View Full Version : The Mickey Rourke Love thread
urgeok
02-21-2006, 11:32 AM
His name has come up a lot since Sin City ..
So what the hell .. lets pay yhe man his dues :
I have always thought this guy was a brilliant actor ..
he made some bad choices .. but he was brilliant.
Directors still recognize this fact and he's getting work again - after a long and rocky spell.
here are the films that matter :
1) Rumblefish
2) Pope of Greewich Villiage
3) Diner
4) Year of the Dragon
5) Barfly
6) Johnny Handsome
7) Homeboy
8) Harley Davidson and the Marlborough man (yeah - i like it)
9) Sin City
10) Angel Heart
want to see him steal a movie where he only has a small part :
- The Pledge
- White Sands
- Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Cheers Mickey ..
(the 1st 4 are my favorite 4 .. in that order... the rest are in no order)
Korpse
02-21-2006, 11:40 AM
How about 'Bullet'? :p :p :p
The_Return
02-21-2006, 11:59 AM
Ive only seen him in Sin City and Angel Heart, but he completly stole both of them. If said it before and Ill say it again, but there is, nor ever was, anyone better suited to play Harry Angel.
I did see Once Upon a Time in Mexico, but I dont really remember his character. To be honest, I dont remember much at all other than Johnny Depp's character...at the time I loved it, but looking back Id call it the weakest of the trilogy, simply for the fact that the other two were more memorable.
urgeok
02-21-2006, 12:12 PM
Originally posted by Korpse
How about 'Bullet'? :p :p :p
yeah ...like i said .. he made some baaaaad choices.
Nyarlathotep
02-21-2006, 12:37 PM
Originally posted by urgeok
yeah ...like i said .. he made some baaaaad choices.
but i thought "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" was a class film
:p
urgeok
02-21-2006, 12:42 PM
Originally posted by Nyarlathotep
but i thought "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" was a class film
:p
i cant help it, i like that one :)
'ya shot me, ya shitbird !
jenna26
02-21-2006, 03:08 PM
*ahem* I love Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. I am a big Mickey Rourke fan as well; Sin City, Angel Heart and Johnny Handsome rock. :D
Count me in the "Harley Davidson" fan club.
Posher778
02-21-2006, 05:30 PM
He is a very good actor. I've never been a big fan of him or anything, but i sure as hell respect him.
The STE
02-21-2006, 06:16 PM
where's the 9 1/2 Weeks love? He was in full Creepy James Spader mode there
slasherman
02-21-2006, 10:00 PM
..the only guy who can live with bad face lift....more fit for bad boy role's....
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d54/slasherman1971/Mickey-Rourke-web.jpg
urgeok
02-22-2006, 03:25 AM
Originally posted by The STE
where's the 9 1/2 Weeks love? He was in full Creepy James Spader mode there
a clothing store dummy could have played that roll ..
it was as if rourke stayed home and sent in a guy who looked like him..
i hate that movie .. it was the worse choice he ever made..
(even worse than Prayer For the Dying)
AUSTIN316426808
02-22-2006, 04:06 AM
Originally posted by urgeok
(even worse than Prayer For the Dying)
That's when he killed a bunch of kids right?
If so, I thought it was alright.
cheebacheeba
02-22-2006, 05:08 AM
Yeah, I've seen rumblefish, and sin city, barfly also...he was fucking great in those.
I first saw HD&TMM when I was about 12, so of course I loved it...I've seen it since, it's er....not great....but still, it's fun.
I also saw him play a small part as in "kinda" drag in a movie called "animal factory", not a great part.
I haven't seen him in Domino yet, but that looked plenty cool, and I'm still hanging out to see it as soon as I can...I think it's between cinema and dvd now though.
He's also set to reprise his role as Marvin in sin city 2...which could work, because sin city crosses back and forth in time, various events happening to various people, different perspectives and all that...he's not "dead", he's just dead.