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Some people legitly think this is a bad movie. I don't get it.
I think adaption gripes aside, it's a good movie. A really good movie.
Am I alone in this?

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I'd call it a very interesting movie. I think there are too many flaws for it to be a great. Choppy editing and occasional bad acting to name a couple.

I totally get why some people say it's bad. It is definitly not a movie for everyone, and that is one of the things I like about it.

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I really don't see where the bad acting is.
The editing... yeah. I get that.

I don't think it's great, but simply really good.
Better than 'average', better than 'okay', it was really good.

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I think he mostly means some of the extras. The knot tops, that one guy screaming that Dr. Manhattan is gone, etc.

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"The world is a fine place and worth fighting for." I agree with the second part.

"There's a cello in your house now."

I think Crudup and Morgan give the only genuinely good performances, whereas everyone is else is okay to passable.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

really? I always thought Wilson was great too.

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We're all actors, Laurie. I'm just an actor who read the script.

First, the fact that the two of you didn't mention JEH boggles my mind.

I think all the performances were great except for both Jupiter's. Akerman was flat, and at times (especially under all the age makeup) Gugino seemed to be overacting a la William Shatner.

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I don't know, I just thought he was okay. He just didn't really seem schlubby enough to be Dan.



I honestly don't think he gave a good performance. I remember being impressed by him at the time, in that I felt he gave it his all, but I feel the performance is uninspired. Too straightforward, with Haley doing a ridiculous "gritty" voice, and missing the dead pan humor of the character.



Both actresses are miscast. But I actually think Gugino should have played Laurie, and probably would have done well in that role. Since we barely see young Laurie in this movie anyway, I think they could have cast Gugino and just had a different actress play her as a teen.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

In retrospect, I would have been okay with Carla Gugino as Sally but I would have cast Stana Katic as Laurie. She can act and she even looks like Carla Gugino, and gives me a better Laurie vibe than Malin Akerman ever did.



Anyway, I think it's a good film in all its incarnations, with the WCM cut being my favorite. But it's an 8/10 film for me, and not much else.

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What I like about Gugino is she has this breezy sexiness to her. She would have been in her late 30's when the movie was made, and I feel she would have made for a better match against Wilson than Akerman.

Of course, this means you would have to find another actress/actresses to play Sally.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

We're not talking about the elephant in the room................Laurie's character kinda sucks.

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I don't think so. But then, look at how well realized the other characters are. Whatever you feel about the character, though, a better actress might have been able to elevate the material.

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"Heard them Walthers like to jump some" "As will you, with one in your elbow."

Honestly, the only improvement I would see from a better actress is much more convincing sobbing in the Mars scene, I think there's an essential problem with Laurie's character in how she's just nowhere near as interesting as the others.

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It's true.
She's basically just a cog in the story.
A piece in the plot.
A plot device tbh.

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A plot device... with tits.