Some Movie Talk
Memoirs of a Geisha - I actually really have been wanting to read this book, and I'm almost certain that I'm going to get to it now before this movie comes out. Why? Because it looks like a piece of crap! A. PIECE. OF. CRAP. Not even the sheer greatness of Zhang Ziyi, Ken Watanabe, and Michelle Yeoh can change that. Since that douche bag director
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Zhang Ziyi was in Rush Hour 2 because she's friends with Jackie Chan. He asked her to be in it with him. And she hasn't gone on to do other crappy movies since then, has she? No. In fact, I don't think she's been in a single bad movie since then.
Don't tell me you think Ken Watanabe being in Batman Begins was a bad thing. Doesn't matter if the role was only 10 minutes long, it was one worth taking. And he never even would have been offered the role if not for The Last Samurai. Being in the Batman movie didn't lessen his Hollywood value or his chances of landing a quality role in the US in the future. If anything, it increased his chances.
Michelle Yeoh was in the James Bond movie BEFORE Crouching Tiger... And even though it was a Bond movie, it was NOT a bad career choice. It certainly hasn't led to her being stuck with crappy movies since then, either.
The point is, I don't see why the added exposure, especially in a movie destined to be a critical success if not a box office one, could be bad. Making their names known only means MORE opportunity. MORE chances to be in decent movies. It's when the names are relatively unknown in the US that the actors get stuck in crappy movies. See Chow Yun Fat. If his first American movie had been an Oscar contender type movie, I guarantee his career would have gone differently here in the US.
I'm just saying.
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The second Zhang Ziyi is in something retarded, expect something similar to the Astonishing X- Men #4 debacle a year ago. Same goes for Watanabe.
Ken Watanabe should work with Fincher.
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HAHA. Deal.
Fincher should work with Watanabe. Get off his ass and do a fucking movie again.
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