for Nicholas Cage to go absolutely Crazy all over the place, and he does not disappoint. I don't think I've seen anything like it. It makes his performance in Bad Lieutenant seem tame.
There are so many amazing moments from this movie, you just have to watch it for yourself. Don't believe me? Just watch this...I promise you'll be dying for more.
Nicolas Cage at his very best. Jennifer Beals makes a hot 80s vampire.
ALVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can't BELIEVE this movie has a lower rating on IMDB than Moonstruck!! People don't know shit about shit. This movie is so good. The loose, bizarre plot is basically just an excuse for Nicholas Cage to go absolutely Crazy all over the place, and he does not disappoint. I don't think I've seen anything like it. It makes his performance in Bad Lieutenant seem tame.
There are so many amazing moments from this movie, you just have to watch it for yourself. Don't believe me? Just watch this...I promise you'll be dying for more.
Nicolas Cage at his very best. Jennifer Beals makes a hot 80s vampire.
ALVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"GET IN MY BED!"
Moonstruck (1987)
First of all, does anyone remember a movie called Frog? Late 80s, Shelley Duvall, singing frog...I can't help but think of it every time I hear Dean Martin's "That's Amore," this movie's theme song. Just wondering. I can't even really remember what it's about, and it looks like it's hard to find, but I remember I Loved it, and that song, when I was a kid.
Ok. Moonstruck. We unfortunately heard a lot of great things about this one, including the fact that it Won Three Oscars, and that Nicolas Cage has a wooden hand in it. Unfortunately, we were pretty disappointed. Now, I suppose I should start this with a disclaimer and say that I'm a little biased because I'm not really one for romantic comedies. However, that's not to say that I'm completely averse to all cheesey movies. Especially cheesey 80s movies. But this movie piled it on so thick I couldn't just forget myself and have a good time. There were so many self-consciously cutesy one liners and cliches. And Cher? I just don't really get it. She won an Oscar for this? And the chemistry between her and Nicolas Cage was so...awkward. It's not his fault; he's pretty cute in this one...all young, italian, and passionate. But she just never really lets herself go, even when her character is supposedly losing control in their illicit affair. Plus, she looks like a man (tranny). I guess that's not her fault and all, and I probably shouldn't judge her for it, but it's distracting for me.
Anyway, speaking of Nicolas Cage, he and his wooden hand definitely add a much-needed off the wall element to the sickly sweetness of this thing. You can tell from his first appearance, where he screams melodramatically for his employee to "GET THE BIG KNIFE" so he can slit his throat, that at least he will bring some unpredictable humor to the table. He doesn't disappoint; one of the best scenes is when Cher is trying to leave him and he shows that sometimes the best way to a woman's heart is really just a little brute force -- "GET IN MY BED!!!" Yeah! Woman! DO IT!
I thought Olympia Dukakis was good, but Cory thinks that I just have sympathy for her character. Either way, I'd like to watch more movies with her in them. And there's that guy...John Mahoney...who also plays Frasier's dad. He's pretty funny in this too.
Otherwise, whatever, Moonstruck.
First of all, does anyone remember a movie called Frog? Late 80s, Shelley Duvall, singing frog...I can't help but think of it every time I hear Dean Martin's "That's Amore," this movie's theme song. Just wondering. I can't even really remember what it's about, and it looks like it's hard to find, but I remember I Loved it, and that song, when I was a kid.
Ok. Moonstruck. We unfortunately heard a lot of great things about this one, including the fact that it Won Three Oscars, and that Nicolas Cage has a wooden hand in it. Unfortunately, we were pretty disappointed. Now, I suppose I should start this with a disclaimer and say that I'm a little biased because I'm not really one for romantic comedies. However, that's not to say that I'm completely averse to all cheesey movies. Especially cheesey 80s movies. But this movie piled it on so thick I couldn't just forget myself and have a good time. There were so many self-consciously cutesy one liners and cliches. And Cher? I just don't really get it. She won an Oscar for this? And the chemistry between her and Nicolas Cage was so...awkward. It's not his fault; he's pretty cute in this one...all young, italian, and passionate. But she just never really lets herself go, even when her character is supposedly losing control in their illicit affair. Plus, she looks like a man (tranny). I guess that's not her fault and all, and I probably shouldn't judge her for it, but it's distracting for me.
Anyway, speaking of Nicolas Cage, he and his wooden hand definitely add a much-needed off the wall element to the sickly sweetness of this thing. You can tell from his first appearance, where he screams melodramatically for his employee to "GET THE BIG KNIFE" so he can slit his throat, that at least he will bring some unpredictable humor to the table. He doesn't disappoint; one of the best scenes is when Cher is trying to leave him and he shows that sometimes the best way to a woman's heart is really just a little brute force -- "GET IN MY BED!!!" Yeah! Woman! DO IT!
