Pop Quiz! Name the last movie starring Nicolas Cage to achieve a Tomatometer above 75%
Here's a hint. It's more recent than Jeremy would like to believe.
True enough, but nobody ever saw the film, so it barely counts.
Anyway, here's my point. The paradigm goes like this: Great Actors, Good Actors, Serviceable Actors, Bad Actors, Lousy Actors, Nicolas Cage. The guy is a walking train-wreck of cinema and should be banned from ever appearing on the silver screen again. Just my opinion, of course.
In case you're unaware, the Tomatometer is the primary feature of the film review website RottenTomatoes.com, and is a measure of positive versus negative reviews for a movie. The percentage of positive reviews (which is a bit of a judgement call, to be sure) is the number shown on the Tomatometer. Basically, anything above 60% is considered a "good" movie, and 75% is certainly not unreasonable to achieve for a solid film.
So...how long has it been since our boy Nicolas Cage hacked his way though a movie that was actually good? Tune in tomorrow for the answer.
2 comments:
My original thought, before reading that it was a recent movie, was Con Air. That was a good movie (as was The Rock which also starred Nick).
Aside from those two movies, I agree that there are very few good movies that star Mr. Cage. I have always wondered how he finds work in Hollywood (though I suspect it has something to do with being related to Francis Ford Coppola).
Peggy Sue Got Married, Raising Arizona and Moonstruck.
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