1. Harrison Ford
Last Great Movie: Uh, an actually great movie?
The Fugitive (1993), if we're being totally honest (I am) I'm going to offer you a slice of personal information here, unrelated to all those lawsuits and my brief stint on Off-Broadway: Harrison Ford is my favourite movie star ever. Like, of all time. I mean, how could he
not be? This guy was Indiana Jones and Han Solo and Rick Deckard! Has any other actor embodied so many iconic characters in the
same decade with the same level of awesomeness that Harrison Ford did? Nope. And even if his career went a tad topsy turvy in the '90s, that's nothing compared to the barren wasteland that it is now. Look, I understand that Harrison Ford probably isn't all that bothered about stardom or box office results anymore - he's been there, done that. Still, on those rare occassions that he does decide to make movies, I think he should try to ensure that they're freakin' good ones.
Hollywood Homicide. Firewall. Crossing Over. Extraordinary Measures. Morning Glory. I mean... who is your agent, Harrison? Even
Indiana Jones 4 - a movie that should have been great - went down like George Lucas' double chin at an all-you-can-eat buffet. Fact is, Harrison Ford isn't very good at making good movies nowadays. I can't remember the last time I went to see Harrison Ford in something and came back feeling satisfied or happy that I ventured outside. If it's too much trouble, Mr. Ford, don't bother making a great movie - just make a good one, or one that I can at least pretend was all right. I miss you, is what I'm saying. We've spent so much time together and you've brought me so much joy. Please: just make one more
real movie before you decide to call it a day. I'm not going back to Broadway. On a brief, less serious side note... have you ever noticed how many characters Harrison Ford has played over the course of his career with the name Jack? Five characters called Jack, people. Count 'em. Quick, somebody write an awesome screenplay about a character named Jack who has to, uh, find his wife or something, and maybe it has him running around a famous city, too (Harrison Ford's characters are always going on about their wives whilst running around famous cities). He's genuinely the only actor who gets typecast into a character name.
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