| Posted by: darknite125 at March 14, 2008, 5:15 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by cerealkiller182 We should all start a Remake Protection Collection, just start buying up rights, release them on DVD, then lock them in a vault. That is actually a good idea but I'm going to have to with Homyrrh on this one. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Homyrrh at March 12, 2008, 5:23 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by cerealkiller182 We should all start a Remake Protection Collection, just start buying up rights, release them on DVD, then lock them in a vault. Get back to you after my first billion...hell maybe once I even get back into four figures :/ | | Static Link |
| Posted by: cerealkiller182 at March 12, 2008, 2:11 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by darknite125 Bride of Frankenstein can never be remade. Though they are remaking The Day the Earth Stood Still so nothing in film history is sacred to the fat cat producers wanting a quick buck. Its sad really. I learned about remakes in my film class recently and they saved cinema in the 50s too (Ben-Hur for example). I dont see that happening now, in fact, its pretty close to doing the opposite. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: cerealkiller182 at March 12, 2008, 2:09 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Homyrrh If I had the rights the 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' I'd make sure no one ever re-produced it, but because we're in our land of make-believe...I am not worthy to even begin to comprehend who would play the three leads. You'd half-expect Tuco to be played by some role misfit like Jack Black... I'm blanking, this is hard...help please. We should all start a Remake Protection Collection, just start buying up rights, release them on DVD, then lock them in a vault. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Homyrrh at March 12, 2008, 9:37 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | If I had the rights the 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly' I'd make sure no one ever re-produced it, but because we're in our land of make-believe...I am not worthy to even begin to comprehend who would play the three leads. You'd half-expect Tuco to be played by some role misfit like Jack Black... I'm blanking, this is hard...help please. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: MsPink at March 11, 2008, 11:30 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Rawlin67 well, True Romance would be an odd remake, its only been fifteen years since its release. I dont think it made that much though so i guess some people have still yet to see this true romance classic. The only thing is, no one could write that as well as Tarantino, even if they had his original script to work off of it, and no one could do those roles better than the guys that did them. (Slater, Arquette, Oldman, Walken) I agree. I can't see this great movie being remade and can't picture anyone else in the roles, even the minor ones-Dennis Hopper as Slater's father and Bradd Pitt as the constantly stoned roomate are great. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: darknite125 at March 11, 2008, 11:09 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Bride of Frankenstein can never be remade. Though they are remaking The Day the Earth Stood Still so nothing in film history is sacred to the fat cat producers wanting a quick buck. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: SAI at February 24, 2008, 6:27 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Well, Badlands is my favourite film, and this ought to be easy because there's only a few important characters; Kit, Holly, Holly's father and Cato, but all the performances, especially Sissy Spacek's are just indelible pieces of screen acting. Behind the camera is just as tough... who the hell could you replace Terence Malick with? I'd want Roger Deakins to shoot it, his work for No Country for Old Men and The Assassination of Jesse James showed that he'd be a strong choice. As for the director, you want someone with vision, someone who makes great looking films and who works well with actors... Bring me Paul Thomas Anderson. Now the really hard bit... casting Kit: How about Joseph Gordon Levitt? He's young, handsome, and most importantly, a hell of a versatile actor who could bring a real intensity to Kit, without repeating Sheen's performance. Holly: I can't cast Jennifer Jason Leigh 25 years ago, can I? Guess not. It's a tough role because Holly is 15, so you need someone in her early 20's, who can play ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Servo at February 24, 2008, 4:22 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Okay, I'm going to give this a shot. I just hope I don't go to hell for the blasphemy that ensues. Chinatown. Okay, to take over writing duties and rework or re-imagine Mr. Towne's script...I would hope for the likes of Frank Darabont. Just because I feel like he could write a really well-done throwback to true noir. It's...incredibly hard to think of someone to replace Roman Polanski. I mean, you can't get much better than him. But since we're re-imagining here, I'm going to give the reigns to someone that knows how to "re-imagine" things right, and give it to Chris Nolan. Here's the REALLY hard part for me: the cast. Okay, I'm not gonna go with the obvious first. I'll start with principals, than go into leads. Okay, Lou Escobar. Would definitely go with someone like Colin Farrel, since he basically played this same kind of role in Minority Report, and to this day it is my favorite role of his, so I'll stick with that. I'd give Toby Jones the role of Walsh, Jake's associate that utters the film's ... