The Nicolas Cage Thread

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Exhibiting his greatness, I assume. 😕

It find it odd when I see what I consider ‘name’ actors in direct to DVD stuff (Bruce Willis has way more of these than I would’ve thought). Still, it’s probably a quick payday, a little mad money.

Yeah, Bruce Willis is surprising.

I think Cage has done a lot of them because he was broke from some bad real estate dealings.. or something like that.

I remember there being controversy cuz Bruce was demanding 3 million for a short appearance in one of the Expendables movies. He ended up not doing it.

The third movie, yeah.
He wasn’t missed!

Hm... so Bruce is a bit of a prima donna. That's lame.

Fortunately that movie didn't really need him in it. Mel Gibson added a lot.

Yeah he (Mel Gibson) added a nice touch to part 3. Harrison Ford was fun, too.
About Willis, well, if Kevin Smith considers you a douche, that’s pretty telling, as Smith is notoriously affable.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Hm... so Bruce is a bit of a prima donna. That's lame.

Fortunately that movie didn't really need him in it. Mel Gibson added a lot.

Which is why I find the direct to dvd stuff weird for him. If he's asking for 3 million for a short appearance in a movie with his buddies...how much is he asking to appear in these direct to dvd movies?

Originally posted by Surtur
Which is why I find the direct to dvd stuff weird for him. If he's asking for 3 million for a short appearance in a movie with his buddies...how much is he asking to appear in these direct to dvd movies?

Agreed. It is weird. But I'm not sure how many of these direct to DVD films he's done. I don't think he's done nearly as many as Nic Cage.

Originally posted by Surtur
Which is why I find the direct to dvd stuff weird for him. If he's asking for 3 million for a short appearance in a movie with his buddies...how much is he asking to appear in these direct to dvd movies?

Nicolas Cage's birthday is tomorrow. I need to try to pick out a Nic Cage movie to watch for the occasion. 👆

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
Nicolas Cage's birthday is tomorrow. I need to try to pick out a Nic Cage movie to watch for the occasion. 👆

As for a movie, one called PRIMAL is on my PPV channels, it stars Cage and Famke Jansen, and Cage plays an exotic animal hunter who runs afoul of a political assassin on a ship.
I’m gonna catch it sometime this week.

^ I saw a trailer for that one... haha.. let me know how it is. 👆 👇

It’s Nic Cage, it’s gonna be awful...ly good! 😛

😂

I expect nothing less!

I might try to watch Snowden tonight to celebrate Nicolas Cage Day. He might not even be in it much, but whatever, I've been meaning to watch it for a long time.

Originally posted by Patient_Leech
I might try to watch Snowden tonight to celebrate Nicolas Cage Day. He might not even be in it much, but whatever, I've been meaning to watch it for a long time.

Oh, I watched PRIMAL, btw.
Nic Cage was, for him, kind of understated/not over the top here. His snark was on full display though. He had a mouth on him!
I liked him as the shlumpy great white hunter who just wants to get paid.

The white jaguar was kind of a maguffin, and didn’t play the role one night think it would.

Kevin Durand was good at being bad. I put him in the same category (though not at the same high level) as Walton Goggins, in that he takes any role and runs w. it.

Famke Janssen, in her fifties now, still looked quite fetching.

The supporting cast was adequate, and the story itself while not super original or anything, didn’t try to be anything more than it was, and moved at a nice pace.

I’d say give this one a look see, there’s MUCH worse ways to spend a couple of hours!

It took me a couple nights to finish Snowden, but yes I liked it a lot. If you've seen Oliver Stone's JFK then it is a must-see as well. Cage has a minor, but important role. I actually wish I hadn't waited this long to watch it.

Good to know about Primal. I will watch it at some point. 👆

CAGE!

I’m in on SNOWDEN, now.
I will watch it!

In other Nic Cage related news, NATIONAL TREASURE 3 has been green lit...:

https://io9.gizmodo.com/national-treasure-3-gets-the-green-light-to-steal-incre-1841081376

Not sure what level of Cage-Iness we can expect yet.