Comments on: The Essentials: Nicolas Cage’s Best Films

By: carboncow

carboncow — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 01:38:25 +0000

I agree with Moonstruck…his bad accent makes it unwatchable in my opinion…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:43:07 +0000

Moonstruck got a better rating than Adaptation and Leaving Las Vegas? What the fuck? You guys are fucking stupid, clearly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:09:15 +0000

Red Rock West wasn't bad. actually, looking at his imdb page, it's depressing going from his oldest movies to his latest. he has made a LOT of bad movies to counter all these wonderful movies you've listed here.

By: cirkusfolk

cirkusfolk — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:52:46 +0000

Forget The Weather Man, where's The Family Man? It is an underrated movie and features a good performance by Cage. I watch it every Christmas. I'll also agree with the first poster who says Cage's only "great" performances are Raising Arizona and Adaptation but I'll also include his Oscar-winning role in Leaving Las Vegas. So there you go, three.

Oh, and kudos for including The Rock (not so much for Face Off and Con Air) because it really has aged pretty well. It along with Speed, Terminator 2, and Die Hard 3 are pretty much the best action movies of the 90s, and almost has me saying, "They don't make them like they used to."

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:24:46 +0000

we did, it's my fault.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:23:08 +0000

You left out his performance in THE WEATHER MAN.

By: katiewalsh

katiewalsh — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:21:53 +0000

There is nothing hotter than late 80s Nic Cage.

By: rodrigoperez

rodrigoperez — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:19:54 +0000

Definitely a Taxi Driver, retread, no question. But this writer saw it way after the fact and expected a disaster. Was pleasantly surprised at how decent it was.

I guess it's all relative to one's experience in relation to a picture.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:16:05 +0000

"underrated Scorsese picture"

No, it's a bad Taxi Driver retread. Can't believe you don't slag this while you slag Herzog's masterpiece.

By: JB

JB — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:43:43 +0000

Cage is one of those guys that make meh movies totally watchable. I can't count the times i've watched the second half of Con Air when I've caught it on TV.

Great list.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:17:25 +0000

metacritic?

By: Juan J. Espinoza

Juan J. Espinoza — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:51:24 +0000

Cage Love, now!

By: BLV

BLV — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:27:12 +0000

I love Nic Cage

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:10:35 +0000

While I am biased because of my hatred for this man's career, I do still need to say that I disagree with most of these picks. From what I have seen, Cage has given two truly good performances in his career. Raising Arizona and Adaptation are phenomenal! But I believe this has very little to do with Cage himself. The Coen Brothers and Spike Jonze are just that good.