Icepick wrote:You are right, Matthew McConacooky really is not the greatest actor but what bothers me about him is his arrogant swagger. I think we would see his portrayal of TM(ooo...I think I just threw up in my mouth) with this predictable personality. I never liked him as an actor, especially after the sub movie, but having him in a MPI project is rubbing salt in the wounds.
I'm reserving judgement on this one....
MM has a nice, casual charm which is what is necessary for the role. Is he perfect for the role? Probably not, but I don't think it'll be him who is the bad part of the movie.
He might surprise us. I'll wait until I see the movie. The movie might be terrible, but he might surprise you.
Could be worse, we could have some Nicholas Cage overacting.
Now, while I'm stoned by the forumites, let me defend my position.
Picture a legit candidate for the role (George Clooney). Can you REALLY see him being Magnum? I can't Magnum is quintessentially broke. scams off his friends and dresses really casually. Can you see Clooney pull that off? I can't. Its going to look like some Oceans Eleven smug, perfect character ripoff. If you want to get it right, you have Magnum wiping out while jumping over the lanai fence. You have him hurt after being hit. You make him fallable. I've never seen a Clooney movie where he was fallible. The secret to the Magnum character (in my opinion) is his shortcomings. MM has frequently played roles in which his shortcomings are evident, and he plays those of the character up. (See "How To Lose a Guy in 10 days" for a perfect example - girlfriend dragged me to it and I surprisingly ended up liking it, be cause the guy was REAL)
Now, MM, you can SEE as bumming off his friends, p!ssing off Higgins and having the c'est la vie lifestyle. Seriously, dye his hair, give a nice prosthetic stache and ditch the Texan accent, and you have a pretty decent Magnum.
Now:
1) I wholly admit to being skeptical about the whole thing in previous threads, but I've thought that it might not be totally terrible.
2) Yes, the original cast idea would be preferable, but we know it ain't gonna happen
3) While MM as Magnum is growing on me, the characters of Higgins and Rick worry me, esp the former. (Marky Mark could pull Rick off (but I doubt he'd take the role) and LL Cool J would make a great TC. Higgins, how do you pull off without JH? He's going to look like a prissy jerk throughout 3/4 of the movie because they aren't going to write the part correctly.
Stones away!