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MagusGuardian
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jqsilver
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I wonder if maybe "Zac Efron as Kira" could be one of those "Snakes on a Plane" type memes that make a bad movie moderately successful. Or maybe it's that that's the only way I'd see the movie.
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dtm42
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Hmm. Perhaps I should have said that the "typical" audience member he would attract to the movie would be a young-ish girl who isn't into Anime and hasn't even heard of Death Note before. Of course, that's not necessarily a Bad Thing, since the movie should be able to stand on its own and not cater just to the pre-existing fans of the franchise. Then again, how will the Efron fangirls react to him being in a (hopefully) dark movie with lots of gruesome murders? Hmm, maybe I need to think about this some more . . . |
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Big Hed
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I dunno, I'm kind of thinking that Keanu would make a good Light Yagami...
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bleachigo66
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PLEASE NO! Coming from someone who took his little sister to The highschool musical in theaters; PLEASE NO!
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12skippy21
Posts: 785 Location: York, England |
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Zac Efron huh?
You know what that means, Death Note: The Musical! |
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Hybridchild
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Not the most eloquent of people is he?
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DieHardBleachFan
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While he definitely looks the part, I really don't like the idea. There have already been a plethora of horrible live-action anime adaptations, no need to add another to the mix.
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OnanRulz
Posts: 132 Location: The MPLS |
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Speaking as a Death Note fan, I would thoroughly enjoy that idea. It's already a tad melodramatic. |
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kpk
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Despite all the negativity that surround him after High School Musical, Zac Efron is a good actor. 17 Again and Me and Orson Welles proves it. Beside, he looks the part.
Also... I really want Joseph Gordon-Levitt to be L and that Rian Johnson (Brick, The Brothers Bloom) will be the director |
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Sven Viking
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So true. |
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darksharingan
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Sorry, but Zac Effron is a crappy actor who's movies are nothing but bull-spoof and to bring him into Death Note would destroy its maturity because his main demographic is teenage girls.
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Kyogissun
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This. I watched 17 Again and found it genuinely appealing. Zac Effron did a pretty good job in this movie and as someone who hates the marketing appeal that was abused with crap like HSM, it was somewhat of a step in a better direction. It also helped that Thomas Lennon was in it... And Leslie Mann... And Matthew Perry. ...And I think Nicole Sullivan? Or was that someone else... And Jim Gaffigan... And Bryan Boyle Murray. ****, okay it had a lot of other people I liked and while I did enjoy Zac's part, I enjoyed the others more. It wasn't a piece of crap like I thought it would be. I think he'd do fine as Light but I have a feeling the 'hollywood' effect will give a bad spin on it. The darker storyline will be lost for the sake of a more wider audience grab attempt and Light won't truly be his evil self in the end. I.E. I think Zac will be held back. |
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Julia-the-Great
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Pun intended? But seriously, I don't know how I feel about this. I'd probably still go see it, but I don't hold much stock in teen-idols. It's nice that he'd be enthusiastic about it, but I still feel like casting a teen-idol is like the production selling out before they even get started. |
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kpk
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You're not in-tack. This days in Hollywood, Drak sells the most. |
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