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Its time for Russell Crowe to explore television.
Jared Harris is a truly gifted actor and I’ve liked him since “Blue in the Face” and “Smoke.” I just think someone should’ve been more judicious about very publicly stating that they were going after Daniel Day Lewis as now it can’t help but look like they’re “settling” on Harris. His performance might run circles around anything Lewis would’ve done, but it’s a hard thing to be compared to – “the performance that never was.”
I love how the author insults Jared Harris. The author writes “Rumors were the studio was looking to star cast for the role…” BUT it will be Harris. He might not be an A-lister, but that was a bit of a slap in the face. The guy is a fantastic actor. Believable in everything he does. Maybe we should stop being so high-school here.
I can’t see how a feature film version of The Equalizer can possibly work. The original underlying concept — man seeks to atone for his past sins by doing small good deeds — is exactly the right shape for episodic TV and exactly the wrong shape for the big screen. It isn’t even a question of action film vs. character film. It’s that the drama inherent in the concept derives from a long series of small character moments, and feature films — even character-driven films as opposed to action movies — are not well-suited to deliver that kind of story structure.
I’m surprised Levine keeps getting work. He must be bouncing off the walls in meetings unless he has kicked his substances. Mandy Lane is unwatchable.
I sure hope Noomi Rapace can speak English, otherwise the audience won’t buy her character. It would be like Li Gong playing Collin Farrel’s love interest in Miami Vice (Gong has never spoken english) Her performance was absolutely laughable. Leave it to Michael Mann to be so smug, as to put her in the movie to show that Cuba has a small but thriving asian population.
“His performance might run circles around anything Lewis would’ve done”
Yeah, sure… I like Jared Harris quite a bit, but do you really think he’s in DDL’s league?
And yes, “Hopefully”, Noomi does speak English.
Really… Levine is a fine director. Mandy Lane wasn’t even his cut… he got the job out of film school and they didn’t think that it’d make any money so they recut it hoping that it’d get great horror DVD sales.
Wackness is one of the better features of Sundance history. Great performances, cinematography, and good story for a relatively low budget.
I’m With Cancer supposedly hits every note needed as well.
Jonathan, stop spamming the board.
“Wackness is one of the better features of Sundance history.”
Please. Look at the reviews. No one went to see your movie, because it wasn’t very good.
Very disappointed with the casting of Moriarty. Daniel Day-Lewis would have been genius. He would have been perfect opposite Robert Downey, Jr. both in terms of acting skills and physicality. Folks keep saying Jared Harris is a good actor, which I agree with, but that does not mean he is right for the part. Sean Penn is a genius actor, but I could not see him playing Moriarty. Too bad about not getting Daniel Day-Lewis. That would have made the movie “must see” for me. Still, at least Stephen Fry is in it. That is something to look forward to.
Apparently “I’m With Cancer” changed titles and nobody noticed. It’s called “Live With It” now. Maybe they didn’t want people to know what it’s about…