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Worst casting choices
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Jack Reacher.
Massive fan of the Lee Childs books and was excited to hear they were making a movie.
Jack Reacher is described in the novels as a mountain of a man.
Here is a quick description from Wikipedia
And who do they get to play him?
Tom Cruise. A guy famous for being short.
Same way I felt about Jackman as Wolvie and Marsden as Cyclops. I really liked their interactions in the 90's cartoon and I felt the xmen movies missed out on that. Jackman is great but I couldn't get over the height thing and cyclops to me felt like he should be really tall and almost modelesque. Why wolverine be jealous of a shorter good looking guy when he himself is quite handsome and tall. So when they were on screen together it just didn't have the effect to me as the 90's cartoon. I felt like the director didn't really get what made each character interesting and the interactions between them.
I don't mean this to be offensive to you personally, but I'm a bit flabbergasted by the amount of people that seem to miss the characterization of Hux and Ren. They're the antithesis of Tarkin and Vader. Tarkin was ice cold and experienced, but overconfident. Hux is young, brash, and emotional, but shrewd about limitations. Vader was composed and powerful, Kylo is brash and a wannabe (for now).
Vader obeyed Tarkin, likely due to respect (and Tarkin understood Vader's power). Ren and Hux clash repeatedly.
Hux is supposed to be space Hitler. He's not composed or stoic, he's all bluster, and little actual experience.
Like Kylo, he peacocks because he aspires to be a great military leader, and he isn't, really, despite his position.
Kylo is supposed to look doofy and trying to hard without his mask because he's a wannabe Sith until later, using the mask for intimidation in a pale attempt to be Vader. He's desperate to be evil. This clashes
with his elements of genuine goodness that he fights against by killing Han. It's implied that his Evil is a result of conditioning and manipulation to some degree because he's constantly fighting it. His goodness shines through is subtle ways, like when he offers to teach Rey the force, a sort of twisted compassionate act that Vader would never do
They're not supposed to be carbon copies. That's the point.
Both actors were great.
BluenoseGames
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You thought the title said best, right?
Memento Mori
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Not in a universe where Mads Mikkelsen played Hannibal.
Yeah all I know is that her accent was different from the one in the cartoon. I didn't realise the one in the cartoon was exaggerated though so it makes perfect sense.
Oh I meant him over Eisenberg with regards to casting
I always wondered if Thomas Haden Church would have done Brock/Venom justice. But he was probably too old.This.
I mean, Venom is almost always portrayed as a brick shit-house:
Topher Grace is probably the last person imaginable who would have fit this character. And the parts where he was supposed to sound crazy/insane just came off as whiny.
boneyjangles
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Wasn't he fired or something?
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Topher Grace was perfectly fine as Venom because he fit the idea that Eddie Brock/Venom was a darker version of Spiderman, of similar natural talents and ambition but without moral scruples and a drive to do good, which is what allowed Peter to resist the Symbiote while it completely consumed Brock. That was, in large part, the point of Spiderman 3 - that Peter was not perfect, and could be coaxed into a darker place while riding high on his own arrogance, but that he was capable of returning to his own fundamental goodness.
Genisys came out in 2015, Yelchin died early last year.
Spider-Man 3 makes way more sense if you look at it as a movie about drug addiction; I realized that after rewatching it having dealt with drug addiction.
Robot Pants
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Cyrano says get out
What the fuck were they thinking
and a million times THIS THIS THIS THIS THIS
She was great and I enjoyed the film, but all the diversity stuff about wanting to avoid Fu Manchu stereotypes is undercut by the fact that Marvel wouldn't be able to sell the film in China with a Tibetan character.
Not sure about MI6, but FBI/CIA agents are generally pretty attractive compared to local law agencies. Hell, the Fort Lauderdale FBI agent on the news yesterday was suave as fuck.
Commander-in-chief C.G.E Mannerheim on the left, actor Telley Savalas Otieno on the right. Doesn't look like the part at all, Mannerheim wasn't bald!
I don't really care, was just reminded by this when other poster in the thread mentioned asian parts recasted with caucasian actors. The salt here in Finland about this was frigging hilarious.
TheRedSnifit
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I could never buy David Schwimmer in Band of Brothers. He does a fine job with it, but all I can think is "nice uniform Ross."
Disagree. He is great in this role. His second best role.
Bitch Pudding
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I know, right? Look at this composed fella right here:
I am well aware he was the "GröFaZ", but if we look at real life examples of actual evil military leaders with a military rank, this one comes to mind:
My point is, Gleeson was what, 32 years old when they filmed the movie? He looks like he's old enough to be a Captain, or a Major in best case scenario. I am well aware that Star Wars isn't about "realism", but it just destroys the immersion.
TheRedSnifit
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I am well aware he was the "GröFaZ", but if we look at real life examples of actual evil military leaders with a military rank, this one comes to mind:
My point is, Gleeson was what, 32 years old when they filmed the movie? He looks like he's old enough to be a Captain, or a Major in best case scenario. I am well aware that Star Wars isn't about "realism", but it just destroys the immersion.
