Kutcher was an obvious choice due to his current high profile and bearing some resemblance to the subject. Judging by the "movie of the week" quality of the movie, I would go on to call him the perfect choice, matching the qualities of the star most accurately to the product (something like "That 80's Movie").
I have never understood how this cardboard cut-out of an actor has managed to build such a big career.
I wonder who should be cast for a better script?
Actually I would like to see the bio-flick genre die forever, especially with living subjects still active in their field. Most not only change the real facts, not merely omit some for time, many manage to actually invert the facts, that is, lie outright for screenplay expediency, as with Churchill's position on the abdication of Edward VIII portrayed in The King's Speech. Cinematic bio-flicks (as opposed to a well made documentary) are for the most part the Liberty Valance version of history, film the legend.
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d_green_maverick
12 years ago
most biopics nowadays aren't of real value to be honest but rather an easy attempt to make money of the existing trend or popularity. Suckerberg, Jabs, Beaver, etc... it's not like they would be of historical value in a few years.
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ObscureAuteur
12 years ago
The biopics of yesteryear were no better and tended to sugarcoat any unpleasant details of their subject's life. However, few of them were about prominent living people still active in their field.
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vivekorn
11 years ago
Actually I would like to see the bio-flick genre die forever, especially with living subjects still active in their field. Most not only change the real facts, not merely omit some for time, many manage to actually invert the facts, that is, lie outright for screenplay expediency, as with Churchill's position on the abdication of Edward VIII portrayed in The King's Speech. Cinematic bio-flicks (as opposed to a well made documentary) are for the most part the Liberty Valance version of history, film the legend.
I couldn't agree more, and I wonder if more and more of them are coming out nowadays. It certainly looks like it.. Historical films irritate me aswell, especially when archive footage is available. They're being disrespectful to the facts by giving them the whole Hollywood "treatment".
"If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite."-W. B.
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