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This week sucks. I thought I could come up with something clever (sucks like a $2 hooker! TM

antheia) or catchy (if it sucks, it must be a day ending in 'Y'!) or suitably cutting (sucks like your mom!) to describe how hard it sucks, but nope, don't even have that. That is how hard this week sucks.

And now this:

Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams will star in The Time Traveler's Wife, the Robert Schwentke-directed adaptation of the bestselling Audrey Niffenegger novel.

Shooting's set to start in August.

Bana will play a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder that causes him to time-travel when he is under duress. Though his disorder causes him to vanish for long periods, he tries to build a life with the woman he loves. She's a young heiress struggling with the arrangement.

I love Rachel. If I were into girls, I would totally hit that, but Eric Bana? As HENRY? Henry is lithe. Henry is a little punky. Eric Bana is the fucking Hulk (horrible movie, but the idea sticks). Couldn't you get a real actor like Ed Norton (even though, he's apparently playing the Hulk now)? Or a real Henry, like, like somebody else? How about Matthew Goode? He's hot. He can be an asshole too. And he and Rachel McAdams would set the screen on fire. And Clare isn't an heiress! WTF, people?! I must go cry now -- or something suitably

hackthis as I don't cry.

I know. Please go convince

scribblinlenore she has to write Nathan/Peter under the title SEX BOMB!

Do it for me ~~the children~~ ~~the porn~~ ME. Please?!!!

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ERIC BANA?! No. That is so freaking wrong. I just...No. Eric Bana is no Henry.

*sigh* And I was so looking forward to this movie and the casting of Rachel.

*pats you* I am so, so with you on the amazingly sucktastic week.

But I went and changed my poll answer for you! I am--um. A drop. A drop in your river of awesome.

Why must they mess with such a good book? I hope that's just wrong info and they aren't turning Claire into an heiress. That would just be stupid. And yeah, Eric Bana is hot, but most of his movies suck and he's so not who I envisioned as Henry.

Did you see Munich? Eric Bana is not so bad. Although I'm happy to say I never saw Hulk.

Edward Norton would have been cool too, but I think the Bana might make it work. Henry is kinda badass.

And OMG SEXBOMB. Must read this fic toot sweet.

What's wrong with Eric? He's a great actor who's somehow always wound up being a hit in shit (except for Munich).

I haven't read the book, but Eric can totally act. I mean, he may LOOK wrong for the part, but then, I said the same thing about Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger & he did just fine.

Chiming in with a completely opposing opinion: more than anything I think Eric Bana's good and just solid. I will maybe have a little trouble with him, a little maybe as the younger Henry, but no trouble at all as Henry gets older.

He's the only reason I still have positive feelings about Troy. ~~And I want to have his babies. Maybe that makes me biased.~~

hmm, I thought Claire was sort of heiress-y? Didn't she grow up in a house with like 20 rooms? But I definitely don't want them to play her in the Paris Hilton way. That would suck hard.

Dude. You've got some serious power. People actually changed their vote in the poll. *g*

(*whispers* I'm going to write the story. Can I resist? It's Sex Bomb????)

Clare is SORT OF an heiress...

Whatever. I'm depressed, too. Fucking Eric Bana. I knew it was down to him or Heath Ledger as of a few weeks ago, and while I wasn't crazy about either of them, I would have preferred HEath.

scribblinlenore is going to write a fic involving Nathan, Peter and LUSH products (http://usa.lush.com/cgi-bin/lushdb/157?expand=Bath)?

Shiny!

WHAT???

WHAT????

Eric BANA????

I mean, my dream Henry is Jim Caviezel, aka Jesus, so it was never gonna happen, but seriously, WHAT????

Oh dear god. Not Eric Bana. So not Henry. Just, NOT.

This is always a problem when they make books that I love into movies - the actors never match the picture I created in my head as I read.

I may cry. Eric Bana? For the love of all that is sacred, WHY?

I was actually kind of looking forward to this adaptation. It's never going to be as good as the book, but Rachel McAdams is adorable and then this. BAH.

mskatej just linked me to this because I was bitching and moaning about the exact same thing. Eric Bana is not Henry. He can never be Henry. He could not be more wrong. He is not a lanky punk rock librarian! He has no sense of mischief or humor. He is far too old. He is far too bland and masculine. Henry really had a trace of androgyny, as well. He was not a typical male.

I don't think this movie is going to turn out well. The director (he directed FLIGHTPLAN) is terrible. All the people who have had their hands all over the script are terrible. And I'm sure they're not going to retain any of the cultural signifiers that Audrey made so vivid in the book. I wouldn't be surprised if they moved it from Chicago to New York. If Henry and Clare's passion for punk and indie rock were erased from existence. If there's a theme song specially written by Faith Hill.

The whole thing makes me upset.

Eric Bana is the fucking Hulk (horrible movie, but the idea sticks). Couldn't you get a real actor like Ed Norton (even though, he's apparently playing the Hulk now)

ow, that makes my head hurt. i like eric bana, but definitely not as henry. matthew goode would be AWESOME. sigh.