falling down.

i just saw a commercial for the new harrison ford movie, firewall, and if i must say it looks like a real piece of dung. not that i should be all that surprised, considering his recent body of work. let's review.

Firewall (2006)
Hollywood Homicide (2003)
K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
What Lies Beneath (2000)
Random Hearts (1999)
Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
Air Force One (1997)
The Devil's Own (1997)
Sabrina (1995)
Clear and Present Danger (1994)

by my count, of his last ten pictures, four (hollywood homicide, what lies beneath, random hearts, six days seven nights) deserve consideration for worst movie of their particular year, two (firewall (being optimistic), devil's own) and four are mediocre (k19, air force one, sabrina, clear and present danger).

in sports, we always get guys who hang on too long. former superstars like jerry rice who can't convince themselves its time to move on even though they've done more than enough to convince everyone else. for this we have dancing with the stars to thank.

but in hollywood apparently, the same phenomenon exists. the difference is actors are able to hold on for decades. despite ford showing over the past dozen years that the ceiling for the quality of his work is something so forgettable that imdb is the only record of its existence, he has three films in the pipeline.