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Atavachron
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 19:14 | |
^ other way 'round.. Travolta can act circles around Cage, and did a great job imitating him in that movie
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Dean
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 19:10 | |
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
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 18:32 | |
You mean it was a good performance? |
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stonebeard
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 18:16 | |
You haven't seen the full extent of Keanu's acting until you see him portray Siddharta with chilling accuracy in Little Buddha.
http://imdb.com/title/tt0107426/ |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 18:10 | |
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
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 15:24 | |
proven by both the matrix and A Scanner Darkly, Reeves likes to take red pills...
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tardis
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:44 | |
I'm not much of a big fan of either of them, so I won't vote.
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Arsillus
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Posted: July 16 2007 at 14:43 | |
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
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Posted: July 13 2007 at 16:35 | |
Also, wasn't he in Dangerous Liasons with John Malkovich?
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kazansky
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Posted: July 13 2007 at 11:25 | |
Cage
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bhikkhu
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Posted: July 13 2007 at 11:18 | |
And don't forget that Keanu can also claim to be Shakespearian actor.
I mean honestly, what was Kenneth Branagh thinking? |
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1800iareyay
Prog Reviewer Joined: November 18 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2492 |
Posted: July 13 2007 at 09:54 | |
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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