One of the more interesting cases of racially-blind casting is the upcoming film Alatriste with Viggo Mortensen (Danish/generic American heritage) playing a 17th-century Spanish mercenary. Even if he does speak fluent Spanish, it's Argentinian dialect, not old-world Spanish.
Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.
Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'
Buffista Movies 3: Panned and Scanned
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Kathy A - Dec 11, 2004 11:51:55 am PST #7061 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
§ ita § - Dec 11, 2004 5:59:49 pm PST #7062 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not sure as how Rodriguez is making movies for a Spanish-language audience of any nationality
El Mariachi was made specifically for the Spanish-speaking market.
eta: International Batman Begins poster
tommyrot - Dec 11, 2004 7:47:57 pm PST #7063 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Huh. Lots of bats.
Why did Batman pick the bat as his theme, anyway? In the first Batman movie (not counting the '60s one) he says, "Because bats know how to survive." Um, OK. So do bears, squid, and giant turtles. Tell me there's a better explanation in the comics....
Ginger - Dec 11, 2004 7:57:16 pm PST #7064 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In the original 1940 Detective Comics, Bruce Wayne is pondering a disguise and is thinking, "Criminals are a superstitious cowardly lot, so my disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. I must be a creature of the night, black, terrible..." Then a bat flies in a window, and in a completely nonsuperstitious way, Bruce Wayne says, "It's an omen. I shall become a bat!"
tommyrot - Dec 11, 2004 8:11:32 pm PST #7065 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK, that actually makes sense.
Good thing it wasn't a pigeon that flew in the window....
Kalshane - Dec 11, 2004 8:13:25 pm PST #7066 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Saw Blade III tonight. I enjoyed it. It wasn't the greatest movie ever, but having watched the first two Blade movies this afternoon before hand, it was no better or worse than they were, IMO.
As far as Hero is concerned, it was one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. However, I do think it dragged a bit in parts. There were a few too many long, lingering shots and I got really sick of the repeated close ups of sword blades dipping into water during the one fight scene.
Kalshane - Dec 11, 2004 8:16:27 pm PST #7067 of 10001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Good thing it wasn't a pigeon that flew in the window....
Someone, I think it was Mad Magazine, did a "What if" play on that with various creatures. The last panel had a spider hanging from Bruce's window.
Steph L. - Dec 11, 2004 8:25:20 pm PST #7068 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Saw Ocean's 12. I was distinctly underwhelmed. There are some plot points that I still don't understand, and some plot points that are astonishingly lame. Like, watch-from-the-hall lame. (The Tess-as-Julia-Roberts scheme. So. Lame. And not a bit funny or clever.) Also, Julia Roberts keeps getting uglier.
The menfolk, though -- still very pretty. (And -- Eddie Izzard! Though his role isn't worth $9.)
Zenkitty - Dec 11, 2004 8:31:39 pm PST #7069 of 10001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
The not-boyfriend wants to see Blade: Trinity tomorrow, so I'm glad to hear it's no worse than the previous ones. I'm planning to just watch that Ryan guy.
So, I see the previews for Ocean's 12, and the scene where they're in the car, and I keep wondering if Julia Roberts is supposed to have a moustache? Because she really does.
Matt the Bruins fan - Dec 11, 2004 8:42:59 pm PST #7070 of 10001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Oh, it's worse than the previous ones. It's not the worst movie to come out in a year that saw Catwoman and Garfield hit the theaters, but don't go expecting to be as entertained as by the original.