• nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca
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      3 months ago

      Fair question. Also, why do I already know that Kevin Hart’s character in this movie will be indistinguishable from Kevin Hart in any other movie?

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        If Hart was willing to be Roland instead of Kevin Hart I’d consider it, but casting a comedian for the role is honestly kind of suspect regardless.

        What, you don’t think people would believe a serious black man as the team leader? What was the thinking here, exactly?

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          The thinking was that Kevin Hart movies are cheap to make (he probably only needed a week on set if that ) and generally profitable, so this would be too. I think that’s about it .

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    Cate Blanchett and Jamie Lee Curtis would have made this a maybe, but Kevin Hart as Roland?

    Hard pass.

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    Probably because I didn’t even realize this existed until just now. Same thing with the BioShock movie that I’m sure a lot of you only just now learned about because of this comment. If I knew it even existed or was even being made I’d be totally down to see it even if it’s awful. That just sounds like a marketing failure to me.

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      I did hear that borderlands was being made into a movie but had no idea it was already out. And you are correct this is the first I am hearing about a BioShock movie. Marketing failures indeed.

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        Directing failure it sounds like too. Who saw the fandom around borderlands and thought that that cast would hype the fans.

        I like all the actresses and actors but they just seemed like a poor fit for the story.

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    i knew there was a borderlands movie in decelopement, but had no idea its actually done.

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      They cast Kevin Hart as Roland…

      I realize Idris Elba can’t play every role, but come on. He’s literally a stoic yet handsome straight man.

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    I might go, but only because I subscribe to a movie ticket club and have a few tickets in my bank.