Brendan [strike]FRASIER[/strike]FRASER is the antidote to Robt DOWNEY Jr and the repellant Nic CAGE

[UTUSN]

Have never watched more than 30 seconds of CAGE and never will. DOWNEY seemed to be authentic in Chaplin, and I would never watch any of his recent junk like Sherlock Holmes-as-action-hero, but where he really revealed himself as the empty DOLT he is was when he guested on the Graham NORTON talk show, where DOLTS cannot survive in the setting of WIT. Another one who failed brutally in NORTON's show was Dennis HOPPER, who was completely inarticulate.

So FRASIERFRASER was great in The Quiet American and in Gods and Monsters, and carries off the action thing in the Mummy moments I've seen in passing, and good at comedy in Bedazzled. He's better than DOWNEY and CAGE!1 So there!1


On Edit: "fraser" not "frasier." And, whoa, Wiki says he has not been granted a star on the Hollywood walk of fame (yes, one in Canada; U.S. born of Canadian parents), and double whoa filed court papers asking for reduction of child support claiming he can't afford $900K per yr.

[rug]

1. I've been brooding over Ben Stiller recently.

[UTUSN]

2. Jerry has brilliant moments in King of Queens re-runs. n/t

[sarge43]

3. Cage was perfect in Raising Arizona and Bring Out Your Dead

He needs a strong director to keep him under control.

[hibbing]

8. Peggy Sue Got Married also imho

Hi,
I loved loved loved him in Raising Arizona, I thought he was pretty awesome in Peggy Sue Got Married too. Not sure what happened with him, got into the whole stupid action movies, guess that is where the money is. I will watch some of Con Air when it is on tv just because it is so dumb in an entertaining way.

Peace

[MADem]

11. MOONSTRUCK! "I lost my haaaaaaaaand, I lost my bride....!"

Fabulous stuff...

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. I like Brendan Fraser. Another cute movie he did was with Alicia Silverstone:

Blast From The Past
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/

A romantic comedy about a naive man who comes out into the world after being in a nuclear fallout shelter for 35 years.

[UTUSN]

5. "naive man ... shelter 35 yrs" - sounds like I can identify. But after the Wiki article

I'm worried he can't cough the $900K/yr for child support.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

10. I'm worried he may have a gold digger for an ex-wife. n/t

[nolabear]

6. Interesting. I always thought he was stupid.

Not that I couldn't be wrong. I happen to like Downey, but he has a style and his roles play to it. Only thing I liked Fraser in was Gods and Monsters, and that was ALL Ian McKellan.

[UTUSN]

7. McK should have gotten an Oscar (has he gotten ANY?). Seems like a SNL jinx, whenever they host

before the Oscars, they lose.

[nolabear]

9. Yeah, I love him in his popular roles but I've always thought he didn't get recognized enough.

The man has done some astounding work, wizards notwithstanding.

[Orrex]

12. Liked Fraser in Gods and Monsters & The Passion of Darkly Noon

Hated--by which I mean [font color="red"]HATED[/font]--his Mummy movies. Terrible.

His career has been a parade of garbage with three or four moments of excellence.

[solara]

13. Fooey!

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