I thought Olympia Dukakis was good, but Cory thinks that I just have sympathy for her character. Either way, I'd like to watch more movies with her in them. And there's that guy...John Mahoney...who also plays Frasier's dad. He's pretty funny in this too.
Otherwise, whatever, Moonstruck.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
"Maybe it was Utah."
Peggy Sue Got Married
I've seen this before, so no suprises here. I still like it. Cute, heart-warming, slightly edgy, a little wacky, and totally worth watching just for the hilarious nasally voice that Nic uses as Charlie! It totally makes the character. After watching it, we were certain that it was such a strange voice it must have been entirely his idea. And the next day I found out that we were right, when I read on Wikipedia that he told Conan O'Brien that he based the voice on Pokey from the Gumby show. Awesome! AND, Coppola and the studio were so unhappy with the voice, that they almost fired him! Double awesome!!
Raising Arizona
A classic. We had both seen this one sooo many times, but not in a while, and I'm happy to say that it totes held up all these years. I can't imagine anyone else as H.I., and the rest of the cast is stellar, right down to those cutesey-youtesy babies. Watching it brought back so many memories; this was one of my parents' favorite movies and growing up my family watched it a LOT. Funny to think of how scared of/disgusted by the "warthog from hell" i used to be, or how my brother and sister and I would snicker when Nathan Arizona says, (when the reporter asks if he has a message for the kidnappers) "Yeah, watch your butts."
So...what is the count now...7 days, 7 down? yikes, we need to get moving. Luckily the weekend is coming up...Moonstruck is sitting on my coffee table, the Boy in Blue is on the way from Netflix, and hopefully whoever rented the Cotton Club has returned it to Vulcan so we can finally watch it (we had to skip it).
I've seen this before, so no suprises here. I still like it. Cute, heart-warming, slightly edgy, a little wacky, and totally worth watching just for the hilarious nasally voice that Nic uses as Charlie! It totally makes the character. After watching it, we were certain that it was such a strange voice it must have been entirely his idea. And the next day I found out that we were right, when I read on Wikipedia that he told Conan O'Brien that he based the voice on Pokey from the Gumby show. Awesome! AND, Coppola and the studio were so unhappy with the voice, that they almost fired him! Double awesome!!
Raising Arizona
A classic. We had both seen this one sooo many times, but not in a while, and I'm happy to say that it totes held up all these years. I can't imagine anyone else as H.I., and the rest of the cast is stellar, right down to those cutesey-youtesy babies. Watching it brought back so many memories; this was one of my parents' favorite movies and growing up my family watched it a LOT. Funny to think of how scared of/disgusted by the "warthog from hell" i used to be, or how my brother and sister and I would snicker when Nathan Arizona says, (when the reporter asks if he has a message for the kidnappers) "Yeah, watch your butts."
So...what is the count now...7 days, 7 down? yikes, we need to get moving. Luckily the weekend is coming up...Moonstruck is sitting on my coffee table, the Boy in Blue is on the way from Netflix, and hopefully whoever rented the Cotton Club has returned it to Vulcan so we can finally watch it (we had to skip it).
A rough patch
Racing with the Moon (1984)
The most boring piece of boringness I've seen in a long time. And the chick at the video store said she liked it (yeah, the same one who scoffed at Valley Girl), which made it even worse cause it gave us false hope. Cory likened it to a Lifetime movie and he totes nailed it; that's exactly what it felt like. But Lifetime movies don't know any better! They have tiny budgets and leading men like Mario Lopez and Jason Priestley, not Hollywood budgets and Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage! Ugh.
Birdy (1984)
I don't know where to begin with this movie. It is so weird. But, unfortunately, not cool-weird. More like dumb-, boring-weird. Pretentious, yet an extremely simple story; it somehow manages to be flat and melodramatic at the same time. Which is a pretty strange combo.
There is a scene with Birdy and a girl and her boobs that is pretty cool-weird though. And also Nicolas Cage's face is all bandaged up and he's crying and yelling a lot, so you get to see him make some pretty funny faces.
But really, the most notable thing about this movie is how it ends. Whoa, if anything ever deserved a WTF?! it's the ending to this movie. Seriously. I want you all to watch it, just so you can truly understand what I mean about the WTF?!ness about the ending. I guess, then, I kind of like it for that. I don't know. I'm sure it's not the case, but I like to believe that Nic was like, "...so...after watching all this footage, I've decided that the only way I'm going to let you attach my name to this two hour mess is if you replace Your ending with this incredibly bizarre Other ending I just thought of that doesn't really resolve anything, and that isn't really even an Ending at all, just a scene to put at the end to make the audience go WTF?! Ok? Ok. Now get me out of here."
