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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- Ever since John Travolta tore up the dance floor in 1977's Saturday Night Fever, his career has been all over the place. He went from being nominated for an Oscar, to getting a Worst Actor of the Decade nomination, to another Oscar nod with Pulp Fiction, to tons of Worst Actor wins. So today we wanted to take a look at the rise, and fall, and rise, and fall of John Travolta.
With iconic performances in Grease, Blow Out, Pulp Fiction, Face Off, Get Short and Hairspray, he somehow matched these with some of the worst performances in film with Battlefield Earth, Old Dogs, Gotti and The Fanatic. It's a fascinating career, and one very difficult to pinpoint. How one of the hottest actors of the 70s managed to stay relevant 5 decades later with such weird career...
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:50 - Rise (70s)
03:01 - Fall (80s)
05:47 - Biggest Hollywood Comeback (90s)
08:20 - Worst Film Ever?
10:29 - Fall Again (00s)
John Travolta. Kelly Preston. Pulp Fiction. Saturday Night Fever. Grease. Staying Alive. Blow Out. Welcome Back, Kotter. Look Who's Talking Too Now. Get Shorty. Michael. Phenomenon. Broken Arrow. Face Off. Nicolas Cage. Razzie. Worst Actor of the Decade. Battlefield Earth. Hairspray. Bolt. Wild Hogs. The People vs OJ. Gotti. The Fanatic. Weird Oscar Moments. 90s actor.
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his baby picture are u kidding me😭 like that big eyes hamster meme rn
Lmao I hear the violin
John Travolta was outperformed by Nic Cage in face off. But it was probably only because Nic Cage was portraying John Travolta.
Yeah, John is known for being over the top so I think Nic took that as the basis for his performance and Nic Cage acting over the top is just about as over the top you can get in a role.
no
I’ve never seen a movie get a 0% on rotten tomatoes before. That’s crazy!
One thing we can definitely say about John Travolta is that he has one of the most interesting film careers in Hollywood history!
He’s truly one of the actors of all time.
This is a you tube channel of all times
@@aandwdabest
@aandwdabest For sure 😆😆
Along with his Face off co-star Nicolas Cage
I think Tarantino needs to bring him back for his last movie. ;)
Definitely and he needs to steal the scene as well
I heard he was bringin cruise. Cruise and travolta can have a great time together
John's performance in From Paris With Love, I really enjoyed - I believe it is an underrated movie.
I really enjoy eating raw sugar like a child; I believe it's an underrated dessert.
I may be silly, but I don't get what you mean. @@myway7367
Same
@@myway7367what a pathetic comparison
@@myway7367"no matter what anyone says, you can never have too much sugar"
It’s actually impressive that John’s career has been around for so long that he has had many comebacks and setbacks: from Carrie to grease to Saturday night fever to the look who’s talking franchise to pulp fiction to get shorty to the generals daughter to face/off to battlefield earth to hairspray to the people vs oj Simpson to many other performances, good and bad. You definitely can’t say the man doesn’t have range. They should get him on for GQ where he breaks down his entire career.
Pulp Fiction is my all time favourite movie. Face/Off is among my favourite action films, and I’ll never get tired of Grease. Travolta may have made a lot of missteps in his career but it’s hard for me to not be a fan of his
Nicolas Cage definitely shares the highs and lows
They were great in faceoff! Rewatch it every once in awhile
Mostly the lows though hehe
I just watched him in Dream Scenario and he was great, highly recommend!
Cage covers the entire spectrum….part of what I love about him.
Don't compare Cage to Travolta! Cage is a national treasure
Blow Out (1981) is a fantastic hidden gem of a film.
I agree!
And one of Tarantino's favourites... so there was a definite connection there.
It was a good sceam.
@@trikkerman1 And a desperately sad one, the last one which they use. The ending is so downbeat
@@alisdairmckenzie Sad, but realistic. Hollywood could use a lil' less fairytale & a lil' more somber nuance today.
it feels like many stars would share the same fate as travolta. only the very few have consistent careers at the top
It's usually stars who mainly work with 1 director and that director is insanely good at making movies that have a really great filmography critically
Sort of like robert deniro with scorsese
Well, yeah, you're only EVER hearing of the 1% of the 1% who have that rare combination of talent and luck. The vast majority of people who try never make a career out of acting, and the vast majority of actors never get rich doing it.
Daniel Day Lewis
@@caldera11
Deniro has made some stinkers though
john did nothing wrong
I think part of the reason is career hasn't really recovered from Battlefield Earth is because he no longer looks human and more like an alien disguised as a human with all that plastic surgery. He could have been enjoying a Paul Newman or Robert Redford like late career renaissance if he just allowed himself to age gracefully instead of going under the knife.
I love how charmingly inoffensive and cheerful criticism is being delivered on this channel. They know how to bash without hurting anyone.
What If Disney didn't buy Pixar
We got a Pixar related what if in the works. Hope to have it out next month!
@@FilmStackThanks for letting me know
Who gives a shit about Pixar? What about what they did to Star Wars and Marvel!
