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glipe

I love movies!

Nov 19, 2007 13:56

Most of you probably think of me as pretty geeky and, frankly, I can't blame you. But I've never felt like that really summed me up properly. I'm way too sociable to be a proper geek, spend too much of my time reading to be considered a hardcore gamer and watch more movies than most people watch hours of TV. I've never quite known what pigeon- ( Read more... )

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calmllama November 20 2007, 11:53:58 UTC

I'm looking forward to some of those movies. However after the shit-tip that was 'Stardust' I'm more than a little jaded about 'The Golden Compass' (plus it's got that bint Kidman in it). As for Beowulf, I love the poem and the film just looks, well, wrong. The CGI they've done looks awful. I was quite excited about it and then I started seeing screen shots and it just looks dreadful ( ... )

glipe November 20 2007, 13:11:06 UTC

I've seen Beowulf and Grendel and, though I liked it, I could see why it got bad reviews. While the dialogue and characterisation were both good, I never felt like it went where it should have gone. It was a film of great moments, not an overall good movie ( ... )

calmllama November 20 2007, 13:40:09 UTC

Nicole Kidman is definitely wrong for the part (what happened to the BLACK hair?!?) and I don't think Daniel Craig is right for Lord Asriel either. If I had a time machine I would go back and cast Jeremy Irons in that role, but Jeremy Irons how he looked in the early 90's.

Then I would continue the quest and cast Myrna Loy as Mrs Coulter.

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glipe November 20 2007, 13:55:10 UTC

NO!! Yes to Myrna Loy, though once again it's just casting on the ability to give the "cold" look rather than actually personifying Mrs Coulter. But not Jeremy Irons. Not at any point in his career! I love Jeremy Irons but Asriel is, like Coulter, a very attractive person but unlike Irons there is always be something savage about him. He is the contained heat in comparison to Mrs Coulter's icy attraction.

I think the military style that Craig brings to the role is ideal and the intensity of the eyes is just right. How he'll deal with working through such a demanding character is another thing but I think his casting is one of the better parts of the movie.

calmllama November 20 2007, 13:57:11 UTC

We'll just have to agree to disagree! I think Daniel Craig is dead wrong. We'll just have to go see it and then spit bile afterwards!

glipe November 20 2007, 14:06:55 UTC

Lol, indeed! I already hate movie Lyra so I know I'm going to have problems with seeing it. Bile ducts at the ready!! ;)

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