Patrick Swayze, a life’s work: Ghost and not much else
CALIFORNIA - Hollywood star and one time heart throb Patrick Swayze died peacefully in his home yesterday, after an 18 month battle with pancreatic cancer, sparking journalists across the media to stop and consider Swayze’s body of work, and wonder how anyone actually knew who he was.
Swayze was most remembered for his lead preformance in the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing, where Swayze brought a deep, creepy persona, gyrating hips and chiseled facial features alongside dancing partner Jennifer Grey. Teenage girls were quick to heap praise on the film, citing a new, never-going-to-meet-the-mother heart-throb. Everyone else thought the film was pretty shit.
In 1990 Swayze teamed up with then super starlet Demi Moore for arguably his only good film ever, playing a creepy lawyer ghost set to heap revenge on his own killers. Swayzer’s performance startled audiences with its borderline toucher qualities, despite being the lead protagonist in a summer blockbuster.
“It’s weird to think [Patrick] has been around for decades.” Said Ghost co-star Whoopie Goldberg, “It seems odd to think that despite his worldwide fame he may have only made one good movie. And even that is debatable.”
Like other Hollywood actors, Swayze leaves a legacy of being around for eons and only producing one half decent flick. Other actors that fall into this category are Nicholas Cage (Adaptation), Ben Affleck (Chasing Amy) and Kevin Costner ( ).
Comments
By Birdie9or11 on September 16th, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Nicholas Cage only one good film? What about Con air? What about Next? Oh yea good point, well at least that was 2 movies.
By admin on September 16th, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Con Air is good. but he is bad. so it kind of doesn’t warrant a mention.