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| It's not Walking Tall, or Welcome To The Jungle that did it for me - the fact that he played an outrageously 'out' and tremendously camp bodyguard in Be Cool and was universally cited as the best - possibly only - good thing in the movie, plus his self-deprecating sense of humour, his pretty fearsome intelligence, his immaculate comic timing, his even more perfect action-hero moves, his star-quality charisma... There ain't nothing our Dwayne can't do, given the opportunity, and he's humble enough to see every role as a learning opportunity. He's got the right - even in professional wrestling, he'd have a shelf-life of around up until thirty-five before the risk of crippling injury rose to unmanageable proportions (and the guy's got a family to feed and doesn't want to end up like Droz or Mick Foley), and he's paid his action-hero dues flawlessly several times a week live in house shows, TV broadcasts and on pay-per-view for years, which is more than any other action hero would be expected to do. The Rock is rightly touted as the next big thing, simply because he's the Next Big Thing. The movies he's chosen haven't been great, but he's only starting out. A role in the next Paul Thomas Anderson/Wes Anderson movie would be the serious making of him. |
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