July 25 2006
Angel's Gwen Raiden, Alexa Davalos get big screen lead role in "The Feast of Love".
She'll screen with big names such as Morgan Freeman, Greg Kinnear and Selma Blair.
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ariana75 | July 25, 09:43 CET
Ameer | July 25, 10:11 CET
Gwen was an interesting character, and seemed like she had a lot of potential. Shame it wasn't explored more fully.
jclemens | July 25, 10:50 CET
I adore that film, it's superb in many ways. I was more gripped by it than the last Star Wars movie.
Simon | July 25, 10:52 CET
(well OK, 'Riddick' had its moments, just seemed a waste after the tight economy of 'Pitch Black' to kind of 'go for bloat', so to speak - the whole Furyan back-story just felt tacked on, unwieldy and unnecessary to me though I know it was there to provide meat for a planned trilogy)
Gwen was an interesting character, and seemed like she had a lot of potential.
Ha, pun intended ? ;). I agree though she was a great character with inbuilt pathos and a fairly natural arc which it would have been good to see more of.
Saje | July 25, 11:00 CET
ariana75 | July 25, 11:05 CET
I didn't think the actors did badly--if anything, several of them remained unchallenged by the script. My only real gripe with it was that the cinematography was somewhat nausea-inducing in places. And it is most unfair to compare it to Ep III: it had a huge fan base of people who wanted it to be good and wanted to care about it, a huge budget, and insane amounts of marketing. Dollar for Dollar, Chronicles was 3 (or more!) times the movie Episode III was. Not as good as Serenity, of course, but a fun popcorn flick--thus, like Serenity and unlike Ep 3, doomed to not experience breakaway commercial success, and, unlike Serenity and like Ep 3, to be yawned at or scorned by the critics.
Alexa handled herself well in Chronicles--it will never be a cringeworthy role (as Conan isn't for Schwarzenegger--Hercules fills that spot nicely), but nor will it be something she can refer to as a breakaway success. It won't contribute to her career, like Serenity has to Nathan's (and, to the rest of the cast's, to a lesser extent)--hence the smiley: it is, per ariana75's comment, good to see her getting roles which may indeed challenge her and contribute to her career development.
Edit: Saje, don't call me on puns and then talk about her arc, unless you want to add to this already-charged topic! ;-)
[ edited by jclemens on 2006-07-25 18:24 ]
jclemens | July 25, 11:17 CET
(genuinely didn't notice 'arc' until after i'd posted, maybe I should amp up the current flowing to my pun-o-meter ;).
Saje | July 25, 13:21 CET
I always liked electric Gwen and wished she could have made a reappearance. I really liked her and Gunn together. They had a nice chemistry and she saw his potential before he was "lawyered up" by WRH. I thought Alexa brought a vunerability and bravado to the character that made her likable rather than tough and hard, which could have happened with a less skilled actor. I can't wait to see what she does with Chloe.
MacGuffin | July 26, 10:14 CET