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scrimetime  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: how to fake like you are nice and caring

I think his performance in Born on the Fourth of July is damn good.





JakobVirgil  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

it made me cringe. (of course this is taste not morality or intelligence.)

thenewgreen  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I haven't seen that film since it first came out. I should probably revisit, I recall that he got a lot of accolades for the role.

I remember being excited to see the movie Vanilla Sky, only to be very disappointed. -More by a flawed film than cruises acting though.

lil  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Vanilla Sky was very disappointed, but Magnolia was pretty amazing.

JakobVirgil  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Have you seen the spanish movie that it is a scene for scene remake of? Abre Los Ojos<-- it is quite good.

There is another guy, Cameron Crowe, that has a lot of acclaim without any achievement. Is he a scientologist too?

Another Guy J.J. Abrams nothing but hype and disappointment.

thenewgreen  ·  4324 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You see this? You might want to sit down first.

thenewgreen  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Didn't see Cameron Crow on the list but there were certainly some surprises. Jeffrey Tambor? Say it aint so!

JakobVirgil  ·  4488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It ain't so he just took classes. http://www.la.com/portlet/article/html/fragments/print_artic... ^^^^^^^^^ good enough to be cited by wikipedia so good enough for me :)

thenewgreen  ·  4488 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ha. thanks. I really like him as an actor. Unappreciated imo.

thenewgreen  ·  4489 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've not seen Abre Los Ojos, thanks for the recommendation. I'm not a big J.J. Abrams fan, but I also don't think he sucks. He's just sort of "meh".

That said, I never watched Lost or Alias. I enjoyed his Star Trek movie but it's not "amazing" or anything. I would say he's a solid director, not a great one but probably reliable in the eyes of the Hollywood power brokers. Super 8 was entertaining.