Whaaaat???

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/spacey%20im%20finished%20with%20acting_1034158
How did I not read about this before? Like I've said before, since 1999 and (not totally coincidentally, I think) his second Oscar, his career hasn't really been the greatest, but... I don't care. His 1990s work alone deserves him a place in the pantheon. He was like Pacino or Nicholson in the 70s (I fuckin' said it, deal with it). Even now, there is the occasional hint at what he was before - The Life of David Gale, Superman Returns... I kept waiting for his big comeback. And now, I guess, it's not gonna come. I'll always support theater and people doing what they feel is necessary, but I'm gonna miss Lester Burnham, Kevin.

shockingly, another birthday post

Happy birthday to the godly Michael Corleone himself, Al Pacino! In honor of his birthday, watch any performance of his except the one for which he won the Oscar, which is, in my opinion, one of the worst decisions they ever made. It's a ridonkulously bad performance. That said, his work in The Godfather, Part II is my favorite. It's frightening how good he is. In an extremely competitive Best Actor year, I hand him the Oscar in a second. Panic in Needle Park, Serpico, The Godfather, Dog Day Afternoon, And Justice for All, Scarface, Dick Tracy, The Godfather Part III, Glengarry Glen Ross, Heat, Donnie Brasco, Insomnia, and ANGELS IN AMERICA!!!!, all spectacular as well. Heck, he's one of the best things about Gigli. Maybe, in honor of his birthday, I'll destroy all copies of Scent of a Woman (in case you didn't get it before: AWFUL MOVIE. I. HATE. THIS. MOVIE.) or finally get on seeing The Merchant of Venice. Happy birthday Al!