Word: angst
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Tobey Maguire, as many have noted, is an unlikely action hero. Then again, so is Spider-Man. Maguire's own background as a lonely California kid may have been better preparation for his break-out role as the angst-ridden Spidey than hours in the gym. Before Spider-Man made him internationally famous, Maguire was known as one of Hollywood's go-to actors for troubled-youth parts: a neglected loner in The Ice Storm (1997), a teen yearning for escape in Pleasantville (1998), an orphan searching for a home in The Cider House Rules (1999), a self-destructive college...
...emphasizing angst over energy, the movie is much like its hero--not the dashing crime fighter in a red-and-black bodysuit but the introspective nerd who both endears and exasperates. Perhaps that's artistically appropriate, for Spider-Man is about the awkward process of becoming, of somehow surviving teen turmoil to turn into, as Peter's saintly Uncle Ben (Cliff Robertson) tells him, "the man you're going to be for the rest of your life." Why shouldn't there be growing pains in the Spider-Man movie? Just as Peter's transformation is a process of trial...
This figures prominently in the creation of David, who is separated from those he writes about not by money, but by culture. With such a conflicted identity, David embodies the fundamental angst of a writer: how to observe a community while still being a member...
...family instead of letting them spend free time with their friends. Established Family’s teenaged boy doesn’t read. He listens to something with lots of bass for ten whole hours. He bops a-rhythmically and mouths the words with gusto and pseudo-gansta angst. Established family’s teenaged girl eyes Galmourpuss’ Seventeen magazine. Grrr…. this two-paged ‘Are You Way Too Jealous?’ quiz is not communal property, missy. Established Family will have ten hours of tension if mom is an Avid Book-Reader...
...huge box-office revenues but are of questionable artistic merit. Even recent winners with significantly smaller budgets are hardly art-house flicks. Shakespeare In Love is little more than a sappy romance comedy in period costume, and American Beauty is a jarring but hardly-subtle expression of bourgeoisie suburban angst. Considering this history, it’s no surprise that a brilliant but complicated film like Memento isn’t even nominated for Best Picture...