I hate movies like that, although it doesn't help that I suck at matching up names & faces anyway. It's one of the reasons I still have problems with Dead Poets' Society - all of the boys look the same. At least all of the ones with major plot points. "Dude, are you the brooding actor, the cocky playboy, or the shy newbie? Or are you some combination of the above? Wait, who the hell is that one over there!?" Argh!
*snicker*
I think it took me two viewings to get all the boys in that one down pat, but I eventually figured it out. I have no hope for this miniseries, though--casting fictional brothers with real-life brothers is spiffy in concept, but somebody needs to dye their hair or wear an eyepatch or something!
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Date: 2006-06-21 07:10 am (UTC)Thank goodness.
I hate movies like that, although it doesn't help that I suck at matching up names & faces anyway. It's one of the reasons I still have problems with Dead Poets' Society - all of the boys look the same. At least all of the ones with major plot points. "Dude, are you the brooding actor, the cocky playboy, or the shy newbie? Or are you some combination of the above? Wait, who the hell is that one over there!?" Argh!
*snicker*
I think it took me two viewings to get all the boys in that one down pat, but I eventually figured it out. I have no hope for this miniseries, though--casting fictional brothers with real-life brothers is spiffy in concept, but somebody needs to dye their hair or wear an eyepatch or something!