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: echo_bravo at February 24, 2008, 3:50 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Okay so I just got back from the bars and am really shitfaced so this might be a horrible idea but if I were to recast Fight Club Christian Bale as Tyler Derden would be pretty interesting. The dude would probably be more dark and sinister in his tone. Michael Pitt as the Narrator (Jack). One of my favorite young actors. He would play more of a slacker than a yuppie. Christian Ricci as Marla. She would be PERFECT in this role! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hoosier91 at February 23, 2008, 11:18 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by auge_28 Well, this could have been fun . . . I am unsubscribing to this thread. haha, yeah. I thought it was a provoking question. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: terrestrial at February 22, 2008, 12:27 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | That is a really difficult question. My favourite movie is Touch of Evil. To replace Orson Welles as director, screenwriter and the bad lead/supporting actor with one person is IMHO not possible. Director for it? Probably Darren Aronofski. I think he could especially catch that surrealistic parts, especially after she gets out of the drugs and they had prepared all to get her shocked => to loose her mind. Charlton Heston I could never stand, I am aware he did some great roles in even greater movies (4 of them are in my favourite list, including ToE), but I simple 'hate' him as a person. => someone who can play the 'erectness', sympathetic, desperate, .... official state thingy (do not know the term), Hugh Jackman (who worked with Aronofsky before) or Gerard Butler (no, not because of his 300 work, I'm more impressed by other movies with him). Gary Sinise I could also imagine, depending how a new director would approach the story. Specialist for endurance, being on the edge for holding it together is fo... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Gordon at February 22, 2008, 11:37 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | I'd either A) Act as if it was an awesome comedy, because it was so fucking terrible B) Be like, well I kind of enjoyed that. If it is moderately good. C) Be like "Man that was pretty fucking awesome." if they did a Departed-style remake. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: movie2cats at February 22, 2008, 11:01 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | My favourite movie is being remade. I have had a year(+/-) to come to terms with that. I have not, BUT for the sake of the thread if I were in charge of casting the birds my lead choices would be as follows: Mitch (Rod Taylor)-Jake Gyllenhall Annie (Suzanne Pleshette)-Rachel McAdams Lydia (Jessica Tandy)-Melanie Griffith (plus she would be a great throwback) and finally Melanie (Tippi Hedren)-Kate Hudson (or a relative unknown just like Tippi was). Now that I have played the game though, wasn't Kaw just a cheap Birds rip-off just last year (even had Rod Taylor in it)? I didn't watch it, but it just seemed like someone beat Michael Bay to the punch! | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Rawlin67 at February 22, 2008, 9:22 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | well, True Romance would be an odd remake, its only been fifteen years since its release. I dont think it made that much though so i guess some people have still yet to see this true romance classic. The only thing is, no one could write that as well as Tarantino, even if they had his original script to work off of it, and no one could do those roles better than the guys that did them. (Slater, Arquette, Oldman, Walken) | | Static Link |
| Posted by: vesaker at February 22, 2008, 9:17 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by the saw is family my favorite movie is buffalo 66 and i honestly don't think anyone cares enough about it, to have it be remade, i would watch a remake but i couldn't see it being anywhere near the original. that is such a strange movie, caught it once at like 2 in the morning on Showcase, strange strange movie My fav is Session 9 and the only reason it should be remade, if there ever could be a reason that is, is to add in the sub plot about the squatter in the hospital which was taken out casue apparently stoopid test audiences kept thinking she was Marry | | Static Link |
| Posted by: LordSimen at February 22, 2008, 5:33 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Halloween is in tie for being one of my favorite movies and honestly I didn't really have a problem with it being remade. The original is always there for me even if I don't like the remake. In Halloween's case, I enjoyed the remake. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Derek237 at February 22, 2008, 4:55 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | I would actually like to see my favourite movie remade. Wonder Boys was a box office failure, and was even re-released because of its amazing critical reception...but still, people didn't see it. So if they could reimagine it to suit wider audiences I think it would be cool to see. Say for example, Michael Bay decided to tackle it. I know not a lot of people here like him that much, but let's face it: the man knows his audience. So if they could actually get a budget going and tweek the plot a little bit it could be very interesting. Like say, it starts out the same, the University Professor trying to finish his book, etc....but let's say he's actually a Super Hero as well! Hence, Wonder Boys. But the reason he can never finish his book is because he's always fighting crime and crap, and to boot, he's getting pretty old. And the turning point in the plot would be when his troubled student accidentally finds out his secret...and instead of freaking out or killing him, he trains him to be the next big super he... | | Read Entire Entry |
