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If Owen Wilson was in this?


I was just thinking about how much better it would of been with Owen Wilson, I don't really like RDJ as an actor, my opinion. Owen Wilson + Ben Stiller = Crying from laughter.

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Owen was going to be in a movie, as Ben stiller friend.

I really dont see anyone playing Kirk other than Downey

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Kirk Lazarus(AKA RDJ): "You made me, NOW UNMAKE ME!"

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I know but just a small few minutes of Owen Wilson would of made the film for me, it's like he was made for satirical comedies!!

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I know what you mean. I really want to see another Ben Stiller/Owen wilson movie

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Kirk Lazarus(AKA RDJ): "You made me, NOW UNMAKE ME!"

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So you don't like Iron Man or Avengers?

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Why does anyone like iron man or avengers? They are pure Hollywood garbage with no story.......rdj does a decent job keeping them somewhat alive I guess....

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Except that they're not. The MCU has shown how to combine great storytelling with big action sequences, especially Avengers. The Avengers did a fantastic job building up the narrative showing how these individual characters introduced in various films were able to come together to form an all-powerful team.
Although there seems to be this trend to hate all movies that have any form of high-budget action sequences. It's like it doesn't matter how well the story is put together, the second a big action sequence happens, the trolls just come rampant with "this movie is just hollywood splosion crap."
And honestly, anyone that refers to Hollywood as more than just a city where movie studios happen to be located immediately loses credibility in an argument. Hollywood doesn't make movies, studios make movies. There isn't one massive Hollywood corporation that owns all the studios (if that were the case, there would never be an issue with studios not being able use characters because a different studio owns the rights to them, so we would have had Avengers, Fantastic 4, X-men, etc. in one series by now).

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Just because you are too stupid to understand it, it does not mean that it is a plot hole

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Thank you

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Hollywood? They've been established characters for nearly 50 years!

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If OW was in this, he would have to have some silly nonsensical 5 minute monologue that meant nothing and added nothing to the movie. No thank you.

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you just said it yourself, he doesn't even need a good script to create a great presence around him, his own character does that for him.

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I think you should look up the word 'monologue.' It doesn't mean ad-lib as you seem to think.

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This Wilson vs. Downey debate is moot. If Wilson was in it he would've had Matthew McConaughey's role

From now on I shall stand for the opposite of killing. "Gnodab"

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This is the exact thing I was going to say. If Owen was to take anyones role, It would have been McConaughey's. I can't picture Wilson playing Downey's role. He is talented, but I don't think he could have pulled it off.

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This is the exact thing I was going to say. If Owen was to take anyones role, It would have been McConaughey's. I can't picture Wilson playing Downey's role. He is talented, but I don't think he could have pulled it off.


^^This. I couldn't see Owen playing that role at all. He's a good actor and he's funny but RDJ was perfect to play Kirk Lazarus. I think Owen would've been perfect for the McConaughey role, I think Stiller had written it for him.

"I am the ultimate badass, you do not wanna `*beep*` wit me!"- Hudson in Aliens.

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owen hasn't been in ben's movie for years, since his attempt of suicide if i remember correctly (oh a second thought he's in night at the museum)

robert is astounding in this movie, deserved the oscar. i don't think owen can play this whole dumb and ridiculous character

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Why is everyone so on about RDJ vs Owen Wilson?
That wasn't ever the issue, nor would it have been an issue.

It has been stated many times, even here on IMDB, that Wilson was to play the role of Rick, the manager to Tugg Speedman. However he was replaced by Matthew McConaghuy? after his suicide attempt.
RDJ was always the first choice to play Lazarus Kirk.

So this whole "vs" thing would never occur. Where did that come from?

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It's would have. I am starting to think that teachers are being overpaid these days...

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You didn't like Wedding Crashers? That's a classic.

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I take it you think The Royal Tenenbaums was a mediocre film?

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Owen was supposed to be in TT, but he had his suicide attempt and that was that. Wish he would have been in it.

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