It Would Have Worked ...
So a couple weeks ago I read that Robert Rodriguez was going to direct the remake of the movie Barbarella, which would star his new girlfriend Rose Mcgowan. Now,naturally I was really excited at this paring. Barbarella requires an oxymoron of control and over-the-top from the director, something which Rodriguez excels at. Look at Planet Terror,From Dusk 'til Dawn, and Sin City if you need any proof of that. Rose Mcgowan is never going to be seen standing at a podium accepting an Oscar,however within a certain genre she works very well. That genre happens to be over-the-top fantasy/sci-fi realm. Planet Terror and Charmed(their was a marathon on and I was bored) are both prime examples.
Now today I come home from my class and find that my world has come to an end. Universal,who were budgeting the flick,decided to drop the film. And what was their excellent reasoning? They felt that Mcgowan could not carry a film and wanted the Rodgriguez to cast a bigger name like Jessica Alba or Halle Berry.
Wow.Just Wow. This is why I hate Hollywood so much some time. Halle Berry is the Marisa Tomei of our era. If you don't get that reference,Tomei won an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny. Read that sentence again and consider what a weak year it must have been for her to take the prize. Also take a look at the rest of her movies(except that one with Christian Slater as the guy with a baboon heart,gets me every time) and you can see why she's seen as a fluke. Now look at Halle Berry. Was she great in Monster's Ball? No question. But the rest of her career has been spotty at best. Add into that the fact that she has never done well in the sci-fi realm, and that includes X-men, and I see nothing but disaster.
Jessica Alba on the surface seems very similar to Mcgowan. They're both hot women who do fairly well in the genre.However Alba has always traded more on her looks than her acting ability, although she has fairly good timing for physical comedy. Mcgowan reminds me a lot of an Elvira like character which works a cheesy movie like Barbarella.
Rodriguez has claimed that the real reason the studio dropped the film was budget concerns, but I think he's being nice on this one. Barbarella should be an over-the-top romp. Instead it'll probably be the second coming of Doom. I hate you Hollywood, you are made completely of fail.
Now today I come home from my class and find that my world has come to an end. Universal,who were budgeting the flick,decided to drop the film. And what was their excellent reasoning? They felt that Mcgowan could not carry a film and wanted the Rodgriguez to cast a bigger name like Jessica Alba or Halle Berry.
Wow.Just Wow. This is why I hate Hollywood so much some time. Halle Berry is the Marisa Tomei of our era. If you don't get that reference,Tomei won an Oscar for My Cousin Vinny. Read that sentence again and consider what a weak year it must have been for her to take the prize. Also take a look at the rest of her movies(except that one with Christian Slater as the guy with a baboon heart,gets me every time) and you can see why she's seen as a fluke. Now look at Halle Berry. Was she great in Monster's Ball? No question. But the rest of her career has been spotty at best. Add into that the fact that she has never done well in the sci-fi realm, and that includes X-men, and I see nothing but disaster.
Jessica Alba on the surface seems very similar to Mcgowan. They're both hot women who do fairly well in the genre.However Alba has always traded more on her looks than her acting ability, although she has fairly good timing for physical comedy. Mcgowan reminds me a lot of an Elvira like character which works a cheesy movie like Barbarella.
Rodriguez has claimed that the real reason the studio dropped the film was budget concerns, but I think he's being nice on this one. Barbarella should be an over-the-top romp. Instead it'll probably be the second coming of Doom. I hate you Hollywood, you are made completely of fail.