Dwayne Johnson (the Rock)

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masomenos85;2662213 said:
I actually enjoyed The Rundown.

That was probably his best movie. Of course having Rosario Dawson in it improved it quite a bit. :laugh2:
 

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iRoot4Losers;2660533 said:
what a sell-out

now he's starring in Disney movies? ***?

Does not sound like a stretch at really. He has been on a trend to play in movies with (what he considers to be) a positive message for some time now. Now, I'm not going to say the movies were good, but his goals seemed fairly clear.
 

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Never was a big "wrastlin" fan myself, but if the guy is doing what he wants to do in life, then power to him.

My oldest is five, so I will probably see more of the Rock now then I ever did before.
 

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WoodysGirl;2661775 said:
I thought he was hilarious in that Travolta movie. Can't think of the name, but it was the sequel to Get Shorty.

He wasn't bad in the Gridiron Gang either.

Oh well. Can't wait for the next thread by Bob posting he hates something.

" Be Cool ".
 

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CowboyWay;2660995 said:
I think both Cajun and I would agree that we've never agreed on anything before, but................ he's right.

He was an actor in the ring, and now he's an actor on the big screen. Good for him. Cash in when you can, cause chances are 10 years from now, you won't even remember the guy.

I'd hardly call that a "sellout".

And the World keeps on spinning.

Who'd a thunk it???

:D
 

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Comical. WWF is more acting than acting itself.
 

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Johnson seems to be following Arnold Schwarzenegger's lead. I think Johnson will have a very fulfilling career. He's a very likable guy.
 

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Rock: "What's your name?"

"My name is..."

Rock: "It doesn't matter what your name is!"
 

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Aikmaniac;2664949 said:
Rock: "What's your name?"

"My name is..."

Rock: "It doesn't matter what your name is!"


"Then why did you ask?"
 

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khiladi;2665527 said:
WWF has gone stupid since he left.

There's not one entertainer with his appeal on their roster.

I've tried to get back into it, but it just doesn't have it anymore.

Those were the golden years for rasslin'. WCW - Goldberg, Jeff Jarrett, Sting, DDP, Raven, Disco Inferno, etc. WWE - The Rock, Stone Cold, HHH, Undertaker, Big Show, DX, Road Dogg/Bad *** Billy Gunn, The Godfather, Val Venis, Y2J, etc.
 

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Aikmaniac;2665770 said:
There's not one entertainer with his appeal on their roster.

I've tried to get back into it, but it just doesn't have it anymore.

Those were the golden years for rasslin'. WCW - Goldberg, Jeff Jarrett, Sting, DDP, Raven, Disco Inferno, etc. WWE - The Rock, Stone Cold, HHH, Undertaker, Big Show, DX, Road Dogg/Bad *** Billy Gunn, The Godfather, Val Venis, Y2J, etc.


Wrestling has gone away from what worked for them.

I use to look forward to the segments where Ultimate Warrior would growl a bunch of jibberish, or Hogan would talk with "Mean Gene". Brutus the barber beefcake had his own segment, as did Paul Bear.

The story line has went to hell in a hand basket. None of these new generation guys are believable, with the exception of The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, and HHH. Pretty much every other wrestler out there is all muscle and no moxie.

Side note, I stopped watching wrestling regularly after the nWo went away. The real nWo, not the one that Vince McMahon ruined, although Hogan, Hall, and Nash would have been great for the WWE. I think if given time, Eric Bishoff could have made the nWo re-surge in the WWE.
 

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I didn't think he was all that bad in The Rundown. I haven't seen any of his other movies but I thought he was alright in The Rundown. I did see Be Cool and he didn't suck it up in that either.

When I think sellout, I think more along the lines of Vin Diesel. Maybe its because he turned down the opportunity to make XXX2 so he could work on the The Pacifier.
 

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Hoofbite;2666004 said:
I didn't think he was all that bad in The Rundown. I haven't seen any of his other movies but I thought he was alright in The Rundown. I did see Be Cool and he didn't suck it up in that either.

When I think sellout, I think more along the lines of Vin Diesel. Maybe its because he turned down the opportunity to make XXX2 so he could work on the The Pacifier.

While XXX sucked and I liked The Pacifier. XXX was a bad James Bond wannabe movie I do not blame him for turning down a sequel

In fact I would say Van diesel best performance was Pitch Black
 

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Kangaroo;2666343 said:
While XXX sucked and I liked The Pacifier. XXX was a bad James Bond wannabe movie I do not blame him for turning down a sequel

In fact I would say Van diesel best performance was Pitch Black

Pitch Black and Fast and the Furious are his only decent films. I think he could be good in the right role but It hasn't come yet.
 

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Cajuncowboy;2660856 said:
I say good for him.

What should he have done.

Crawled into a hole and die???


:lmao: I actually laughed for a few minutes :lmao: eyes watered and everything



masomenos85;2662213 said:
I actually enjoyed The Rundown.

It was pretty good I liked it.



Yeagermeister;2662228 said:
That was probably his best movie. Of course having Rosario Dawson in it improved it quite a bit. :laugh2:

Indeed. She was good in Alexander too. She acted one part REAL GOOD :D



Kangaroo;2666343 said:
While XXX sucked and I liked The Pacifier. XXX was a bad James Bond wannabe movie I do not blame him for turning down a sequel

In fact I would say Van diesel best performance was Pitch Black

He should have taken the sequel. He had a franchise opp there. Anyways.

His best performance IMO was Boiler Room. Check it out. Good movie based on a true events.
 
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