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LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
Sun Jun 1, 2014, 10:05 PM Jun 2014

Nicolas Cage is now in a remake of a Kirk Cameron movie

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2467046/?ref_=vi_tt_i

Not sure if anyone remembers those 'Left Behind' books that were huge in the 90s. They were about life on earth after the so-called rapture happens. They were a warning to Christians about how Earth would be ravaged after the Rapture occurred. In the early 2000 Kirk Cameron, a favorite of the fundie set, started in a few low budget movie versions of the books.

Now it looks like the movies are being remade with former Oscar winner and now the star of countless of film flops Nicolas Cage.

It'll be interesting to see how this movie will do. It's also ironic that Kirk Cameron wasn't even invited to be in the film.
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Nicolas Cage is now in a remake of a Kirk Cameron movie (Original Post) LynneSin Jun 2014 OP
Double barf, although Nic COPPOLA seems to have a following in these parts n/t UTUSN Jun 2014 #1
Does anyone like Nicolas Cage anyway? nt valerief Jun 2014 #2
He's a handsome guy davidpdx Jun 2014 #4
With all due respect brooklynboy49 Jun 2014 #5
Oh come on davidpdx Jun 2014 #6
Can only agree. Xyzse Jun 2014 #12
Bwahahahaha! Funny! nt valerief Jun 2014 #15
. Orrex Jun 2014 #21
Oh, is that real? LisaLynne Jun 2014 #3
What could possibly go wrong? Wounded Bear Jun 2014 #7
Nicolas Cage was terrific in "Raising Arizona" - I won't see him in "Left Behind" Glorfindel Jun 2014 #8
He's got some great films out there, just not in the last decade LynneSin Jun 2014 #9
He does have some great films out there LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #10
He deserved his Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas" LynneSin Jun 2014 #13
I was living on the Vegas Strip when they filmed the plane for Con Air LadyHawkAZ Jun 2014 #14
Leaving Las Vegas. love that movie! BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2014 #31
I dunno . . . Brigid Jun 2014 #29
But that's like instead of a steaming pile of shit... LynneSin Jun 2014 #30
A Kirk Cameron movie was worthy of a remake? What is the world coming to. hobbit709 Jun 2014 #11
Yep sakabatou Jun 2014 #17
But this time Kirk Cameron was left behind Generic Brad Jun 2014 #28
oh Nick, how far you have fallen eShirl Jun 2014 #16
Ugh... sakabatou Jun 2014 #18
$18M budget? Geez. "Passion of the Christ" was given $30M Orrex Jun 2014 #19
From the Wikipedia entry Orrex Jun 2014 #20
And now it's been edited. Hmm... Orrex Jun 2014 #25
I can never think about the Rapture without remembering this scene from Six Feet Under. Liberal Veteran Jun 2014 #22
How bizarre. He once owned perhaps the most haunted house in New Orleans. KamaAina Jun 2014 #23
I'm pretty open minded Aerows Jun 2014 #24
This should make a good episode of "how did this get made" Taitertots Jun 2014 #26
This has all the classic elements of a Nic Cage movie! Generic Brad Jun 2014 #27

Glorfindel

(9,720 posts)
8. Nicolas Cage was terrific in "Raising Arizona" - I won't see him in "Left Behind"
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 07:53 AM
Jun 2014

I love science fiction, but add the pseudo-religious claptrap and it's ruined.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
9. He's got some great films out there, just not in the last decade
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:07 AM
Jun 2014

So sad, this guy has the skills but essentially now is a sell out.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
10. He does have some great films out there
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:10 AM
Jun 2014

however, I feel they were great films in spite of him. The guy just can't act. I find the pairing of bad actor + bad story amusing.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
13. He deserved his Oscar for "Leaving Las Vegas"
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 10:46 AM
Jun 2014

When he plays some goofy near the edge of destruction type character he actually shines. Probably why he was so good in movies like "Raising Arizona", "Leaving Las Vegas" and "Adaption" (my favorite Nic Cage movie). He has some great earlier work like "Moonstruck" and "Peggy Sue Got Married".

