Christian Slater - Will he ever really break out?
01-09-08, 07:12 PM
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It's all about the choices you make while you're hot. Look what happened to Charlie Sheen when he followed his Platoon-Wall Street-Major League era with a bunch of crappy movies. Even when they were high-profile (a movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood!) they still sucked. Ditto for Christian Slater, who will now be stuck doing Uwe Boll movies and direct-to-video sequels of other people's movies. Where would Harrison Ford have been if he hadn't gotten Indiana Jones, a role that was able to pull him away from the Han Solo image?
You can either take your teen magazine cover status and make something of it (Johnny Depp) or quickly fade into oblivion (Richard Greico).
You can either take your teen magazine cover status and make something of it (Johnny Depp) or quickly fade into oblivion (Richard Greico).
01-17-08, 07:08 PM
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Here is Brian's review of He Was a Quiet Man:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=32037
At least I know I'm not alone about the flick. 
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=32037
The nightmare is enhanced by Slater's gonzo performance. It's great to see the once mighty king of cool challenged in "Quiet Man" with a complex role that Slater bites down hard on. Losing himself behind fake teeth and a horrible complexion, Slater's take on Bob is an insular piece, since madness has lulled the character into his own world over the years, leaving Bob conversing with his pet fish or having his suicide note all ready to go, laminated on the fridge. It's all routine and blinky paranoia for Bob, and Slater puts in an incredible effort.
