regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Apr 12, 2009 16:13:53 GMT -4
$$ and increased fame, I bet. It's a pretty decent amount of change (supposedly) for a minimal amount of work. Also, most mainstream audiences aren't as familiar with him, so it'd definitely help his exposure. Who knows though? Maybe he's secretly a Twilight fan.
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Post by angelaudie on Apr 12, 2009 16:36:05 GMT -4
Hee. I could have sworn I read somewhere his daughter is a Twilight fan so maybe he took the role because of her.
Man, Dakota Fanning and Michael Sheen in this movie. It makes me wonder if the director is attempting to make a good movie out of this crap. If he bans Stephanie Meyer from the set he stands a decent chance of pulling it off.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Apr 12, 2009 17:22:42 GMT -4
I'm a little wary of Chris Weitz, because he had "The Golden Compass" - which was more or less good source material - and he made a mess of it even with the good actors. On the other hand, this IS Twilight. You can really go up.
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Post by huntergrayson on Apr 13, 2009 0:59:10 GMT -4
I thought Weitz's direction for TGC was fantastic, the studio just effed it over and cut too much out. I really really hope that the other movies get made somehow. Plus, he did do About a Boy which might be one of the best adaptations ever.
Topic: How many houseboats does Michael Sheen need? Seriously?!
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Post by susyhomewrecker on Apr 13, 2009 1:18:35 GMT -4
Plus, he did do About a Boy which might be one of the best adaptations ever. YES. That is possibly the only book-to-movie adaptation where I thought the movie was better. I guess that should bode well for New Moon, and I agree this pile of poo has nowhere to go but up...but my expectations are still extremely low. Is it just me, or did anyone else imagine the Volturi as being older than Michael Sheen's age? I could have sworn SMeyer described them as "ancient-looking" several times, but I didn't exactly read the books carefully, and that could have just been in reference to their powdery skin or whatever crap she came up with.
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regencydrama
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Post by regencydrama on Apr 13, 2009 4:05:37 GMT -4
Plus, he did do About a Boy which might be one of the best adaptations ever. YES. That is possibly the only book-to-movie adaptation where I thought the movie was better. I guess that should bode well for New Moon, and I agree this pile of poo has nowhere to go but up...but my expectations are still extremely low. Is it just me, or did anyone else imagine the Volturi as being older than Michael Sheen's age? I could have sworn SMeyer described them as "ancient-looking" several times, but I didn't exactly read the books carefully, and that could have just been in reference to their powdery skin or whatever crap she came up with. You're right. They're old, ancience and dotty. Personally, I'd rather have Sheen though, because it's just more eye candy for the movie. Hmmm. Good point, HunterGrayson. I keep blaming Weitz for TGC debacle, but it WAS the studio's fault for cutting out the original ending because it wasn't happy enough.
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Post by bitca on Apr 13, 2009 11:14:48 GMT -4
Is it just me, or did anyone else imagine the Volturi as being older than Michael Sheen's age? I could have sworn SMeyer described them as "ancient-looking" several times, but I didn't exactly read the books carefully, and that could have just been in reference to their powdery skin or whatever crap she came up with. I think they had "paper-thin skin," as well. Then they were supposed to look very young. Or maybe just Alec and Jane were supposed to look super young and Aro was old. I don't even know. It's been four months since I read those books and clearly I didn't pay attention very well.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 14, 2009 20:34:57 GMT -4
I saw this movie on my flight home from Vancouver the day before yesterday and, for real, I wanted to walk out.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 18, 2009 3:42:24 GMT -4
So many have referred to this movie as being "so bad it's good" that I'm thinking odds are I could have great time LMFAO at it. On the other hand, I've also seen alot of comments describing it as kinda boring and lame.
So, I'm torn about whether I wanna bother trying to get a look at it for free somewhere.
The few clips I've seen had me smirking and rolling my eyes which means I could go either way in my reactions to the movie as a whole.
Decisions, decisions...
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Post by bitca on Apr 18, 2009 21:13:22 GMT -4
Get it out of one of the $1 DVD rental red boxes.
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