Comments on: Werner Herzog’s Bad Lieutenant Remake Trailer Starring Nicolas Cage

By: Stefania Castelli

Stefania Castelli — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:03:36 +0000

I watched the movie one hour ago here in Venice.
Jeez, guy. I think the worst one from the creativeness of Mr. Herzog.

A junk policeman (Nicholas Cage) modeled with a rarefied, unshaped psychology, with showered violence rented from some cheap “B” movies and an overall, final message “catholethical” and old-fashioned, anti-Yankees flavored.

Despite the tons of prescript-ed medicines citations (Vicodin, Oxycontin, Dilaudid….) and assumptions plus the not legal meds (Heroin, Cocaine, hydrochloride and basified) taken orally, by nose, smoked, the Bad Lieutenant, talking and behaving like any street junk, become socially stronger and successful, yearly rewarded with career advancement….

An annoying junkies drama with no thrill and no message.

Neither a minimum effort to embrace this “second choice plot” with a clear, social commitment as a real attach to prohibition and its social putrefactive actions or the need to put on top of emergence priorities the drugs law reform and definitively send the DEAs and the Reagans/Dubya philosophy to the horrors cellar….

By: Cheryl McBee

Cheryl McBee — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Why are they using the Bad Lieutenant Port of New Orleans?
Why reference the original at all?
The first is about spiritual void and partial redemption and the other is about ?
Cage is in his own head so you’ll probably never know.
The film looks like the early 9o’s because that’s when the original was made and what went on in it then could not happen today.
And the protagonist is DEAD;
A poor choice all the way around.

By: dan

dan — Sat, 30 May 2009 09:07:53 +0000

I fuckin love me some Nic Cage when he’s not phoning it in, too. But I think his bad movie choices are due to the non-problem of him loving money so goddamn much, and I can’t blame him. When we all criticize him for his performance in NExt or the like, he’s laughing all the way to the bank.

The more I watch this trailer, the more i’m pumped to check it out.

By: loganski29

loganski29 — Fri, 29 May 2009 23:29:36 +0000

This looks funny as hell; like someone told Cage to go OVER THE TOP

By: John

John — Fri, 29 May 2009 12:56:00 +0000

Gotta agree with Chopper. Vampire’s Kiss is a must-see for those who get a kick out of him when he is good and when he is bad. Hopefully the tone remains light like the trailer then any comparisons with Ferrara will be moot.

By: Jay C.

Jay C. — Thu, 28 May 2009 14:59:41 +0000

“If Herzog’s name weren’t attached I think people would not be holding out hope for that.”

Of course. For me, that is the draw.

“and i remain unconvinced this is truly parody.”

Same here. In fact, I don’t think this is a parody at all. The ’shoot him again, his sou is still dancing’ line is very typical Herzog. I don’t think it’s a parody, but I do think his sense of humour might be shining through, like many of his films.

By: Henrik

Henrik — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:45:08 +0000

“if he is so aware of it Henrik, he would have reined himself in on the Wicker Man”

Why? To do something everybody else could be doing? I think he is just strange, but intentionally tries to do crazy things in order to stand out and make movies like Wicker Man or Ghost Rider or Bad Lieutenant interesting for himself.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 28 May 2009 13:31:08 +0000

“shoot him again, his soul is still dancing”

dude, this movie looks bad ass, and i can’t wait to see it. thats all i’m gonna say

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:57:03 +0000

“Noticing it’s sensible to hate Cage for some reason. Too bad.”

I don’t hate Cage at all. I love him when he’s good, and I love it when he makes a fool out of himself. But I don’t believe for one second at this point he is in control of that, and i remain unconvinced this is truly parody. If Herzog’s name weren’t attached I think people would not be holding out hope for that.

By: ColinZeal

ColinZeal — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:52:00 +0000

Must see for me!
Noticing it´s popular to hate Cage for some reason. Too bad.

By: Goon

Goon — Thu, 28 May 2009 12:40:07 +0000

if he is so aware of it Henrik, he would have reined himself in on the Wicker Man, as it is, he embarasses himself in every scene. He can’t even dive into water properly in that movie.

By: Kurt

Kurt — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:33:49 +0000

I believe this is Herzog in full prankster mode. I believe he seems to want to get a rise out of Ferrara, I do not know why. This should be absolutely hilarious as a film parody. Cage is indeed AWESOME and the lines here are insanely quotable. Can’t wait till this one tanks at the cinema and becomes some sort of cult movie.

Shoot him again, his soul is still dancing.

Priceless.