Because in the books “You Only Live Twice” is the “sequel” to “OHMSS”. All I’m saying is they should have made the films in the right order. OHMSS was a film which required more acting, and probably would have suited Connery (who they say wanted to leave Bond because he wanted more challenging roles) while YOLT was more bangs, flashes and ninjas and stuff, and possibly would have been less of a strain on the abilities of the inexperienced Lazenby - plus a big budget spectacular to introduce the new actor, rather than a slightly introspective character study.
And it would have resolved the ridculous point plot of Bond trying to disguise himself from Blofeld with a pair of glasses, is all I’m saying.
But it may have meant us losing the best one-liner ever in a Bond Film - “that never happened to the other fella!”
Why not? Our modern concept of what a Spaniard looks like is very different from the way a Roman citizen living in ancient Hispania would look. There might be some Phoenician blood in the mix (depending on the region), but there’s at least a good chance that such a man would be entirely decended from Iberian Celts.
I actually thought this made sense, or at least I didn’t question it. The entire movie has a very uncomfortable fascist/Nazi vibe, and a lot of Nazis fled to Argentina after World War II. You’d be surprised how many South Americans even today have blond hair and blue eyes.
But then again, I love Starship Troopers (the movie), and have no interest in reading the book.
Hook was on the tube the other night. Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell is absolutely the worst miscasting I’ve ever seen. Since this was my son’s favorite movie when he was little, I had to watch her over and over and over, to the detriment of my tooth enamel.
Thank Og for Dustin Hoffman and Bob Hoskins, who were perfect.
A close second, which was not in a movie, was a performance of Turandot in Houston a year or two ago. Turandot is supposed to be beautiful. Unfortunately, the soprano who was to play her got sick, and they had to fly in a replacement. I assume they used a C-47. Absolutely the largest woman I’ve ever seen. She nearly crushed the tenor (okay, I’m making that up). She could sing, though.
Yeah, I know that South America has its own complex nationalities, but it’s still primarily Spanish and Indian ancestry, reflected in the people, the architecture, the culture, etc. The people and architecture in the movie ST looked as if they picked it up from the future USA and dumped it there.
Verhoeven clearly was going for a Nazi vibe, I’ll admit, but doing that by changing the population of a city is a bit much . (And, I still have to point out, it’s wholly alien to the book, which is another reason I dislike the film.)
I felt that Michael Keaton was a poor choice for the first Batman movie. Since this was supposedly based on the “Dark Knight” version of Batman, the right choice should have been Brian Dennehey.
I completely agree. He stood out like a sore thumb. I don’t hate the guy either and along with the Matrix, I thought he was pretty good for the role of Constantine.
On both the Gladiator and 13th Warrior: neither character is neccessarily from that particular region. Both Roman Spain and the various Arab states were none too picky about ethnicity. Either character could have come from anywhere. So it’s not much of miscasting.
Every single person in the Hollywood Godzilla was miscast.
And the reporter/scientist’s girlfriend was the worst.
Was she supposed to be a sympathetic character? A schemer? A bitch? A loser?
Who can say? Not I, & I saw the film.
Greetings. Even as a some-time lurker, I felt the need to respond to this post.
First, I must admit that I have never read Mosley’s Devil in a Blue Dress, but read the most of the other mysteries before the movie was released. Also, when I saw the first trailer, I thought, “Why the hell did they cast that guy as Mouse?!!!”.
Then, I saw the movie. Don Cheadle nailed the role perfectly. His acting delivered on the all of the requirements to see this character, Mouse, as a violent, narcissitic, hard-drinking man who will aid Easy when he determines necessary and can get paid.
IMHO, it was excellent performance. I readily agree that Denzel was just “too-smooth” for the part of Easy, but Cheadle handled his role superbly.
Lastly, I may be in the minority view on this because the only other person of note, I recall, regarding this role and how Cheadle handled it was director John Singelton, who thought Don should have gotten an Oscar nomination
I don’t follow. He wasn’t cast as a Spaniard; that was simply the name he gave himself as a gladiator to avoid further inquiries into his past.
Miscasts:
Bonnie Bedilia as Bruce Willis’ wife in Die Hard
Minnie Driver as a beauty queen in Beautiful
It’s odd. The Creeping Unknown truly creeped me out as a kid, the three times I say it. It gave me nightmares. The last time I saw it, I realized what a bad ‘b’ movies it was. :smack:
