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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65590 |
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^ other way 'round.. Travolta can act circles around Cage, and did a great job imitating him in that movie
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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Of course, like Brando and De Niro, they are both exponents of Method Acting and through the Stanislavski System they were taught that to act their way out of a paper bag, first they had to imagine they were the paper bag, then to learn to feel as the paper bag and finally to become the paper bag. Sadly, they both dropped out of the The Actors Studio at that moment and are now forever trapped in the character of the paper bag.
Anyway, my vote goes to Keanu for his multi-dimensional portrail of Jonathan Harker (2 is more than 1 so qualifies as multi) and his astounding grasp of the English accent (equal only to Johnny Depp IMHO) in the film Nicolas Cage's Uncle's Draclua. And for his playing of Ted Logan in the classic film The Matrix, which is easily one of the films ever made, until the next one came out, then that was, except the last one, which I haven't seen yet, unless it was called Johnny Mnemonic's Bogus Adventure on Speed - in which case he would have made a great Sailor Ripley in Wild At Heart (or was it Captain Coreli's Alien). Sorry, what was the question?
But then Nicolas Cage did make John Travolta look good in Face Off didn't he - or was it the other way around?
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tardis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2005 Location: Victoria, BC Status: Offline Points: 14378 |
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You mean it was a good performance? |
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stonebeard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 27 2005 Location: NE Indiana Status: Offline Points: 28057 |
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You haven't seen the full extent of Keanu's acting until you see him portray Siddharta with chilling accuracy in Little Buddha.
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TheProgtologist ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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The movie was Much Ado About Nothing,he played Don John.
I am not a huge Reeves fan,mostly because my wife is OBSSESSED with him,but he played a violently abusive husband in a movie called The Gift with Cate Blanchett and Hilary Sw**k and I was surprised at how good he was in the role.
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Figglesnout ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: November 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1455 |
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proven by both the matrix and A Scanner Darkly, Reeves likes to take red pills...
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I'm a reasonable man, get off my case
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tardis ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 02 2005 Location: Victoria, BC Status: Offline Points: 14378 |
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I'm not much of a big fan of either of them, so I won't vote.
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Arsillus ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 7374 |
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Strange things are afoot at the Circle K.
![]() I'd say Nic Cage is better, though. Probably because Keanu Reeves is easier to make fun of. |
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1800iareyay ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
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Also, wasn't he in Dangerous Liasons with John Malkovich?
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kazansky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 24 2006 Location: Indonesia Status: Offline Points: 5085 |
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Cage
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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bhikkhu ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 06 2006 Location: AČ Michigan Status: Offline Points: 5109 |
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And don't forget that Keanu can also claim to be Shakespearian actor.
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1800iareyay ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
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After watching films by both of these men I can safely say the spirit of Brando, Bogart, and other luminaries lives on.
Keanu: He can surf, correspond with a woman from a different time period, travel through time itself to complete a history project and to learn guitar, stop a bomb-laden bus, and, most importantly, he knows kung-fu.
Cage: He knows the location of priceless treaure that the forefathers hid, he can brave Alcatrazz (but only with the help of a geriatric Scotsman), and his face turns to fire in the pale moonlight.
I vote Keanu, the greatest actor since DeNiro
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