Xander/Giles ,'Never Leave Me'
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I don't think classics and perfect are the same
Sorry, that was horribly unclear of me. I probably should have put the last sentence first. I didn't mean classic = perfect, because then almost nothing would qualify.
From googling around today, apparently a lot of people do think it's great, so maybe I'm wrong about that.
Laga, I'm with you, I can't remember if I saw Excalibur first in junior high or high school, but I really loved it. Now, not so much. I don't think it needs to be redone though.
Question: is there a movie you'd really LIKE to see remade. What would it be?
I would really like the Star Wars prequels completely redone. That is probably my fondest hope.
I saw District 9 this afternoon.
Wow.
Marvelous CGI that was not jaw-dropping only because I didn't remember it was CGI until after the movie was over.
Several twists I didn't see coming.
And a grim, cynical, and sadly realistic portrayal of how awful humans can be.
Inglourious Basterds: pretty awesome. It's essentially a series of tense conversations, punctuated with bursts of violence. It actually reminded me of No Country For Old Men with the prolonged suspense. But this has more catharsis, thank goodness.
So I'm worn out now. At one point in the movie I jumped in my seat because someone suddenly knocked on a door. And it was in no way a suspenseful moment; I was just that keyed up.
Oh, and there is some gore. Mostly like the head-shot in Pulp Fiction, so suddenly you're peering through your fingers and giggling at the same time.
Question: is there a movie you'd really LIKE to see remade. What would it be?I know there are movies where afterward I thought, "Y'know, someone should redo this and fix [the ending, or the casting, or whatever]." Of course I can't think of any in particular right now. I'll have to ponder.
Y'know, someone should redo this and fix [the ending...
Joe vs. the Volcano.
Remake Four Weddings, with an actual actress in the Andie Macdowell role.
I can't say as there's movies that I'd want remade so much as tweaked, while still retaining the majority of the original elements such as casting, directing, cinematography, score. If I liked a movie enough to be bothered by it's flaws and want a do-over, then I don't want a complete makeover.
So I'm sure there's tons of movies that if remade, I'd love them, but they'd be based on movies that I hate to the core, and wouldn't even fathom wanting to watch any version of them, let alone wish for a remake.
But yes, the new SW trilogy I'd love to see done right/better. And on that note, I'll take a remake of LotR with a different director and producers and writers. And someone else playing Gimli.
I already want HP:HBP redone.
I'll take a remake of LotR with a different director and producers and writers. And someone else playing Gimli.
I'm with you on the Gimli. Unfortunately for JRD and luckily for my viewing pleasure there was that latex allergy, so he barely showed in it...and then he showed himself to be a racist fuck, so even the times he was apparent grated.
But for the most part I really liked the production, and where I disagreed with it I have to concede that they were at least painstaking if wrong.
As for the SW trilogy, I'd be totally okay with it unmade, rather than remade.
I would love to see a director's cut of Idiocracy. That poor movie was cut to ribbons by the studio and dumped onto DVD, but there are such flashes of brilliance in there that really regret not being able to see the movie it was supposed to be.