Being A Coppola Means Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
So, a few weeks ago, when I pledged my unconditional cinematic love to Kevin Costner, quite a few of you chimed in to heartily agree with me, or to verily question my sight and sanity (fair enough), but what is more, more than one person made mention as to how much they disliked Nicolas Cage.
I’m not quite sure how me loving Kevin Costner’s movies easily segued into how poorly Mr. Cage emotes, or the ridiculous roles he chooses, or how you heard he stole someone else’s baby that one time while he was wearing a Hawaiian shirt, but segue it did, and quite frankly, I could not have been more thrilled.
I will herein happily admit that I happen to very much like Nicolas Cage (you weren’t really surprised were you?), but that I can completely understand why you (or anyone) would so strongly dislike him. The Wickerman is case enough against his poor movie role selecting, and his inability to act even mildly allergic to bees.
(Please, for the love of all that is not a waste of your time, do not ever rent and watch that movie if you haven’t already; I promise you will want to kick him in the shins if you do.)
All of that to say: A few months ago I stumbled onto Maxim’s website, and thus, into their apparent affinity for awesome list-making, and a few hours minutes later, I found and saved the link to this gem of a list:
“Nicolas Cage’s Magical Hair Mystery”
Quoting Maxim now: “For a guy with very little hair, Nic has sported several wacky ‘dos. Here’s a look back at his follicles’ finest moments.”
Thinking it was a perfect follow-up to my previous Questionable Actors That I Adore post, and seeing as how I’ve been wallowing in movie watching while I’ve been wearing a particularly unflattering shade of Chest Congestion coupled with slight overtones of Fever all weekend, I felt obliged to share it here.
As a magical preview I’ll tell you that this one is my favorite, mostly because a hairstyle just doesn’t get better than a flaming skull:
© Maxim.com
Oh, and Ghost Rider, if you were wondering, is fantastically horrible. And by “fantastically” I mostly mean “You might want to watch it with your eyes closed. Perhaps then the dialogue might be believable. But probably not.”
I will herein happily admit that I happen to very much like Nicolas Cage (you weren’t really surprised were you?), but that I can completely understand why you (or anyone) would so strongly dislike him. The Wickerman is case enough against his poor movie role selecting, and his inability to act even mildly allergic to bees.
Man, I forgot to mention the “Raising Arizona.” This, as well as “Valley Girl,” are my favorites from him.
The only Nicolas Cage film worth seeing is Raising Arizona. Please tell me you’ve seen (and enjoy as immensely as I do) this early Coen Brothers gem. Or else, I just don’t know.
I kinda love Nick. Raising Arizona AND Peggy Sue Got Married are awesome. Plus, he was phenomenal in Leaving Las Vegas.
I happen to know some of his distant cousins (the Coppolas) and to date they do not suffer the same follicle foibles as Mr. Cage. The fact that they are a very nice family only provides brownie points towards liking Nicholas Cage (that and he named his son after Superman).
by the way, the flaming skull look was not a hair do, but a raging sinus infection gone code red. That was the whole reason he was cast. So just because you are feeling under the weather doesn’t mean that Hollywood might not be scouting for you.
I used to have a big man crush on Nick Cage. It ended when he did Con Air.
Chan, you mean you didn’t think Nic’s convict mullet was smoking hot?
Let’s not forget Wild at Heart!
It’s always sad to watch someone make poor choices in life and suffer hair trauma. But the Adaptation hair description made me laugh out loud! It really does resemble steel wool. :)
Funny you should post this today! I heard a radio interview with him yesterday and thought of that post you did where I bashed him.
I still don’t like him. Or his hair ;)
How does nick cage still get hired for movies? He’s like the white Eddie Murphy… once was good and relevant and now, meh.
I always just want to hand poor Nic Cage a baseball cap.
Fun fact: He and one of my oldest friends got married in the same place. So I got to be maid-of-honor where he got hitched in all his unhaired glory.
I’m not a huge fan of his, mostly because of the weird name he named his kid.
But Valley Girl is one of my favorite 80s movies of all time!
oh. my. god.
HATE HATE HATE Nic Cage. hate.
did i mention i hate him?
we can still be friends, though :)