Kevin Costner - are his glory days over?

Richard Dower

Dance With Wolves, great stuff....but after that
I can't think of anything notworthy save for Mr. Brooke's....the thing i most remember Costner for was when Dennis Pennis provoked him and Costner nearly attacked him!

Outkast_IRE

i dunno if costner got the right role he would be brilliant , i think its only a matter of time before he gets a really good role again or makes something else noteworthy from behind the camera

Dozen Wicked Words

A few very good, enjoyable films before Dances with Wolves. After it, a lot of people enjoyed Robin Hood, I enjoyed JFK and Wyatt Earp, Perfect World and Open Range, nothing since, so a good few years without a film I want to see.

Savman

Kevin Costner had glory days?

Hey, Tarantino brought John Travolta back from the dead, so there's hope for Ol' Kev yet.

Bodyguard 2 anyone? Whitney may have to drop an octave.

niallon

Plenty more post Dances With Wolves output from Costner.

JFK, Wyatt Earp, A Perfect World, Tin Cup (it's good for what it is!), 13 Days, Open Range (the third best western ever made)

The worst thing about Costner is that he has only got 4 directorial features under his belt, considering 2 of those (Dances With Wolves and Open Range) are as immensely good as they are!

Costner is continuously turning in great performances. Watching Swing Vote last week I was rather disappointed by the over all story but Costner was never less than watchable. Mr Brooks was an absolutely fantastic film which was sadly over looked, Costner and Hurt deserved Oscar noms for their performances and I'm hoping against hope that the rumoured sequel is eventually made. Hell the film was so good that even Demi Moore and Dane Cook shone in it.

The New Daughter Costner's latest film is very good but was sadly given the short end of the stick when new management came in at the company behind it. Like the Midnight MEat Train before it was dumped into dollar theatres in America and is going straight to DVD over here.

Looking at Costner's upcoming releases and he has the excellent looking The Company Men, Learning Italian his long-awaited reunion with Kevin Reynolds and his own A Little War of Our Own which sounds fantastic.

Costner is from the rugged school of acting, alongside Sam Elliot, Sam Shepard and Scott Glenn he looks like he was chiseled out of rock and really looks at home 6 shooter in hand. He's been threatening a new western for a few years and the sooner the better, I really think that he could take over from Clint when the time comes.

krudler

I like Costner, always have, hell I even like Waterworld, silly plotholes aside its enjoyable. He was immense in JFK, Open Range and 13 Days. I still havent seen Mr Brooks I really must get round to watching it. Isnt Dane Cook in it?

humanji

I quite like Costner. Although, I also think The Postman and Wateworld were pretty good films, so I'm generally in the minority. He's a good actor and can be great when he wants to be, and he's an excellent director too.

He just seems to ahve very low media exposure when his films come out. He's got a bit of a reputation for being an asshole to people, so maybe he rubbed someone up the wrong way.

Ellian

No-ones mentioned Bull Durham yet. Crash Davies for me will always be the defining role of his career. He looks like he might do a pretty good supportig turn in The Company Men too. Also I loved him in Fandango (is first effort with Kevin Reynolds) which is my number one in the category of "films you love that most people have never heard of"

Manchegan

If there was any justice in this world, he'd be attached to Fincher's Ness/Torso - about Ness's career after Capone and Chicago. Think a 1950's Zodiac. Currently in limbo

manti452

Open range is definitely up there as one of those modern westerns that channels the epics. A slow burn to start but immensely satisfying, compared to appaloosa, which I was so hopeful about.

Mr Brooks also a standout film, everyone here's done already mentioned the other stand out films in recent years..

I don't think he's done yet but maybe needs to get back behind the camera and find a the right project, I mean Eastwood sat on unforgiven till he was the right age for it

Den_M

I've got a lot of time for him. I especially like Waterworld and everything about it. I don't care that it's just Mad Max on water. It delivers.

Did anyone else notice that the guy that plays "The Nord" in Waterworld (he's a spy for Dennis Hoppers character) is the same guy that played the pilot in the Father Ted episode where the plane is going to crash and there's only two parachutes?

krudler

krudler wrote: »

I like Costner, always have, hell I even like Waterworld, silly plotholes aside its enjoyable. He was immense in JFK, Open Range and 13 Days. I still havent seen Mr Brooks I really must get round to watching it. Isnt Dane Cook in it?

Deleted User wrote: »

Hell the film was so good that even Demi Moore and Dane Cook shone in it.

Don't let Cook's presence put you off, it's perhaps the only time you will see him onscreen and not want to cave his smug face with a lead pipe.

Qwert1

Who the hell is Kevin Costner?

Sir Gallagher

Deleted User wrote: »

Don't let Cook's presence put you off, it's perhaps the only time you will see him onscreen and not want to cave his smug face with a lead pipe.

This i've gotta see.

jeffreylebowski

I'm a Costner fan myself, I like pretty much all the movies mentioned here, Open Range being my favourite, but as mentioned by Niallon Perfect World is a really great performance. It's often forgotten, and I think it shows the nugget that makes Costner something special on screen: ordinary and regular-seeming as he is in many ways, there's something potentially rough and dangerous there that a lot of actors don't quite have. Mr Brooks, Open Range and Perfect World all show something of that.

I'm fond of No Way Out too, even though it's a bit silly. Btw it's a remake of The Big Clock, which is actually a really cool noir with Ray Milland, I'd recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it.

JP Liz V1

I enjoyed his performance The Upside of Anger a film by Mike Binder very underrated film imo the excellent Joan Allen also stars

Ardennes1944

The Untouchables?

Naos

Probably get lamped for saying it but I quite enjoy the Guardian as well...

Waterworld, Open Range and the mighty Postman are all top epics.

SVG

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I enjoyed his performance The Upside of Anger a film by Mike Binder very underrated film imo the excellent Joan Allen also stars

Joan Allen was great in this film! Costner played easygoing very well. The rest of the film around them though, not so good.

speedboatchase

Qwert1 wrote: »

Who the hell is Kevin Costner?

Really? At the start of the 90s he was the biggest movie star in the world