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I did like Lord of war and Gone in 60 seconds. Probably not the most popular ones, but I enjoyed them.

Neither of these people have seen The Rock

I’d put The Rock over both Con Air and Face/Off, but they’re all up there.

Also shout out for The Family Man. A great underrated Christmas movie.

C'mon, it's Lord of War. No discussion about it.

No love for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent?

The rock. Hands down.

I'm pissed I "bought"it on Amazon and can't watch it any more.

Update, looks like it's back. I know what I'm watching tonight.

Did none of you watch Pig?

That movie is incredible.

It's Lord of War.

Thank you for listening to my TED talk

This has been bothering me for like 10 years and it has to come out now even though it’s only kind of relevant to the topic.

Spoilers for Face/Off if you haven’t seen it go watch it it’s amazing.

Okay, so Face/Off has the craziest ending to a movie ever. And you’re thinking to yourself “What that the good guy wins in the end and everyone is happy? That’s not unexpected.” But you have to look at the finer details.

After Sean Archer is back in John Travolta’s body at the end and he’s like “I don’t need this bullet scar anymore, it’s cool, I’ve healed.” He goes back to see his family. He walks in the door and his wife and daughter are like “Yay you’re our dad and not some crazy person again yay!”. The following things that happen need to be broken down individually for it to fully be understood how insane it is what happens:

• What is with the weird run your hand down the face thing they do? It’s so bizarre and it’s never explained. His daughter is like “Sorry I shot you…” and he just runs his hand down her face like a weirdo. Why.

• Archer goes “There’s something I have to ask both of you…” and the just brings in some random kid they’ve never seen and is like “he needs a place to live” WHAT?!?! This kid was in a shoot out in a drug den like a week ago. He was raised in a terrible environment. I’m not saying he doesn’t deserve to be placed in a normal family or anything, but the kid needs like all the therapy. He’s going to have emotional problems. Are you really ready to deal with all that Archer? Really? Your family just went through a crazy thing and you’re like “Here is a huge responsibility we need to take on now.”

• The daughter says “My name is Jamie” and the DOES THE WEIRD FACE HAND THING! Why do they do that? It’s so weird. Is she like assimilating him into their collective. And he, completely unphased by the hand thing in a show of immense self control, is just says “My name is Adam.”

• Then Archer says “Show Adam to his new room.” And the daughter and Adam run off and then the most insane thing I’ve ever seen in a move happens. Archer looks at his wife and is like “….Okay?” and she goes “nod nod….okay…” and they kiss. End of movie.

To that last point…WHAT?!?!!?!? Am I taking crazy pills or something? This dude just decides that they’re raising a kid WITHOUT ASKING HIS WIFE FIRST!?!?! If I brought home a dog without discussing it with my wife first, she would be pretty pissed but a WHOLE DAMN KID?!?! A kid, who as mentioned, is going to need intense therapy and extra support? A kid who, it would seem, is there only to replace your other kid who died which is whole ‘nother kind of fucked up (see the life of Salvidor Dali).

Anyway, thanks for coming to my TedTalk.

How can you even have a conversation about best Nic Cage movies and not mention Ghost Rider?

This whole thread and not one mention of Sorcerer's Apprentice or the national treasure that is National Treasure?

For shame.

Jeph

Given her mouth, I thought her face was going to come off to reveal Nick Cage.

A real conesouir knows it is actually Adaptation, staring Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, and Nicolas Cage again (as his own twin brother)

Ppppffft, Leaving Las Vegas, no contest.

I refuse to put a number on his works. They're all unique and wonderful in their own way. I really loved some of his more recent movies like Prisoners of the Ghostland, Mandy, Pig and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, though.

put the bunny back in the box 🔫

1. Leaving Las Vegas

2. Raising Arizona

3. Adaption

Honorable mention: Vampire's Kiss

He's put out the best work of his career more recently.

Mandy, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Mom and Dad, Color Out Of Space, are all incredible films.

And I've heard Pig is a masterpiece. I've also heard good things about Dream Scenario.

Raising Arizona, hands down.

"Her womb was a rocky place, for which my seed could take no purchase."

I'm still waiting for the sequel to Con Air called Air Con. I mean, they clearly named original the movie after air conditioning, swapping the abbreviated words around.

But it'll be another aeroplane movie with one scene, one, where Cage - or someone in his stead - considers climbing into air conditioning ducting and then decides against it before the action picks up elsewhere, never venturing near air conditioning ever again.

The rest of the plot could be literally anything, aeroplane and some sort of confidence trick permitting, but this, of course, makes that one scene the Air Con air con con.

... I'll get my coat.

While I agree with others that The Rock or Raising Arizona are likely the best, I also really liked Matchstick Men.

I get her, Con Air is also my favorite.

I'm sorry. I'm just absolutely flabbergasted by the Jeph of it all.

Obviously, the best Nicholas Cage movie is Adaptation, because he’s in it twice.

Ahem, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is a Nic Cage bro movie with Pedro Pascal.

How about Adaptation

Con Air, but Mandy is in the running