nicholas cage is a national treasure
He is bizzaro Tom Cruise, equally as eccentric, surrounded by weird stories and lore of his relationships and escapades, and with a movie catalogue that is as robust as it is varied. For decades he’s screamed, laughed, tortured, stole, and shot his way across silver screens. He sells like Cruise, works like Sam Jackson, and flops as much as he succeeds, or does he?
At first it was new. Who is this fresh face in Moonstruck? Leaving Las Vegas, Oscar Worthy! What is this guy gonna do?
We’ll, he did the 90s, that’s what he did. Nicholas Cage had a stretch in the 90s of near perfect movies. In a few years he made Con Air, Face Off, Gone In Sixty Seconds, Snake Eyes, 8mm, and of course, the The Rock. If you could wear grooves in a DVD, I would have had grand canyons in each of those discs.
Then of course there is the “fuck it I’m gonna do this now” phase where seemingly out of no where he wows the judges with movies like Adaption, Matchstick Men and The Weather Man. Wait, what?!? Put the bunny back in the box guy has chops? Yea, he does. Ghost Rider be damned!
Ok, so why the diatribe on one of the most amazing people to come out of Hollywood, who has Pacino’s “woo-ha!”, Walker’s affectations, Pitt’s comedic timing, Keanu’s expressionless expressions, and Cruise’s insanity?
Because I just sat on a plane and watched The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. In this movie a young Nick Cage obsessed with being a Movie Star actually makes out with today Nick Cage. In this movie, Nick Cage grabs Nick Cages ass. I could explain more, but if you need more convincing you are no a true Cagian Aficionado and probably should leave this film to the more sophisticated appreciators of top tier thespians.
But if Nick Cage playing Nick Cage using the actual golden guns from Face Off, yelling at his agent that he’ll get the money, getting drunk at his daughters birthday party and playing the piano, and taking down a drug cartel in the name of art is your cup of tea, grab some MnMs and watch this movie. Do it like you’re Nick Cage fandom depends on it.
