Best Casting of Famous Characters
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Laspector
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I've got to agree with that one. That was just about as spot-on as you can get. I really think Val should have won an Oscar for that one.
Tan Djarka
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Gary Oldman as Sid Vicious. Gary Oldman as Lee Harvey Oswald. Gary Oldman as, well... Anyone.
Just posted somewhere the other day, that I would've loved to see more of the Pitt movies made with those guys, I loved the way it felt with them playing off each other, and it kinda felt like I imagine the books would be intended to.
Contec
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That movie was great the first time i saw it and then at the end credits i saw that i was based on a book. So i got the book and fell in love with all of them. Comparing the book with the movie makes the movie less good. But that could be said about most book to movie adaptations. I would have loved if they had included the Abraham Lincoln story as well. I heard that Clive Cussler (GRUMPY OLD MAN!) did not like the movie so he has forbidden anyone from adapting his works to the movie screen again. The first movie they made "Raising titanic" is pretty bad but featuring Alec Guinness in a small role.
I followed the same path, and just picked up Odessa Sea from the store last night when I realized it said "A Dirk Pitt Novel" - I never really got into (or really gave a chance, really) to the other series he's put out, probably because I have the the characters in my mind's eye from the movie still. Funny enough, Sahara isn't one I've read, but I've picked up about half of the Pitt books so far and have enjoyed them all. Kind of a shame about the movie aspect if that's the case, but I imagine he'd be the biggest critic of his words into film, as I would think most author's would. But it's not as far a stretch as Miss Peregrine's , for example 
Laspector
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I think RDJ was superb casting for Iron-man, but I have to admit, from what I knew of the guy's work, I probably wouldn't have thought he was the one for it. I was never a fan of his before.
I always thought Timothy Dalton, about the age he was in Flash Gordon, was picture perfect for Tony Stark. He actually looked like Tony from the comics.
I always thought Timothy Dalton, about the age he was in Flash Gordon, was picture perfect for Tony Stark. He actually looked like Tony from the comics.
jackoshadow
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Viggo Mortensen as Aragon
Sir Anthony as Odin
Both brought the characters perfectly to life...
Sir Anthony as Odin
Both brought the characters perfectly to life...
When he was first announced I thought the casting was spot-on. At the time RDJ was considered an immense talent that got more than his fair share of second chances to get "clean" and not be an embarrassment to the industry. He was a smart and self-destructive talent struggling with substance abuse. He was perfect to play Tony Stark who was the intense, hard-living type who struggled with alcoholism.
Tan Djarka
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R. Lee Ermey as the drill sgt. in "Full Metal Jacket".
+1 this.
Riceball
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FYI, he was a Drill Instructor. Drill Sgts are in the Army, Drill Instructors are what we have in the Corps. Tomato tomahto I know, but it makes a difference to those of us who have served in either branch.
Tan Djarka
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The closest I've come to serving is my father in the Air Force, so... My bad.
Another example of perfect casting would be in "This Is The End". Seth Rogen as (you guessed it) Seth Rogen. I mean, he's basically the same guy in every movie. At least in that one he's got the right name.
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