Comments on Green Apron Monkey: gettin on "tiptoes"

I've seen this movie and there is nothing bad abou...

2006-02-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

I've seen this movie and there is nothing bad about it, but after reading this article I've got suspicion that the author should grow up first before writing this crap.

Oh yeah, and wine swilling marxist is a stereotype...

2005-12-03T18:20:00.000-08:00

Oh yeah, and wine swilling marxist is a stereotype that no Frenchman (probably) actually deserves. Agreed there.

I have read around the back story of how this film...

2005-12-03T18:19:00.000-08:00

I have read around the back story of how this film got made a bit. Gary Oldman it seems, was not just fulfilling his contractual obligation to appear in one corn-filled pile of crap for every three brilliant performances. Seems he was rather relishing the opportunity to play a little person and expand his dramatic range to the vertically-challenged.

I can't speak to the rest of the cast, but let this be a lesson to you youngsters. A misguided quest for artistic achievement can be just disasterous as good old greed.

Having just returned from a long year in China, du...

2005-12-03T14:12:00.000-08:00

Having just returned from a long year in China, during which I also purchased and viewed this movie, I was under the impression that I was perhaps the only person alive who had seen it. I was deceived by the all-star cast into thinking that it was a quality film.

Upon my return to the States, I forced my best friend to sit down and witness this train wreck of a movie with me, because, that's just the kind of person I am.

While we both agree with your insight into the many problems this film poses, especially the detrimental effect it could potentially have on the plight of the little people (that is should anyone else actually see it), we were wondering:

Did the screenwriter or casting director have a prejudice against the French? We think that Maurice was just a little person who wanted to make something of himself and his life, and instead of focusing on his inner qualities and the effect dwarfism has on his life, he chose to focus his entire character on being the stereotypical French asshole.

Also, what were Matthew, Kate, Patricia, Gary, and their agents thinking when casting them in this movie? Perhaps each of these otherwise fine actors all have ties to the little people community that we are unaware of, and therefore this movie was a personal crusade for them (one which we must agree, failed tremendously) But, as we tend to doubt that is the case, we really want to know - what were they smoking?

We just wanted to get this off of our chests. Thanks for your commentary, it was really great to read it and know that we are not alone in having viewed this strange and ultimately sub-standard piece of cinematography. Maybe that's why I only found it in China. Probably best that it stays there.