Board Thread:Movies/@comment-2143738-20150817051412/@comment-8458738-20151008233248

Annettelovesanime wrote:

RoseXThorne wrote: I think what people need to realize is that this was not made by Hollywood, which has access to a large diversity of actors. Where in Japan are you going to find several white actors who can, A) portray the character effectively, and B) fluently speak and understand Japanese? You need to realize that this was made in Japan, for Japan, so of course they would hire Japanese actors. If AOT was picked up by Hollywood or even a UK-based production company these would be legitimate criticisms, but in this case their target audience was Japanese fans, therefore, Japanese actors fit the bill. An AOT movie might be more racially accurate if it were picked up by Hollywood,  although after what Hollywood did to Dragonball Evolution, it's clear American producers do not intend to listen to the Japanese artists, and I wouldn't see it making fans happy. THE TRUTH I think this goes to show that Hollywood, who we always thought they would screw it up similar to The Last Airbender or Dragon Ball Evolution. Japan on the other hand, has issues, alot of issues in filmmaking, including in bugdet and film acting. I don't know maybe Hollywood could do better since they have the Attack on Titan rights, which was acquired by Sony, having a domain name calling it "Attack On The Titan", maybe they'll do better than the Japanese, adaptation wise, but I may have feeling they may screw it up similarly to The Last Airbender or DB:E, which I hope is not the case. PLEASE, not be the case!