| Posted by: Tuukka at February 22, 2008, 2:21 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | I have trouble saying what is my favourite film, so I usually go with the original (non-voiceover) version of Chaplin's Gold Rush, because I've seen it more times than any other movie. I would be interested to see a remake, because obviously it would be very different. I think Coen Brothers would be a good choice, because they can do both comedy and action set pieces, and they could capture the silent film aura in sound film. Not sure who should play the lead, but there are many options. Robert Downey Jr. would be good if he were younger. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: deftdelivery at February 22, 2008, 1:59 am | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | I'm fairly confident in saying that if most of our favorite movies were ever remade, we would all be extremely pissed off. There's a reason they are our favorite movies...we fell in love with them the way they are...they are perfection. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: bigred760 at February 21, 2008, 8:13 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Hard to imagine anyone other than Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and Richard Harris being in Unforgiven. I guess I could see someone like Michael Gambon take on the Richard Harris role (kinda like he did in Harry Potter) and Denzel or maybe Ving Rhames taking over for Freeman. Deniro as Lil' Bill? Maybe. Can't see anybody taking over for Eastwood though. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: paul calf at February 21, 2008, 8:05 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by God of War Heat is my favourite movie. If they remade that, I'd walk off a cliff...really I would. Some movies should just never ever be remade. It's like remaking Star Wars or 2001. Imagine that shit? thing with that is heat was a remake so i suppose it makes it fair game. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Grand_Marquis at February 21, 2008, 8:03 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Ghostbusters could be remade...I guess. That is, if you wanted to make something that fails. What made that movie so special was Murray, Akroyd, Ramis and Hudson interacting is just exactly the right way with each other. Will Ferrel doesn't have the range to play Ray, which is too bad because he'd fit otherwise. I can't think of a replacement for Peter or Egon that wouldn't require Murray and Ramis to reprise their roles. Probably, they'd just casts no names. Some asshole exec would probably stipulate that Slimer be given a larger role and have witty pop-culture laden one-liners. Euh...this is really depressing. I don't like this game. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: biff_debris at February 21, 2008, 7:53 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Well, my all-time fave was The Exorcist, and I'll be God-damned if Friedkin himself didn't try to remake it. Just take all the things he said he wouldn't dream of doing to the film on his commentary of the 25th Anniversary edition, and compare to "The Version You've Never Seen". I have no respect for the man now. I finally conceeded that Total Recall is my new all-time fave, seeing as how I can't go three to four months without reviewing it. Honestly, it could be remade -- maybe more true to Dick's story, but it wouldn't be nearly as good a movie. The combination of Arnold and Verhoeven is just too perfect, too wonderfully surreal and gleefully violent and strange. Plus, no Jerry Goldsmith score? No fucking way. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: Hoosier91 at February 21, 2008, 6:30 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by auge_28 I think the point of the original posters game is missed here. He/she is not asking if the film should be remade but rather assume that it must be remade . . . With that said who would direct it and who would be in the film. Is this what you are asking Hoosier91? My fav is Blade Runner . . . I will need to ponder this a bit . . . This could be a fun game, kind of like creative writting class . . . lol Exactly... just not really a game. if it is then this is in the wrong forum so shhh... | | Static Link |
| Posted by: auge_28 at February 21, 2008, 6:25 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | I think the point of the original posters game is missed here. He/she is not asking if the film should be remade but rather assume that it must be remade . . . With that said who would direct it and who would be in the film. Is this what you are asking Hoosier91? My fav is Blade Runner . . . I will need to ponder this a bit . . . This could be a fun game, kind of like creative writting class . . . lol | | Static Link |
| Posted by: God of War at February 21, 2008, 6:20 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Hoosier91 Some people said that about John Carpenter and Halloween. I hated the remake of Halloween. The orginal is still the best IMHO. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: The Heart Collector at February 21, 2008, 6:19 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | Quote: Originally Posted by Lindsey If Pulp Fiction was remade, then... then? I probably wouldn't watch it. I know that a lot of people are going to say "I wouldn't change a thing", and damn it... I sure wouldn't either! It's perfect the way it is. I think certain kinds of movies get remade and certain kinds don't, and PF is certainly not the kind that does. I mean I know that defeats the point of the thread, but most stuff you remake is because it can be done in some different way, or it has some specific characteristic that bears remaking. I don't think PF has that. | | Static Link |
| Posted by: the saw is family at February 21, 2008, 6:17 pm | | Topic: What if your favorite movie was remade? Forum: JoBlo | | my favorite movie is buffalo 66 and i honestly don't think anyone cares enough about it, to have it be remade, i would watch a remake but i couldn't see it being anywhere near the original. | | Static Link |
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