Water for Elephants

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I LOVED this book and was excited to hear that it was being made into a movie. Has anyone else read it or have any interest in seeing the movie?
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As a young man, Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson) was tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. It was the early part of the great Depression, and for Jacob (Holbrook), now ninety, the circus world he remembers was both his salvation and a living hell. A veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie.
It was there that he met Marlena, (Witherspoon) the beautiful equestrian star married to August (Waltz), the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant and only hope for this third-rate traveling show.


Although I loved the book, I'm hesitant to watch the movie. I'm not a fan of Robert Pattinson, so hearing he was playing Jacob made me cringe a little. My best friend loves him (she also loves Twilight...) but is also uneasy about him being in the movie. I love Reese, but picture Marlena as being much younger. I also pictured August as being a much bigger man. And the circus they've been showing in the trailers is a lot fancier than I imagined as well.
So, we'll see. I'm at least able to appreciate a movie as just that, a movie, without having to compare it to the book... (Harry Potter, for example. Good movies on their own, but if I compare them to the books, I just get upset/angry! >.<)
 
The trailer(s?) I've seen have kind of been weird/not very engaging to me. But fuck, Hal Holbrook, Reese Witherspoon, and Christoph Waltz are amazing. And honestly, I think Robert Pattinson is much better than the Twilight series. I hope he takes advantage of his shot to be in a movie that isn't a steaming pile of shit(Twilight, Remember Me) or tiny role (Potter) and show some acting chops. He definitely comes off really intelligent in most interviews I've seen/read.
 
My girl is really looking forward to this, having also read the book.

From what she was telling me, she also seems to think that Reese's character should have been much younger.. Though she also said Reese is producing it? :p

As far as Robert Pattinson goes, I haven't seen him in anything except Harry Potter lol... I do wonder if he regrets Twilight.. he always seems like such a good actor in the trailers I see him in (granted, this could just be the product of a well-edited trailer), but I can't help but think "Oh look, the vampire guy!" even though I haven't seen Twilight..

I am looking forward to this movie, simply because it looks like something I would enjoy. Will I use this to judge R-Pat's entire career from this movie on?
Nah. He'll always be Cedric Diggory to me :awesome:
 
I thought he was just a decent Cedric. And because I'm far from being a Twilight fan, I try not to judge him on that... So, still waiting to see him do something fantastic! I definitely don't think he's awful, though. :)
This is LOLWTF though:

Oh, Tyra...
 
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Philosopher B.

Hmmm now, do I want to see a movie with Christoph Waltz playing a nasty dude who macks on Reese Witherspoon and beats up Robert Pattinson, why yes I do.
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But seriously, it looks worth a watch. Never read the book myself.
 
From what I've heard, Pattinson thinks the Twilight books are utter shit and basically took the part for the paycheck as he tries to find more dramatic, smaller work like Water for Elephants and Little Ashes.
 

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From what I've heard, Pattinson thinks the Twilight books are utter shit and basically took the part for the paycheck as he tries to find more dramatic, smaller work like Water for Elephants and Little Ashes.
He also says that he tries to play Edward as the most despicable self-loathing guy possible. Not that he really need any help with that.
 
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