Movie Thoughts: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

I’ve been a closeted Nicolas Cage fan ever since I saw Con Air when I was in middle school. The Rock, Face/Off — I didn’t care if they were absurd, they were fucking fun and so was he. The man has had a storied career. He’s capable of genuine dramatic pathos (Leaving Las Vegas, World Trade Center) to black comedy (Adaptation, Raising Arizona, Kick-Ass) to the guys he played in National Treasure and City of Angels and Mandy. He was Ghost Rider. He was the voice of Spider-Noir in Into the Spider-verse, the lead ant in The Ant Bully, the dad from The Croods. He’s…