Tower Heist was a thoroughly enjoyable movie for me. I’ve come to realize that movies in and of themselves as a stand alone project are really only part of the entertainment for me. The other major part of each movie is the actors and actresses. Who are they? Where are they from? What other roles have they played?
I really loved Ben Stiller in this role as the manager of an upscale building complex where the apartments are worth millions of dollars, and the residents expect Hollywood treatment 24 hours a day. In his role as the building manager, his deep caring for not only the residents but also the staff is very evident and truly endearing.
The only way to make someone like Josh Kovaks angry is to take advantage of the the poor and gullible staff who have been swindled out of their retirement and savings by Alan Alda’s character. A far cry from MASH!! Which you know I bloody LOVE.
Ben Stiller’s brand of crazy is exactly what this movie needed. The supporting cast is simply perfect down to the last detail and even the little things like the innuendo word play between Eddie Murphy and Gabourey Sidibe's characters is simply hysterical.
Why it is that I love finding out about these things I will never know. I’m not really full on detective with the talent but more like a little light snooping. For whatever reasons that I simply do not fathom, no movie is complete for me until I see what the talent’s overall body of work is.
Often this is more fun that onboarding a new Steemian especially when you find a brand new undiscovered talent that a director is taking a risk on. I think of Robin Wright at 19 years of age in The Princess Bride, Barkhad Abdi from Captain Phillips and Rob Brown from Finding Forrester. How about that? Your first major role in a movie is opposite Sean Connery.
I’ve gone ahead and created an experimental chart for Tower Heist as a light insight into my mind and its workings. I dare not allow you to go too far lest you need a search party to extract you. But I thought it would be great fun for me to make it to have a quick visual and I would really appreciate it if you let me know how it impacts you and if you like it!
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