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January 23, 2005

Thoughts While Watching AMC During AFC Championship Commercials « Stuff Important to Me »

It occurs to me that Major League is pretty much both the first and the last movie that I liked Wesley Snipes in.

My biggest problem with Wesley Snipes is that he has an arrogance that shines through in every character he plays. I don't like that, and I think it destroys any credibility he has as an actor. This is an aspect he shares with Nicholas Cage, whose personality shines through in every character he plays. Typecasting of an emotionless, wooden alcoholic should not have given Mr. Cage an Oscar. The fact that he got one was yet another reason I stopped caring at all about Hollywood opinions and preferences.

Posted by Nathan at 06:14 PM | Comments (2)
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Been a while since I've seen that movie -- didn't even realize that was him.

But would an arrogant actor have included a scene in one of his movies where another character remarks on his very real resemblance to Arsenio Hall (Passenger 57? That was hysterical.

Posted by: McGehee at January 24, 2005 06:26 PM

Well, I never saw that movie, so you could be right...

The movies he totally failed to win any sympathy from me due to what I perceived as arrogance were:
The Art of War
The Fan
Rising Sun
White Men Can't Jump
and
One Night Stand

It may be a character defect on my part, I don't know.

Posted by: Nathan at January 24, 2005 06:38 PM
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