'Just Rewards (2)'
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Orci and Kurtzman promise that the story will be accessible to the uninitiated while staying loyal to the legions of fans. They also say the story will be told through the eyes of its human characters, who are witnessing the intergalactic Autobot-Decepticon war come abruptly to Earth.
Transformers Revealed!
I'm kind of annoyed they felt the need to pretty much make up new characters for almost all of the Decepticons.
Yeah, most of them didn't sound familiar. I wondered why. But I guess that's the way with movies. I mean, why the hell would you make up new mutants for the X-Men movies when there are, I imagine, hundreds in canon already? It's not like they performed any function necessary to the plot.
Daniel Craig cast in The Golden Compass.
Entering the second act of Rent, the only thing I'm REALLY disappointed with so far is the fact that they split the first act into several days. I like it better as one day. There are some things that are coming across quite beautifully on film. And I LOVE Rosario Dawson, I've decided, as Mimi. I was never a huge fan of Daphne Rubin-Vega's voice like some, though, so that probably makes me less likely to get pissed.
Sorry, for the non Rent-heads in the audience.
What do you think of Traci Thoms as one of the new cast?
Oh, I really like her. A lot. She's a fairly minor character, compared to some of the others, so I didn't mention. But I'm watching her biggest song right now.
And.... yeah. She rocks.
I adored her, but then, I've never seen Rent on stage.
In all three casts I've seen, Joanne has been the weakest cast member, so I'm very, very happy to see Tracie in the film.
Okay, wow.
Emotional wreck now.
I don't think it's a great film. I wish it had been given to an inspired director, instead of the world's most boring one. It needed better connections between the music and the not-music. It shouldn't have cut the end of Goodbye Love. But still. I'm so, so grateful that it exists.
Why are so many musical movies that way?