Part of me hoped it would be a classic Waiting for Godot/Waiting for Guffman/Waiting for Lefty scenario where we never actually saw Luke by the end of the movie. But I knew Hamill was at all the events promoting the film, so it was just a sit back and wait scenario. Also, I’m an adult and not 5 so that helps with the…
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I mean the whole reason people got excited by this, as opposed to say a black Harry Potter, is it MADE SENSE. Both with physical descriptions and her character.
Also, if you’re going to die on the hill that the actors appearances must be absolutely faithful to the book descriptions, we already have a Hermione problem. Book!Hermione is always implied to be rather plain. Emma Watson is very beautiful. Somehow, no one objects to this change.
I was annoyed by the Taylor Momsen casting too. But in the books, her giant chest was actually a pretty big part of her character. And then moreso later because Taylor Momsen just seems kind of awful, lol.
And if you are racist or against this casting or whatever, just don’t go see the play, right? How hard is that. Just sit home in your little bubble where Emna Watson forever = Hermione.
Super happy about all of these casting choices. Especially Jamie Parker as Harry! I’ve loved Jamie’s work ever since I first saw him play Scripps in The History Boys at the National Theatre way back in the dark ages of the last decade. He’s such a beautiful, tender, wry actor. He’s been toiling quietly in unflashy…
When I saw the first trailer I told my husband, “if she’s the jedi I’m going to cry right there in the theater.” And I did.
Nah, Finn is gonna end up with Poe
If anyone’s curious why Mr. Wells starts off his statement with “Every time this happens,” well, let’s just say he has a long and sordid history of this kind of behavior. Specifically, he was the guy that made so much noise over Jennifer Lawrence being “too big” for The Hunger Games, and said that readers should…
I’m glad they didn’t just go with Emma Stone.
When Inside Out came out, I went with my bf and his friend. The audience was basically half families with kids, half adults in their 20s/30s with no children!
Not at all misty-eyed over this.
If she suffered a severe, untreated head injury, it is possible that could come along with personality changes and severe depression, leading to suicide.
So Ms Sandra Bland, graduate who has just been hired for a good job, member of a black sorority, church goer, no criminal record, active in #BlackLivesMatter, is going to commit suicide after being locked up over a traffic violation? Does anyone believe that a black woman with an activist background is going to…
Road trip to South Carolina to fucking shimmy up that flag pole to shit on that fucking flag and then fucking burn it and then fucking throw it in that dumb fucking Governor’s face.
Sounds good, but the success of countless movies with unproven actors flies in the face of this. Alternatively, sometimes the big names deliver a big ol’ box office bomb. (for example, Aloha, starring Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone)
This sort of lame-ass excuse also drives me nuts because it’s the big-budget movies like this that really have the power and money to seek out diverse, specific talent like this! And lazy attitudes like this mean that fewer diverse actors get involved in the industry in the first place, which makes it harder for…
His statement is so disingenuous. What he really means is: “If you’re going to wait around to find the perfect actress who is a quarter Asian, and not just a quarter Asian but a quarter Hawaiian Asian and who is also a famous movie star who white people will buy tickets to see, you will never cast your movie.”
I just saw it and completely agree. So many people write her off as “the female Kevin James,” and I’ll say I didn’t see Tammy because it looked super obnoxious, so her presence doesn’t guarantee I’ll see a movie, but she fucking rocks in Spy. Such a good movie and it for real doesn’t trade on her appearance or…