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For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - PeterB - 05-07-2008
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0379788/
... why, why, why ???
Have we not learned, from stinkers like this?: http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0133152/
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - Thrift Store Scott - 05-07-2008
I'll go one better: Hollywood, STOP REMAKING MOVIES THAT ARE ALREADY CLASSICS!!! These movies are classics because they are extraordinary achievements in the art of motion pictures; remaking them will only make the new version suffer in comparison.
I'd love for Hollywood to only produce original works but not even in my most naive moments do I think that will ever happen so I'll offer a compromise: Remake the movies that sucked. Frequently decent stories are ruined by bad direction, bad acting, absurdly low production values for the material, or any combination of the aforementioned problems. Remaking these movies will give their stories a second chance, and chances are extremely good that the new versions will be far superior to the originals.
For the love of God ! People, stop buying tickets to @?&%^# remakes !!! - Mike Johnson - 05-07-2008
http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,169329,00.html
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - volcs0 - 05-07-2008
I thought the Jeff Goldblum fly remake was better than the original, though Vincent Price's is surely a classic. But a second remake? Gah.
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - Lux Interior - 05-07-2008
"Help me!"
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - Chupa Chupa - 05-07-2008
They should at least wait 40 years before doing a remake. Another The Fly remake now is absurd. I suspect Hollywood is out of ideas.
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - OWC Jamie - 05-07-2008
they must be making money.
which would seem to mean somebody somewhere is willing to pay to watch .
just about anything, maybe.
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - bazookaman - 05-07-2008
yes, its bad enough when they remake a classic. but remaking a classic remake of a classic??? WTF!
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - Chupa Chupa - 05-07-2008
[quote billb]they must be making money.
which would seem to mean somebody somewhere is willing to pay to watch .
just about anything, maybe.
Not nec. so. Cash flow doesn't equal profit.
Here is an article about recent movie studio profits, or lack thereof:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/2007-Movie-Cash-Report-Hollywood-s-Hemorrhaging-7366.html
Re: For all that is holy ! Hollywood, stop with the @?&%^#! remakes !!! - Gutenberg - 05-07-2008
[quote bazookaman]yes, its bad enough when they remake a classic. but remaking a classic remake of a classic??? WTF!
"Hairspray" boggles my mind. It's a movie adaptation of a Broadway musical adaptation of a movie.