that movie

[Dave Monroe]

I didn't realize Joaquin  Phoenix was 40 'til I looked it up just now
(I still remember him in To Die For [1995]).  Doc is, as I recall, 29
in the book. But I didn't register JP as all that much older, so ...

Also, I (almost) never (unlike virtually every review published on the
subject) never found JP "mumbly" @ all, + I have ePete Townshend
hearing, so ...

... then again, Robt. Downey, Jr., ca. nine years older, was initially
cast (and admitted he was too old, so ...).  But JS?  You've got the
world's biggest Rushmore (1998) fan (a movie, and, esp., a soundtrack,
that might as well been made for me), but DEFINITELY NOT JS ....

Do see, however, by the director of IMPOLEX (2009),

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3093546/

http://www.filmcomment.com/article/review-listen-up-philip-alex-ross-perry

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Mark Wright <washoepete at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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