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This is in response to the two movie threads from recently. Which "CLASSIC*" flick would you like to see remade, and name some actors you would like to see in it.
I'm thinking "The Maltese Falcon"
with Clive Owen
Kate Hudson
John Rys-Davies
and Don Cheadle
*classic can also mean bad and horrible movies that have potential, or just wern't given their due.
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by CanadaguyNone.
This is in response to the two movie threads from recently. Which "CLASSIC*" flick would you like to see remade, and name some actors you would like to see in it.
Why remake any classic film other than to spit on and bastardise it?
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by CanadaguyI know one they shouldn't have done - The Shining . They remade it and it was a piece of crap . Nothing can compare to Jack in the first . There are just somethings you can't out-do , and shouldn't try to .
This is in response to the two movie threads from recently. Which "CLASSIC*" flick would you like to see remade, and name some actors you would like to see in it.
I'm thinking "The Maltese Falcon"
with Clive Owen
Kate Hudson
John Rys-Davies
and Don Cheadle
*classic can also mean bad and horrible movies that have potential, or just wern't given their due.
06 Sep 05
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Originally posted by darvlayHave you ever seen Shakespear? How many different versions to the same play have you seen? SO its not about destroying a classic but putting on a different perspective, or offering it to a new generation, who might not see it other wise. As too the example above, "The Shining" was based on a Steven King novel and the movie is vastly inferior to the book, or some would say. Everybody has their own perspctive. Also there are tools that wen't available in the past, like COMPUTERS.
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Why remake any classic film other than to spit on and bastardise it?
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by CanadaguyI hate Shakespeare so perhaps this is not a good example to use for me to change my mind.
Have you ever seen Shakespear? How many different versions to the same play have you seen? SO its not about destroying a classic but putting on a different perspective, or offering it to a new generation, who might not see it other wise. As too the example above, "The Shining" was based on a Steven King novel and the movie is vastly inferior to the bo ...[text shortened]... s their own perspctive. Also there are tools that wen't available in the past, like COMPUTERS.
I've seen the modern version of Romeo and Juliet starring Leo and Claire Danes. I thought it was a piece of crap. And I wouldn't necessarily call that a "remake" considering the dialogue remained true to the original play. If some douchebag rewrote the dialogue and story and threw in a new love-triangle arc or arch-villain, would you be interested in seeing it for any reason other than to see how bad it is?
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Originally posted by darvlayThe point was, different people put on different versions to the same play. Each troupe, director, will inaritably put their own spin on the story. Have you ever read The Lord Of The Rings? I havent, but I'm told many things are way different then the book. Yet the movie still feels true to what Tolkien wanted, used the same themes and whatnot. So maybe you should stop being such a movie snob, and just enjoy watching the movies. Thats what they are there for
I hate Shakespeare so perhaps this is not a good example to use for me to change my mind.
I've seen the modern version of Romeo and Juliet starring Leo and Claire Danes. I thought it was a piece of crap. And I wouldn't necessarily call that a "remake" considering the dialogue remained true to the original play. If some douchebag rewrote the dialogu ...[text shortened]... ch-villain, would you be interested in seeing it for any reason other than to see how bad it is?
06 Sep 05
Originally posted by CanadaguyThose are "adaptations" not "remakes".
The point was, different people put on different versions to the same play. Each troupe, director, will inaritably put their own spin on the story. Have you ever read The Lord Of The Rings? I havent, but I'm told many things are way different then the book. Yet the movie still feels true to what Tolkien wanted, used the same themes and whatnot. So ma ...[text shortened]... stop being such a movie snob, and just enjoy watching the movies. Thats what they are there for
It's remakes I am against. Not adaptations.