@@YourmomgoestocolledgeStar Wars was already dead before Disney got to it
@@Kessekom Tell that to TCW
He used to order from a restaurant my parents worked at in Daytona Beach and all my mom has to say is "he was short and had planes" 😂 idk why I find her response so funny.
And all I can personally say is ... GREASE! He definitely lit up every scene he was in and could sing. Plus he was so cute. I had the script printed out when I was like 7/8 and made my friend 'perform' it with me BUT I had HAD to be Danny every single time 😂 I was always a little, um, different lol.
Now my 1 year old LOVES the songs too and its great 😊
BTW I liked The Fanatic. Randomly found it when my bf and I first moved in together with only an antenna we'd go search dollar store for dvds and found that one night, expecting it to be so bad it was funny. We actually both enjoyed it. Not a GREAT movie but wasn't a bad one.
I will always be impressed with his role in Blow Out.
Yeah he was very young and delivered a powerhouse performance.
It's the movie Tarantino saw that got him to want Travolta for Pulp Fiction.
@@joewas2225 "Blow Out" was a really good film! So suspenseful! And I really, really like Nancy Allen. It was written/directed by Brian DePalma who came up w/the concept while making "Dressed to Kill", also starring Nancy Allen. DePalma had good taste in his female leads.☺👍👍
As long as he is happy with what he's done. He seems like a laid-back person who wants to have a fun career.
Really good comprehensive video. This is the first time watching one of your videos and it won't be the last. Subscribed.
"The general daughter" from 1999 was an excellent underrated performance and movie
I had no idea he had a music career! I'm not sure if I want to look for his music on Spotify or not! I suspect not!
Pretty sure my parents had the album.
his DANCING!!!! i love it.
Blow Out is an absolute masterpiece. One of the greatest thrillers I have ever ever seen and I think everyone should see it.
I’m loving these videos.
Great video!
Besides him being a scientologist I love him
And the rest of the world would say that about Tom Cruise.
A brilliant and versatile actor. His performance in Pulp Fiction showed how talented he is. I enjoyed his acting in Battlefield Earth - people think his acting was mannered and unnatural, but he was playing an alien. They are not supposed to be like us. Plenty worse movies than BE have received less hostility. It the association with Scientology that annoys some people.
I honestly really enjoyed Swordfish and still go back to it from time to time, surprised to see it was dogged by critics
His part in Pulp was still one of the all time greats though. That alone is enough for me.
hey ,SHOUT is one of my favorite movies ever,he was extremely underrated in that role,he was great in that pure rock n roll movie!
You forgot 'The Boy In The Plastic Bubble' in 1976.
Urban Cowboy is such an underrated flick
“ A Civil Action “ was one of my personal favorites of his … love your channel BTW
James Gandolfini before The Sopranos.
This was incredible video had a good laugh too
I’ve only ever seen travolta in pulp fiction and based on this video it’s clearly his best performance because you get some of the goofiness of earlier roles along with some more serious stuff
I just saw him in the WW2 short film “The Shepard”, on Disney Plus, and I loved it.
I can’t ever stay mad at someone that was involved in Broken Arrow
Based on the Capital One Holiday Night Fever ad, I’d say John Travolta needs to play Santa in a Christmas movie! Travolta Claus is something this world needs way way way more of!
Holy, this guy was in alot of movies
Great actor, with the right role. He and Samuel Jackson deserved an Oscar for Pulp!
He was great in Pulp Fiction, Broken Arrow and Face/ Off. That's all I need to know. 😊
I hope he gets another comeback.. Seems like a good guy
And I actually loved the DePalma film Blow Up. I saw it in the theater and bought it on vhs and Blu Ray 😂
ya, he is a positive person indeed to have ppl. so close and yet to keep as healthy and charming as he seems. Wow!
He is always a big star & great actor who inspired huge amount of individuals around the world to choose acting as a career. Negative or positive roles. He rocked both.he is a rockstar & hero for his fans..
I think rotten tomatoes don't like John Travolta movies much.
Or maybe because public have known him as actor with good dancing ability instead dramatic acting.
Actors who's career had dipped before Tarentino hired them
John Travolta was one of my childhood favorites and one of my favorite human beings (from what I heard)
Omg I forgot his look for From Paris With Love haha
@11:40 i gotta say Criminal Activities is a really solid sleeper flick. A good bit of plot twists and a bunc of unlikable and in over their heads characters go alone way for it. Also Jackie Earl Haley stars and directed it. Solid movie fr. Also A Valley Of Violence is also pretty good. Just a different kind of western movie; more of a revenge flick but him and ethan hawke kind of kill it in the few scenes they share
A few great movies, many mediocre, and bunch of bad ir worse...
Pulp Fiction was directed by Tarantino who already a great director. Travolta had a great direction with that film that made it possible to do his best.
But it seems like he is totally unable to decide whether he should or shouldn't join to a movie, and a movie should or should not be made.
I don't ever consider Battlefield Earth is a bad film, it's actually quite entertaining
After he got really famous (late 90s), I thought Travolta would OVER act. He delivered every line with such exaggerated and unnatural emphasis. It was annoying and contrived.
