Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven is gorgeous and beautifully acted, and I like that much better than the Douglas Sirk version, mostly owing to my complete inability to take Rock Hudson seriously as the flannel-wearing, Thoreau-quoting naturalist/lover.
Jayne: What're you gonna tell the others? Mal: About what? Jayne: About why I'm dead. Mal: Hadn't thought about it. Jayne: Make something up. Don't tell 'em what I did.
'Ariel'
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Vonnie K - Nov 16, 2009 10:31:03 am PST #4993 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Amy - Nov 16, 2009 10:32:45 am PST #4994 of 30000
Because books.
Uh, it's not exactly highbrow, but I really like Rob Zombie's take on Halloween. As a movie (with, like, actual plot and motivation, in so much as they are horror movie plot points), I like it a lot more than the original.
I heard the sequel was a big mess, though.
Atropa - Nov 16, 2009 10:36:15 am PST #4995 of 30000
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I'm looking for instances where a movie remake is superior than the original
The Thing.
Little Shop Of Horrors.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2009 10:38:46 am PST #4996 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Nathan Lane was wonderful, and Calista Flockhart was surprisingly good in a tiny and mostly thankless role, but the entire rest of the movie was, to me, a bucket of meh.
Hank Azaria!
Jesse - Nov 16, 2009 10:39:12 am PST #4997 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Far From Heaven isn't actual a remake, more an homage, AFAIK.
Steph L. - Nov 16, 2009 10:40:09 am PST #4998 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
megan walker - Nov 16, 2009 10:48:10 am PST #4999 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
Yeah. The original had some great 60s elements, but I loved the remake. Also, I liked Unfaithful better than La Femme infidèle.
Frankenbuddha - Nov 16, 2009 10:59:11 am PST #5000 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The original had some great 60s elements
And also some wild Boston-shot scenes. I remember seeing random scenes on TV and going "wait a minute..." because one of the buildings is still very much prominently there, but a lot of the rest of the area is unrecognizable.
megan walker - Nov 16, 2009 11:03:36 am PST #5001 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I can't remember if I've watched the original, but the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good.
DavidS - Nov 16, 2009 11:26:50 am PST #5002 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Oooh, good call on The Thing. That's a movie that has just grown and grown in reputation since it came out. I'd think it'd rank in the top ten horror movies of all time.