Jim Sturgess

Rating: 8/10 (28 March 2008)

OK well I know that everyone is worried about racism because its a very important topic to discuss in any situation. Yes there is some racism about the movie but in the film there are no racial comments or anything like that. Both views on the movie are valid and should be taken seriously but to boycott the movie "21" for casting doesn't seem right. It hasn't violated such racial problems as Angelina Jole's role did. This is an AMAZING movie and Jim Sturgess is an incredible actor who deserved the chance to play Ben Cambell in the movie. He and the rest of the cast shouldn't be punished for auditioning and winning a role in this movie. And anyways how do we know what the studio was thinking when they casted the lead to a British actor over an Asian one. They could've just picked any actor that they believed would play the role right. Or they could have thought that a certain race would fulfill the commercial demand. Whatever they were thinking right or wrong this movie is INCREDIBLE and deserves to be viewed by millions. This is just my own opinion I don't want to offend anyone so please don't get mad at me for posting this. I know and understand that this is a very very delicate subject(racism) and I don't like to discuss it but since it was the most talked about subject. And because I love this movie I thought I would say something. By the way I did not know any of this when I viewed the movie.