That trailer makes me laugh.
These are stone killers, little man. They ain't cuddly like me.
Jayne ,'The Train Job'
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Dana - Mar 19, 2014 12:46:11 pm PDT #26560 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Amy - Mar 19, 2014 12:50:17 pm PDT #26561 of 30000
Because books.
Biblical tales as action movies! It looks so awful.
Una - Mar 19, 2014 1:31:02 pm PDT #26562 of 30000
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
I don't understand the casting of that thing. Surely neither Hopkins nor Crowe really need mortgage money?
(can't remember if casting counts as spoilers when the trailer's out)
Jessica - Mar 19, 2014 3:32:43 pm PDT #26563 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I saw an ad for Noah during the last episode of Cosmos...the one about evolution. I laughed.
Steph L. - Mar 19, 2014 3:46:28 pm PDT #26564 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
That was pretty damn funny.
-t - Mar 19, 2014 4:26:11 pm PDT #26565 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
In the abstract, I think making the story of Noah into an disaster movie is a great idea. The trailer does not make me want to see it, though.
Typo Boy - Mar 19, 2014 4:32:56 pm PDT #26566 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
As to the reason actors take jobs in bad movies. They may love the part to overlook the awfulness of the script. Especially if they love the taste of scenery and film indulges that preference. Also actors can simply misjudge what the film will be like. Laurence Olivier once claimed he took a role in the original Clash of the Titans because he thought it would be an art film based on classical Greek myths. I'm not sure if that excuse was true, or if he thought that iy sounded better than "I had no choice. They waved money in front of my nose."
Burrell - Mar 19, 2014 6:22:36 pm PDT #26567 of 30000
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
I assume it's also a good idea to put yourself out there if you're an actor. Better to be in a bad film once in a while than to disappear from the screen for a decade.
Amy - Mar 19, 2014 6:25:03 pm PDT #26568 of 30000
Because books.
Anthony Hopkins is in every movie, though. I think it's a law now.
Connie Neil - Mar 19, 2014 6:25:33 pm PDT #26569 of 30000
brillig
I like Christopher Lee's approach. "I'm an actor, I act. They want to pay me to act. That's my job."