For all my love for Chris Hemsworth I seriously did not like this movie- I try to like it, but couldn’t.
Many people blame
it on the miscasting of Hemsworth as the elite hacker, as he’s too good
looking. Most hackers are usually nerdy or we expect that. The tech nerds were
probably anti-gorgeous-Hemsworth. Problem also because most of us first saw him
as Thor & that’s pretty hard to erase from our minds as that character is
just too damn iconic !
Too bad, he’s a
decent actor but the weak & outdated scrip isn’t helping. Not forgetting
the directing is pretty bad. And the ridiculous title that everyone hates & very little people understand.
Another big
problem is the casting of too many Asians that the Americans never heard of in
the important roles. Even I don’t like to see so many of them!!! It’s like
rojak …lol… It’s obvious this movie is targeted at the Chinese market, but it’s
not easy making a movie that “try” to appeal to both US & Chinese market,
which end up appealing to no one. Besides I seriously don’t think Tang Wei is
even that popular with the Chinese or Asian market. For one, none of my friends
like her. All I know is that she got the press really interested after going
nude in a movie ages ago & that’s it. Fans ??? I seriously doubt there’s any substantial number. I don’t
care for Tang Wei, thus the romantic scenes were all lost on me. Imagine those in the west who don’t even
know her. Bad casting.
Wang Leehom, he’s
nice & all, but just not charismatic enough plus he’s an unknown in the
West. It’s obvious the Chinese don’t really care for these 2 actors, as there’s
no support at the box office. Besides they could just down load illegally, for
curiosity sake. That’s probably why the movie bombed globally & not only in
the US. A good movie doesn’t need to have actors from every single movie market
in order to be successful, Look at Lords of the Ring.
In the end it’s
clear the director overestimated the appeal of my beloved Chris Hemsworth. Could Hemsworth just end up becoming only
associated with the popular character (Thor )and fans abandon him after that
franchise? Poor Thing !
