It’s no ones fault really. Eventually, if you hear a song too many times you get sick of it. The same it true of our celebrities. Take Nicolas Cage for instance. Whenever his name comes in conversations I have with people, most of them usually roll their eyes a little bit and say “I don’t like him anymore”, or “I’m just sick of him” yadda yadda yadda. I remember how up in arms many people were a couple of years ago when he was in line to play Superman.
Pretty soon, this stigma on an celebrity becomes socially contagious and people start thinking it… without ever thinking it themselves. People began getting sick of Cage just because the attitude out there about Cage had become less popular… never actually reaching that opinion on their own. This happens all the time.
But after watching National Treasure (which was pretty good for a while… but far too long), I realized something. Nicolas Cage still has it. No, he really does. When he’s on screen he has that sort of charisma that just pulls an audiences attention to himself. It’s a kind of playful charm. Some people don’t like it… but it works.
There is no denying that the man has been in some stinkers. But he’s also been in some great films as well… and theres that little trophy sitting on his mantle called an Oscar which he richly deserved.
I’m not 100% sure why I wrote this post. I just felt like saying “Damnit, I think Cage is pretty damn good”.
