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What 'bad' movie could you fix with a simple casting change? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 39 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

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.”

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months 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 spoilerend up being raised together as actual siblings after being rejuvenated in the second to last comic.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months 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."

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