Do you think 21st Century Breakdown could be made into a movie?

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June 28th, 2009 at 10:23pm
Certain previous rock operas (eg Tommy, Quadrophenia, The Wall, etc.) have all been adapted into feature films. Some weren't that great compared to their originals (Tommy), some took a new approach and told the album's story in sort of a different way (Quadrophenia), and some were flat out interesting (The Wall). Do you think 21st Century Breakdown would be good if adapted to the big screen? Who would direct the film? Who would be good actors to play the characters in the story. How do you think they'd treat it? Would they make it like The Wall where there's barely any dialogue? Would they make it like Quadrophenia, where there's a fair amount of dialogue while keeping much of the music from The Who's original studio album?
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June 28th, 2009 at 10:58pm
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June 29th, 2009 at 03:18am
I think it would be an AMAZING movie!! When I first listened to 21st Century Breakdown, I pictured the entire thing in my head like a movie. Very Happy

For the actors, I know Billie Joe said in an interview somewhere that he thought Robert Pattinson and Ellen Page would be good for the roles. That would be cool, I can picture them as Christian and Gloria. Very Happy
I don't know who I'd choose to direct it....somebody awesome..... Very Happy

And if it was a movie, I'd like to see a good amount of dialogue added, to fill in any gaps in the story. But I'd want to see all of the songs in it, without much editing or shortening any of the music, since that would be the heart of the story.

I really hope they make it into a movie someday. It has potential to be INCREDIBLE. Very Happy
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June 29th, 2009 at 11:18am
There's really no point :\
They're using 21st Century Breakdown songs in the American Idiot musical. Dno
It would be pretty cool, though.
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June 29th, 2009 at 04:30pm
Orange_Mocha_Frappuchino:
I think it would be an AMAZING movie!! When I first listened to 21st Century Breakdown, I pictured the entire thing in my head like a movie. Very Happy

For the actors, I know Billie Joe said in an interview somewhere that he thought Robert Pattinson and Ellen Page would be good for the roles. That would be cool, I can picture them as Christian and Gloria. Very Happy
I don't know who I'd choose to direct it....somebody awesome..... Very Happy

And if it was a movie, I'd like to see a good amount of dialogue added, to fill in any gaps in the story. But I'd want to see all of the songs in it, without much editing or shortening any of the music, since that would be the heart of the story.

I really hope they make it into a movie someday. It has potential to be INCREDIBLE. Very Happy

NOOO!. omgno
Tre' needs to duct tape Billie's mouth nau! Crying or Very sad

If 21CB was to be made into a movie, I think the actor and actress in the 21 Guns video would be the perfect fit. File
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July 2nd, 2009 at 04:40am
Wasn't American Idiot supposed to be made into a movie?
I don't know if that's a stupid question. I hope not. I've been out of the Green Day loop for the last couple of years and I only very recently got back into them, so I've missed a lot of news.

Orange_Mocha_Frappuchino:

For the actors, I know Billie Joe said in an interview somewhere that he thought Robert Pattinson and Ellen Page would be good for the roles. That would be cool,


Oh dear. If Robert Pattinson was in it I think that would put me off.
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July 2nd, 2009 at 12:09pm
Oh. Movie.

Dno I read wrong.
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July 3rd, 2009 at 10:16pm
Skiba:
Orange_Mocha_Frappuchino:

For the actors, I know Billie Joe said in an interview somewhere that he thought Robert Pattinson and Ellen Page would be good for the roles. That would be cool,


Oh dear. If Robert Pattinson was in it I think that would put me off.


same here. I don't like him.
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July 4th, 2009 at 06:28am
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Tre' needs to duct tape Billie's mouth nau! Crying or Very sad


He should do it on a regular basis Wink Nah, I kid!

I think it would be pretty cool, because like Mike said, the album isn't exactly a concept album but all the songs do link together, so it could work, but whether or not it will be done I guess no one's sure. We'll have to see how well American Idiot as a film is recieved and whether it works.
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July 10th, 2009 at 04:31pm
Dood a movie wood be an awesome pat kn the back for the wonderful mind of billie
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