Xander ,'End of Days'
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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.
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.
I am as one with ita.
My take has always been Robin was at his best when he was on cocaine and delivered 20 jokes a minute. You don't like his last punchline? Wait 5 seconds another will come up. And then he got off coke, and he did not lose his talent. But he ended up with hyper-SNAG self presentation/ self image ex-substance abuser males sometimes end up with. And it ends up in most of the roles he plays, not all, but most.
R.I.P. Edward Woodward. :-(