Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Moments in Filmery: Nic Cage + Jared Leto = Cold Embrace?

This is a still from a guilty pleasure of mine, Lord of War. I consider it a guilty pleasure mainly because it's against my nature to regard any Nicolas Cage film after 1999 as a quality film worth watching.

Nicolas Cage (left) plays an arms dealer. Jared Leto (right) plays his drug addict brother. This is a scene where Jared's character obviously needs 'help' and Nic's character is supposed to look "concerned". But, with the dialed-in aura that Mr. Cage brings to the table, this moment can be viewed in a couple of different ways.

Let's explore the plausible options:

  1. Jared loves Cages' tie.
  2. Cage is not impressed by the cotton blend Jared's zip-up hoodie is made out of. Apparently, 20% polyester should only be used for Cage's hairpieces
  3. Product placement for AXE body spray proves that even hot chicks like Jared Leto can't resist the scent. ...
    ....
    ..He's a dude?
    But.. the eye liner?
    .... ok.
  4. Cage's subliminal way of protesting gay marriage in America.
There are many other concepts that may arise from this one frame of pseudo-homo-erotic glory. Share some of your own.

2 comments:

James said...

You know, I've always held back from watching this, considering the only worthwhile film Cage has done in 10 years was Matchstick Men, and even that wasn't perfect.

Just for Jared Leto's heartwarming picture above is reason enough to check it out though.

Anonymous said...

I have a soft spot for any movie about arms dealers.

Plus, it's mandatory that I watch any Nicolas Cage flick to study what not to do if I ever create a film.