Films starring Willem Dafoe that I've seen:
The Boondock Saints
American Psycho
Spider-Man
Finding Nemo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Spider-Man 2
The Aviator
xXx: State of the Union
Inside Man
Spider-Man 3
Daybreakers
The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
John Carter
Out of the Furnace
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Fault in Our Stars
John Wick
Finding Dory
The Great Wall
Best Performance: The Boondock Saints (1999)
Name a more badass big-screen FBI agent than Paul Smecker. I'll wait. Dafoe is an insane, fiery- monologue-delivering tour-de-force whose presence played a major role in elevating Troy Duffy's brutal vigilante flick to classic status.
Name a more badass big-screen FBI agent than Paul Smecker. I'll wait. Dafoe is an insane, fiery- monologue-delivering tour-de-force whose presence played a major role in elevating Troy Duffy's brutal vigilante flick to classic status.
Worst Performance: The Great Wall (2017)
Dafoe is the type of veteran character actor that shows up to play regardless of the genre or amount of time that he appears on screen. The only time I've seen him come close to stumbling came in this year's uneven yet somewhat entertaining B-movie The Great Wall. His brief appearance as a mysterious teacher from an unknown European country that's being held prisoner by a group of elite, dragon-fighting Chinese warriors felt kind of half-assed and straight-faced for a film with such an absurd concept.
Dafoe is the type of veteran character actor that shows up to play regardless of the genre or amount of time that he appears on screen. The only time I've seen him come close to stumbling came in this year's uneven yet somewhat entertaining B-movie The Great Wall. His brief appearance as a mysterious teacher from an unknown European country that's being held prisoner by a group of elite, dragon-fighting Chinese warriors felt kind of half-assed and straight-faced for a film with such an absurd concept.
Best Film: The Boondock Saints (1999)
My name is Chris Maitland and I'm a stereotypical 25-year white dude from the Boston-area that thinks The Boondock Saints is one of the greatest movies ever made. The Citizen Kane of badass vigilante movies features a beautiful collection of charismatic characters, hilarious dialogue and over-the-top violence that I could spend hours gushing about. Now excuse me while I go write a letter to Mayor Walsh and Governor Baker demanding that this gets put in the Museum of Fine Arts ASAP.
Worst Film: John Carter (2012)
Before Disney went out and acquired the rights to Star Wars in December 2012, they tried to launch their own epic space opera trilogy and let's just say that it didn't go too well. Not only did John Carter go down as a massive flop for Hollywood's most successful studio, it also happens to be one of the biggest pieces of shit to grace the big screen in recent years. There's enough convoluted storytelling, wooden acting and general tedium in this 132-minute cinematic garbage disposal to fill all 89 Avatar sequels James Cameron's planning on making over the next two decades. Halting the development of the John Carter franchise is a rare win for mankind and hopefully we'll be able to unite as a species to stop another awful franchise from getting off the ground sometime in the near future.
Thank you for reading this week's installment of "The Best and Worst of". Next week, I'll take a look at the best and worst work of "Darkest Hour" star Ben Mendelsohn.
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