Jack Nicholson: Quick Tribute

Apparently Jack Nicholson, not the golfer, but the actor, has retired from his lifetime career. My first experience was Jack as the Joker, a role he completely dominated like nobody before or after. I slowly started in on some of his earlier career as I got older like Easy Rider, The Shining, Chinatown, The Postman Always Rings Twice, and A Few Good Men. He put together his best work before I was even in school. He DID make an amazing return in the Departed that was an excellent exclamation point to his amazing career. He and Michael Caine are the only actors to have Oscar nods in every decade since 1960, quite an accomplishment for both gentlemen. He ends with 3 Oscars and 12 nominations. He resisted De Niro's recent binge to collect as many pay-days as possible, I feel Pacino is in that mode too, before your time is up. If you haven't taken a look at his earlier work, you're missing out on excellent stuff. He was similar to Bogart in his utter domination and machismo. He isn't playing sensitive, caring types, and it's fucking awesome. He's incredibly intense and filled with a great "Not give a fuck" attitude that is believable because you wouldn't mess with him. Do yourself a favor and grab some of these older films mentioned and get on board. Find out what you're missing. Hats off Jack. I sincerely hope that it isn't for memory loss, which is the early favorite. His persona is now relegated to Lakers games, but it's still very welcome just to see him and his amazingly expressive face and brow.