SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Yeah almost everyone is just chewing the scenery like crazy except for the girl who plays Julia, who is just wooden and boring.
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SlimySnake
Flashless at the Golden Globes
Sold. We need more facesitting scenes in movies.
Very much agree. And she's that way in pretty much everything she's done (that I've seen) so I'm not sure why she was cast other than looking pretty and conceivably being the daughter of Giancarlo Esposito and Talia Shire. That narrowed the talent pool considerably and I think he just got stuck.
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
Apparently Zendaya was attached to the role at one point, but dropped out, presumably when she actually read the script.
Not that Zendaya's acting style is much different.
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Oh god, that would have been ATROCIOUS. Though Zendaya can do a good melt down so there were a few scenes that might have been better. But damn, she's 12 years younger than Adam Driver (and LOOKS 20 years younger), wouldn't have worked.
Then again, there is like a 45 year gap between John Voight and Aubrey Plaza, but that was addressed in the film
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I think there is supposed to be a 20+ year age gap between those characters though. He is supposed to be in his 40s and she is supposed to be like a college dropout in her early-mid 20s.Oh god, that would have been ATROCIOUS. Though Zendaya can do a good melt down so there were a few scenes that might have been better. But damn, she's 12 years younger than Adam Driver (and LOOKS 20 years younger), wouldn't have worked.
Then again, there is like a 45 year gap between John Voight and Aubrey Plaza, but that was addressed in the film
The perspective of this movie is consistently gross and awful. And Coppola himself was accused of groping and creeping out the hot girl extras. So it's pretty on-brand.
Yeah, but on film that stuff rarely works. So few young actresses can stand toe to toe with much older and more experienced actors unless their role is to play the doe-eyed innocent. Jennifer Lawrence comes to mind in her heyday (and ooph if the reason why she got all those Miramax roles is true)
But yes, you are probably correct about the intended age gap. And yes there was a lot of eye candy on that set, Francis you are not 40 anymore!!!
SF Kosmo
Al Jazeera Special Reporter
I think the fun of this movie is that literally nothing it tries to do works in any way. It shoots for the stars and somehow hits a fire hydrant.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
If this movie is meant to be about this, and demonstrate these parallels. I don't know that it does that. But it is a piece of work that is certain. It is something amazing to watch.
It will be peculiar and maybe we will see it, corruption brings down the American dominance due to political greed. But you could argue that Rome grew stronger in the Empire before the ultimate collapse of the Byzantine empire. Really the last vestiges of Rome.
It will be peculiar and maybe we will see it, corruption brings down the American dominance due to political greed. But you could argue that Rome grew stronger in the Empire before the ultimate collapse of the Byzantine empire. Really the last vestiges of Rome.
SirKicksalot
Member
Somewhere along the way it turned into an optimistic tale about the old guard understanding that they should let the youth take control. The old draft has a sad ending. The final version is an explosion of joy and optimism.
I watched it last week and I still think about
the mayor's struggle to join his wife on the golden road to the future. It's so on the nose but it's beautiful!
ForAcademicPurposes
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