I liked the Japanese version.
Which is why I wouldn't watch the American remake. Those never go well.
Ah, yes, of course. The gypsies, they gave you your soul. The gypsies are filthy people. Ptui! We shall speak of them no more.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SailAweigh - May 27, 2006 6:45:49 pm PDT #9269 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2006 6:53:06 pm PDT #9270 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I've now brushed my teeth and gargled a couple of times, and am still finding the odd popcorn kernel here and there. Do they actively burrow now?
kat perez - May 27, 2006 6:54:16 pm PDT #9271 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
I was going to try to argue, but I can't actually think of a good example where the Amercian remake has topped the original. Do other countries remake our movies? I'm laughing now thinking about the French version of Do The Right Thing.
SailAweigh - May 27, 2006 6:57:13 pm PDT #9272 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Do other countries remake our movies?
Hoo boy, I don't know if that would be a good thing or bad. Isn't it bad enough they probably subtitle ours and make them make sense while they're at it?
Spidra Webster - May 27, 2006 6:57:35 pm PDT #9273 of 10002
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
It surprised me, but I liked the American version of Insomnia better than the Norwegian original.
Do other countries remake our movies?
Bollywood has remade a number of American films over the years.
kat perez - May 27, 2006 7:03:29 pm PDT #9274 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
One of my most surreal movie experiences was watching the Arnold Schwarzenegger/Sinbad vehicle Jingle All The Way dubbed into Spanish with a room full of tots and their parents who'd apparently been someplace where balloons were being given out prior to coming into the theater.
I did get to watch a child repeatedly beat the person in front of him over the head with his balloon for pretty much the entire film while his mom cried, "No, Sebastian!" Funnier than anything that happened on screen.
megan walker - May 27, 2006 7:03:31 pm PDT #9275 of 10002
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I was going to try to argue, but I can't actually think of a good example where the Amercian remake has topped the original. Do other countries remake our movies? I'm laughing now thinking about the French version of Do The Right Thing.
Hi Kat!
Not Do the Right Thing , but Mathieu Kassovitz's Métisse ( Café au Lait in the States) was essentially a remake of She's Gotta Have It . Kassovitz is a big fan of Lee. And Jacques Audiard just made an awesome remake of Fingers (1978, with Harvey Keitel).
My students did a project on remakes this semester and one concluded that True Lies was better than the original. I tell you, it was enough to make the Baby Jesus cry.
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2006 7:05:08 pm PDT #9276 of 10002
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I actually think the American remake of Ringu was a better movie overall, though the climactic scene was scarier in the original.
kat perez - May 27, 2006 7:06:55 pm PDT #9277 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
megan, hi! I haven't seen you in ages. How's tricks?
I think I would like to see this French remake of She's Gotta Have It. That was back when I still liked a Spike Lee Joint. Although, I haven't seen Inside Man yet. So maybe I could like him again.
SailAweigh - May 27, 2006 7:09:09 pm PDT #9278 of 10002
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
the American version of Insomnia better than the Norwegian original.
I didn't realize that was a remake! I did like it, though, whether it was better or not I couldn't say. Still, very good by my eyes.