讨论电影明星Talking About Movie Stars

SHARON: Did you see the new Nicolas Cage movie?

DEREK: Which one?

SHARON: "Snake Eyes". I just saw it last night with my friend Sarah.

DEREK: No, I haven't seen it yet. But I saw "Con Air". I thought that was good.

SHARON: I think Nicolas Cage is great.

DEREK: Really? Why? He isn't very handsome.

SHARON: No, but he's got character. He can act with a lot of depth.

DEREK: It's interesting you like him so much.

Usually I think women don't like him. They like more handsome actors.

SHARON: That's not always true.

But I like some very handsome actors. Like Alec Baldwin.

But I don't like an actor just because he is handsome.

DEREK: Do you like Keanu Reeves?

SHARON: No, not at all.

DEREK: Why not?

SHARON: I just think he is a bad person. He seems very arrogant.

DEREK: Maybe it's the characters he plays. Maybe in real life he's a good guy.

SHARON: No, I think an actor often plays characters that match his real personality.

They are naturally better at such characters.

And I can sense something about Keanu Reeves. I don't like it. He seems like a jerk.

DEREK: Hmm. Maybe. So who is your favorite then?

SHARON: Nicolas Cage.

DEREK: I used to like Nicolas Cage more than I do now.

He used to play more interesting roles.

SHARON: What do you mean? What movies?

DEREK: Oh, my favorite Nicolas Cage movie was Wild at Heart.

He was perfect for that role.

SHARON: I saw "Wild at Heart". It was disgusting. I almost couldn't watch it.

DEREK: It was a kind of movie that they call black humor.

SHARON: Yes, I know.

Black humor is humor with a lot of violence or horrible things in it.

I don't like black humor.

DEREK: What about "Raising Arizona"? Did you see that?

SHARON: No.

DEREK: You must see it.

To me, that is the classic Nicolas Cage movie. He is perfect for it.

SHARON: I like his new movies.

DEREK: Well, I know he is more popular since he started doing action movies.

But I always think he should be a comic actor. That is what he does best.