Apex Mountain
Downey; Favreau; Apogee awards; Malibu houses
In the discussion (20)
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- Downey receives a yes; Endgame is proposed but rejected because the original created his greatest new career leverage.
- Favreau initially receives a yes.
- Favreau’s jump from smaller films to A-list directing reinforces the yes; affection for Chef and Made remains separate.
- Howard’s peak is placed earlier around Hustle & Flow and Crash.
- Paltrow receives no.
- Bridges receives no.
- The Apogee awards receive a joking yes.
- Ten Rings is assigned to Shang-Chi.
- Ray’s Pizza is mentioned with Elf as another appearance.
- Downey’s Hollywood comeback is considered among the greatest but initially not the largest.
- Fraser is raised as a competing comeback.
- Affleck’s Argo recovery is proposed, then challenged because Downey’s fall involved more than poor films.
- Elizabeth Taylor is raised as an earlier comeback comparison.
- Rourke’s Wrestler recovery is raised, with its life-altering significance questioned.
- Bette Davis, Rita Hayworth and Taylor are tentative earlier-era comparisons.
- Brando’s pre-Godfather recovery is considered a strong comparison.
- Keaton is also raised.
- Travolta is judged the strongest Hollywood comeback.
- Comic-Con is a tentative Apex possibility, but Avengers is also offered; the convention’s later commercialization complicates nostalgia.
- The Malibu house is the clear movie-house peak, possibly extending beyond Malibu to all film houses.