Army of One (feat. Nicolas Cage)

For a good while, I was looking forward to this movie. It's the story of a legendary nut who hallucinates a calling from God, to go to Pakistan and take-out Osama Bin Laden. Based on real events, I thought this was a really great story. And Cage's performance is just awesome, reminding me how charming and convincing the truly crazy can be, because they believe so strongly in the crap they feed you.

The story is funny and the acting is funny, but I think it was presented in a way that's not only unfair to the audience, but exploitive to Gary Faulkner, the man who sold the movie rights to his story so he could afford a new kidney for himself. And it was his kidney failure that caused his hallucinations. With astounding courage, he was a hero. But this movie made every point of mocking him. And I feel like if Cage had known what the movie would look and sound like, he wouldn't have given his character so much charisma. It was like the narrator was added after the movie was finished, just to to make sure we knew what parts were meant to be funny, just blowing it with me.

1. Raising Arizona
2. Leaving Las Vegas
3. Red Rock West
4. Adaptation
5. Pig
6. Birdy
7. Wild at Heart
8. Joe
9. Guarding Tess
10. Dog Eat Dog
11. Color Out of Space
12. Mom and Dad
13. Peggy Sue Got Married
14. Zandalee
15. City of Angels
16. Bangkok Dangerous
17. Drive Angry
18. Army of One
19. Lord of War
20. Gone in 60 Seconds
21. Matchstick Men
22. Vampire's Kiss
23. Con Air
24. Face/Off
25. The Boy in Blue
26. Honeymoon in Vegas
27. Amos and Andrew
28. Moonstruck
29. The Sorcerer's Apprentice
30. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
31. Bringing Out the Dead
32. The Family Man
33. Knowing
34. It Could Happen to You
35. 8mm
36. Looking Glass
37. Between Worlds
38. Left Behind
39. Ghost Rider
40. The Humanity Bureau
41. Next
42. The Weather Man
43. 211
44. The Croods