i'm sure most of y'all have already seen the new uncharted movie trailer, i am personally disappointed in a lot of things so to cope here's who i would have casted based off of appearance and vibe™️ (specifically the cast of uncharted 4 since they wanted to go w the whole pirate thing)
jeremy renner as nathan drake
i know y'all saw this coming i've been preaching this for years. its the face and the attitude and y'all KNOW renner could pull off the action. no hate to tom holland, i love him as an actor but like... nate isn't that young. HOWEVER! tom holland could probably pass as young nate in columbia imo
jeffrey dean morgan as samuel drake
i saw a few comments on the trailer that said jdm could pull off sully way more but tbh?? i def see him as sam once his hair is grown out. that neck tattoo would look sick on him
jeff bridges as victor sullivan
the face. the expressions. the age. it all works out perfectly. no hate to mark wahlberg, but sully without his stache?? is it even sully??
theresa frostad eggesbø as elena fisher
i was watching ragnarok earlier this year and the second saxa came on screen i went "oh wow that's just elena" and my parent looked at me funny bc they thought i meant from the vampire diaries. but like, seriously. u can't tell me she wouldn't be perfect.
simone ashley as chloe frazer
at first i didn't know who i would cast as chloe bc sophia taylor ali seemed to fit it pretty well from the trailer, but then i remembered simone from seeing the cast list for bridgerton season 2 and it all went down from there
jake gyllanhaal as rafe adler
since i played the games i've always thought that jake would make a great rafe for some reason, that's just how i saw it and i'll stick to it even now
renee elise goldsberry as nadine ross
DOWN TO THE MOLE ABOVE HER LIP!!!! (i know they're on opposite sides leave me alone) renee would be amazing as nadine and u know she could pull it off after watching her in altered carbon ok
update: i just watched the movie on netflix and here are my thoughts! spoilers, naturally
- i don't like what they did to sully's character, they turned him into an asshole and undermined the relationship he and nate originally had in game
- the fact that they completely wrote out the story of how sam and nate got the surname of drake, ugh. it took away so much of the characterization of sam and nate, and how they actually got to where they're at
- THE FACT THAT THE WHOLE ARC OF FRANCIS DRAKE WAS JUST WIPED???? WHAT THE HELL MAN
- who the fuck is this jo braddock bitch she is not my nadine ross
- i still don't like how they put all four games into one movie to make a whole new kind of thing, if they had kept to doing a movie per game there would have been more to look forward to
- they seriously just wiped elena out as a character huh. i sat here waiting for something of her and they just. gone w the wind w her
- i really didn't like what they did to chloe's character, she's not stupid enough to take the fake coordinates but they just. dumbed her down
okay i think i'm done w the negatives so here are some things that i liked
- the vibe still gave uncharted as i know it: nate's stupid dumb luck, the twist and turns of "this isn't the place yet", the double crossings, i couldn't knock that but i can and will knock how they went about certain things
- i peeped the naughty dog sticker and i got excited for that (why the fuck does nate's catholic orphanage suitcase have a supreme sticker on it LOL)
- i very much enjoyed the gag of nolan north (nate's in game va) having a cameo and going "huh that happened to me once"
- sam is alive and in prison, that's probably the closest they could get for the fourth game in this movie
- the after credits scene was what gave me the excitement, while it isn't exactly to the game it gives me the vibes of the first game and gives some kind of hope that they're not entirely wiping the francis drake lore
- stan mr. whiskers
overall i didn't enjoy the movie, there were so many things that could have been done better in accordance to the game lore, but the fact that it still gave an inkling of uncharted vibes is enough for me for now. still wouldn't rewatch it
