• redhorsejacket@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 hours ago

      You could put Daniel Day-Lewis in that role and I think it would still be a terrible film. A good actor cannot rescue a story that inept. They might be able to wring some pathos from otherwise inept dialog, but it’s not going to change the fundamental structural issues with the movie, and, as you allude to, it might strip it of what makes it entertaining in the first place.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    8·
    24 hours ago

    Some guys made a ten-hour film about paint drying to piss off the censors. Replacing the wall with about anybody would probably be a vast improvement…

  • ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip
    16·
    1 day ago

    If you recast Jared Leto in Tron: Aries, everyone might have actually tried instead of saying “This is gonna flop anyways, why bother writing a good script?”

    • MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 hours ago

      Sadly he wasn’t the worst part of the film. He actually fit his role pretty well. The main female lead was pretty damn wooden. I was totally expecting my feelings towards the leading roles to be reversed but I actually think you’d have a better film if she was replaced rather than Jared. And I hate him in most things. I do think however if you replaced him in blade runner 2049 it’d be a better film. Even though he fits that role really well, probably better than the one in Tron, he’s still the weakest part of that film specifically.

    • Gonzako@lemmy.world
      3·
      4 hours ago

      I think if you recast everything let has been in all of those movies would have been improved

    • TheDoozer@lemmy.world
      9·
      22 hours ago

      I didn’t watch it specifically because of Leto. I was absolutely stoked each time I saw an ad for it (forgetting that Leto was in it) right up until his stupid face popped up in the trailer.

      If they had somebody else, even a complete no-name actor, I would have watched it. It is impressive how effectively they pushed away their audience.

  • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
    17·
    1 day ago

    Double recast in the MCU:
    Starlord should have been played by Jeremy Renner, and Hawkeye should have been played by Crisp Ratt.

    It would have fit the characterization in the comics better. In the comics, Hawkeye is more of a goofy wisecracking dude who gets lots of chicks, and Starlord is more of a responsible & respectable straight-man for the rest of the GotG to annoy with their weirdness.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
    9·
    1 day ago

    This is an old one, but the Maltese Falcon is a nearly perfect movie, but it is absolutely ruined by Mary Astor as the femme fatale.

    She’s supposed to be this stunningly beautiful woman, Spade’s Secretary warns him to brace himself before she comes in because “she’s a looker.” Then she enters, and she’s just sort of normal. Then his partner comes in and completely loses his shit over how gorgeous she is, and I’m sitting there thinking “Her? What’s the big deal?”

    Throughout the entire film, she’s portrayed as this conniving woman whom Bogey can’t resist, but I just didn’t see any chemistry at all.

    I told my son, who is an extremely knowledgeable cinephile, and he told me that’s a thing. Filmies have noticed how absolutely wrong she was for that part. She was a fine actress, but that role called for a completely different kind of actress. It was probably a studio thing, insisting that she get the part, since she was between pictures, and they wanted something high profile to boost her career, and a Bogey mystery would be perfect. Unfortunately, she was terrible in that role.

    Who should replace her? Pretty much anyone else at the time, maybe Barbara Stanwyck.

  • eightpix@lemmy.world
    14·
    1 day ago

    Remove Joel Silver from the production team of the Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions. Creative control to the Wachowskis.

    Allow the countercultural, noir elements that made the first Matrix excellent. Police and innocent bystanders are potential if not actual enemies. Fewer set-piece fights; more skillful, thoughtful moments like the fight against Seraph.

    And, certainly, a different end-fight arc. Once Smith has the Oracle’s power, a slugfest stops making sense.

    • glitchdx@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Speaking as someone who genuinely loved all four Mayrix movies, while simultaneously able to recognize the decline in quality as the franchise continued: The Wachowskis didn’t understand the media they were ripping off. They were mashing action figures together, effectively, and that’s ok. The first movie was lightning in a bottle, of course the sequels wouldn’t hold up, but I’m glad they exist because it inspired a significant portion of my own writing.

      I agree that having the Wachowskis back in charge of the franchise would be an improvement, not because of their skill as writers and directors, but because of the passion and vision for the art (assuming that they still care, anyway.).

      • Jessica@feddit.org
        2·
        4 hours ago

        I keep saying Reloaded and Revolution would make one great sequel if you cut all the crap out. As they are the scenes are just a little too long and there’s too much gratuitous fighting. But there are enough great ideas for one great movie, just not two.

  • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    Snow White and the Huntsman could have been decent, but Kristen Stewart is terrible in it. She’s not a bad actress (see Underwater) but she’s not the right fit at all here.

    • Tedesche@lemmy.worldEnglish
      41·
      24 hours ago

      I strongly disagree that Kirsten Stewart has an iota of talent as an actress. She has two emotions she expresses: sulky and panicky, and she does neither well. She was no better than her baseline in Underwater and that film wasn’t very good either IMO (and I love Cthulhu stuff).

      However, I didn’t like Snow White and the Huntsman either. I saw it years ago but can’t really remember much about it, because I found rather bland. It wasn’t just Stewart’s milquetoast performance.

  • Smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    751·
    2 days ago

    Suicide Squad. Jared Leto is replaced by Jim Carrey.

    I honestly can’t tell if I’m serious about this or not.

  • Harmonious@lemmy.world
    16·
    2 days ago

    The Borderlands movie. Anyone other than who they casted. Lilith is between late 20s to middle 30s. Roland is supposed to be a intimidating soldier. And Jack Black for Claptrap?! Come on

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
    341·
    2 days ago

    I guess Steven Seagall movies are the low-hanging fruit, huh?

    Okay, semi-semi-serious answer: the first Aliens Vs Predator movie. I replace the predator with Animal from the Muppet Show. That would at least make the movie fun.

  • wjrii@lemmy.world
    39·
    2 days ago

    Valerian. Recast both leads if you can, but in a pinch just DeHaan. Give Valerian himself a single iota of charisma and the movie ends up a slight but interesting lark instead of a slog.

    There’s a line I’ve heard a couple times that if you swapped the pairs from Valerian and Passengers, both movies end up better, if maybe not quite “good.”

    • Blackmist@feddit.ukEnglish
      7·
      1 day ago

      There’s such weird chemistry in Valerian, that they seem like brother and sister.

      But that’s on brand for Luc Besson, who wanted Leon to be even creepier than it is.

    • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
      15·
      2 days ago

      Good call. As the scene opened I thought they were siblings. The chemistry was so bad (and Luc Besson is such a pervert), I still wasn’t sure after the first scene.

      • Waldelfe@feddit.org
        8·
        2 days ago

        I mean, neither of them are a good choice for the character. Veronique is a smart redhead who’s good with all sorts of creatures in the comics. She’s mostly the calm and diplomatic one who can talk her way out of a situation and is usually in a good mood. Casting her with a blond person that has a resting bitch face throughout the movie is the worst offence to the character. Valerian is always portrayed as a bit hotheaded and lazy but also very smart and experienced. In the movie they made him some type of hotheaded action hero when him being experienced, techsavvy and a good strategist is a big part of his character in the comics.

        That being said, the sibling thing isn’t too far off. They are never portrayed as having a romantic relationship and (spoiler)

        Tap for spoiler

        end up being raised together as actual siblings after being rejuvenated in the second to last comic.

    • Dalacos@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 days ago

      This is what I came to say if it wasn’t already.

      Replace both leads with a couple that has chemistry but retains that slightly antagonistic spark and it would’ve made a good movie. I don’t even have an alternate casting, just, “not them.”