My favorite Man Who Wants To Fly movie is still Brewster McCloud.
Oh, and on second thought, you probs shouldn't watch it just for the ending, or the funny faces, or even the cool-weird boob scene. It's really not worth it.
The most boring piece of boringness I've seen in a long time. And the chick at the video store said she liked it (yeah, the same one who scoffed at Valley Girl), which made it even worse cause it gave us false hope. Cory likened it to a Lifetime movie and he totes nailed it; that's exactly what it felt like. But Lifetime movies don't know any better! They have tiny budgets and leading men like Mario Lopez and Jason Priestley, not Hollywood budgets and Sean Penn and Nicolas Cage! Ugh.
Birdy (1984)
I don't know where to begin with this movie. It is so weird. But, unfortunately, not cool-weird. More like dumb-, boring-weird. Pretentious, yet an extremely simple story; it somehow manages to be flat and melodramatic at the same time. Which is a pretty strange combo.
There is a scene with Birdy and a girl and her boobs that is pretty cool-weird though. And also Nicolas Cage's face is all bandaged up and he's crying and yelling a lot, so you get to see him make some pretty funny faces.
But really, the most notable thing about this movie is how it ends. Whoa, if anything ever deserved a WTF?! it's the ending to this movie. Seriously. I want you all to watch it, just so you can truly understand what I mean about the WTF?!ness about the ending. I guess, then, I kind of like it for that. I don't know. I'm sure it's not the case, but I like to believe that Nic was like, "...so...after watching all this footage, I've decided that the only way I'm going to let you attach my name to this two hour mess is if you replace Your ending with this incredibly bizarre Other ending I just thought of that doesn't really resolve anything, and that isn't really even an Ending at all, just a scene to put at the end to make the audience go WTF?! Ok? Ok. Now get me out of here."
My favorite Man Who Wants To Fly movie is still Brewster McCloud.
Oh, and on second thought, you probs shouldn't watch it just for the ending, or the funny faces, or even the cool-weird boob scene. It's really not worth it.
Rusty James and the Motorcycle Boy
Rumble Fish (1983)
I' m not really sure what to say about this one. Sometimes it's the hardest to talk about the things you like the most, which is a shame. Cory and I agree this was the best one so far (so far=up through Raising Arizona). Nic does a great job as Smokey, but his role isn't too big. Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon are wonderful.
I was reminded of Rebel without a Cause. You can see elements of Jim Stark's (James Dean's character) conflicted personality and his struggle with/against society, but kind of split between the personalities of the two brothers in Rumble Fish. And I dig all the "how do you know if someone's crazy" stuff because, you know, sometimes it's not that clear.
Anyway, it was so good I rewatched some key scenes a couple days later because they were stuck in my head. Dennis Hopper rules, and seems made for his role. And Tom Waits is in it too, with typical Tom Waits-ey hip, tired wisdom. It's kind of haunting. I bought the book.
I' m not really sure what to say about this one. Sometimes it's the hardest to talk about the things you like the most, which is a shame. Cory and I agree this was the best one so far (so far=up through Raising Arizona). Nic does a great job as Smokey, but his role isn't too big. Mickey Rourke and Matt Dillon are wonderful.
I was reminded of Rebel without a Cause. You can see elements of Jim Stark's (James Dean's character) conflicted personality and his struggle with/against society, but kind of split between the personalities of the two brothers in Rumble Fish. And I dig all the "how do you know if someone's crazy" stuff because, you know, sometimes it's not that clear.
Anyway, it was so good I rewatched some key scenes a couple days later because they were stuck in my head. Dennis Hopper rules, and seems made for his role. And Tom Waits is in it too, with typical Tom Waits-ey hip, tired wisdom. It's kind of haunting. I bought the book.
Here we go! Like, totally!
Fast times at Ridgemont High (1982)
When we first looked at the list, we were a little suprised to see this on there. Neither of us remembered him being in the movie. Turned out we were right; he's in something like four scenes total. Not even sure why he's credited (as Brad's Bud), but my guess is it had something to do with his uncle. Funny movie, regardless. You know, you've seen it.
Valley Girl (1983)
"She's cool, he's hot. She's from the Valley, he's not."
Neither of us had seen this movie, and despite the snicker from the girl at the movie store, we had high hopes. Not that we thought it was going to be amazing cinema or anything, but it looked silly and harmless. Which, it turns out, is exactly what it was...well, maybe even better because there are a ton of hilarious quotes.
For example, the best breakup line ever:
(Julie Richman): "It's, like, I'm totally not in love with you anymore, Tommy. I mean, it's so Boring."
and also this exchange:
Randy: Where do you work?