Michael Pennington was 40 when he played Moff Jerjerrod (I don't think an age is given in-universe). While this is indeed older than Domhnall's 32 I don't think I don't really think it's that huge of a difference, especially given Jerjerrod is one of the top 20 officials in a galactic government as opposed to being the leader of essentially a group of fanatic neo-Nazis. The guy who played Captain Piett was 43 when the character was promoted to Admiral in Empire Strikes Back.
Irl, James M Gavin commanded the US 82nd Airborne Division in WW2 aged 37, while the splendidly named Galusha Pennypacker was a Union brigadier general in the US civil war, aged 20. Young generals do exist.
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Story-wise, it leads to a different dynamic than the OT. The Rebellion versus the Empire was very much a story of young idealists versus the old men who represented "the system," and that was kind of reflective of the spirit of the times. The Force Awakens, though, pits the next generation of young idealists against their peers, rather than past generations.
everyone involved in this
It was unexpected to see Chatwin in the Doctor Who Xmas special
H was in American Gothic recently tho
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THE COMIC!
Atomic Playboy
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Yeah, the comics were good.
Monocle
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I thought he was utterly terrible until Season 2, where I had the strangest reversal of opinion and he suddenly started working for me.
This guy as Moriarty in Sherlock. He's awful.
I really, really hated him at first. I'm sure I must have ranted about his performance somewhere online. Totally loathed himuntil I didn't.
What kills me is the behind the scenes doc shows a much better child actor who almost got the part. It's so painful to watch George go for the obviously worse casting choice.
Oh yeah, she was distinctly awful. I remember noticing in the theater. How the hell did she make it past the audition? So wooden.No.
There is another.
Yeah he was garbage. He's a decent actor in some things but his take on the Joker was totally wrong. Just an embarrassing hodgepodge of edgy signifiers with no substance at all.
Look! I'm growling like a big cat. Look! I'm getting all up in your personal space. Look! I'm acting crrrrrrazy.
Did you notice my sick abs and totally wicked tats? I'm gonna hurt you! *flashes grill*
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Edward Furlong as John Connor (Terminator 2)
He plays a 10-year-old kid. 10-year-old kids are stupid and annoying. He played it perfectly.
Monocle
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He was a little too annoying.
Dash_Riprock
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Everyone but Michael Clarke Duncan in Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li.
Just one example, video game M. Bison:
movie's "Bison":
Just one example, video game M. Bison:
movie's "Bison":
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He walks between the raindrops.
Bullshit. Ewan McGregor made it work and Natlie Portman is actually pretty good in the films delivering that clunky dialogue. Hayden is just not a very good actor.
My Picks:
-Ever DCCU character besides Batfleck and Will Smith Deadshot.
-Domhnall Gleeson as General Hux.
-Marky Mark as Max Payne
-Malin Akerman as Silk Spectre
-Jennifer Lawrence as Mystique
-Forrest Whittaker as Saw Guerra, he didn't have much screen time but when he did it was HAM city.
I thought Gleeson did a great job. However the writing and direction in his speech (right before the firing of Starkiller) should have been WAY different. Ridiculously over the top.
I thought he was pretty good in Four Rooms.
I don't have any problems with his performance, but he's a general.. second only to Snoke in command of the entire First Order. Basically Tarkin's position from ANH. They should have gotten somebody who looks a little older than 23.
That's true, I didn't think of him being too young to be a general and hold that type of position. I guess that is a little strange.
Nikodemos
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Cera is too dweeby for the role. Scott Pilgrim is a cool, ever veering a bit into suave, assholish character, whereas Cera is bit too too outwardly nerdy.
Karl Urban as Bones was fine tho'.
I never bought Don Cheadle as War Machine. He really feels out of space. Too bad, he's a good actor, but miscast he is.
yeh this hurts.
The first had the perfect couple
Dynamite Shikoku
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has anyone made a donald trump as US president joke yet?
I think everyone in the First Order being very young is totally purposeful.
Jorok Goldblade
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The character description for Lex Luthor is "egotistical, xenophobic, power hungry billionaire. Was once the President" and their instinct was "I don't know- like a manic Mark Zuckerberg?"
Dynamite Shikoku
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He still sucks though
What the fuck were they thinking
Everything about Foggy is terrible. Just...The fucking worst. I really hope they kill him off.
His acting is horrendous.
Knuckle Sandwich
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Halle Berry as Storm
Hayden Christensen/Jake Loyd as Anakin
Ronda Rousey as woman who fights Michelle Rodriguez. If getting her face beaten in by Nunes didn't kill her acting career that performance should have.
Michael Chiklis.
Hayden Christensen/Jake Loyd as Anakin
Ronda Rousey as woman who fights Michelle Rodriguez. If getting her face beaten in by Nunes didn't kill her acting career that performance should have.
Michael Chiklis.
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