Poor guy honest. I hate Scientology, but I don’t blame Tom or him for taking part. He’s taken a ton of heat with really wild rumors.
I feel most people who still stay there get some Stockholm syndrome or similar thing
I think Travolta’s a talented ass man. But I also think he’s a troubled man. And I feel for him loosing his wife and kid. I admire a man that can dance wish I could dance
Another actor who had an even wilder career (& a wilder personal life) is Oliver Reed!
I really love reading stories about all the hellraising he got up to behind the scenes but that’s all he is known for these days and a big part of his legacy which is a shame as I do really believe he was one of the greatest actors of his generation who’s talents aren’t appreciated enough
I didn't know he had made so many movies. I did not see 60% of the films mentioned.
Blow out was excellent as was Travolta in it, can't believe it tanked.
I like him as actor grew up seeing him in grease but he's had his ups and downs I love pulp fiction and I like face off as well
My problem with him, especially nowadays is that I just simply don't find him a believable actor. He's had so much work done on his face, he just doesn't look like a normal human being, which makes every role I see him in seem like a complete parody
Regardless, I will always love John Travolta, Vincent Vega is one of the best characters ever created, and yes thanks to Quentin Tarantino, but only John Travolta made him come to life.
From Paris with love was actually surprisingly good. Also I didn’t know Kelly Preston died rip .
From Paris with love and The
Taking of Pelam 123
We're excellent movies he did after his "downfall" dude was and still is an exceptional actor
I love Travolta, he is nuts!!. He is good but also nuts
A movie about a talking baby revived Travolta's career until it tanked it, than Tarantino helped revived it again until his Scientology movie brought him righ back down. You can say his career has been legit rollercoaster 🎢
Seeing as I’ve never acted in much of anything, I don’t feel quite so qualified to judge. And I’m certainly not a travolta fan boy.
But I’ve enjoyed most of his movies. That’s more than I can say about most other actors which is not nothing.
I think hes one of the greatest of all time. Charisma. Charm. Lovable. Funny. Great facials and range. Belieable.
I follow my own opinions and not a bunch of critics. Trust me, do the same and i guarantee you'll find some of your fave films or stars are the ones critics hate.
taking of pelham 123 is CRIMINALLY underrated.
I loved shout. As a kid it was one of my favourite films ever
For Goodfellas,
I always thought John Travolta would be a better Tommy than Joe Pesci because his appearance almost matches the actual criminal.
Face off is one of the best film in my list .
Phenomenon is a golden example where the critics can be full of it.
Swordfish is awesome
It's the Cadillac of minivans.
I would argue De Niro has had a similar career although he has a lot more highs. Last 20 years, he's taken a lot of paycheque roles, and some movies are really bad. With the odd hit like Killers of the Flower Moon.
considering Tarantinos love for DePalmas BLOW OUT.. i think its Blow out that made Pulp Fiction possible.. two great movies
I love and hate John but I love him more I grew up with him 😊
From Paris with love was awesome
Face-Off was the perfect movie for Travola. His legacy lends him perfectly to playing a face-swapped Nicolas Cage.
They're both people who do best in roles where they can over-act.
This just made me like him for some reason
Bring another one like this about Mickey Rourke :-)
Talk about Bruce Willis
I'm not a fan of rotten tomatoes. Critics never seem to like the movies I like. I find imdb ratings a better match for my opinions.
He is supposed to be a nice guy, I know a few who met him and all liked him so sad he's had so many flops. My favorite movie of his is definitely Grease, although Saturday Night Fever is a very close second.
you didnt mention Swordfish or the Punisher
1:10 The guy on the left is dressed as Ed.
Blow Out is a brilliant film and he’s brilliant in it
He’s awesome
John Travolta best acting was from Face/off where he plays Nicolas Cage (literally)...
Very few people can play Nic Cage, Even Nic Cage forgets how to play Nicolas Cage sometimes.
If you do not have a video dedicated to Nic, please, make one.
gotti and the fanatic
iconic cinema
One of my favourite actors! He acts in some of my all time favourites! And I really loved how bad his new shitty movies are
I think one day he’s gonna be on a list with Kevin Spacey. There’s something slimey about travolta and I don’t trust him
Well then you don't have to have anything to do w/him. Whew, close call!
Maybe don't judge people from their looks buddy boyo
@@Grandmaster-Kush it’s not about his looks it’s about his general demeanour
@@BlindingSun_ You don't seriously think you're fooling anyone when you reference a "list" as being anything but accusing Travolta of being a s*xual offender while wrongfully accusing another who isn't either? "List!" You sound paranoid!
The razzies should hand out a lifetime achievement award to John.
Actually upset I didn’t hear about “swordfish” in this vid, and not finding any comments about that movie:’(
Pretty crazy to think Fred Durst directed The Fanatic
that baby pic is terrifying lol
Jeez, the guy was all face. Eventually though his body caught up.
Boy In The Bubble
Blow out is a good movie
His best.
I'd agree I just love that ending@@isabellind1292
Dame, how do you own a private airport in your mansion? My poverty limited my imagination!
He just wants to dance
Travolta had a really good performance in The People vs OJ!