Which other actors would make a great Eli?

[drakkar]

The problem lies on my side in this matter. Lina is ELI. Everyone else are fake. Only a instant and permanent amnesia can change that. ...Maybe.

Problem is that Lina was a bit to girlish too pass as a boy.

[mackousko]

Problem is that Lina was a bit to girlish too pass as a boy.

Problem for someone who cares.

[mackousko]

I thought Moretz turned in a devastating Abby.

Sorry for of topic. What does it mean "devastating" in this sentence ? Is it slang term for very good? Because direct translation tells me it´s something "destructive" like a tornado or weapon.

[drakkar]

Problem is that Lina was a bit to girlish too pass as a boy.

Problem for someone who cares.

[CyberGhostface]

I thought Lina was androgynous enough in the film that she could pass for a feminine boy.

[jetboy]

I thought Moretz turned in a devastating Abby.

I was being lighthearted when saying that all I need is Lina's performance. It does no harm to dream. However when it crosses over to acting on your dream like LMI I get less lighthearted because without Lina we wouldnt be having this discussion nevermind having a remake.

Who wouldve made a good Jack Torrance in The Shining. Who wouldve done a good job doing Sigourney Weaver's part in Alien. I feel Lina should be given the same respect these iconic roles should be given.

[intrige]

I liked Lina as Eli a lot, all though in my head Eli s a bit different. More boyish, more smallnosed and slim haired. Lina is beautiful and a really good actor. Here she is perfect. But if LTROI would ever to be.. let's say made into a Tv series. What would you cast as Eli, not replace Lina, she's allready there caharcterazing Eli as the first. She can't do it again, who would it be? Lina is femenine, both as a girl and a very femenine boy. It would pass, but Eli was not femenine, he was masculine, and careless of gender and clothing. He didn't chose the yellow dress because it was a dress. But because it would be something no one would miss. The dress being worn and old and brobably at the back of the jars or lockers. If Eli was casted with a boy, as they were actually trying to do, it would also have fitted.

[jetboy]

I liked Lina as Eli a lot, all though in my head Eli s a bit different. More boyish, more smallnosed and slim haired. Lina is beautiful and a really good actor. Here she is perfect. But if LTROI would ever to be.. let's say made into a Tv series. What would you cast as Eli, not replace Lina, she's allready there caharcterazing Eli as the first. She can't do it again, who would it be? Lina is femenine, both as a girl and a very femenine boy. It would pass, but Eli was not femenine, he was masculine, and careless of gender and clothing. He didn't chose the yellow dress because it was a dress. But because it would be something no one would miss. The dress being worn and old and brobably at the back of the jars or lockers. If Eli was casted with a boy, as they were actually trying to do, it would also have fitted.

To have an Eli that would actually look like a girl but be a boy, Kodi Smit Mcfee comes to mind.

[ofelia]

I thought Moretz turned in a devastating Abby.

Sorry for of topic. What does it mean "devastating" in this sentence ? Is it slang term for very good? Because direct translation tells me it´s something "destructive" like a tornado or weapon.

This kind of devastating means 'emotionally devastating', like it affects you very very strongly or produces a powerful reaction. Not slang exactly, just a metaphor. It is confusing though, a lot of English is like that

[gattoparde59]

This kind of devastating means 'emotionally devastating', like it affects you very very strongly or produces a powerful reaction. Not slang exactly, just a metaphor. It is confusing though, a lot of English is like that

That sounded like an odd word choice to me.