Before you get too much of a hard on let me start by saying there is NO GOD OF WAR MOVIE. There are some rip-offs, such as Dawn of War which for some reason recently changed it’s name to that from it’s original “War of Gods.” What’s it about, you ask? Well, it’s plot description on IMDB is:
“Greek warrior Theseus battles against imprisoned titans.”
When I first heard about it it was described as,
“Greek warrior Theseus battles against Gods.”
Interesting… There’s also Clash of the Titans which is respectably a remake so there’s no “ripping-off” going on but I just found it funny that it’s release was pushed back from the week after God Of War:III comes out, to a week later. Funny, is that their official reason was “to accommodate the addition of 3D to the film.” I’m sure it had nothing to do with the highest selling Greek Myth-based media in history coming out around the same time.
Anyway enough of that, I also wanted to share a humorous hypothetical about the possibility of a God of War movie. G4 did this short segment about casting a God of War movie that isn’t very serious, but pretty funny to imagine:
I am pretty curious as to how serious they were by suggesting Vin Diesel…that’s a horrible, terrible, repulsive idea. Kratos may not have the broadest of emotional spectrums (pretty much just angry, and really fucking angry.) but if a movie was made they would need a great actor to not only be badass and angry, but nail his voice and play out that whole anger part really damn well. I know who my only acceptable choice for an actor to play Kratos is, the same one David Jaffe suggested when the God of War movie was actually in the works and fully scripted back in 2003: Djimon Hounsou, a man who not only looks the part, but is also a pretty exceptional actor from what I’ve seen. Seriously, can you name a better resemblance to Kratos than Djimon?
If you can, please share, I’d be interested to know.
Now I’m actually going to get back to that whole school thing, I’ll update again over the weekend.
-Ben
2 comments:
peter mensah, possibly?
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3199701248/nm0579795
the messenger from 300. that's all i could think of during that scene. if i cared enough, i'd put the two side by side. but you have an imagination.
peter mensah, possibly?
http://www.imdb.com/media/rm3199701248/nm0579795
the messenger from 300. that's all i could think of during that scene. if i cared enough, i'd put the two side by side. but you have an imagination.
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