By: JoeDH

JoeDH — Fri, 02 May 2008 01:17:53 +0000

Wow. I thought Smith’s acting was the best part of a poorly written screenplay. I actually got depressed for him, being lonely. I just couldn’t connect to the movie, which I didn’t think was Smith’s fault. It seems like so much of the story was left on the cutting room floor, and more development would have helped immensely. Compared to Independence Day, for example, I thought it really showed Smith’s development as an actor. Think about your comments in the context of the Star Wars prequels – was Hayden Christensen a famous actor? Nope. Unknown, ala Harrison Ford 1977. Ford’s clearly a better actor, but I don’t think the best actors in the world could save the script of “Attack of the Clones”.

By: ovation

ovation — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:58:58 +0000

As long as films are budgeted in the tens to hundreds of millions of dollars, I’m afraid “risk-management” will remain a prominent feature of Hollywood studio thinking. But this is hardly new. Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Cary Grant, Grace Kelly…each of these was often cast because they were popular first and talented second. The “two-tier” approach to filmmaking (high and low risk) has a long track record.

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