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Not intended to be comedy??

posted 8 years ago by Forever_Knight
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Cage eats a cockroach, apparently for real. Just after putting a gun in his mouth and attempting suicide with blanks!
How is that not intended to be funny, and if Cage had me laughing all through, how is that a bad comedy performance?
I think this is the best performance I ever saw from Nick Cage.

[–] gottaluvafriend 8 years ago

I agree that Cage is incredible in Vampire's Kiss. This is not a comedy. It's a totally unique psychological horror movie.

[–] Dan_Garten 8 years ago

Yeah.

[–] gottaluvafriend 8 years ago

A true Cage fan must see Vampire's Kiss.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 2 years ago

I’m not a Cage fan, but I just happened to stumble upon this movie. He was so hilarious in this that it definitely makes me want to see more of his films.

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 9 months ago

Are there any Nicholas Cage fans out there who haven’t seen Vampire’s Kiss?

[–] MisterE (710) 6 months ago

I haven't but just now sent myself a reminder to check it out!

[–] Mrmojo4700 (20777) 6 months ago

Highly recommended!

[–] darb112 (95) 3 years ago

Couldn't agree more. Before watching, I read part "comedy", but never took any of it as comedy and it does not seem intended as comedy. It is a psychological horror like you said.

[–] jdforyou1983 (1470) 4 years ago

I mean I did laugh alot watching it

[–] acidraindrop (3055) 2 years ago

It's a black comedy, and an excellent example of one actually.

[–] Burk48917 (11117) 6 months ago

Definitely intentional comedy beats.

[–] davodikum (6009) 6 months ago

Its like a quirky horror comedy. There were tonnes of these around the time.

[–] Burk48917 (11117) 6 months ago

I just saw this 2 days ago for the first time. Absolutely fantastic.

[–] davodikum (6009) 6 months ago

I liked it, didn't love it. Huge nic cage fan though

[–] Burk48917 (11117) 6 months ago

I'm a fan of good, bad movies. I definitely understand that this has a lot of problems, but still highly enjoyable despite that. Mostly for the sheer craziness of it.

[–] davodikum (6009) 6 months ago

I respect that. I love good bad movies.

[–] davodikum (6009) 6 months ago

I mostly watch just bad ones on the off chance. But someone has too right.