August 14, 20187 yr We would have lost so much pop culture if Pacino hadn’t played Scarface. Or maybe we would have gained a better film? I don’t know - just seems like he is Scarface in my eyes.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
August 14, 20187 yr People mentioned The Office in the perfect casting thread. And the original cast was great. But the later characters in the years after Michael Scott left were just awful casting with bad writing thrown in and the show was unwatchable by the end.
August 14, 20187 yr On 8/7/2018 at 3:54 PM, MAROON said: how has this not been posted yet? See post #32 above. Godfather III was never going to come close to I and II, but casting her just made it that much worse.
August 14, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said: See post #32 above. Godfather III was never going to come close to I and II, but casting her just made it that much worse. We really just need to ignore that POS, should have never been made movie. Bad casting was the least of its issues.
August 14, 20187 yr 22 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said: We really just need to ignore that POS, should have never been made movie. Bad casting was the least of its issues. I have tried to do that, but just when I think I'm out, the dreadful casting of Sofia Coppola pulls me back in.
August 14, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said: I have tried to do that, but just when I think I'm out, the dreadful casting of Sofia Coppola pulls me back in. Well played ...
August 14, 20187 yr 26 minutes ago, Carl Spackler said: I have tried to do that, but just when I think I'm out, the dreadful casting of Sofia Coppola pulls me back in. There’s another thread on here where about 1/3 of the mongoloids posting would have zero idea of what you’re speaking
August 14, 20187 yr That aside, Cruise as Reacher gets my vote. There’s a scene in Reacher where he’s outnumbered like 5 to 1 and Reacher calmly explains whats about to happen to them. They all just laugh.If dude was huge and imposing, they would not be laughing. The scene would make less sense. It’d be also harder for him to blend in during the escape scene.Have no idea about the comic book, but the movie was written and filmed for Tom Cruise. Cant be the worst casting because it was a decent movie and he’s the title character.I’m guessing the Reacher character in the comic would intimidate people but people would underestimate his intelligence. If that’s the case, then we’re talking about a completely different character and movie.
August 14, 20187 yr 37 minutes ago, Eskimohorn said: There’s a scene in Reacher where he’s outnumbered like 5 to 1 and Reacher calmly explains whats about to happen to them. They all just laugh. If dude was huge and imposing, they would not be laughing. The scene would make less sense. It’d be also harder for him to blend in during the escape scene. Have no idea about the comic book, but the movie was written and filmed for Tom Cruise. Cant be the worst casting because it was a decent movie and he’s the title character. I’m guessing the Reacher character in the comic would intimidate people but people would underestimate his intelligence. If that’s the case, then we’re talking about a completely different character and movie. Yeah he plays it like he's just a regular Joe, so props for that. I'm not much of a Cruise fan, but he's OK in this (Reading the book may change my opinion) The scene you reference definitely is better than if it was some behemoth of a man.
August 14, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Carl Spackler said: I have tried to do that, but just when I think I'm out, the dreadful casting of Sofia Coppola pulls me back in. So, she's the Jar Jar Binks of The Godfather series?
August 15, 20187 yr 26 minutes ago, BurntEyes said: No, she is the Ewok of the God Father series. When the Ewoks appeared in Star Wars, I disappeared right out of the theater.
August 15, 20187 yr 19 minutes ago, BurntEyes said: I wish I had done that with GF III and it's Ewok. haaaaaarsh.......
August 15, 20187 yr Not a comic book. Actual real books, a series of them, and damn good ones. Pick one up, read it and then come tell me cruise was well cast. You don't adapt a book series for the screen and modify it to fit a specific actor, which is exactly what they did. Casting Cruise changed, completely, who Reacher was as a character by mandate. That is, shittastic casting, whether you liked the movie or not.Regardless of it being a book, this is about “Movie” casting. A movie is a story or event recorded by a camera as a set of moving images and shown in a theater or on television; a motion picture.You may start a new thread about worst movie adaptions of books and characters in those books. As presented on screen, Cruise was fine.
August 15, 20187 yr Tobey Maguire in Spider Man.* *And by Spider Man, I mean pretty much all his movies.
August 15, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, BurntEyes said: The movie was an adaptation of a book series. Idris Elba playing General Lee in a historical fiction would be shitty casting, despite the fact that he probably do a great acting job. Cruise as Reacher is too. It's clear you're incapable of grasping that reality and reading a book apparently. It is relevant to this thread, you saying it isn't, doesn't make it so. This ^
August 15, 20187 yr The movie was an adaptation of a book series. Idris Elba playing General Lee in a historical fiction would be shitty casting, despite the fact that he probably do a great acting job. Cruise as Reacher is too. It's clear you're incapable of grasping that reality and reading a book apparently. It is relevant to this thread, you saying it isn't, doesn't make it so. Jack Reacher is not a real person (Like General Lee). While you may be pissed with the casting of a movie you imagined based on your reading, this is a thread about moving picture casting. You’re pissed about how they adapted the book into film with a midget playing the lead role and changes to the size of the actor. Good, start a bookfag thread. Besides the size (or other superficial physical characteristics), how was Reacher miscast? If it was THE worst casting, how did the movie not bomb if the lead actor and title character was horribly miscast? For 99% of people who did not read this book, why would they care? In what world should people be forced to view the source material to enjoy a movie?
