They were both right on the money about Pacino's acting and character development in Scent of a Woman. You despise him at the start, find a degree of understanding about him in New York, and end up near saluting him at the end - all in a tone that is believable. Chris O'Donnell did a great job of just being an overwhelmed kid as well... that role really could have gone South with the wrong actor, but it ended up being just amazing.
Forever Young is a very underrated movie. It wasn't perfect but it was good for what it was. I think critics and audiences were looking more for action packed Mel Gibson similar to Lethal Weapon around this time when he wanted to move on to different things. Sadly the same was true the following year with The Man Without a Face his directorial debut which got good reviews but did badly at the box office and was a very good and sadly overlooked film.
I think "Toys" was wonderful. The basic idea is that even peaceful people must occasionally stand up and fight for what is right, even if it's against their nature to do so.
Al Pacino should’ve gotten the Oscar for Godfather II. Such command of subtlety. I wonder if he went over the top later on because he might’ve felt people weren’t receptive to his subtle touches, so he decided to overact. That’s why we get HOO AH.
_Forever Young_ was a box-office hit -- among the Top 20 grossers of the year -- so the film was beneficial to Mel Gibson's career, not detrimental. As they say in Hollywood, you're only as good as your latest hit. Plus, Gibson had a banner year, because _Lethal Weapon 3_ was also the 5th highest-grossing film of 1992!
I find it funny everyone forgot about Mel Gibson being frozen But he is still frozen for 50 years You think a power outage would of occured or someone would of forgot to pay the electric bill 🤨
Only problem with Damage is Juliette Binoche is clearly gay. It gets harder for a gay woman to play straight as they age, because it becomes more physically noticeable.
Forever Young disappointed me as I wanted Mel Gibson's character to end up with Jamie Lee Curtis' character but nope instead his girlfriend from long ago is magically still alive and waiting.
I haven't seen TOYS but I get the same douchechills that I get from Patch Adams. What I mean is, Robin Williams takes on this role because he basically wants to say "Screw the world that doesn't understand me !".
I agree with Ebert in A Few Good Men! The most uninspired, bland mediocre overrated trial movie ever. The only good thing is Jack Nicholson. I saw it in cinemas, predictable and dull.
My problem with A Few Good Men is the fact that it was, from what I understand, an adaptation from an original stage play. The movie seemed to have taken on that “theatre style”, over-the-top, overacting in it’s adaptation. Aside from that, I can’t quite explain how I mean this; it’s score and cinematography gives it a tv movie feel.
