Seriously.
Keanu Reeves is slated to star in the Day the Earth Stood Still, which looks awesome. It could suck, but that doesn’t explain the number of cool movies Keanu has happened to star in … and noting that He’s not a great actor. No one has made more money off of his innate ability to go “Whoa (along with several variations and additions on the theme)” than anyone in history.
Let’s recap some of his movies (we’ll skip over Bill and Ted): Well, he was in Parenthood, which was a great movie, but he basically played is Ted character.
Then we get parts in movies like Dangerous Liasons, Dracula, Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare?), and the Devil’s Advocate, movies that require a decent amount of acting, which Keanu sorely lacks.
Then we get the action flicks, where he does a good job, but I almost believe some of these movies settle for Keanu … or his agent is awesome … my personal theory. Matrix, Speed, Chain Reaction, Constantine.
Where his agent needs to be beaten with a wet Obama Yes We Can! t-shirt is for getting Keanu in romantic movies. The rare one I’ve seen is Walk in the Clouds. It’s a beautiful movie, well written and directed, and Keanu absolutely ruins it. He cannot carry a dramatic romance or a romantic comedy. My personal feeling, as an aside, is that John Cusack should have been in that particular movie.
We won’t get into the indie pics, like My Own Private Idaho and others. They weren’t designed to be good or entertaining.
Here at the compound, we’ve discussed that perhaps Nicholas Cage also has a great agent … or possibly the same agent.
Thoughts on other actors with great agents?
Peace.
Tom Cruise. I have several movies with him in them, just because the movies are good. Is he a spectacular actor? As another lucky actor would say, “No way”.
Tom Hanks manages to land in good movies often, but he’s actually does a good job as well.