I can't remember if I've watched the original, but the remake of 3:10 to Yuma was pretty good.
Mercy is the mark of a great man. Guess I'm just a good man. Well, I'm all right.
Mal ,'Shindig'
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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
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.
Tree Lobsters - Nov 16, 2009 12:06:41 pm PST #5003 of 30000
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I'd say both "His Girl Friday" and "The Front Page" (1974) were better than the original "The Front Page" (1931). "Switching Channels", on the other hand, was far worse.
Bit of trivia: "Switching Channels" was supposed to star Michael Caine but he was too busy doing "Jaws, the Revenge". Burt Reynolds was cast instead because, y'know, Burt and Mike are oh so similar. It's hard to say which movie was worse. They both suck in their own special way.
Matt the Bruins fan - Nov 16, 2009 12:15:16 pm PST #5004 of 30000
"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'm pretty sure The Birdcage is the original source of my abiding Robin Williams hatred. Even more than his hideous string of "sickly sad clown/robot/divorced dad/miscellaneous manboychild with a song in his heart and a wound in his soul" abominations. 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. Except Williams, who was a bucket of STABKILLRAGE.
Oh, thank God, I'm not alone. Robin Williams should thank his lucky stars that I've never found a genie lamp, because wish #3 would be for the ability to be waiting backstage with a heavy shovel at the ready every. single. time he plays up his mincing fey schtick for a cheap laugh. I'd go through a lot of shovels.
Tree Lobsters - Nov 16, 2009 12:28:41 pm PST #5005 of 30000
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"The Girl, the Gold Watch and Everything" and "Clockstoppers" were both equally cheesy treatments of a good story. I'd really like to see that one done properly at some point, by someone who knows how to mix scifi and humor.
Typo Boy - Nov 16, 2009 12:39:55 pm PST #5006 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
And, since I am language's bitch, if I have to choose one version, I'll go for the remake. Reluctantly and regretfull
Yeah, except - AUDREY HEPBURN!
Yeah, did not even realize how deep my Audrey crush was until you made the comparison. Logic circuits off. Language centers completely bypassed.
Connie Neil - Nov 16, 2009 1:01:47 pm PST #5007 of 30000
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I like Robin Williams. Toys, Fisher King, and What Dreams May Come are wonderful. So there.
Polter-Cow - Nov 16, 2009 1:06:13 pm PST #5008 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I, too, am a Robin Williams fan.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2009 1:07:50 pm PST #5009 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hives. The man gives me hives. I understand there's a talented comedian lurking somewhere there, but it's been forever since I could see that far.
beekaytee - Nov 16, 2009 1:14:05 pm PST #5010 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant
Like the remake more than the original: Thomas Crowne Affair. GUH.
Oh, so totally this. I love that movie. Rene: "How are you feeling?" Pierce: "Popular." And sex on the stairs and oh yes, all of it. Cheesy? Yup. But so, so fun.
Despite its low reputation, I love the Italian Job remake and Ocean's 11 too.
After seeing the original Alfie (yes, I know, iconiccakes) I could not for the life of me see why they remade it with Jude Law. Didn't see it, but if ever a film begged to not be remade, that was it.