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Your favorite Michael Douglas movie?
- Thread starter Leclair
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The Ghost and the Darkness might actually be mine.
It's such a a 90's ass 90's movie. Not quite as good or self aware as Congo, Arachnophobia, or Lake Placid, but it's of that ilk and I will have no bad mouthing of it. (Well other than the white saviour and imperialist shit that a modern movie should have been more critical of. That shit felt icky even in the 90's. Yeah it's a true story and the Kilmer character actually killed the lions IRL, but there is no way that dude wasn't a giant racist asshole right?)
It's such a a 90's ass 90's movie. Not quite as good or self aware as Congo, Arachnophobia, or Lake Placid, but it's of that ilk and I will have no bad mouthing of it. (Well other than the white saviour and imperialist shit that a modern movie should have been more critical of. That shit felt icky even in the 90's. Yeah it's a true story and the Kilmer character actually killed the lions IRL, but there is no way that dude wasn't a giant racist asshole right?)
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I haven't seen all of his movies, including some of these options, but my favorite that I've seen was probably Falling Down
Romancing the Stone was a personal favorite as a kid.
Basic Instinct was a fantastic role for him.
A Perfect Murder is also a real scene-chewing movie for him and the sort of movie I will stop and watch any time it's on (also with a pre-LOTR Viggo Mortensen!).
And of course The Game is fantastic.
Basic Instinct was a fantastic role for him.
A Perfect Murder is also a real scene-chewing movie for him and the sort of movie I will stop and watch any time it's on (also with a pre-LOTR Viggo Mortensen!).
And of course The Game is fantastic.
Black Rain just because he's on a cop salary but this is his view from his kitchen window in NYC. Amazing.
Movies are amazing for this kind of thing. Like how Dana Barrett had a corner penthouse apartment on Central Park West on the salary of a section member in a symphony orchestra.
Falling Down has some interesting scenes but holy shit does it leave a bad taste in my mouth. Before his 'bad day', Douglas' character has a history of being an abusive sociopath towards his family who is terrified of him. Douglas is good in it but ugh no thanks.
Black Rain just because he's on a cop salary but this is his view from his kitchen window in NYC. Amazing.
This actually makes sense in the context of the movie because in an early scene he gets interviewed by IA because they think he's a dirty cop. "That's a king size nut" is what one of the IA guys (Stephen Root I believe) says to him.
Oooooh yeah that's right, I forgot about that sub-plot. Jeez he must be raking in the blood money lol
Of the ones I've seen it's between; The Game, Falling Down, Romancing the Stone, The War of the Roses.
Basically all of them except for the Marvel stuff. And probably in that order.
The Game was just fun back in the day.
This short film is the real answer though.
Basically all of them except for the Marvel stuff. And probably in that order.
The Game was just fun back in the day.
This short film is the real answer though.
Falling Down if it were on the poll. Out of the choices given, The Game followed closely by Wall Street.
Not having a go at you but I don't understand why someone would come into a thread that specifically asks for people's favourite role an actor took on just to say you don't like them or anything they've been in? Genuinely curious as to why people do that.
Falling Down is one of those movies that couldn't be clearer about the point, but people still routinely miss it. I do like how convincingly a guy like Michael Douglas - magnetic as hell, with otherworldly charisma and every bit a movie star - transforms into the kind of person you'd cross the street to avoid.
But I think Romancing the Stone is my favorite of his roles, because it's trading on exactly the qualities that something like Falling Down subverts. This guy is a dashing rogue, a pulp romance novel counterpart to Indiana Jones' pulp adventure novel hero. It's a movie that embraces its hot bloodedness, a comedy that knows how sexy its leads are, and runs with that.
But I think Romancing the Stone is my favorite of his roles, because it's trading on exactly the qualities that something like Falling Down subverts. This guy is a dashing rogue, a pulp romance novel counterpart to Indiana Jones' pulp adventure novel hero. It's a movie that embraces its hot bloodedness, a comedy that knows how sexy its leads are, and runs with that.
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Indeed I remember as kid my parents going to movies for adults. That seems to have gone away as I've gotten older.
I've wanted to watch Black Rain since the VHS was up for rental in those plastic sleeves at my local grocery store.
But that katana gif has me prioritizing it.
But that katana gif has me prioritizing it.
Black Rain
I have insane love for Black Rain. It's probably my second favorite Ridley Scott movie after Alien.
I think this is mine too.
Hah, I came to make that joke.
It's crazy how much he looks like his dad.
