Doubly so when they're old and blind. They're like pure chi force.
Matt Damon Goes Asian
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I barely have skin in this game.
Sex sells crap.
Old men are kinda gross.
Sexually.
But they're really good at paying for stuff.
So mostly you don't want to #### them, unless they are paying for stuff.
The older they are, the more they have to buy stuff.
It's a trade off.
Not only is Matt Damon not buying me stuff, but I am expected to pay money to look at his tired old ass broke down body, and not cringe.
Meh?
Sex sells crap.
Old men are kinda gross.
Sexually.
But they're really good at paying for stuff.
So mostly you don't want to #### them, unless they are paying for stuff.
The older they are, the more they have to buy stuff.
It's a trade off.
Not only is Matt Damon not buying me stuff, but I am expected to pay money to look at his tired old ass broke down body, and not cringe.
Meh?
And I've been doing that. I love Ridley Scott but I refuse to watch Exodus: Gods and Kings in any form.
I'm glad to see there are other people who are having issues with this movie. I have a friend on Facebook who is very excited about it but I couldn't seem to connect with him why I had such a big problem with this.
Let's be honest though, this is what would happen if they didn't cast someone like Damon:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=flyingswordsofdragongate.htm
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=flyingswordsofdragongate.htm
How did Matt Damon get into China? I thought the Great Wall was built to keep foreigners out. *snicker*
While I suppose Matt Damon has got to make a living for himself, I definitely do not like the casting choice, however necessary it might be to get mainstream audiences to pay attention.
As Constance Wu puts it,
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/entertainment/constance-wu-whitewashing-matt-damon/
While I suppose Matt Damon has got to make a living for himself, I definitely do not like the casting choice, however necessary it might be to get mainstream audiences to pay attention.
As Constance Wu puts it,
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/29/entertainment/constance-wu-whitewashing-matt-damon/
Makes sense. Matt D. is a big box office draw, and if there were a Chinese actor that could match his value - he would be the next Jason Bourne.
Of course it's worthwhile discussing why white male actors of a certain age provide a much higher ROI than their peers who are minorities and/or women.
"If nothing else, you'd get some mad respect (which is WAY more valuable than money)," she wrote.
aw, that's so cute....
https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...ke-us-as-takings-up-50-in-2016s-first-quarter
China is a huge market.
Winning big in either market is hundreds of millions of dollars.
The producers are permissibly greedy and want hundreds of millions of dollars from both America and China each.
Their Domestic money was guaranteed, they're just putting their fix on with the foreigners.
China is a huge market.
Winning big in either market is hundreds of millions of dollars.
The producers are permissibly greedy and want hundreds of millions of dollars from both America and China each.
Their Domestic money was guaranteed, they're just putting their fix on with the foreigners.
I read somewhere that the producers of Doctor Strange changed the Ancient One from being Tibetan to being Celtic partly to avoid an oudated stereotype but also to avoid offending Chinese censors and audiences. I'm not sure how to feel about that.
American studios are still learning how to navigate the rocks and shoals of the Chinese market, and along the way there will be some decisions made that seem rather odd.
Yep. Or this year's The Mermaid, the highest-grossing Chinese movie ever, which made $527m there and $3m here.
There's legitimate complaints about unnecessary casting of white actors in roles (of which Aloha and Pan are perfect examples), and then there's inane Twitter whining. This is a Chinese-financed, Chinese-made movie aiming for a big US audience, so they cast a US actor. In other words: inane Twitter whining.
I'll pass on this one, at least in the theater. While the historical angle is interesting, it looks like a carbon copy of every other fantasy epic out there.
While I love the movie and easily ignore it owing to context, Obi-Wan Kenobi as Prince Faisal of the Hejaz in Lawrence of Arabia comes close (conceptually).
Come on - dragons, soldiers, magic, mist, AND the Great Wall? That's transformative man, trans... for... ma...tive!
Just search John Wayne Conqueror at YouTube.
I also heard about some black guy portraying Alexander Hamilton...
I also heard about some black guy portraying Alexander Hamilton...
