baileydash
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Post by baileydash on Jan 31, 2011 13:42:43 GMT -4
The thing I liked about the rebooted Batman franchise was that Christopher Nolan bothered to think out of the box. There was darkness and psychological complexity in his vision. Yet he hired Katie Holmes and Maggie Gylenhaal, neither of whom were any good as Batman's love interest. Is the term "bromance" used in Britain though? It's a fairly recent term here so I'd give him some slack if that slang term hadn't crossed the Pond yet. Jennifer Love Hewitt for Lois Lane. j/k! Katie WAS indeed bland. But due to the excellent casting done on his other flicks, I suspect that Katie was more the studio's idea than Nolan's. As for Maggie, aside from not being the most conventionally pretty actress around, I thought she was good in her role. And let's face it, tptb wouldn't have replaced Katie with Maggie G - a much stronger actress - if they hadn't been aware of their goof. Sorry, I can't cut Henry any slack on not knowing the meaning of bromance. Heck, he spent enough time in the U.S. to get a job waiting tables between gigs. Dude should know.
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baileydash
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Post by baileydash on Jan 31, 2011 13:47:27 GMT -4
hunter, I heard it was between Henry and Matthew Goode. I'm glad it wasn't Joe M. He can't act. Hamm...I'm not a Mad Men watcher, so I can't judge. Matthew Goode? I generally love British actors but that's one guy that I absolutely cannot stand. His character in Brideshead Revisted was one of the most revolting characters I've ever seen on screen. And I know revolting isn't what they were going for.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2011 13:48:48 GMT -4
I have no idea who this guy is but I feel sorry for him playing Superman. The role is a career killer. Brandon Routh? Christopher Reeve? Dean Cain? The guy from the 1950s TV show? They probably all wish/ed they'd done any other role but Supe.
There's a really good chance that in 5 years, we won't remember who this poor schmoe is.
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Post by Freelance Exorcist on Jan 31, 2011 14:20:40 GMT -4
I have no idea who this guy is but I feel sorry for him playing Superman. The role is a career killer. Brandon Routh? Christopher Reeve? Dean Cain? The guy from the 1950s TV show? They probably all wish/ed they'd done any other role but Supe. There's a really good chance that in 5 years, we won't remember who this poor schmoe is. Good point. Although I'd say that what really screwed Routh was that he's a terrible actor with no charisma. The "Superman Curse" might have had something to do with it, but the dude's just a hack. I don't know who would be right for Lois Lane or if any of the up and comers would even be interested. Just anyone but Kate Bosworth. She was the bad cosplay version of Lois Lane.
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Post by Peggy Lane on Jan 31, 2011 14:28:15 GMT -4
Routh was awful on One Life to Live. Like, noticeably terrible. He's one of the few actors I actually believe the casting couch BIS about because otherwise...why?
Cavill has certainly sought out a franchise to call his own. Batman hardly harmed CB's career, so maybe Cavill will escape the curse.
Although, for the love of god, they need to find a grown-up to play Lois Lane. If no A-lister wants it, Anna Paquin might be an interesting choice (and it would make her dye her hair back brown, which would be a win/win situation all around).
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baileydash
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Post by baileydash on Jan 31, 2011 16:03:51 GMT -4
I like the idea of Anna Paquin. And Lord knows she's not boring.
I wish there was a young actress around who has the dry sardonic wit of Sarah Gilbert.
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Post by OnyxRose on Jan 31, 2011 16:25:51 GMT -4
I have no idea who this guy is but I feel sorry for him playing Superman. The role is a career killer. Brandon Routh? Christopher Reeve? Dean Cain? The guy from the 1950s TV show? They probably all wish/ed they'd done any other role but Supe. There's a really good chance that in 5 years, we won't remember who this poor schmoe is. Good point. Although I'd say that what really screwed Routh was that he's a terrible actor with no charisma. The "Superman Curse" might have had something to do with it, but the dude's just a hack. I don't know who would be right for Lois Lane or if any of the up and comers would even be interested. Just anyone but Kate Bosworth. She was the bad cosplay version of Lois Lane. Even if the movie is atrocious, I think Henry will be alright. What did Routh in was the fact that he's a horrid actor. Dean Cain outside of Superman was just smarmy. Henry can always find a role in a British period piece or something.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2011 18:34:13 GMT -4
Cavill has certainly sought out a franchise to call his own. Batman hardly harmed CB's career, so maybe Cavill will escape the curse. Batman, as written, at least has shades of emotion and a dramatic character arc. There's quite a bit there for an actor to work with. Superman is a hunk of wood, super good in every way. He was a good child, a good teen, and a good man. He has no weaknesses. Supe faces bad stuff; Supe wins; The End. In the comic books, the writers had to give him 23 different kinds of kryptonite or fly him to other planets just so they could give him some weaknesses and less predictable plots. Maybe this movie won't suck, but that's what fans have been hoping with every single Superman movie since forever. And fans have always been disappointed. Supe's an icon but icons don't usually make for good movies. I agree that this Cavill person will be able to hightail it back to the UK when this goes bad, so he's got that going for him.
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Post by Matilda on Jan 31, 2011 19:18:53 GMT -4
He's gorgeous. I'll give him a break on not knowing what a bromance is because, tbh, if the internet didn't exist I probably wouldn't have known a couple of years ago either. The phrase is used more often over here now, but mostly in magazines or on entertainment shows, it's not really something that's entered everyday language yet.
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Post by Hamatron on Jan 31, 2011 21:05:42 GMT -4
Cavill has certainly sought out a franchise to call his own. Batman hardly harmed CB's career, so maybe Cavill will escape the curse. I think that's one of the big differences to Batman vs. Superman. With Batman flicks, they always cast a very established actor in the role. The closest thing they had to a newcomer was George Clooney, because up to that point he hadn't done much film. Christian Bale already had a career before Batman, and had Batman bombed he would still have one. With Superman, someone who is generally untested usually gets cast. It's sort of a risky move, but really? It's hard to think of an established actor who would work. Also, everything about the remake with Brandon Routh was wrong. Making the movie an extension of the '80s version was a horrible decision. Every single person was miscast. There was no plot. It's just mind-boggling how much they f-up.
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