This Slack discussion by Limarc Ambalina, Amy Tom and David Smooke occurred in slogging's official #unpopular-opinion channel, and has been edited for readability.
Limarc Ambalina
Nicolas Cage is a good actor. Amy Tom
Hands down. Heβs gotta be the only actor who has been in a movie with Cher, Meg Ryan, AND Emma Stone hahhahahha Amy Tom
Statistically speaking, he must be the best. Heβs been in 110 films and counting David Smooke
Including Faceoff! David Smooke
Adaption was amazing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6woPWN7X5U David Smooke
He's been in movies that range from 0% to 97% on Rotten Tomatoes https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/nicolas_cage David Smooke
You know what's better than one Nic Cage? Two Nic Cages https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdA9_mtXYME Amy Tom
And of course, critically acclaimed National Treasure IS a national treasure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jApIcfIHe1E David Smooke
Honest Trailers! David Smooke
Did you know National Treasure the DVD came with a treasure hunt? https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2020-04-11/10-dvd-easter-egg-hunts-worth-your-time Amy Tom
Wow DVD games were the shit Amy Tom
Amy Tom
I'm about to get a boyfriend on hinge #bringalltheboystotheyard Limarc Ambalina
Let's test it. How does Benjamin Gates get access to Abigail's safe? Amy Tom
I mean Abigail doesn't own the safe π
he got into her office with the coin and he got into the safe where the delectation of independence is by using special laser pointers to disarm the system while it went into cleaning π David Smooke
Look at the range of his facial expressions here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jTQpfspEdk&t anger to confusion to fear to realization to empathy to epiphany to remorse to empowerment to catlike to scared to relief, How can you not think he's the greatest - and dare I say strongest and most athletic - actor of all time? Limarc Ambalina
Cage is so animated in his normal roles, he's just the perfect choice as a voice actor for kids films Limarc Ambalina
But I do have to say that I can watch National Treasure every year and never get sick of it. Also Gone in 60 Seconds in underrated and still might be my favorite Nicolas Cage film of all time. David Smooke
Animated? The other characters may be animated, but I'm fairly certain that is Nicolas Cage acting as Grug Crood.