Together they are more than 3 centuries old. And Ford, the oldest of the quartet, born just after Pearl Harbor, when Indiana Jones was fighting the Nazis. These aging actors have played everything from American foot soldiers to the Jedi Master. (Mace Windu. No nasty emails, please).
Retirement? Damn, no. Everyone is getting stronger. Even the star of “Dirty Harry”, Clint Eastwood, participates in the movie “Juror #2”. And he directs and co-stars at the age of 92. Go ahead and make your day a change. ) Ford and other aging action stars even made their way through the festival to surprise the crowds at Cannes.
So why are they still such stars?
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It’s easy. They have appeal, which means they do more than act. They constitute an America that Hollywood and much of our existing Wussified culture hate. They play heroes. And America is still waiting for a hero.
Not the press, simply.
The media has been mocking so-called “poisonous masculinity” for years. Washington Post columnist Brian Broome recently wrote, “The Bud Light controversy reminds us how poisonous masculinity can be. Yes, how dare men criticize a beer company for associating with a “trans influencer” of, you know, women.
WebMD has a committed “What is Poisonous Masculinity” page that includes 8 other signs, many of which are familiar to our heroes. They include: risk-taking, “stoicism,” and “violence. ” Now, random violence or domestic violence is not worth defending. However, violence itself is an essential feature. Just ask any action star or the many millions of men and women who have served or are serving in our military.
Masculinity bothers the press, which complains that Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, wrote an e-book called “Masculinity: The Masculine Virtues America Needs. “He selected this path. The Post notably called it “Sen. Josh Hawley’s accidentally non-sexist e-book on masculinity. “
New York Times columnist David French, RINO-NY, just said, “The law is about masculinity. “In it, he wrote a quintessential version of the Times: “Indeed, the very definition of ‘masculinity’ is at stake. “
No, it isn’t. No American in general thinks so.
Moviegoers or observers understand. Men, women and young people from all political backgrounds still love their difficult heroes. Not the paid cable antiheroes who do almost as much damage as good. We need to see Indy whip the Nazis, literally. Or the Dutch weigh on the alien Predator like an insect.
I know I know. The movies are full of heroes: “Avengers”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Star Wars”, etc. They’re usually smart movies, but those stars are still full-sized, no larger than life. And, to top it off, they have become more and more awake.
Forget what critics think about movies. (Really, it’s smart policy. ) When Americans stop by the movie theater or home to watch a movie, they need to see Schwarzenegger utter one of his iconic slogans with a cheesy smile: “I’ll be back. “
They wanted to see “Rocky,” a hero so popular with audiences that it spawned five “direct Rocky sequels” and 3 “Creed” spin-offs.
Rocky enjoyed it so much that we encouraged him to fight the evil Russian Ivan Drago at the height of the Cold War. He then turned that victory into a unifying force, wearing an American flag after combat and telling the Soviet public that two men would kill each. Others in the ring were over “20 million. “
He won over the crowd in the film and in the audience.
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In addition to the Planet Hollywood collaboration, Arnold, Bruce and Sylvester starred together in “The Expendables. “(Kevin Winter)
None of this is new. We are the same country that enjoyed John Wayne as a western star or as Davy Crockett in “The Alamo. “Chuck Norris, Charles Bronson. . . the list is endless.
Hollywood still produces (sort of) younger action heroes. Tom Cruise, 60, has built a career half double action, half hero. When he returned to the pilot’s seat as Captain Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in “Top Gun: Maverick,” the movie took the most sensible spot of the year. Maverick defeated its nearest competitor by more than a quarter of a billion dollars.
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John Wick himself, Keanu Reeves, is technically 58 years old, although he looks and acts as if he is a few decades younger. works.
The one in “Fast”
All gained prominence even when the media told us that the era of heroes was gone. But, as long as movie audiences pay attention to our hearts and not stupid critics, we will remain faithful to our heroes.
It doesn’t matter what the timetable is, they don’t even tell us.
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