'Just Rewards (2)'
A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.
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.
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.
"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.
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.
I like Robin Williams. Toys, Fisher King, and What Dreams May Come are wonderful. So there.
I, too, am a Robin Williams fan.
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.
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.
Dead Poets is good too.
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.
Hank Azaria!
Oh goodness, yes. Just give me Nathan and Hank, and everybody else can go home.