August 15, 20187 yr Wow, you seem mad. Are you the dude that suggested Ray Stevenson for the part the last time this debate heated up? Edited August 15, 20187 yr by aggie08
August 15, 20187 yr Movie casting. Serious business.Books are serious business. Apparently watching a movie is not enough to form an opinion. You have to educate yourself on the source material and insider news.Tom Cruise as Jack Reacher was an uninspired casting choice, that for business reasons was made to make it a big budget movie. Worst casting ever? Hardly. It’s a m’eh.
August 15, 20187 yr Tom Cruise bought the rights to Jack Reacher so I dont think there was much casting for the part.
August 15, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, butthurt said: Tom Cruise bought the rights to Jack Reacher so I dont think there was much casting for the part. or acting......
August 16, 20187 yr I’ve just been reading and now watching the Reacher series. Tom Cruise’s casting is among the worst I’ve ever seen. just wrong. Someone should be shot for making that decision.
August 16, 20187 yr On 8/15/2018 at 2:21 PM, Underdog said: Pretty much the entire cast for The Meg sans JS. her acting was irrelevant to the casting. Edited August 16, 20187 yr by futureman
August 17, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, futureman said: her acting was irrelevant to the casting. Paul Giamatti could’ve played her better.
August 17, 20187 yr 2 hours ago, Underdog said: Paul Giamatti could’ve played her better. of course he could have played the character better, but I don’t buy statham as a homo. and fuck acting, I could watch bingbing peel potatoes.
August 17, 20187 yr So all these book snobs want a 6'5" actor to play Reacher. Pretty much they all really want The Rock. Sorry, you can't have The Rock. But you can have one of these 6'5" actors to play Jack Reacher: Tyler Perry, Sinbad, Armie Hammer, Dolph Lundgren, Vince Vaughn, Tim Robbins, or Craig Kilborn. Suddenly Tom Cruse doesn't seem like such a bad casting decision. Edited August 17, 20187 yr by 0xdeadbeef
August 17, 20187 yr 1 hour ago, 0xdeadbeef said: So all these book snobs want a 6'5" actor to play Reacher. Pretty much they all really want The Rock. Sorry, you can't have The Rock. But you can have one of these 6'5" actors to play Jack Reacher: Tyler Perry, Sinbad, Armie Hammer, Dolph Lundgren, Vince Vaughn, Tim Robbins, or Craig Kilborn. Suddenly Tom Cruse doesn't seem like such a bad casting decision. actor doesn’t really have to be 6’5”... just not 5’5”. there are plenty of 6’+ actors that could do it.
August 17, 20187 yr On 8/14/2018 at 7:51 PM, Onboard 2.0 said: When the Ewoks appeared in Star Wars, I disappeared right out of the theater. If by Ewoks you mean Muppets then I agree with you.
August 17, 20187 yr Did I just click on this thread to find people defending Tom Cruise as Reacher??? Having read all the books, it was horrrrible casting. Terrible. Yes, I'll take Dolph over Tom.
August 17, 20187 yr 20 minutes ago, texasdago said: Did I just click on this thread to find people defending Tom Cruise as Reacher??? Having read all the books, it was horrrrible casting. Terrible. Yes, I'll take Dolph over Tom. Enjoy your straight-to-DVD movie.
August 17, 20187 yr 44 minutes ago, aggie08 said: Enjoy your straight-to-DVD movie. I'm watching the deleted scenes on Blu-Ray
August 17, 20187 yr On 8/10/2018 at 4:39 PM, Moby Ric said: Ok, I give another pass on Bull Durham. But it's more like a Baker Mayfield situation to me where he looks good because he is surrounded by talent. wyatt earp would like a word with you
August 17, 20187 yr 43 minutes ago, mr.goodkat said: wyatt earp would like a word with you Kurt Russel was a better Wyatt Earp.
August 17, 20187 yr 21 hours ago, futureman said: of course he could have played the character better, but I don’t buy statham as a homo. and fuck acting, I could watch bingbing peel potatoes. No. I was saying PG could've played bingbing better than bingbing.
August 18, 20187 yr I don’t know if posted, but I really didn’t care for Finn Wittlock cast as Freddie Steinmark. He didn’t look at all like Freddie. That movie had so many problems overall. For $20 million I think they could have done a much better film. Just my opinion. I’ve seen better films with smaller budgets and better scripts. Edited August 18, 20187 yr by Brandywine
August 18, 20187 yr This thread begins and ends with John Wayne as Genghis Khan in The Conqueror. Did he owe somebody money?
August 18, 20187 yr 5 hours ago, Underdog said: No. I was saying PG could've played bingbing better than bingbing. now you’re just being difficult.
August 18, 20187 yr 18 hours ago, mr.goodkat said: wyatt earp would like a word with you Kurt Russell just lol'd.
August 18, 20187 yr He was not Costner as Wyatt Earp was pretty wooden in a pretty boring movie over 3 hours long.
August 18, 20187 yr Author It was a boring movie (but better once he got his 'stache.) But Costner made a better Earp.
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