I like the guy playing Phileas, and Jackie Chan as Passepartout, while inventive, is spiffy enough to sell me on it.
However, I must not read the book (my favorite Jules Verne after 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) until after I have seen the movie, evidently. I loved both Nemo and Fogg for their Holmesian demeanors, and this Fogg is... well, I can't see him as obessed with train tables or as cool and collected as the "real" Fogg was. Also, why the heck were they in Austrailia? (I think that's what I heard them say.)
I miss the Indian love interest. Of course, i can't remember her name, so whatever.
I do think that Fogg (whoever he is) works well with Jackie Chan.
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Date: 2004-02-05 04:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-02-05 04:40 pm (UTC)However, I must not read the book (my favorite Jules Verne after 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea) until after I have seen the movie, evidently. I loved both Nemo and Fogg for their Holmesian demeanors, and this Fogg is... well, I can't see him as obessed with train tables or as cool and collected as the "real" Fogg was. Also, why the heck were they in Austrailia? (I think that's what I heard them say.)
I miss the Indian love interest. Of course, i can't remember her name, so whatever.
I do think that Fogg (whoever he is) works well with Jackie Chan.
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Date: 2004-02-05 04:49 pm (UTC)They've made it a little silly and I'm okay with that.
Holy..
Date: 2004-02-05 08:12 pm (UTC)shit....
I wants it.. my precioussss..
I love love LOVE Jackie Chan in almost everything I've seen him in. He even redeemed the Tuxedo.
This. Looks. AWESOME!
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Date: 2004-02-06 09:29 am (UTC)I think that if I can convince my brain that it's not even close to the actual story, then I'll enjoy it. It certainly appears amusing.