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Should have cast less attractive actors


Here is the problem. Look up the real people involved and notice they are nothing like the actors used to portray them.

Fine that's the Hollywood way, but in this particular story it leaves us clueless about the deeper motivations of the group, yeah, they steal trendy desirable stuff from celebrities, we get that. But every scene is missing some crucial dynamic. It's meant to be about mundane people looking enviously at the world of the glamorous and privileged.

So if you're going to convey this social, material gulf, don't use actors who look like they're already there, otherwise they're going to look like spoiled brats.

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Can't help but feel she missed the stronger more interesting story.

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But...the people who did this weren't average mundane kids either. They were already well off. Hell, Nick Prugo's dad had just managed to have Paranormal Activity win big money for his company. These WERE privileged kids who were looking at the FAME factor. Privilege had nothing to do with it, it was all about celebrity status.

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Are there that many working actors in the right age bracket who AREN'T attractive, though?! The less attractive actors mostly tend to be character actors, and you won't find many teen and twenty something character actors, because they don't have enough experience... Acting is an industry with a greater preponderance of good-looking people than other professions, so that has to be contended with...

In the film, the character of Marc speaks about insecurity regarding his looks, and - while not ugly - the actor who played him wasn't the traditional 'hunk' type... I think it was the same to a lesser extent with the girls, as well; by ordinary standards they're very pretty, but in Hollywood terms, perhaps they weren't quite so high-end...






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Are there that many working actors in the right age bracket who AREN'T attractive, though?! The less attractive actors mostly tend to be character actors, and you won't find many teen and twenty something character actors, because they don't have enough experience... Acting is an industry with a greater preponderance of good-looking people than other professions, so that has to be contended with...


Agreed. This was a terrible movie but this aspect didn't make it so.

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"Your mother puts license plates in your underwear? How do you sit?!"

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Emma was distracting for me. I couldn't focus on the movie ;) I was overly concerned about her safety when she broke into Paris Hilton's home lol.




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the girl playing emma's frd/sister, taissa, she is not even close to being as good looking the real life person who is a cyber playboy 2010 or something, she is smoking hot!

these people all are good looking, they got the casting right!


This ain't that Kinda movie!

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