O.O

[rivendellrose]

At this moment, I cannot decide whether to hate Steven Spielberg or love him.

I was checking up on TheOneRing.net, and saw that Miranda Otto is going to be in his new production of "The War of the Worlds," due out in 2005. He gets points for casting Miranda, certainly... but dude, could he possibly grab a more classic movie to revamp??? So I go to check out the rest of the cast. It also includes Tom Cruise, which is kind of "meh" for me. Whatever. It'll probably be very good. It's just kind of "oh, look who's plotting another blockbuster..."

Then I get a weird desire to go check out the rest of his movies, since they're usually good for a laugh, at least. This is the man who, according to rumor, wanted to cast Haley Joel Osment as Harry Potter, after all.

And then I see it. One of my all-time favorite books is on the list! 'That bastard!' I think. 'How can he dare to make a movie out of Memoirs of a Geisha?' And yet... at the same time... *squee* I look at the cast... and my heart just tears apart with glee. He's cast Ken Watanabe (who I completely loooooove) as the Chairman! And Michelle Yeoh (ohmigod the love for that woman) as Mameha!! ♥

I don't recognize the girl he's got as Sayuri (the main character), sadly... she's pretty enough, but not at all as I picture the character. Ken Watanabe and Michelle Yeoh, though... wow. *Sighs*

I apologize for that making no sense whatsoever to anybody who hasn't read the book. Let that be an inducement to you to GO READ IT NOW.

...Unfortunately, he's also filming YET ANOTHER Jurassic Park movie. So. It can't all be good news, obviously.

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[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

I've seen clips, so yeah, I know. It could definitely do with some better effects. It'll be cool, too, it's just kind of "oh, look, here goes Spielberg making another blockbuster movie."

Hopefully. But sweet gods, can't they just STOP yet???