Van Dyke blamed his voice coach.
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Originally posted by Sits View Post
Likewise, Don Cheadle's cockney in Ocean's 11 isn't good and he knew it, but they wouldn't let him improve it for the sequels, reportedly, because they wanted it to stay consistent, reportedly.
I think they just looked at the cast they just really wanted the best Black actor they could get - since the rest of the crew were white except for Bernie Mac (RIP) - and they wanted the bomb guy to be cockney and somehow they settled on making them the same guy.
These days, I think there are more BIPOC actors with enough name recognition that they could have an even more diverse crew and could find one who could do the accent. Like, you know, maybe an actor from London. There are a few.
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Originally posted by Gangster Octopus View PostMarlon Brando in Guys And Dolls. Just not up to it.Last edited by Nefertiti2; 18-02-2021, 21:42.
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Originally posted by ChrisJ View Post
I like Craig in most things he's done, but the only reason that wasn't the most pointless, bloodless Hollywood remake of a Scandi film this century, is because Let Me In set the bar impossibly high.
And it had Christopher Plummer
And music by Trent Reznor
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- Mar 2008
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- Tyne 'n' Wear (emphasis on the 'n')
- Dundee Utd, Gladbach, Atleti, Napoli, New Orleans Saints, Elgin City
The US remake of Dragon Tattoo was the exception that proves the rule as far as 'pointless' remaking goes:
- it wasn't a made-for-tv drama shoehorned into feature film form
- Craig was believable as a man with two love interests
- Rooney Mara was very good
- Fincher went to town in one or two sequences and I genuinely felt it had been worth seeing again/done differently
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Originally posted by Snake Plissken View PostThe recent SMERSHPod is on Batman Forever and talking about how utterly unsuited Tommy Lee Jones is to playing the Joker. Well, it says Two-Face in the credits, but he's definitely trying to play the Joker.
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Wow. Really? There's scope for a 'rate the Batman films from worst to best' thread there (the best is Batman Begins, by the way).
Anyway. back to GWTDT. Much as I love Daniel Craig as an actor, the remake's only reason to exist was to indulge those too idle to read the subtitles on the Swedish version, which is far superior. The US version was just... well, it was OK if you haven't seen the original. Wasn't English language dubbing available on the Swedish language DVD? I get the thing about Nyqvist being a less obvious object of desire than Craig, but maybe the Swedes are less into appearances... it's the beauty inside that counts, man.
Personally I preferred Let Me In. Although it wasn't even close to matching Let The Right One In, at least it wasn't a virtual frame by frame reconstruction in English, so the Craig GWTDT takes the worst Scandi cover title for me.
Tack.
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Originally posted by 1974ddr View PostWow. Really? There's scope for a 'rate the Batman films from worst to best' thread there (the best is Batman Begins, by the way).
Anyway. back to GWTDT. Much as I love Daniel Craig as an actor, the remake's only reason to exist was to indulge those too idle to read the subtitles on the Swedish version, which is far superior. The US version was just... well, it was OK if you haven't seen the original. Wasn't English language dubbing available on the Swedish language DVD? I get the thing about Nyqvist being a less obvious object of desire than Craig, but maybe the Swedes are less into appearances... it's the beauty inside that counts, man.
Personally I preferred Let Me In. Although it wasn't even close to matching Let The Right One In, at least it wasn't a virtual frame by frame reconstruction in English, so the Craig GWTDT takes the worst Scandi cover title for me.
Tack.
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