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Why the hell did he agree to do Jaws 5?

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Why the hell did you watch Jaws 5?

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He's stated many times that he simply and unabashedly does them for the money. He considers himself a "working" actor in a very pragmatic sense, at least as far as his immediate pocketbook is concerned. The guy will sell himself to almost anyone who is buying.

Of course, that's led to him being in a lot of total garbage.

I'd nominate Hannah and Her Sisters as a very good Michael Caine movie, too. But my favorite one might be that one he did with Sean Connery, The Man Who Would Be King.

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Good pick on The Man Who Would be King. That is a very good movie. He is also quite good in The Eagle Has Landed. In recent times my favorite Caine movie is probably Little Voice.

Swede

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On the other extreme of the spectrum I'd put Jonny Depp. Say what you will about the guy, but you can't call him a Hollywood sell-out.

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Which is interesting, because he got his start on what might have been the biggest sell-out of all time, the t.v. series "Jump Street," which, as he acknowledged, was all about making friends with people and then selling them out. Maybe having to do such nasty material to get started made him resolve to turn away from that kind of awful crap forever after.

That he could even be in that show made me not like him for a long time, but he's surprised me by turning out to be a pretty unique actor taking consistently interesting roles, and I actually respect him a lot now for his decisions. Though I'm not a big fan of his weirdly fruity Pirates of the Carribean. I'm almost scared to see how much he fruited up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but it looks like he's going on a serious Michael Jackson binge the last few years here.

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On the other extreme of the spectrum I'd put Jonny Depp. Say what you will about the guy, but you can't call him a Hollywood sell-out.

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Which is interesting, because he got his start on what might have been the biggest sell-out of all time, the t.v. series "Jump Street," which, as he acknowledged, was all about making friends with people and then selling them out. Maybe having to do such nasty material to get started made him resolve to turn away from that kind of awful crap forever after.

That he could even be in that show made me not like him for a long time, but he's surprised me by turning out to be a pretty unique actor taking consistently interesting roles, and I actually respect him a lot now for his decisions. Though I'm not a big fan of his weirdly fruity Pirates of the Carribean. I'm almost scared to see how much he fruited up Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, but it looks like he's going on a serious Michael Jackson binge the last few years here.

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He also made his film debut in "A Nightmare on Elm Street," so the groundwork was there for a terrible career, really. He's done pretty well.

I thought he was funny in "Pirates." It's a Disney movie, what do you expect.

Haven't seen Charlie, and I don't know if I will.

But he was really really cool in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico."

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I can say I didn't expect him to act so super arch-fruity. That was a really bizarre choice. If any pirate was ever a butt pirate, it was he.

Haven't seen Once Upon A Time in Mexico, but was surprised at how bearable the first Nightmare on Elm Street was. The Freddy character was actually pretty cool, and a lot more interesting than his buddies Jason and Michael.

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But my favorite one might be that one he did with Sean Connery, The Man Who Would Be King.

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One of my favorites too.

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But he was really really cool in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico."

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If by "cool" you mean horrible in an unbelievably horrible movie, then yes.

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I'd agree it's a very good movie and certainly better than that pos Stallone did. I don't know if I'm as high on it as diebitter but it's been awhile and I'm adding it to my netflix que to see again. I think my favorite Caine movie was The Island. I haven't seen it in years either though. I guess I better add it as well.

On a side note, what is it with Michael Caine? His movies are either very good, or complete crap. Why the hell did he agree to do Jaws 5?

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On a side note, what is it with Michael Caine? His movies are either very good, or complete crap. Why the hell did he agree to do Jaws 5?

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IMDB:

When Michael Caine was asked about this movie [Jaws: The Revenge] in an interview, he answered, "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

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On a side note, what is it with Michael Caine? His movies are either very good, or complete crap. Why the hell did he agree to do Jaws 5?

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IMDB:

When Michael Caine was asked about this movie [Jaws: The Revenge] in an interview, he answered, "I have never seen it, but by all accounts it is terrible. However, I have seen the house that it built, and it is terrific."

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Beautiful. Seriously, I work a job I don't like and it doesn't even pay that great. If I was good enough (and wanted enough) of an actor you can bet your ass I'd ride that cash cow until I had everything comfortable.

Swede