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Rhapsody
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| dolarabee wrote: | | NancyBrooke wrote: | | Rhapsody wrote: | | Hmmm but well, the way Gladiator was filmed just has something. |
Yes, Russell Crowe!   |
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You're right, Rhaps; Gladiator definitely has something and it's not just Crowe. Maybe it's exactly what King Arthur lacked... |
I don't know, I have this standard build in device that no matter who tries to bring the Arthurian myth to the screen, it's going to lack *somewhere*. Maybe that is it for me, it wasn't as bad as I expected. By the way, this is something I told myself at special request of my husband because when I saw First Knight in the theatre, he almost walked away during the movies because, well it upset me.
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Dunno about Nancy but, no, I didn't. Don't get me wrong. I liked the movie enough to see it once or twice on the big screen and then buy it on DVD (extended, unrated, with all the bells and whistles). Stevenson rules and he did for me way before Rome - and I thank King Arthur for that. And I'm also an immense Clive Owen fan. Despite all the good things going for that movie (cast - Owen, Stevenson, Winstone, Gruffudd, Mikkelsen, Skarsgård, Edgerton - and all), it still lacks something - heart, soul, I don't know. |
I don't know either, but I never saw this movie in the theatre and saw the directors cut at home. And I didn't had high expectations so maybe that makes a difference? It was the first movie I saw with Clive Owen and now when I see his name mentioned, I tend to want to watch it.
| dolarabee wrote: | | NancyBrooke wrote: | | Are there any women directors out there you would recommend? |
Hmm... Jane Campion? Niky Caro (Whale Rider)? Karyn Kusama (Æon Flux) maybe? |
Jane Campion! That is a good director!
| dolarabee wrote: | | Rhapsody wrote: | | when I look at this fairly recent image: It's... no, sorry. It doesn't rock my boat. |
LMAO and I can see why. You know what? I tend to forget that these folks age too. But talking of immortality, a young Spring chicken for the part wouldn't do either. That's what I liked about Elrond, Galadriel and Celeborn. The casting was perfect in that respect. They looked 'ageless'. |
I know, I like Bowie, but maybe 10 years ago it would have worked.
| Ottis413 wrote: | | To get the causal fan to come back and watch The Hobbit, I think they'll at the least need to get Ian Holm, Ian McKellen, and Hugo Weaving to reprise their roles. And Andy Serkis is almost a must for Gollum, even if he is CGI.... |
Oh I completely agree!
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My wife just suggested Antonio Banderas for the Thranduil role.....  |
*Guh*
If not for Thranduil, for Bard or Beorn... 
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vladazhael
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:04 am Post subject: |
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| Rhapsody wrote: | | dolarabee wrote: | | Rhapsody wrote: | | when I look at this fairly recent image: It's... no, sorry. It doesn't rock my boat. |
LMAO and I can see why. You know what? I tend to forget that these folks age too. But talking of immortality, a young Spring chicken for the part wouldn't do either. That's what I liked about Elrond, Galadriel and Celeborn. The casting was perfect in that respect. They looked 'ageless'. |
I know, I like Bowie, but maybe 10 years ago it would have worked. |
Yeah, as much as I'd like to see him in the movie, I have to agree.
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NancyBrooke
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| Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 11:32 am Post subject: |
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| Rhapsody wrote: | | A big yes to a Bard however would be Christian Bale or Eric Bana. |
I'd be quite happy with either one of those castings.
How about Brendan Gleeson as Beorn, or Thorin (giving CGI miniturization a la Gimli).
I'm all for reprisals, e.g. Ian Holm, Ian McKellan, and Hugo Weaving. I don't know about Thranduil ... I always thought the Elves in LOTR looked too young, but that's me. I always thought Catherine Deneuve would make a good Galadriel ...
Let's see, who is in the necessary cast list?
Bilbo
Gollum
Gandalf
All the Dwarves
Thranduil
Dain
Bard
The head goblin what's-his-name
The mayor of Laketown
Anyone else?
I wonder if they might not cut Beorn out ... it is sort of a removable episode but that he turns the tide of the Battle in the end.
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Sirannon
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| Nancy Brooke wrote: | Ugh! (sorry ...) everything he does, it seems to me, is so overtly freudian *shiver*. He is good at the stunning visuals; it's just what he chooses to visualize that bothers me ...
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I agree that too much Freud is not of the good. Then again I don't think the source material allows for much of that kind.
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I haven't see it suggested yet, but how about the director of King Arthur, Antoine Fuqua?
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Yeah, if he would just cut down on the endless sermonizing on freedom TM@ and free will.
And what about Hugh Jackman as Beorn?
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ghettoelleth
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| dolarabee wrote: | Oh, and G, Vin Diesel as Bilbo and Shatner as Thranduil, I'm there in a flash.  |
But you KNOW what will happen, Do, it happens in every single damn Vin Diesel movie except the pacifer, and it damn near happened there, "Those aren't boobs, Lulu" LMAO
He'll end up chained up, tied up, tie wrapped up, hand cuffed up, or superglued up to something, stripped to the waste, and they'll beat the crap out of him while he does that thing he does, that stoic, eyerolley thingy, like dammit, hit me again and I'll eat your face off, look that he does in Pitch Black, XXX, the sequel to Pitch Black, which by the grace of god, I have forgotten the name of. Okay, I'm like so totally ready to see Vin Diesel as Bilbo now. hehe
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vladazhael
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It's 'Chronicles of Riddick', G. I can actually see the banner at the top of the page while I'm typing this (mmmmm gothed-up Karl Urban).
And don't forget 'The Fast and the Furious', where that whole stoic getting beat up thing kinda happened, but in a car (mmmmm shiny black Charger with a roll cage).
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ghettoelleth
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Oh yeah, Chronicles of Riddick
Has anyone ever seen The Tillamook Treasure? I love the way that was told, and visually, it was really stunning, maybe with a bigger budget, Jane Beaumont Hall could pull it off. Not a lot of CGI in that one though, but a really cool fantasy.
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