When he plays an action hero he just tanks. I mean the best thing about the movie "Con Air" is everyone else in that movie other than Cage. He is just not an action hero and that's what he's cast as again in this "Left Behind" series.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
14. I was living on the Vegas Strip when they filmed the plane for Con Air
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 11:28 AM
Jun 2014

Gave our whole complex quite a jolt- we were only a couple blocks north of the Strat tower, and here's this plane circling around it billowing smoke and being chased by two smaller planes... we weren't sure if we should take pictures or run away.

/digression

I have to admit, I was surprised with how well he did in Leaving Las Vegas. That was the only performance that I was impressed by. I enjoyed Raising Arizona but it was one of the movies I felt worked well in spite of his presence.

BlancheSplanchnik

(20,219 posts)
31. Leaving Las Vegas. love that movie!
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 08:41 PM
Jun 2014

I'm bummed to see him go downhill. And, a christofascist flick? Remake?? Oy gevalt, it's a shunda.

Brigid

(17,621 posts)
29. I dunno . . .
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 11:34 PM
Jun 2014

I thought "Lord of War" was pretty darn good.

As for the "Left Behind" movie, I say a remake might be worth a try; because I saw the first ones, and there is NO WAY the new one could be worse.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
30. But that's like instead of a steaming pile of shit...
Tue Jun 3, 2014, 12:02 AM
Jun 2014

perhaps instead you'll be served a boiling bowl of piss instead.

Maybe the piss is better? Who knows but are you willing to taste it to find out?

hobbit709

(41,694 posts)
11. A Kirk Cameron movie was worthy of a remake? What is the world coming to.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 09:40 AM
Jun 2014

This is why I'm sure that Idiocracy is a documentary.

Orrex

(63,173 posts)
19. $18M budget? Geez. "Passion of the Christ" was given $30M
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 03:41 PM
Jun 2014

Of course, since the entire congretation of evangidiots will see this Left Behind crap 20X each, it'll yield the biggest budget:profit ratio in decades. And we'll have to hear more shit about how Christian films are "storming the box office," etc.


Nicholas Cage's career began with Raising Arizona and ended with Wild at Heart.

Orrex

(63,173 posts)
20. From the Wikipedia entry
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 04:03 PM
Jun 2014
Left Behind is an upcoming American apocalyptic biblical thriller film directed by Vic Armstrong and written by Paul LaLonde and John Patus.[2] It is based on the series of novels of same name, written by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins, and is a reboot of Left Behind: The Movie, which is based on the biblically prophesied pre-tribulation Rapture. The film is set for an October 3, 2014 release and originated with a bet that it couldn't possibly be worse than the Kirk Cameron film.[3]
Left Behind (2014 film)
 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
23. How bizarre. He once owned perhaps the most haunted house in New Orleans.
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 05:06 PM
Jun 2014
http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/nicolas-cage-buys-haunted-mansion-in-new-orleans-french-quarter/

Actor Nick Cage has bought a landmark New Orleans French Quarter property right up the street from the new home of Brad Pitt and Angela Jolie according to the website Big Time Listings. The Lalaurie House in New Orleans has had a checkered past and according to Wikopedia is considered the most haunted property in all of New Orleans.

And now Nicolas Cage is the proud owner of it through his Hancock Park Real Estate Company that has bought other properties in San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The Lalaurie Mansion is reported to be the sight of sadistic acts committed upon their household servants and slaves by Delphine LaLaurie in the 1830’s. These spirits have been haunting the property over the past 100 years according to local reports, so we wish Nicolas Cage all the best when he is visiting. Of course, that may have been the attraction for him as he has previously bought another New Orleans property in the Garden District from noted horror writer Anne Rice.


And that's who they choose to play the lead in The Fundie Chronicles?!

Generic Brad

(14,272 posts)
27. This has all the classic elements of a Nic Cage movie!
Mon Jun 2, 2014, 11:15 PM
Jun 2014

It's a disaster in the making on the making of a disaster. There's a lot of screaming. They had food on the set.

How is Nic Cage not in this movie???

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