tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post5020999064093784073..comments2024-03-28T10:33:39.051-07:00Comments on Horror Movie A Day: Vampire's Kiss (1989)BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06480847497966171794noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-53836402151169620982011-01-08T16:57:01.560-08:002011-01-08T16:57:01.560-08:00Cage in Bad Lieutenant - best performance of the y...Cage in Bad Lieutenant - best performance of the year.Brian Joynthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03164348124264924783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-24398842599425912472010-06-18T14:56:11.105-07:002010-06-18T14:56:11.105-07:00I wrote my own passionate defense of Nicolas Cage ...I wrote my own passionate defense of Nicolas Cage and The Wicker Man. Unfortunately it's loaded with lame jokes, so no one paid attention.<br /> <br />http://www.fightbait.com/wicker-man-2006/Cam1020https://www.blogger.com/profile/13933374843198678415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-41174961070710141092010-06-16T15:59:17.309-07:002010-06-16T15:59:17.309-07:00I love this movie. I have often described it as fe...I love this movie. I have often described it as feeling like Cage thinking he's in another movie. Like his insane, outer-space-wacko performance was something the writer-director-producers never anticipated but just ran with from day to day on the set. Because the movie has a really dark, tragic edge to it and could almost be played as a riff on MARTIN (as you've said). On the page, this might read "straight" to a degree, you know?<br /><br />But Cage IS the movie. His insanity is something to behold. I mean, what if Eric Stoltz had played Peter Loew? Or Robert Downey Jr.? Or James Spader? Or Eric Roberts? I think you would literally have AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT MOVIE.<br /><br />I love talking about this movie with people who have seen it because they end up getting this look on their face. One that says "Holy shit, you've seen that movie too? It's fucking crazy, right?"The Inspectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594240478578332525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5110147752122772426.post-78636290161769612052010-06-15T12:14:36.687-07:002010-06-15T12:14:36.687-07:00What you kids don't remember is that this film...What you kids don't remember is that this film was actually somewhat controversial when it came out. People really didn't get the humor. Only recently, after its barebones DVD release, are critics starting to recognize VAMPIRE'S KISS as one of the greatest movies of all time. Which it totally is. This is the film that should have won Cage his Oscar, not his shambling zombie act in LEAVING LAS VEGAS.The Understatedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01464321443508202198noreply@blogger.com