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Warner Brothers set to make new Akira
tomselleck69:
--- Quote from: Ozymandias on 22 Feb 2008, 10:26 ---You're a bad man.
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What I am is bad at being a bad man. In retrospect, my post doesn't quite cut to the core of the despicable, soulless Hollywood remake trend as I had hoped it would---because goddamnit now I want to see Michael Cera as Tetsuo and all the supporting characters as sassy black ladies. I didn't realize it but I pretty much wrote out the cast of my dream movie.
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 22 Feb 2008, 12:16 ---I think you're mixing up the difference between "need to watch it more than once" and "is enjoyable upon repeated viewings."
There is no upside to a movie being so inpenetrable that you either need to watch it repeatedly or delve into another source material to enjoy. That is, bluntly speaking, the mark of a shitty movie.
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Hallelujah! I think there are grey areas accommodating movies that, if not completely clear the first time around, are at least entertaining, and the re-watching is not so much a chore as an extension of the entertainment. Something like Memento, maybe. But yeah, if enjoying something is contingent upon thoroughly decoding it... well, fuck that shit.
Alex C:
Actually, as far as th
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 22 Feb 2008, 09:31 ---Wow, this project's moving along fast! They just released the cast list:
Kaneda - Laurence Oliviertm (CG-composited from unused footage from Spartacus, Marathon Man and The Boys From Brazil)
Tetsuo - Michael Cera
Kei - Judi Dench
Ryu - Martin Lawrence
The Colonel - Andre 3000
The Doctor - Mike Myers (highland scottish accent)
Akira - Mike Myers (glasgow accent + fat suit)
Old Kid #25 - Whoopi Goldberg
Old Kid #26 - Bobcat Goldthwait
Old Kid #27 - Tom Sizemore
Bartender - Ryan Reynolds (with CG abs)
Yama - Mo'Nique
Kai - Queen Latifah
Joel Silver is attached as producer (he says Alan Moore loves the script!!!) and Paul W.S. Anderson will be directing.
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WTF? Michael Cera? They couldn't go the extra mile and get Shia LaBeouf!?
0bsessions:
--- Quote from: tomselleck69 on 22 Feb 2008, 15:39 ---Hallelujah! I think there are grey areas accommodating movies that, if not completely clear the first time around, are at least entertaining, and the re-watching is not so much a chore as an extension of the entertainment. Something like Memento, maybe. But yeah, if enjoying something is contingent upon thoroughly decoding it... well, fuck that shit.
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Precisely. A movie shouldn't require multiple viewings to get one's value out of it. If I rent a 2 1/2 hour movie, I want to invest 2 1/2 hours into it, not 5 to 7 1/2 hours. If I want something that requires a deep and analytical process, I will read a book. I don't mind being made to think, but watching a movie shouldn't feel like work.
BootsyMarie:
--- Quote from: 0bsessions on 22 Feb 2008, 13:24 ---
--- Quote from: BootsyMarie on 22 Feb 2008, 12:45 ---...Or you just didn't understand.
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Apparently, neither did you...
--- Quote from: BootsyMarie on 22 Feb 2008, 11:19 ---Plus, it takes a few watches to completely understand.
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Yeah. I still think it was amazing. I just hate it when people write stuff off as shit because they didn't understand it.
0bsessions:
I didn't write it off as shit because I didn't understand it. I've sat through it on three separate occasions at the urging of friends who liked it. I still thought it was overrated shit. Now, care to keep your presumptions to yourself and just take me at my word that I did not care for the film?
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