However, there is an evil, dark side to this joyous period of cinematic bliss. Hollywood knows that it's intelligent audience members will be so caught up raving about Christoph Waltz's performance and rewatching the Best Picture Winner to notice that there's something foul brewing in Hollywood. This year was especially deadly since everyone not included in the last sentence was to busy bitching about how Avatar should have won. What is this danger you ask? Hollywood casting news.
That's right, you heard me. True, post Oscar casting can be a wonderful thing. Take Mickey Rourke's casting in Iron Man 2. You only have to watch the trailer to know that it's gold. But this year Hollywood has crossed a line.
We heard just before the Oscars about a certain Smurfs movie and the casting of Neil Patrick Harris. Now, I know what you're thinking: "Hey, he could work as a smurf." Except the problem is that he isn't playing a smurf. No, they've cast him as Johan. Yeeeaaaahhh. Now you see the problem. Of course, Hollywood tried to slip the worst news past us in our post Oscar bliss. Last week they announced more casting for the film, and readers, it ain't pretty.
Ready? Trust me, you aren't.
Brainy Smurf? Quentin Tarantino
Smurfette? Katy Perry
Grouchy Smurf? George Lopez
Gutsy Smurf? Alan Cumming
Now, I guess that someone out their will use the excuse "It's animated." Um, no, not excusable. Fortunately, everybody I just named is "rumored" with the exception of Tarantino, but that's cold comfort.
As for Tarantino...Dude, I like you. I like your acting, I love your scripts, I love your movies, and I've spent the last months of my life obsessively analyzing every darn detail of Inglorious Basterds, but this...this just feels wrong.
Not as wrong, however, as Katy Perry. I'll leave that one to Katie.
Also, Gutsy Smurf? It's been a while since I was a loyal subject of kingdom, but I don't remember any Gutsy Smurf. I'm declaring BS on that one until someone proves me wrong.
Uhh. Hollywood, why?
~Lauren
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