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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jun 28, 2017 4:14:33 GMT
Why is it so mediocre nowadays ?  |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 4:46:32 GMT
I thought he did pretty good in Love & Mercy
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Post by thomasjerome on Jun 28, 2017 10:12:24 GMT
It's shocking to me. He always seemed very ambitious and over the years had made a lot of great films but recently, he's turning into Nic Cage with all these VOD action films. Sure, we still had "Love & Mercy" and "ChiRaq" but still it's very disappointing to see what's going on with his career.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jun 28, 2017 12:53:06 GMT
It's shocking to me. He always seemed very ambitious and over the years had made a lot of great films but recently, he's turning into Nic Cage with all these VOD action films. Sure, we still had "Love & Mercy" and "ChiRaq" but still it's very disappointing to see what's going on with his career. OMG THIS ^ |
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jun 28, 2017 13:01:07 GMT
Oscar nom is what he needs! his twin sister got 2 for god's sake! John and Joan are not twins , you pathetic twat !  She's 4 years his senior ! Joan was born in 1962 and John in 1966 ! You're so fucking useless !  |
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Post by therealcomicman117 on Jun 28, 2017 18:09:00 GMT
At least he's slowed down. For a few years it seemed like he didn't give a crap and was just accepting any script that came his way. He only has two movies lined-up over the next year at this current point.
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Post by Allenism on Jun 28, 2017 18:17:56 GMT
Apparently he's an asshole in real life, so maybe that's taken a toll on Hollywood's goodwill towards him. I always thought him and Robert Downey Jr. were very similar in how they both started off as offbeat leading men from the 80s--not officially IN the Brat Pack but often milling around its periphery--and then transitioned into more sophisticated roles throughout the 90s/early 00's. RDJ obviously had that long hiatus due to his personal issues but came back strong with a healthy balance of independent and mainstream projects (that balance has clearly shifted heavily towards the latter in recent times, though). Cusack hasn't had the same kind of luck...the last decade for him has been marked by a lot of B-level blockbuster films and some obscure projects that never really saw the light of day. He's an excellent actor when he wants to be even if he's easily pigeonholed to a certain type. I haven't seen Love and Mercy but the reviews of his work there seemed to be generally positive. Seems like the talent is still there.
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Post by Mattsby on Jun 28, 2017 19:26:58 GMT
Two words: T V
Couple years ago Cusack co-created (along with two execs from Justified, sup Viced) an untitled show about wall street (for CBS, but whatever) and it had a good cast, interesting premise, Niels Arden Oplev directed the pilot. But it didn't get a series pickup. That was 2014, when Cusack's career should've had a turnaround...... Maps to the Stars was ok, but at least it was a weird and daring project. Love & Mercy was one of his strongest perfs in years.
Currently his career is looking icky - so he pretty much needs to pick better material/filmmakers, or look back at the potential of TV. Hit up Netflix, please.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Jun 28, 2017 20:45:49 GMT
John and Joan are not twins , you pathetic twat ! She's 4 years his senior ! Joan was born in 1962 and John in 1966 ! You're so fucking useless ! I know shithead, it's a joke.   |
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Post by taranofprydain on Jun 28, 2017 23:20:41 GMT
2012, maybe, did a number on his career.
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Post by Pittsnogle_Goggins on Jun 29, 2017 2:16:44 GMT
I'm sure he could get good supporting roles or land a good TV starring role. Seems he is holding onto lead film roles that just aren't there.
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Post by PromNightCarrie on Jun 29, 2017 13:52:19 GMT
I ask this question every five years. He's one of those actors that is liked, but he's in a lot of bad films.
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Post by alexanderblanchett on Jun 29, 2017 18:30:35 GMT
Yeah its weird.. he is like a poor man's (!) Nicolas Cage now….
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 9, 2018 16:58:07 GMT
Trailer of his latest film He used to be such a fine actor . It's like he doesn't give a fuck anymore |
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Post by mrimpossible on Oct 9, 2018 18:56:01 GMT
I mean he's getting up there in age and he's not a traditionally handsome man so there's not that many roles out there for him.
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Post by sirjeremy on Oct 9, 2018 19:01:37 GMT
I was going to post on this subject myself. Don't think his looks have anything to do with it and it's not the lack of talent. Maybe he's got a shitty reputation? Treating people badly on set? Who knows. I think it's strange he hasn't gone to TV yet.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 9, 2018 22:09:46 GMT
I was going to post on this subject myself. Don't think his looks have anything to do with it and it's not the lack of talent. Maybe he's got a shitty reputation? Treating people badly on set? Who knows. I think it's strange he hasn't gone to TV yet. Yeah , I've read some stuff about him being difficult to work with . I remember reading that he made Minnie Driver cry on the movie set of Grosse Pointe Blank (1997). |
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Post by hugobolso1 on Oct 11, 2018 1:16:45 GMT
He is over 50.
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Post by HELENA MARIA on Oct 11, 2018 8:00:17 GMT
Oh yeah? And so are George Clooney, Denzel Washington and Brad Pitt. |
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Post by thomasjerome on Oct 11, 2018 10:20:59 GMT
He turned into a poor man's Nic Cage. Just like Nic, he occassionally gets acclaimed (Love & Mercy) and/or auteur stuff (ChiRaq, Maps to the Stars) but the rest are embarrassing. I don't know why because he always seemed like a guy who cared about his career and made careful choices and he was very passionate when he was making stuff like "Being John Malkovich", "High Fidelity" and "Grace is Gone". You could see how much he was enjoying making them,
Maybe he just doesn't care anymore. I love the guy, he has been in a lot of my favorite stuff. So I'm all for his comeback - no matter on movies or TV.
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Post by hugobolso1 on Oct 21, 2018 17:35:44 GMT
Oh yeah? And so are George Clooney, Denzel Washington and Brad Pitt. But these are also Academy Award Winners. Clooney an Pitt also succesful producers. Right now only Washington is a Box Office huge star.- |
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Post by Mattsby on Oct 22, 2018 2:15:20 GMT
He's done interesting work in the last ten or so years. Grace is Gone and Love & Mercy are both good dramatic perfs (mostly well received yet the bastards couldn't toss him a single critics award or indie award or anything for either). Solid success and good time in a horror and comedy with 1408 and Hot Tub Time Machine. Also kind of a willingness to do some bleaker work too in Maps to the Stars and The Paperboy. But at this point right now his career is looking baddd. And I've said it before, he needs a role on a good TV series, idk why he isn't developing something for himself in the realm of High Fidelity or, since he seems to be passionate about it, something political.
His most revealing project actually is No Somos Animales, which he wrote and produced. It filmed in Argentina in 2011 but was only released last year Jan '17 on Netflix. It's a meta-docudrama of sorts, a lot of notional dialogue on celebrity, philosophy, politics. But there's a telling monologue from Cusack that may have been improvised and right from his heart (he speaks to himself in the scene) -
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Post by bob-coppola on Oct 22, 2018 2:17:17 GMT
I always thought he was kind of bland, despite liking some of his movies like High Fidelity, so I never really noticed he was gone in the first place.
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Post by flaiky on Oct 24, 2018 11:06:31 GMT
He was never really a heavyweight, though? I'm not at all surprised he hasn't had a lasting career.
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She's 4 years his senior ! Joan was born in 1962 and John in 1966 ! You're so fucking useless ! 
