Comments on: Van Damme Focusing on being a Real Actor

By: Claude

Claude — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:44:54 +0000

Here is a link to a french fansite with quotes, videos, etc….

Warning; all that stuff is serioulsy tongue-in-cheek…

http://jeanclaudevandamme.free.fr/

By: Gutpunch

Gutpunch — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:19:14 +0000

If nobody was interested in Van Damme he wouldn’t be making a new film every other week.
I’m sure that JCVD will change allot of peoples opinions of him.

By: Claude

Claude — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:19:01 +0000

Van Damme is actually quite popular in France (NOT in a “Jerry Lewis” kind of way); his trademark interviews on french TV, where he mixes french and english words (the guy, being Belgian, has an awful belgian accent when he speaks, so he tries to camouflage it behind lots of american words, even speaking with an american accent in french -go figure!) have become internet memes.

There are numerous websites that list quotes from his interviews, where he tries to distill wisdom and philosophises in his unique way …

JCVD tries to cash in on that strange newfound popularity by showing Van Damme, playing himself in the movie, caught up in a bank robbery at the local post office in Brussels – hilarity ensues.

I suppose you could compare it to what Bruce Campbell is doing in his new movie.

By: Mozzerino

Mozzerino — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:27:28 +0000

Oh come on, NOBODY on this planet is interested in Van Damme anymore. I would even go so far to say he’s not really a star anymore, much less a “brand”.
Maybe Tarantino can save him and bring him back like only QT can, but otherwise, I don’t see it.

By: MichCiné

MichCiné — Fri, 30 May 2008 08:37:16 +0000

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One of the best film a saw the last 10 years. JCVD at his best, and surprisingly human and tender. Not a documentary, but a very special film. Like Jules say: original and worth seeing. Some will be very surprised to discover an very different Jean-Claude.

9/10

By: jules

jules — Fri, 30 May 2008 07:25:31 +0000

Hey Rodney, I actually saw JCVD at Cannes two weeks and it’s not a documentary, but a dark crime comedy with lots of dialogue which atmosphere reminded me of ‘Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels’. Van Damme plays himself and shows a surprisingly vulnerable and self-deprecating side of himself. Very recommendable film actually, well-written and original.