accidental feminist

the big easy= i’ll have a muffalata w/ dennis quaid filling July 30, 2007

Wow. This movie did for Dennis Quaid in my mind what the combination of “Chicago” did for Richard Gere, and “Evita” did for Antonio Banderas. I’m sure that makes perfect sense. Of course you understand that I mean that, like seeing Richard Gere in “Chicago”, watching Quaid in “The Big Easy” actually made me respect an actor who I had previously thought was just a two-bit romantic comedy hack. Not to say that “The Big Easy” wasn’t a two-bit (okay, maybe three-bit) romantic comedy, but, man, his Creole accent really rocked it! He had that perfect can’t-put-your-finger-on-it, sort-of-Southern, sort-of-French thing going, and he was working it. Was he born with that? If not, wow. If so, how that he was able to ditch it for every other movie he made? Oh, yes, Antonio Banderas. Well, before I saw “Evita”, I didn’t understand why everyone thought he was so sexy. Now I do. And I now, too, understand why Dennis Quaid has that reputation for women about a decade older than me. I mean, the movie pretty much was just a vehicle for him to prance around naked, or, better, in nothing but lightly washed jeans (so 80s!).

I would like to stop here to comment on what a dearth of pictures there are of both james spader having his hair caressed from behind and dennis quaid shirtless on the Internets. Well, rent the movie (either one) if you want to know what I’m talking about.

So between this and “In Good Company” (I love me some Topher Grace), I’m almost ready to forgive Mr. Quaid for the debacle that was “Innerspace”. And for allowing Dane Cook to sort of look like him (toggle between these two until they merge into one).