Alec Baldwin is one hell of an actor.
It seems like every movie that he’s in, I like.

One of my favorite Baldwin movies is The Edge.
Released in 1997, it also stars Anthony Hopkins, another favorite actor of mine.
Oh, and it has Elle Macpherson in it, too.
It’s a movie of wilderness survival, and a man-eating bear.
I have the DVD; it’s good enough to watch more than once.

Yesterday I watched The Cooler, on-demand.
Another Baldwin movie, released in 2004.
For whatever reason I hadn’t seen this one before.
It also starred William Macy. A good actor, but I always think of Fargo when I see him.
In the movie, Baldwin runs a casino, and Macy’s job in the casino is to bring bad luck to gamblers that are winning. To cool them off, so to speak.
Not a bad flick, and Maria Bello flashes some T&A to keep things interesting.
Arthur Nascarella plays a pretty good role in the film, too.

What are your favorite Alec Baldwin films?

The last thing I saw with him was his role in Glengarry Glen Ross, he stole that film. I liked him in The Hunt For Red October.

Haven't watched him in anything else really. His real-life persona overcame his on-screen persona, it's hard for me to imagine him pretend to be someone else. Same with Sean Penn.

The Hunt for Red October, of course.

-Rob

I used to enjoy his movies, but he seems determined to have his political advocacy outshine his acting. I just don't have any interest in watching him anymore. Everyone has opinions, and I can usually separate the actor from his real-life persona. In his case, though, he now seems to believe his politics is the most important part of his career. Plus, after the way he was caught treating his daughter, I just can't help but think that he is just not a good human being.

Beetlejuice?

What are things you can refer to as a douche-bag?

Oh wait.....thought this was a Jeopardy thread.

As to the topic, I'll stomach him in a movie or television show I've already seen, but to watch anything current that he's been in, e.g., 30 Rock, I'll just pass. Pretty much for the reasons ChicagoSigMan stated.

IMO Miami Blues is a cult classic. Lots of good lines from that movie my buddy and I quote back and forth.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeKAzk9IrKk

But I agree he is a lib ass - and an all-around jerk I bet personally.

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Douchebag? Check.
But he impressed me with his stint on TCM. He seems very knowledgeable on movie history.

Great actor. Worthless human being, but what else is new in Hollywood?

The Shadow and the Hunt For Red October.

He's fucking hilarious in 30Rock, over and over again.

And I enjoy his movies, too.

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Originally posted by 46and2:
He's fucking hilarious in 30 Rock, over and over again.

Oh, hell yeah.

"The horse is one of only three appropriate subjects of a painting, along with ships with sails, and men holding up swords staring out into the distance."

"Impossible? Would any of your female heroes say that? Would Amelia Earhart, or Dian Fossey, or Joan of Arc...? Boy, women who try to do things sure get killed a lot!"

+1

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
The Hunt for Red October, of course.

-Rob

I'm not really a fan of his, but I did like The Edge enough to re-watch three times.

Miami Blues, 1990. Very, um, "quirky" film, and role (he was the bad guy).

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
The Hunt for Red October, of course.

-Rob

Yep, that was a good one.

I liked him in the remake of The Getaway.

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Originally posted by Bigboreshooter:
I liked him in the remake of The Getaway.

+1. Michael Madsen is great in that also.

Kinda strange... I think of Baldwin is an A-list movie star, but then I can't think of all that many movies in which he played a lead, or even a pivotal supporting, role.

Glengarry Glen Ross, The Edge, Hunt for Red October. Then I remember him with a small-ish, though entertaining, part in The Departed, as Doolittle in Pearl Harbor, and another small-ish part in one of the Mission Impossible films.

He's a heck of a SNL host, though.

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Originally posted by ChicagoSigMan:
. . .I can usually separate the actor from his real-life persona. . .

I've never been able to do that.

Alec Baldwin is living, breathing, talking excrement. For me, his stench destroys any possibility of enjoying whatever production he appears in.

Wasn't he among the herd that pledged to leave the USA?