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Lets give some love to The Family Man (Christmas movie w/ Nic Cage)
Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:39 pm
Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:39 pm
This is such an underrated holiday film.
We always bash Hollywood for remaking classics. But this is essentially the proper way to remake a classic, as its more or less just a modernized and altered take on Its a Wonderful Life.
Weirdly enough i actually think Nic Cage at the time would have been a pretty solid George Bailey.
Also i want to point how fantastically paced this movie is. 17 mins into it Jack wakes up in his glimpse and everything that you need to know has been well established. Almost the entire movie is inside of the glimpse (which is what you want as the viewer) and then the wrap up isnt superfluous and all happens within the last like 10 mins.
Going back to Its a Wonderful Life, i think George is only "not born" for like 35% of that movie. I dare say Family Man is paced BETTER.
also i love Tea Leoni
We always bash Hollywood for remaking classics. But this is essentially the proper way to remake a classic, as its more or less just a modernized and altered take on Its a Wonderful Life.
Weirdly enough i actually think Nic Cage at the time would have been a pretty solid George Bailey.
Also i want to point how fantastically paced this movie is. 17 mins into it Jack wakes up in his glimpse and everything that you need to know has been well established. Almost the entire movie is inside of the glimpse (which is what you want as the viewer) and then the wrap up isnt superfluous and all happens within the last like 10 mins.
Going back to Its a Wonderful Life, i think George is only "not born" for like 35% of that movie. I dare say Family Man is paced BETTER.
also i love Tea Leoni
This post was edited on 12/9/20 at 1:40 pm
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Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:47 pm to Hester Carries
Good movie. I saw the scene the other night in the bowling alley where he asks the older MILF lady if they're having an affair and she says she'll be home alone all week. Then he goes over and asks Ari to write down her address on a napkin.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:52 pm to Hester Carries
I love that movie. One of my favorite Cage movies, and Tea Leoni is slamming as always.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:52 pm to OysterPoBoy
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Good movie. I saw the scene the other night in the bowling alley where he asks the older MILF lady if they're having an affair and she says she'll be home alone all week. Then he goes over and asks Ari to write down her address on a napkin.
The following scene has an incredulous and confused Cage saying "What?.....you make me hot" and i laugh every time.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 1:58 pm to Hester Carries
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also i love Tea Leoni
Posted on 12/9/20 at 2:00 pm to slinger1317
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and Tea Leoni is slamming as always.
Great shower scene. I really need to watch the whole thing again.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 2:22 pm to OysterPoBoy
One of those movies I always end up finishing when I catch it on TV. Great Christmas movie
Posted on 12/9/20 at 2:23 pm to Hester Carries
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Lets give some love to The Family Man (Christmas movie w/ Nic Cage)
I mentioned this movie in a thread about movies that kick you in the gut, I think. This is a movie that bothered me when I was younger and married but before we had kids. Now that I've had kids, the idea of what happens to Cage by the end of the movie...I'm not sure I could handle watching that one again!
and yeah...
She's so unbelievably sexy in that movie.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 2:55 pm to Hester Carries
I love It's a Wonderful Life....
And I still really enjoy this one despite the similarities and Ratner involved. Cage is great in this.
And I still really enjoy this one despite the similarities and Ratner involved. Cage is great in this.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 3:52 pm to Hester Carries
Yep. Another GOAT.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:01 pm to Hester Carries
I'd never even heard of this movie. Will have to see if I can find it to stream.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:07 pm to GeauxTigerTM
i will never forgive david duchovny for treating her so poorly
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:14 pm to Hester Carries
Thanks for the reminder, I need to pull this out of my Christmas dvd collection.
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:19 pm to Hester Carries
Love it but I don't like that he glimpses what his family might have been. When reality comes back those poor little kids no longer exist. Which creates this since of loss and sadness.
In Its a Wonderful Life, George really has kids and he sees what life would be like without him, when he comes back the kids are there and happy to see him and you leave with a since of happiness.
Thats my biggest issue, well that and I never got to shag Tia Leone and man I always wanted to, still do....
In Its a Wonderful Life, George really has kids and he sees what life would be like without him, when he comes back the kids are there and happy to see him and you leave with a since of happiness.
Thats my biggest issue, well that and I never got to shag Tia Leone and man I always wanted to, still do....
Posted on 12/9/20 at 4:25 pm to AtticusOSullivan
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Love it but I don't like that he glimpses what his family might have been. When reality comes back those poor little kids no longer exist. Which creates this since of loss and sadness.
In Its a Wonderful Life, George really has kids and he sees what life would be like without him, when he comes back the kids are there and happy to see him and you leave with a since of happiness.
Yeah...this is what I was hinting at above trying not to spoil the ending.
But yeah...the reverse works, but it's brutal because in the Cage movie there's real loss. Had it only been glimpses that would have been bad enough, because he'd have never learned to love them all. but having him live in that life for months only to snatch it away and never be able to get it back, even when he does go and find Tea...? Ugh...
And also again...
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:08 pm to AtticusOSullivan
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Love it but I don't like that he glimpses what his family might have been. When reality comes back those poor little kids no longer exist. Which creates this since of loss and sadness.
I like to tell myself that those kids will eventually exist but just be much much richer
Posted on 12/9/20 at 6:36 pm to GeauxTigerTM
isnt that the point of the movie?
he made a choice and that choice had pros as in he got everything he initially wanted and consequences in that he lost out on the better life
he was soo scarred by that revelation that he decided not to waste another day of his life in order to pursue the real American Dream...porking Tea Leoni
he made a choice and that choice had pros as in he got everything he initially wanted and consequences in that he lost out on the better life
he was soo scarred by that revelation that he decided not to waste another day of his life in order to pursue the real American Dream...porking Tea Leoni
Posted on 12/9/20 at 10:48 pm to partywiththelombardi
I want to know what his friend was doing at the bowling alley suited up days after a triple bypass surgery.
Posted on 12/10/20 at 3:05 am to Hester Carries
I love this movie.
It's like a bizarro It's A Wonderful Life.
Everyone is great in it.
It's another great "what if"movie.
It's like a bizarro It's A Wonderful Life.
Everyone is great in it.
It's another great "what if"movie.
Posted on 12/14/20 at 8:50 pm to Hester Carries
Oh man, just watched the whole thing. Brutal.
I don’t remember it being this sad before I had kids. When he goes back home after realizing the glimpse is about to end and kisses the kids goodbye got to me.
I don’t remember it being this sad before I had kids. When he goes back home after realizing the glimpse is about to end and kisses the kids goodbye got to me.
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