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You missed the point about the music because clearly NO ONE is saying that it should have a hip-hop score...
Cuba Gooding Jr
Terrance Howard
(from The Wire)
Michael B. Jordan (Wallace)
Tristan Wilds (Michael)
Andre Royo (Bubbles)
...the rest of the male talent appear to come from a good resume of work. and you find flaws in this?
...let me also point out that i FULLY understand your point that if they expect the best outcome for the movie that they should have gotten someone the almost ensure the numbers they expect. you question was did it 'bother us'. well, they went in another direction for the actors and it didnt/doesnt bother me one bit.
SV, I totally get where you're coming from...but let me clarify by what I meant by my problem w. the cast. I see Cuba Gooding Jr. and Terrance Howard, and IMMEDIATELY I think "is that the best they can do?" Probably a flaw of mine, but that's exactly what I thought when I saw them in the clip. Now, here comes Method Man and Ne-Yo, and I'm pretty much snickering at this point because of seeing them in fighter jets on some sort of divebomb. I just couldn't separate WHO they are to what role they were playing.
Again, a Lucas project that's based off of an important aspect of our country's history, and there is no big-time A-list actor lending their hand in this project. That to me is a problem. The draw would probably be 100x greater if Denzel Washington, Will Smith, or even Jamie Foxx helped out. My question is WHY aren't any of them on board with this?
Going back to the Miracle at St. Anna (which, IMO, had a FAR superior cast and was a Spike Lee production), it only grossed 8 or 9 million. I just think that this movie is going to be a failure. I have no problem eating crow if I'm wrong, and by all means....throw it right back in my face if I am. However, I don't like a couple of things about this movie and there is little-to-nothing about it that is appealing enough to me to watch it in the theaters.
...when i first heard that particular trailer's music, what came to mind apparently was exactly the intent when they made that trailer. an unbiased attempt to attract ALL TEENAGE BOYS regardless or race. hell, i didnt even know who the *$%# a dubstep was until this thread.
But why is there a need to do that? Seems like a cheap and sad ploy to get people to watch the film...and yes, I still stand by the fact that even that little bit of dubstep takes away from the legitimacy of the film. Dubstep for a movie based out of the 1940'sI would expect something like that for Cowboys vs. Aliens, but not a movie like this.
