Wow, that Sorcerer's Apprentice film looks like total ass. Those Disney guys are really scraping...

This looks like an instant classic.

I have no more reservoir of goodwill for Cage. Raising Ariz. is the be all end all.

Your grammar sucks and your opinions are trite and you're altogether worthless.

JUST SHUT THE FUCK UP!

He may have had fun with Wicker Man, but no one else did. It very well may have been the worst remake ever made.
But yeah, I'm torn on his films. He has some great ones, but he does so many, the sucky ones tend to be over-represented.

Come on, the guy's fucking bankrupt. He'll make anything right now as long as there's a paycheck involved.

Who knew that the next Disney villain would be detective Hercule Poirot?

Funny- over on io9 the commenters are all treating this steaming turd like it's going to be a fucking masterpiece... good to see some sanity once I returned to Slog.

I checked out as soon as I heard the names of the main characters: "Balthazar Blake" and "Maxim Horvath"? SERIOUSLY?! Yeah... it's *maybe* ok if they live in Middle Earth, but these guys live in modern day New York fer chrissakes!

Between Cage's evident pleasure at his own overbright dentures, my fascination over the fortune he squandered on fancy houses around the world, the resemblance between the "apprentice" and my sophomore-year needle-dicked squeaky-assed sweetheart, and the tantalizing horror that is Bruckheimer, I'm sure to see it.

The rule in making bad film/games/books is to never remind the consumer of better things.

Now I have the Sorcerer's Apprentice (the music piece) in my head, and gleeful images of marching brooms. So this movie instantly failed.

Earlier today there was a part of me that said, "Oh, fuck all. You don't need to watch this, it'll just be a frakin' waste of your time". Later, after some food, and several drinks, I ignored my better self and watched it anyway.

Meh, it's not the worst Joseph Campbell "Heroes Journey" rip-off I've ever seen the trailer for, but despite the gratuitous "Rolls Royce transforms into Mazeratti or whatever" bit, I can imagine it'll do a couple of decent weekends before descending into the depths of a Blockbuster sell-off table.

Which is better than you can say of most of what passes for cinema these days...

Ghost Rider was probably the best thing Cage has done in YEARS, he was doing his weird Elvis thing. I loved it.

So, the kid is supposed to be Mickey, I guess...? And Cage is the old man with the pointy hat and beard? At what point are the broomsticks introduced? I mean, this is a Disney movie, and this is a remake, right?

Hello!

How's about "Adaptation" "Con Air" "Leaving Las Vegas" "Wild at Heart" "Vampire's Kiss"????

Those films more than makeup for his other poor film choices over the years.

Put Nicholas Cage and Keanu Reeves in a movie. Add Christopher Walkin and there's a movie I'd pay money to see.