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Who thinks mr.Ford is too old for acting?


I mean, in this movie he looked like let's say 80 years old. Not a guy who would beat up the bad guy. Hm , perhaps with his kane or wooden leg

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Who knows they can always be the new Barnaby Jones. I loved that show, Buddy Ebsen had to be around 75 when he did that show and he was something else. The only thing I think is odd is sometimes these geriatric action stars have wives that are way younger then they are and they have small children. They would be 90 before the kids get married. I was pleasently surprised and shocked to see that in the War of the Worlds Tom Cruise's son was a teenager. And he is not as old as Ford or Michael Douglas or other long in the tooth action stars.

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Yeah, I had already discussed on another thread how I thought Virginia Madsen looked a good 20 years younger than Harrisono Ford, but on the other hand, Ford looks good for his age, so it really didn't bother me.

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It's not really his age per se. It's just that Ford clearly seems to have little or no real interest in acting anymore. If you look at his last several films, like this one and, say, Hollywood Homicide, he looks like he can barely muster enough enthusiasm to deliver his lines audibly. He mumbles. His facial expressions are wooden. This is a guy who doesn't want to be there. He'd rather be at his ranch in Jackson Hole. Why not retire and do that?

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Put Ford in a film at age 80 and he will still kick more ass than half the "young" actors in Hollywood today. Wrinkles, cane and all he will still rock the screen. Were talkin about Han Solo here people...skip bo dont be a retard and think before you speak.


"take me Garth! Where? You don't have a jacket and I'm low on gas."

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Not at all! I'm a huge fan of this actor and I think he'll never be too old for acting!

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He was too old for this role. Looked ridiculous next to Virginia and the young boy.

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I didnt get any vibe that he was too old for acting, probably because I was thinking more about how terrible this movie was, one of the worst movies ive EVER seen.

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Not too old to be acting, but some of his roles seem a bit tired sometimes. I'm excited about Indiana Jones though. And it's not like he's horribly frail or anything, he's not close to 80 years old. And he didn't beat up the bad guy the bad guy was clearly winning at the end in terms of strength, he merely seized the opportunity and a weapon. But the cliched reluctant hero thing may be wearing thin. He should do more not-action movies maybe. Indiana Jones though! Woot!

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Harrison Fords a great actor but Skip-bo's right - if 'Firewall' really occured he would have collapsed with heart failure due to stress. He should now contemplate giving acting up and settle down to do some gardening or something

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OK, for me.
He looks like in late 50's.

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