tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post6287859796269072208..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: This Week in Geek (30/11-06/12/15)Siskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-3852713942731149632015-12-14T17:47:16.110-04:002015-12-14T17:47:16.110-04:00Wyatt Earp is worth seeing, but for Dennis Quaid. ...Wyatt Earp is worth seeing, but for Dennis Quaid. Val Kilmer's Doc is more fun, but my memory is that Quaid had the tougher job and nailed it.<br /><br />Still, no arguing that Tombstone is the better movie.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-79734703523545485512015-12-10T12:42:52.082-04:002015-12-10T12:42:52.082-04:00Fair enough. I like Fandango too, and he was fine ...Fair enough. I like Fandango too, and he was fine in Jack Ryan. Like you I care for Field of Dreams not at all. But I can't dissociate his Pa Kent from the writing, so that's not helpful.<br /><br />I'll fess up. I have skipped more stuff than I've seen of him, and judge him mostly on the types of pictures he's done and possibly their trailers. I don't like "White Messiah" stuff, so the recent MacFarland and possibly Dances with Wolves fall under that heading. The few scenes of Waterworld I've seen made me skip out on The Postman too. And after I enjoyed Tombstone so much, why oh why would I have made the effort to see his Wyatt Earp that same year? Tin Cup? A movie about GOLF?! I'm already not that keen on sports movies... And so we end up with a career I've mostly dismissed, and which I'm in no hurry to reevaluate.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-86540178269947602142015-12-10T12:33:58.407-04:002015-12-10T12:33:58.407-04:00That does seem pretty early, now that I think abou...That does seem pretty early, now that I think about it. It might be better described as the moment the scales fell from my eyes about him. At the time, I was very much into devotedly following the careers of actors whom I liked and after <i>The Untouchables</i> I thought that Costner would be one of those. I remember going back and checking out <i>Fandango</i> and <i>Silverado</i> and being super impressed. <i>No Way Out</i> was a disappointment though and that's when I decided that I wasn't as big a fan as I thought I was going to be.<br /><br />I did enjoy him in <i>Bull Durham</i>, but could never get on board with <i>Field of Dreams</i>, which I thought was overly sentimental. By the '90s, with the bloated epics you mentioned, I was completely checked out. I love <i>Robin Hood</i>, but that's in spite of Costner. <br /><br />I'm very much enjoying his recent roles though. I hate <i>Man of Steel</i> and the way Pa Kent is written, but I love Costner in the part. And I loved him in <i>Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit</i> and <i>3 Days to Kill</i>, too.Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-73205311019915283542015-12-07T17:25:13.199-04:002015-12-07T17:25:13.199-04:00AmHawk: Good to know!
Michael: That's early! ...AmHawk: Good to know!<br /><br />Michael: That's early! Most people rate Field of Dreams at least!<br /><br />I don't even think I have much of a basis for my dislike. It's not him - though I've never found him very interesting - so much as his interest in making and being in bloated films like Wyatt Earp and The Postman. He was also in JFK in that era, and I do dislike Oliver Stone quite a lot as well.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-24213647882456128802015-12-07T16:41:53.535-04:002015-12-07T16:41:53.535-04:00Coincidentally, No Way Out is where I decided to d...Coincidentally, No Way Out is where I decided to dislike Costner, but I was riding super high on him from The Untouchables and that was bound to come down sooner or later. I was also much much younger and I'm curious to see if I'd have a different reaction today. Michael Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12514945570212261283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-46029054336168733432015-12-06T11:02:19.937-04:002015-12-06T11:02:19.937-04:00I bought the trade of RED on the strength of the f...I bought the trade of RED on the strength of the film, and they are not even very similar past the primary setup. Both are good though.American Hawkmannoreply@blogger.com