Miami Vice

[Hand of Evil]

What are the objections to the casting? I don't get. Jamie Foxx is a terrific actor, and Colin Farrell seems to possess much the same sort of sleazy charm Don Jonson had back in the day. Are there nominations for superior casting?

Plus did I mention Gong Li dances the samba? Seriously, who cares about the guys? That's a must-see right there.

I really have to check out this Gong Li

Jamie no problem, Colin has not shown me anything as an actor.

 

[barsoomcore]

Check out Farewell My Concubine or The Emperor and the Assassin. She looks great in Chinese Box, too, but it's kind of a crappy film.

She gets very steamy in Zhu You's Train, and I haven't seen Memoirs of a Geisha, but I'm pretty sure watching her smack Zhang Zhi-Yi around would be extraordinarily entertaining. But then I'd pay to watch ANYONE smack that annoying cow around.

Oh, and she's STUNNING in 2046, even though she has a smallish part.


I'm still wondering who folks think would be a better Crockett. I can't say anyone leaps to mind.

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, if you have to pick from the A-list, then I guess Colin Farrell is no worse than anyone else. Mathew McConawhatzit? Ben Afleck? Matt Damon? Ugh.

But here's two that would work better for me: The guy from the Fast & the Furious, Paul Walker. Same basic type of actor, but he doesn't have that girlish and slightly confused look Farrell has. Vin Diesel would also be more credible.

Karl Urban would be pretty good. He's got sort of a hard edge to him that I thought Crockett had.

 

[Mouseferatu]

Vin Diesel would also be more credible.

Did we watch the same Miami Vice back in the 80s?

 

[trancejeremy]

Did we watch the same Miami Vice back in the 80s?

Well, he would be more credible than Colin Farell.

First off, he's tough looking and has a raspish voice, like Don Johnson. Collin Farell is a skinny little guy.

Okay, the accent would sorta be off, but the same goes with Colin Farrell, who is Irish.

I could believe Vin Diesel would own a gator as a pet. I don't think the same could be said of Farrell

 

[Mouseferatu]

Well, he would be more credible than Colin Farell.

First off, he's tough looking and has a raspish voice, like Don Johnson. Collin Farell is a skinny little guy.

Okay, the accent would sorta be off, but the same goes with Colin Farrell, who is Irish.

I could believe Vin Diesel would own a gator as a pet. I don't think the same could be said of Farrell

I think we're going to have to just agree to disagree on this one. I'm having trouble thinking of anyone less Don Johnson/Crockett-like than Vin Diesel.

Out of curiosity, what have you seen Farell in? Yes, he's Irish, but I've seen him in several movies where he played in American pretty much flawlessly, and I think he can pull off the combination of cold and smarmy that Crockett needs.

 

[barsoomcore]

See Phone Booth. Proof that A: Farrell really can act, and B: Lost Boys wasn't entirely a fluke for Joel Schumacher. It's a great little film.

Julie Andrews would be less like Don Johnson than Vin Diesel. Otherwise, yeah, it's kind of tough.

Paul Walker looks right, for sure, but the boy just can't act. Heath Ledger, now, there's a possibility -- though he's Aussie, so there we are again.

 

[barsoomcore]

Oh, and none of them dance a samba. Gong Li does. Have I mentioned that?