I'm sorry, maybe those other films are better, I can't bring myself to watch anything with him in it to find out tho. Alot of the times its just utter rubbish (like gone in sixty seconds or the city of angels thing or whatever it was called, so maybe it is partly down to the films he chooses - or is chosen for) and Con Air was alright. To be honest I just find him completely bland, neither a good nor a bad actor, just completely average. I think thats why I hate him so much, he is just THERE.
See he's not always bland though, that's what we're trying to tell you. His performances in Leaving Las Vegas (as a suicidal alcoholic), Adaption (as a neurotic/socially anxious writer and his twin brother simpleton aspiring actor), Matchstick Men (as a con man with OCD), Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (as a drug addict detective with escalating psychoticism), and Kick Ass (as an eccentric nerdy white guy) are all great.
In fact, he seems to be good at playing various kinds of crazy. To call him bland is to expose your own (admitted) lack of exposure to the full spectrum of what Nic Cage has to offer.
Nic Cage totally fits at complete opposite odds fo the spectrum:
Good Nic Cage films: Raising Arizona, Adaptation, Leaving Las Vegas, The Weatherman, Kick-Ass
BAD Nic Cage films: City of Angels, All the National Treasure shit, It Could Happen to You, Gone in 60 Seconds (to name a few of many)
Yep yep. I haven't actually seen The Weatherman, I may have to check that out. I've also only seen half of Raising Arizona, which I also need to watch because of the involvement of the Coen Brothers.