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Find I dislike his popular roles, like his unpopular ones, anyone else?


Well, not in every case, but for example I hated "Dances..Wolves" "Bodyguard", and "Robin Hood", and "Dreams" I only found OK, didn't care for "JFK" or "Bull Durham".

Yet, I loved "Perfect World", and even tho I wouldn't say it was spectacular and certainly I would never have paid 200mill (in the 90's no less) for "Waterworld" I still liked it and don't see why it gets so much hate.

I also like "Wyatt Earp", "Open Range" and "Hatfields/McCoys", "Graceland" was pretty good too, now some of those films weren't total bombs or anything, but they still did not make the headlines like "Wolves", "RH", "JFK", etc.

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I think it all comes down to personal taste - what's great about the man's career, though, is that you can't drill it down to a single role/movie character/film and you can pick your favorite even amongst the less popular ones because it's just as valid a choice as any.

Bear in mind that KC's way of picking scripts is not based on box-office but rather on how much "the hair on the back of his neck stands up" while reading one - so, all of those movies, even the less popular ones, were picked according to that criteria - there must have been something in there in each of them that interested him.

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He Bodyguard was a hit film, but it was loathed by critics. Robin Hood got mixed reviews, and has not aged well. I cannot stand Bull Durham (except for some nice looking men in the locker room). So you're not alone.

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Do you also feel that way about the toilet paper that wipes your butt? Jeez, I cannot fathom somebody who didn't like DWW!!! It is a masterpiece and that is why it won 7 Oscars and many other awards. Robin Hood happens to be a lot of people's fave version of that genre...my all time fave as a matter of fact. If you don't like them, well, too bad for you.

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Do you also feel that way about the toilet paper that wipes your butt?


Doesn't surprise me that someone who likes DWW would say something like that, and this:

it won 7 Oscars and many other awards.

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