>Does Gosling take a hit here?

How? He's been on a steady climb to a nice buzz, but is he really a big time player just yet? Do you think women- a sizeable portion of his audience along with the requisite man-crushers- are going to be turned off by his role? Nah. He's a People Magazine regular and that old school movie star face will remain plastered on those covers. He's got an intriguing slate of movies to come that will tell a far truer tale than this one.

>Stone?

See: Gosling, Ryan. Pretty much the same story. Both skew toward a younger audience that just flat out like them. She still has a certain charm to her- much like Gosling- that won't fade anytime soon, because she's really yet to make the leap into the big time of A-List actresses.

>Penn can't open shit and everyone knows it, so he not to
>blame.

Was the L really financial though? Sure, we expected more. But then.... it's original September release date was nothing more than January's autumn counterpart, an annual genesis of post-blockbuster doldrums. Nobody will forget about Milk or Mystic River on account of this movie.

>Does Brolin continue his post Jonah Hex non-Will Smith-related
>flopfest?

Probably, but who knows. He's married to Diane Lane, was a part of the Goonies, and plays Tommy Lee Jones impeccably, so who cares? His whole damn life is a W as far as I'm concerned.

In all seriousness though, he'll be fine just like everyone else in this movie. Mackie and Pena got work, lived to see the end and retain their relatively bright futures. That fucking wierdo Ribisi will still get the same level roles he always does.

The reason being? Nobody will really remember this. Those who do won't care enough to give a fuck. It was an entertaining popcorn movie that isn't great but isn't bad enough to really, truly go in on. There's a certain base that will swear by this shit anyways, and they're busy copping bootlegs at the Indoor Mall anyways. They'll brag about that opening scene (which truly was gangster) and be oblivious to the flaws present.

Hollywood will simply pretend this flick doesn't exist a year from now. If anything, the only real presence it will have will be among any list being made if one of these actors winds up with few more flops to their name.

Fleischer, on the other hand, will probably lose some luster trying to go big, and will likely wind up heading back to comedies. He's clearly more comfortable there anyways.