{"id":129,"date":"2009-07-10T14:18:59","date_gmt":"2009-07-10T12:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inthenameofmovies.wordpress.com\/?p=129"},"modified":"2009-11-20T18:11:38","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T16:11:38","slug":"my-favorite-canadians-1-michael-j-fox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/my-favorite-canadians-1-michael-j-fox\/","title":{"rendered":"My favorite Canadians: #1 Michael J. Fox"},"content":{"rendered":"
I have loved Canada even before I went there and met its great people. It just left a image on me thanks to J. Fox, Jim Carrey and Bryan Adams.<\/span><\/div>\n
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MICHAEL J. FOX<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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What do you first remember when you hear J. Fox’s\u00a0his name? Most probably three Back to the Future movies. And right along with them- because I’m such a 80s& mostly 90s movie nut- I think of Secret of My Success, Doc Hollywood, The Concierge\u00a0 and Casualties of War. He has played the lead in Spin City for 4 seasons and it is my favorite sitcom ever. It is deliciously funny and Mike is a wonderful actor. When I learned that he had Parkinson’s, I remember thinking to myself: Shit!!!\u00a0 Before I knew he had it, I was really upset that he kept appearing in less and less movies.\u00a0 He has always been\u00a0one of\u00a0my fav. actors and I like anything with him in it- with the exception of the Mars Attacks- Tim Burton and I just don’t belong to the same planet- I have watched most of his movies more than once. Before the internet made it so easy to reach everything, I hunted his movies down at videostores, videotaped stuff from TVs,bought every old magazine I could find with him in it. It wasn’t a teenage crush though. I never thought Michael in a sexual way. He always felt like a part of the family. He looked like the guy that you wanted to be best friends with. He is modest, friendly and probably the loveliest actor that ever came to Hollywood. He is fantastic at romantic comedies- he steals the show every time with his winning smile.\u00a0 I have admired his sense of family, his loyalty to his wife and his self-depreciating style. He is one of the very few actors who you can admire both personally and professionally.\u00a0 I guess instead of talking about him, it is time to pay my respects in writing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to the Future (1985) –\u00a0 \u00a0Marty McFly is the kid you wish…,<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0–<\/span>…you could date in high school: he is sweet, romantic, fun and well…funny. You also remember that he plays the guitar, right<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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You got to love this guy)\u00a0 oh and he has invented a time machine! He gets Marty in and out of trouble,in that order.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Doug (J. Fox) has a dream of building and managing his own hotel so when he falls for the mistress (Gabrielle Anwar) of the guy who is going to help Doug realize that dream makes things complicated.<\/p>\n

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The story involves a pretty girl, her daughter, a pig (literally) and Woody Harrelson.\u00a0 It is a fun watch. No more needs to be said.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\"51T9GVQPD3L__SL500_AA240_\"J. Fox is no longer\u00a0the clean cut boy from next door. The\u00a0movie is a realistic drama about\u00a0how we deal (or can’t deal) with things\u00a0that happen to us.\u00a0It\u00a0also features Kiefer Sutherland. If you think Michael only did\u00a0comedy and\/or is good at comedy, you should\u00a0give these two a chance.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course\u00a0he has appeared in\u00a0many other movies, both dramatic and funny.\u00a0He has appeared in movies that you won’t tire from watching. But his funniest work to date, I believe, is Spin City.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I am not going to\u00a0go into much detail since Spin City will have\u00a0its own spot. I just need\u00a0to say though; I just couldn’t handle watching it after Charlie Sheen\u00a0took over the lead after\u00a04 years .It wasn’t funny any more. OK- it was funny but with J. Fox, it was freaking hilarious. The characters were outrageous, both the physical comedy and one-liners were amazing. The script was as entertaining and original as\u00a0it could get. You have a tall,handsome, nice yet extremely naive and air-headed major who probably wouldn’t remember to\u00a0tie his shows without his short,funny,sharp and self-centered deputy major (J. Fox). The rest of the staff consists of a\u00a0clumsy,big,weird,\u00a0stingy\u00a0and oh-not-so-smart Paul, lovely, pretty and single Nikki, the\u00a0unsuccessful womanizer Stu and the geeky James. I prefer it over almost any sit-come. It might draw a tie with Friends but mind you- Friends had\u00a0its episodes that were not so\u00a0great.But Spin City made\u00a0me laugh in 4 seasons-as much as friends did\u00a0in a total of 10 years. You do the math…<\/span><\/p>\n

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I miss Michael J. Fox. I hate the fact that he can only get small roles now, due to his illness. I am for any sort of research that could help this terrible disease. I hope that he can get rid of it. I know it is wishful thinking but…fingers crossed, it just might happen in the future. He is a great entertainer and a talented actor. He is also a nice guy so he definitely deserves better…<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have loved Canada even before I went there and met its great people. It just left a image on me thanks to J. Fox, Jim Carrey and Bryan Adams. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 So let’s start with the cutest celebrity ever… MICHAEL J. FOX What do you first remember when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[853,101,178,181,328,441,461,503],"class_list":{"0":"post-129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-movies-and-actors","7":"tag-back-to-the-futre-movies","8":"tag-casualties-of-war","9":"tag-for-love-or-money","10":"tag-gabrielle-anwar","11":"tag-michael-j-fox","12":"tag-spin-city","13":"tag-the-concierge","14":"tag-time-travel","15":"entry"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pI4PB-25","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4356,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129\/revisions\/4356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pinartarhan.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}