mrs. me and i watched the weather man this weekend. i read that movie was a downer. she put it on our netflix q. i actually liked it, and didn't really think it...at least it didn't end up as a downer. the guy definitely had issues, but he tried. i thought he was delusional in thinking he could get his wife back. it looked like a wonder she ever married him. i like how he handled each of his kids' respective problems, especially the girl. i thought it ended up on a happy enough note to pretty much cancel out the downer stuff.
i still don't think much of the acting profession, but i'm starting to dig and appreciate the choices in roles/movies nicolas cage makes e.g. bringing out the dead, matchstick men, lord of war, etc. (nevermind the gone in 60 seconds, snake eyes, national treasure types, which they all make) while he usually plays an ordinary guy, those guys rarely have 9-5 (why is the phrase not "8-5"? was there a time when a lunch hour was not given?), wife and kids, house and pets-type ordinary, normal lives. while there might be a better actor (not that being able to pretend to be others better than another is something to be particularly proud of), few make more interesting movies.
the best i can say about him is this. when i pick out a nicolas cage movie, it feels more like when i am picking out a movie because of who directed it; not who acted in it.
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