In all honesty, the screen writer's previous work doesn't exactly inspire confidence what with his only stuff being the shitty Hercules and the even shittier Rampage.
Still...If the writer of The Hangover sequels can turn around and write the Chernobyl series then who knows...
It has some excellent cast members so there's at least some hope. Paddy Considine is a phenomenal actor (check out Dead Man's Shoes if you haven't seen it. One of the best revenge movies ever made) Matt Smith and Rhys Ifans also have some great works behind them.
Certainly looks much more "fantasy" than Game of Thrones did.
It's an odd place in the Targaryen history to do a series about. The so-called "Dance of the Dragons" rather than doing a series about the Doom of Valyria and Aegon's conquest.
Finger's crossed though.
Paddy Considine being in it gives me some small hope, Dead Man's Shoes and A Room For Romeo Brass are two brilliant movies (Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee is also really good if you haven't seen it before Jaden.) but he does tend to get underused by a lot of directors I think, he's in Hot Fuzz and he barely gets anything to do even though he has one of the funnier non-verbal gags in the film. Hope he gets an opportunity to act everyone else right off the map of Westeros.
Originally posted by samhain
Paddy Considine being in it gives me some small hope, Dead Man's Shoes and A Room For Romeo Brass are two brilliant movies (Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee is also really good if you haven't seen it before Jaden.) but he does tend to get underused by a lot of directors I think, he's in Hot Fuzz and he barely gets anything to do even though he has one of the funnier non-verbal gags in the film. Hope he gets an opportunity to act everyone else right off the map of Westeros.
He's excellent in Journeyman as well.
The Girl with all the Gifts is also a very underrated movie with him. Let down a bit in the last act though.
He's also in additional content on the This is England 90 blu-ray where there's a short story about Combo's time in prison after killing Lol's dad. Paddy Considine's character tries to persuade Combo to rape and kill Considine's ex after Combo is released from prison. I've never been able to find anything other than a short clip of the scene online. His character is very disturbing in it.
Originally posted by jaden_2.0
He's excellent in Journeyman as well.
The Girl with all the Gifts is also a very underrated movie with him. Let down a bit in the last act though.He's also in additional content on the This is England 90 blu-ray where there's a short story about Combo's time in prison after killing Lol's dad. Paddy Considine's character tries to persuade Combo to rape and kill Considine's ex after Combo is released from prison. I've never been able to find anything other than a short clip of the scene online. His character is very disturbing in it.
The Girl With All The Gifts is a pretty good movie. Didn't really like This Is England TBH.
Honestly, I think it's a garbage movie designed to make you think it's really good because of it's serious subject matter. It also seems like it was written by the kind of idiot who rides around on a quad bike and needs to go on courses to learn how to do job interviews. I know Shane Meadows is a good writer but I think he got a little full of himself on that one. Once Upon A Time In The Midlands is another shit one of his too.