arsene york-hunt 4:02 Sun May 2
Worst remakes of good films
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I'll start with
1. The Birdcage pedestian and unfunny version of the brilliant La Cage aux Folles
2.The Ladykillers One of the worst film I have seen based on the great Ealing production of the same name.
2. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Johny Depp' in an appallingly pretentious version of the original
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Nagel
9:24 Wed May 5
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No you weren't.
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Swiss.
9:08 Wed May 5
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Nagel 3:48 Wed May 5
I was referring to The Magnificent 7 if you'd read my previous post correctly. Twat.
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Jasnik
8:41 Wed May 5
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West Side Story is a remake of Romeo and Juliet.
West side story .. the new one?
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Far Cough
8:38 Wed May 5
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Good to see the Swiss Walter Mitty, making a tit of himself as per usual
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Nagel
3:48 Wed May 5
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If you make a film based on a play or novel then it's an adaptation (eg Yojimbo, West Side Story). If you make a film based on another film and use the same shots but change the costumes and setting then it's a remake.
It's not worth arguing semantics over this in any case. Let's go on to why a self proclaimed expert on film such as yourself somehow got the idea that Steve McQueen was in A FISTFUL of dollars. Hmmm?
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Swiss.
3:09 Wed May 5
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Nagel 7:38 Wed May 5
I disagree. It's like saying West Side Story is a remake of Romeo and Juliet.
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Darby_
7:47 Wed May 5
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Yeah, there's a difference between being inspired by something and just copying it. Kurosawa's Ran was inspired by King Lear as well as the story of a notoriously brutal Japanese daimyo, but there were so many original elements that it was far more than a remake of anything.
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Nagel
7:38 Wed May 5
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Swiss, as usual you're being an utter cunt, and completely wrong as well.
Yojimbo was an adaptation of a novel, taking the basic plot and some characters but making a new story from it. FISTFUL of dollars was a remake of Kurosawa's film but with a different setting and costumes. If you actually see both films side by side you can see that Leone stole loads of shots, not just the storyline. Watching a montage of some of these shots you can see exactly why Leone's film was sued and why they won $100k plus 15% of the revenue.
https://vimeo.com/153733774
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arsene york-hunt
3:03 Wed May 5
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I suppose the greatest film of all time, Kurosawa's Ran was a remake then. It was based on Shakespeare's King Lear,
Another great Kurosawa film Throne of Blood was lifted from MacBeth.
Neither of these works qualify as a shit remake, both were masterpieces by the great Sensei.
BTW Throne of Blood starred Toshiro Mifune for whom I believe Far Cough might have expressed an admiration.
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Swiss.
8:50 Tue May 4
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Far Cough 6:37 Tue May 4
Indeed as is Fist Full of Dollars. However that is not a remake but an adaptation. Unless Steve McQueen et al were dressed as Samurai.
A simple mistake for a non Film and Media educated person.
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angryprumphs
8:31 Tue May 4
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Far Cough 6:37 Tue May 4
Indeed
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Far Cough
6:37 Tue May 4
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angryprumphs 5:58 Tue May 4
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The Magnificent Seven was already based on something else, so the original isnt actually original.
Seven Samurai, I believe?
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Far Cough
6:35 Tue May 4
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Nagel, yeah I knew Yojimbo was based on something but wasn't sure what it was
By the way, I'm a huge Toshiro Mifune fan and by connection, Kurosawa also
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Nagel
6:31 Tue May 4
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Far Cough 4:49 Tue May 4
Yojimbo wasn't a remake, but it did pretty much nick the storyline from Dashiell Hammett's 1920's novel Red Harvest, so it's a bit rich that the Yojimbo producers sued the makers of A Fistful of Dollars (and won).
There was another remake of it done in the 90s - Last Man Standing - with Bruce Willis, which was a prohibition era gangster version.
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angryprumphs
5:58 Tue May 4
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The Magnificent Seven was already based on something else, so the original isnt actually original.
I actually thought Papillion remake was quite good, and I rate the original as one of my favourite films.
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Troy McClure
5:24 Tue May 4
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The one with the ghostbusters when it was like no dudes cos you know women and that. Didnt even see it, yet im without doubt it was horse shit.
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Far Cough
4:49 Tue May 4
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Fistful of Dollars was a decent remake of Yojimbo, which might have been a remake of something earlier?
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Russ of the BML
4:42 Tue May 4
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Hammer-ed 2:43 Tue May 4
Cape Fear!!
Seriously? I think that's one of the best remakes of all time.
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Dave Boozle
4:41 Tue May 4
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Johnny Depp as Willy Wonka is an excellent shout. Though August Gloop was even more stereotypically German which was amusing.
Diabolique is another horrendous remake.
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zico
4:02 Tue May 4
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Swiss. 3:51 Tue May 4
It's not a bad film actually, although of course it's not as good as the original, but they did a good job and it's enjoyable enough.
I didn't think The Italian Job remake was a bad film but as a remake it was on a hiding to nothing. If it had been just released as a heist movie with Mark Wahlberg with no connection at all to The Italian Job then it would have been decent enough.
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arsene york-hunt
4:01 Tue May 4
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Takashi Miike 12:12 Tue May 4
That would include The Magnificent Seven
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