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Are you really trying to make me argue both sides of the argument in one thread? Legolas Send a noteboard - 14/09/2011 11:04:50 PM
As a slight tangent, I believe that movies (or books, or any medium) should be free to reinterpret and reinvent classic stories, because doing so does nothing to take away or tarnish the actual classic story, which still exists. If you want to present a story from Culture A in a package that is more likely to get people from Culture B to watch it, then by all means, what's the problem? If Culture A wants to then adapt a story from Culture B with A-Culture actors, go for it! If a movie set in Texas, played with French actors, gets French people interested in American history, then all power to them. If Americans don't like it or aren't interested, they can make their own movie. Similarly, if Germans don't like an American playing Stauffenberg, they don't have to watch it and can make their own ...

Yes. So do I. As I just argued to Dom. The reason why Valkyrie is a more dubious case is that it's not so much a "classic story" as it is a part of recent German history (not as recent as some things that people already care far less about, true, but then there are many reasons why WW2 remains "recent" for a good while). And then there's Tom Cruise, a believer of a rather absurd cult that Germany in particular already has issues with anyhow, and a man whose motivation for making this movie was, as I recall, "as a kid I always fantasized about killing Hitler".
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The Three Musketeers (2011) ironclad - 13/09/2011 09:34:25 AM 907 Views
Oh dear. I may not survive this. *NM* Camilla - 13/09/2011 01:34:33 PM 214 Views
I plan to... DomA - 13/09/2011 09:51:33 PM 559 Views
are there French actors who would lower themselves to an America Film? LadyLorraine - 14/09/2011 02:49:53 PM 500 Views
Gerard Depardieu? *NM* TaskmasterJack - 14/09/2011 10:58:16 PM 213 Views
I don't really know who that is or recognize him LadyLorraine - 14/09/2011 11:00:33 PM 528 Views
Lower? DomA - 14/09/2011 11:52:46 PM 514 Views
The "lower" was mostly a joke LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 01:45:59 AM 636 Views
Re: The "lower" was mostly a joke DomA - 15/09/2011 04:28:36 AM 522 Views
I explained to you why a majority of America would not be comfortable. LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 01:27:19 PM 514 Views
Although, from what I recall of my brief anime phase... Fanatic-Templar - 15/09/2011 06:43:05 PM 532 Views
anime usually STARTS weird and uncomfortable *NM* LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 09:39:01 PM 215 Views
Re: I explained to you why a majority of America would not be comfortable. DomA - 16/09/2011 10:48:36 PM 503 Views
That seems a bit harsh. Legolas - 14/09/2011 07:35:56 PM 670 Views
I am confused... ironclad - 14/09/2011 09:46:45 PM 474 Views
At a guess ... Nate - 14/09/2011 10:05:00 PM 575 Views
No. I try to pretend Valkyrie doesn't exist. Legolas - 14/09/2011 10:12:25 PM 649 Views
Can I ask why? You've got me curious. Nate - 14/09/2011 10:33:57 PM 554 Views
Are you really trying to make me argue both sides of the argument in one thread? Legolas - 14/09/2011 11:04:50 PM 533 Views
Where's the fun in only arguing one side? :p Nate - 14/09/2011 11:10:05 PM 488 Views
Clearly the answer is I shouldn't refer to movies I haven't seen nor want to see. Legolas - 14/09/2011 10:10:37 PM 507 Views
I had no idea Scarlett and Ashley were played by brits *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/09/2011 11:01:06 PM 218 Views
And not just any Brits... Leslie Howard died on some sort of mission for his government in the war. Legolas - 14/09/2011 11:08:26 PM 475 Views
I don't care much about the nationality of actors Darth_Katie - 14/09/2011 11:51:57 PM 510 Views
+1 *NM* LadyLorraine - 15/09/2011 01:47:30 AM 190 Views
Re: That seems a bit harsh. DomA - 15/09/2011 01:54:45 AM 639 Views
Ok, if Orlando Bloom is a cackling over-acting villian, I may have to see this. Darth_Katie - 13/09/2011 10:03:06 PM 513 Views
lol!! *NM* LadyLorraine - 14/09/2011 02:43:21 PM 216 Views
Haven't seen it yet, but... Not An Hava - 14/09/2011 02:17:02 AM 646 Views
I think with that attitude it is entirely possible to have fun with this film. *NM* ironclad - 14/09/2011 11:48:50 AM 223 Views
Man, it's been a long time since I read "The Three Musketeers". Fanatic-Templar - 15/09/2011 05:16:06 AM 594 Views
Definitely waiting for this to hit the cheap theater. Then it can just be a guilty pleasure. *NM* Zalis - 15/09/2011 01:24:23 PM 216 Views
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