He was good in that one, too I think - his style of acting fits the role there. And there is one scene in tricks (the pharmacy scene) where he redeems the whole stupid movie by playing a guy with lots of ticks who finds out that the medication he received from his doctor for weeks was in fact supplements. Too bad I can't find it on youtube. 

The movie is called Matchstick Men and there scene is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM6X_wdZJaE 

Matchstick Men is good too, as is something like Bringing out the Dead but I think Adaptation's the only time I couldnt imagine anyone but Cage in the role. 

I thought it was predictable and contrived... but then it has the above scene and Sam Rockwell, who is pretty much always great. 

My fave Cage flick though is Raising Arizona. He fits that style perfectly.

TBH he is a bit of an enigma - how his career is still intact after that movie Ghost Rider, and stuff like The Sorcerers Apprentice, I will never unhderstand. I guess it's cause Fun Family Blockbusters sell well. 

Is HILARIOUS. Just watching Sly Stallone running around with all of that eye make-up on, spurting loads of macho one-liners and trying to act all macho when he obviously has a self-induced hormone imbalance - priceless. And the cheesiest monologue of all time at the end, which Statham recites. But the action scenes aren't bad to watch, atleast the first time round. 

Mr Deeds goes to town (the new one with Adam Sandler)

A disgusting slut that not very convincingly changes. The usual annoying music. Some great laughs. Bit of a mixture between comedy, drama and very surreal sequences that sometimes just did not fit in my opinion. Overall a feel good movie but because of that weird uncertainty what it tries to be I would not consider it too good. 

I dislike Nicholas Cage a lot but I thought he was perfectly cast in Lord of War. 

You choose to watch some real classics! 

yeah, lord of war was great. :) 

actually I totally forgot about the last good Nic Cage film I watched, Bad Lieutenant. If you like that part from Matchstick Men, you should check it out, it's like Werner Herzog wanted to do a Nic Cage movie and married the tone to his acting style.

Wait, there's people that like Lord of War? 

 

thanks, I'll watch that. I can't imagine it being better than the original though. But then, it doesn't have to be as long as it's entertaining.

I watched 2012 yesterday (a strange series of events led me there), and that was the worst movie I have seen ever. There is nothing redeeming about it - it's just all bad. Unbelievable. 

completely different movie, in fact I have no idea why they share the same title. Black comedy abounds though :)

saw Kick Ass, was entertaining enough but nowhere near as outrageous (or satisfying) as I was expecting. I actually wanted more Nic Cage (and his Adam West impersonation). 

So I was watching through this season and I noticed a familiar name in the starting credits, "Merle Dandridge". Couldn't quite place it at first..

Its the actor who voices Alyx in HL2+episodes. It was so bizarre seeing her on the screen and hearing her talk =) I half expected barney to run in at any point to protect her from headhumpers.

As for 24, Im not really feeling season 8 so far, too many changes and new people introduced. Overall though its a great show, really really enjoyed a few seasons of it! 

died at the end of season 4 IMHO. Or at least had a steady continuous decline since then. 

is that the one with Audrey Reins british husband in it? That was an amazing season purely for that scene (SPOILER------) where Jack has to chose between sacrificing the british guy or saving his informant (or whoever he was). Such fantastic drama there.

I agree the later seasons have not been as good, but I did enjoy season 7 purely for the character of that fbi woman who slowly gets corrupted by jack, I thought was quite interesting to see. 

good lord, that lasted 8 seasons? i could barely stand the first. -_- 

the run down seems to always be;
cellphone talk
dramatic camera shots of people driving while talking on cellphones
a four screen shot showing the good guys walking around looking important while the bad guys walk around with guns looking like sleazeballs
maybe an action scene
talking or something (never stayed to see these end parts)
end
24 sucked (i state that opinion as a fact) 

yeah that's the one. Also had some of the best action scenes in the whole series. 

good lord, that lasted 8 seasons? i could barely stand the first. -_- 

the run down seems to always be;
cellphone talk
dramatic camera shots of people driving while talking on cellphones
a four screen shot showing the good guys walking around looking important while the bad guys walk around with guns looking like sleazeballs
maybe an action scene
talking or something (never stayed to see these end parts)
end

that is pretty much bang on the money, but it's still fucking awesome :D

i've only seen the first 4 though - watching the wire at the moment and want to check prison break out after, but will finish it eventually. i remember reading there was a feature length episode between two seasons a while back - anyone know which ones & if it had a name?

also why are we talking 24 in the film thread anyway :Z 

Going from The Wire to Prison Break might be kind of painful... :) 

yeah it was at the beginning of season 7 and was called "redemption". It was ok, it basicly setup the story for season 7. Nothing to write home about though.

is Prison Break any good? Have not really heard much about it :P 

skip prison break. all of it.

Move straight to Deadwood if you havent already.