Friday the 13th: 8-Movie Collection (1980-1989)

[Frantic Canadian]

Originally Posted by rocknblues81

The Rock is Bay's best movie, but Ed Harris is the main reason that it has any substance at all. It's 3.5/5 overall.

Nicholas Cage was awesome in The Rock. Probably my favorite performance of his. He and Connery were great together.

Originally Posted by Jay H.

Ugh.

How can you not like The Rock?

[Jay H.]

Originally Posted by Frantic Canadian

Nicholas Cage was awesome in The Rock. Probably my favorite performance of his. He and Connery were great together.



How can you not like The Rock?

If this weren't the F13 thread, I'd talk about how much I abhor Michael Bay's obsession with constantly moving the camera. But it is, so I won't.

Kill her mommy...

[Frantic Canadian]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

If this weren't the F13 thread, I'd talk about how much I abhor Michael Bay's obsession with constantly moving the camera. But it is, so I won't.

Kill her mommy...

Fair enough. To be clear, though, I am by no means a Michael Bay fan. I just happen to love The Rock. It's a great piece of action cinema. Cage is at his best. Great action, great score, great practical effects. It hits all the right buttons.

[rocknblues81]

Originally Posted by Frantic Canadian

Nicholas Cage was awesome in The Rock. Probably my favorite performance of his. He and Connery were great together.

The banter is really the only thing Cage and Connery have to work with. They aren't really allowed to do any of the heavy lifting. But it's fine.

Bay movies usually have generic bad guys. Like in the Bad Boys movies. Boring. Luckily, Harris was able to add credibility to the film in a dramatic sense.