DerKommissar Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 I've never heard anyone talk like Brad Pitt in this one. Why did he have to do that silly accent? Why did they even cast him? I kept thinking this is a dark comedy like Inglorious Basterds. Also thought Shia Labeouf is going to make Fury transform into a robot, talk and make crude pee jokes. I am being a bit unfair, but they should have casted more relatable actors. I think Bill Murray, Sean Bean or Willem Dafoe would make good War Daddies (new family comedy). Can't cast Ed Harris or Tom Hanks, though -- they're already assigned to other units. On 3/19/2018 at 8:53 PM, Bozowans said: Modern movies are written by modern people, so they make the characters talk like modern Americans and use modern slang. But... professional and level-headed conversations would make this film "boring". It needs exciting dialog, or else they'll need to put actual stakes in the plot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 A problem with realistic WW2 casting is that most of the private soldiers were very young men; 18-20 years old. Company grade NCO's and officers might run as old as 25 or so. Veteran actors are a decade older. War fighting is a younger man's venue. The Iraq War series "Generation Kill" captured that pretty well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, DerKommissar said: Why did they even cast him? Can at least answer that one: Star power is how movies get financed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Badger73 said: A problem with realistic WW2 casting is that most of the private soldiers were very young men; 18-20 years old. Company grade NCO's and officers might run as old as 25 or so. Veteran actors are a decade older. War fighting is a younger man's venue. The Iraq War series "Generation Kill" captured that pretty well. Aye. I'm so used to Hollywood casting older actors for younger roles in movies of all genres and time-periods. Gen Kill had an amazing cast. They felt like real people and were easy to relate to. I even heard that they cast some veterans in it. Highly recommend that miniseries. 7 minutes ago, Erwin said: Can at least answer that one: Star power is how movies get financed. That AND unnecessary romance (?) plots involving French girls. Oh, AND inspirational trailer speeches. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearstronaut Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 hour ago, Badger73 said: A problem with realistic WW2 casting is that most of the private soldiers were very young men; 18-20 years old. Company grade NCO's and officers might run as old as 25 or so. Veteran actors are a decade older. War fighting is a younger man's venue. The Iraq War series "Generation Kill" captured that pretty well. NatGeo's recent mini-series "The Long Road Home" cast actors of a believable age to play the soldiers of 2-5 Cav. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearstronaut Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 1 minute ago, DerKommissar said: I even heard that they cast some veterans in it. Highly recommend that miniseries. Rudy Reyes played himself in "Generation Kill." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigop22 Posted March 21, 2018 Share Posted March 21, 2018 2 hours ago, Badger73 said: A problem with realistic WW2 casting is that most of the private soldiers were very young men; 18-20 years old. Company grade NCO's and officers might run as old as 25 or so. Veteran actors are a decade older. War fighting is a younger man's venue. The Iraq War series "Generation Kill" captured that pretty well. It's not a new theme either. John Wayne in The Longest Day as Lt. Col. Vandervoort was thirty years older than the actual person. Apparently the real Vandervoort was a little displeased as being portrayed as a 50 year old man despite being in his late 20's for the D-Day invasion. Sounds like John Wayne was also a PITA to work with as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonS Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 On 3/16/2018 at 8:08 AM, DerKommissar said: Hollywood can do better, see Hacksaw Ridge Takes all sorts I guess - I thought HR was dire. And stupid. The story is fine; the film of the story is terrible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted March 25, 2018 Share Posted March 25, 2018 Hi, Jon. Haven't seen you around for quite a while. Hope to see more of you. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sigop22 Posted March 27, 2018 Share Posted March 27, 2018 On 2018-03-24 at 11:09 PM, JonS said: Takes all sorts I guess - I thought HR was dire. And stupid. The story is fine; the film of the story is terrible. I agree. I know that many people loved it but I couldn't. The terrible casting hurt it too. Vince Vaughn drove me nuts. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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