that movie

[Mark Kohut]

ISasha looked young enough, what is the actress, a youthful-looking 32
or is it 34? ...I would accept a younger Doc with an older Reese
Witherspoon making it with
a younger hippie....

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 10:24 AM, David Ewers <dsewers at comcast.net> wrote:
> I couldn't agree more about Joaquin Phoenix.  I like his acting, but I couldn't stop thinking, fortyish in 1970 would have made Doc part of Korean War generation, maybe even some creepy old dude; it rang false to me right away.
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> I think most everyone skewed old in the movie.  Is this a reflection of an aging society, or just an aging director??
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> On Jan 12, 2015, at 4:48 AM, Mark Wright wrote:
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>> Although Josh Brolin and Katherine Waterston were wonderful, I've concluded that J Phoenix was miscast. Too old, playing the part too old, and fundamentally just not enough gum in the ol' shoe. The job description "gumshoe" refers to crepe soles, which are good for sneaky-pete-ing but not much better than leather at the beach. Anyway. As Coy Harlingen Owen Wilson worked beautifully. But for Sportello Anderson should have used the younger -- and congenitally more bewildered-seeming -- Jason Schwartzman. But then, wait, no... Then? Paul Thomas Anderson would have been Wes Anderson?...(thoughtful, he takes another drag)
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