To continue from my
rant yesterday...
Now, how could a movie with Angelina Jolie looking incredibly-hot in black leather...
...Bai Ling equally hot in black leather and spandex...
...and really kool retro-styled cgi fighter aircraft fail?
Because they miscast the title character!
Instead of a strong, handsome, physical type like George Clooney or Ewan McGregor...we got pretty-boy Jude Law.
Picture Roger Moore instead of Sean Connery as the first
James Bond![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vl5hktPu1C2XRVWYXLF_NgjV4wBlz-LpGmDLAc-HQQFm74q7Tm9Y7GP50U45RCbVS0alqMapbRqgGe2DJiNmhukLBBE2BMXnwpXCJev1WjHrRStKlrq6cdHN1vs_fM-NgaEK47QExumUi-9lD3oXa4zspBQ3QKPwyljPVuV-2Udn-PyQ=s0-d)
.
Would the 007 series have lasted from 1962 to today?
Don't think so!
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sFxdZ2juyOWsNvE1-ZxLmvxi1gdavPRnopKG-Ty9FNEpgE89DVVprP5qUs-sU3hLLOyAY-dhLUyGuru-2Y16zU2SYyTaKAH-VSwCV19znflJdG_7fH2qtCr_Vbe6d1ShuncXF9i_yz_Uk61nR9GMZsBGkk7vz-NEncII4Wh8wSln0iDwE=s0-d)
had everything going for it, except a decent lead actor!
Maybe it wouldn't have been as big as
Avatar![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_saQzDzgVxWqSyEdsVSEMCMmfUX2xgD4s2DDQVP6kH4FnseSHTTudNndaXhPyNpb97AU7BqEI9QdbeaVbK30rWzTT7KTb33NynzB2fSSpOBqkdy2BKhP5QmwJgyYuQ81gcLSfCHgv9tjl5qA6Nr_oFzYy9-lE_ke6TlbqAKL1WD4khI9w=s0-d)
, but it could have at least broken even!
Thanks for letting me vent.
Back to the usual tomorrow...