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Originally posted by Flames Draft Watcher+Mar 31 2005, 06:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Flames Draft Watcher @ Mar 31 2005, 06:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Agamemnon@Mar 31 2005, 06:12 PM
I think anytime this many stars get loaded into a movie, its doomed.
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Ok... why not?
I suppose you'd have to provide me with some examples where the 'all-star' cast concept worked very well (keeping in mind that many movies created 'all-stars' as a result of the movie itself, they weren't stars before the movie).
Examples of star-loaded casts would be Ocean's 11/12, Be Cool, Mars Attacks (ugh), new Star Wars movies to an extent (cue Samuel L).
I much prefer original Star Wars-style casts (mostly no-names, Harrison still wasn't that big) because its easier to actually envisage these people as the 'real' characters.
Every time I see Samuel L saunter on the screen, I think of Die Hard 3, Deep Blue Sea, Loaded Weapon, etc., and I really don't want to think of these things when I'm watching a movie, I'd rather believe he's actually the character he's playing.
Conclusion; I prefer casts where I know almost no one in it. It makes it much easier for me to believe in the fantasy.