( Of course Ghost in the Shell is a dead tennis ball at the box office. You can

( Of course Ghost in the Shell is a dead tennis ball at the box office. You can tell from the casting how a movie will do. Scar-Jo cant carry a lead. We saw that two years ago. Any director who would cast her, (or Ben Affleck as Batman, or Theron as Aeon Flux), is going to fail – because you cant misunderstand the material so much that you cast the wrong person and still produce a solid visual narrative.. These are not character, or voice roles. They are body language and cameral shot roles. The enemies have personalities. The hero is a proxy for the audience. If they can’t carry the movie with a full face mask, and no lines they can’t carry the movie.

When I was studying film, we were told that you must be able to shoot a commercial, a trailer, a porn flick, a movie starring children and pets, an action movie, and a drama, or at least know the difference in how to cast, block, shoot, and edit them all. I swear to god, most of the stuff I see that fails has to do with poor casting, or poor script. The rest of the production can be managed from the camera or in editing. Why did scarlett jo get the part? hollywood loves to try to make (((family))) serve as actors – and they can’t except in comedy. The (((Family))) has no heroism in its bones and can’t pull it off no matter what they do. Everyone overreaches. In every political field. sigh. )