Julie: At my parents' store.
Randy: What do they sell?
Julie: Health foods.
Randy: That's cool.
Julie: Like, it's not cool at all! Like, it's all this stuff that tastes like nothing and is supposed to be good for you. Why couldn't they, like, open a pizza hut or something?
Yeah!
Anyway, it's a pretty fun movie that totally transports you to a world full of bitchin' early-80s hair, clothes, and parties, and where people actually Say things like "Gag me with a spoon!" and people meet at the mall for fun. They'll try to tell you that the moral of the story is that you should just, like, love whoever you want to love, even if your friends think he's grody, and like totally don't approve. But Nicolas Cage knows that the Real moral of the story is that if your girlfriend dumps you for her richer, more popular boyfriend, then just, like totally stalk her for a while, and she'll come around. Even in this early, pretty goofy role you still get to see some glimpses of the wild inside this guy.
Great soundtrack too! Sparks!
Oh, and just in case you're wondering, Nicolas Cage's first line in film is "What? I don't want to go to the Valley." I know at least one of you is.
When we first looked at the list, we were a little suprised to see this on there. Neither of us remembered him being in the movie. Turned out we were right; he's in something like four scenes total. Not even sure why he's credited (as Brad's Bud), but my guess is it had something to do with his uncle. Funny movie, regardless. You know, you've seen it.
Valley Girl (1983)
"She's cool, he's hot. She's from the Valley, he's not."
Neither of us had seen this movie, and despite the snicker from the girl at the movie store, we had high hopes. Not that we thought it was going to be amazing cinema or anything, but it looked silly and harmless. Which, it turns out, is exactly what it was...well, maybe even better because there are a ton of hilarious quotes.
For example, the best breakup line ever:
(Julie Richman): "It's, like, I'm totally not in love with you anymore, Tommy. I mean, it's so Boring."
and also this exchange:
Randy: Where do you work?
Julie: At my parents' store.
Randy: What do they sell?
Julie: Health foods.
Randy: That's cool.
Julie: Like, it's not cool at all! Like, it's all this stuff that tastes like nothing and is supposed to be good for you. Why couldn't they, like, open a pizza hut or something?
Yeah!
Anyway, it's a pretty fun movie that totally transports you to a world full of bitchin' early-80s hair, clothes, and parties, and where people actually Say things like "Gag me with a spoon!" and people meet at the mall for fun. They'll try to tell you that the moral of the story is that you should just, like, love whoever you want to love, even if your friends think he's grody, and like totally don't approve. But Nicolas Cage knows that the Real moral of the story is that if your girlfriend dumps you for her richer, more popular boyfriend, then just, like totally stalk her for a while, and she'll come around. Even in this early, pretty goofy role you still get to see some glimpses of the wild inside this guy.
Great soundtrack too! Sparks!
Oh, and just in case you're wondering, Nicolas Cage's first line in film is "What? I don't want to go to the Valley." I know at least one of you is.
Begin at the Beginning
So here we go on our trip through Nicolas Cage land. The goal is for my boyfriend, Cory, and I to watch his entire canon, in 30 days. Why? Cause he's awesome. As a side note, we are also not drinking for these 30 days either. The two are not related, really, but since we won't be going out as often, we figure it will be nice to have a project to focus on.
I think there are 56 movies in total, including Kick-Ass, which is in theaters right now (field trip!). We are trying to watch them in chronological order, however we're skipping around if something is checked out in the movie store or whatever because otherwise we would just go crazy...and definitely not finish in 30 days.
I've never blogged before; I feel weird typing into the empty internet, but I think that something like this should be recorded Somehow, if only so that when Cory and I are old and gray (or more like next year), we will have something to look at when we turn to each other and go, Remember when we watched all those Nic Cage movies? Plus, I figure since these days every teenager or psychopath with a laptop can do it, I probably can too.
Anyway, I'm going to try to post every couple of movies or so. We've already watched several, so I'll be posting those soon.
It's gonna be a wild ride!
I think there are 56 movies in total, including Kick-Ass, which is in theaters right now (field trip!). We are trying to watch them in chronological order, however we're skipping around if something is checked out in the movie store or whatever because otherwise we would just go crazy...and definitely not finish in 30 days.
I've never blogged before; I feel weird typing into the empty internet, but I think that something like this should be recorded Somehow, if only so that when Cory and I are old and gray (or more like next year), we will have something to look at when we turn to each other and go, Remember when we watched all those Nic Cage movies? Plus, I figure since these days every teenager or psychopath with a laptop can do it, I probably can too.
Anyway, I'm going to try to post every couple of movies or so. We've already watched several, so I'll be posting those soon.
It's gonna be a wild ride!
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