The Rock will star in the remake of Big Trouble in Little China. Seriously? How can you improve on perfection? Sure, the Rock is amusing, but there is no way this ends up being better than the original.
This needs to stop NOW! More movie remakes..
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Never saw the first one.
The Rock is not amusing or entertaining in the least.
Remakes are getting out of control. (Although the Point Break remake looks different, and possibly decent, as does the Vacation remake).
The Rock is not amusing or entertaining in the least.
Remakes are getting out of control. (Although the Point Break remake looks different, and possibly decent, as does the Vacation remake).
Vacation is not a remake (technically). It is a sequel with a grown up Rusty (Ed Helms) taking his family on the same trip as the first movie.
that's not true, there are plenty of ideas. Hollywood is scared of new ideas because they're not sure if they will be popular, so we get comic books and retreads with the occasional teen-fiction novel made into a movie thrown in.
The good news is i'm not sure television (at least dramatic television) has ever been better than it is right now. The past 10+ years until tv starts sucking again will be looked back on as another golden age of television.
Even the comic book movies are being remade. There is a new Fantastic Four
(reboot) coming this summer. And I read that Spider Man is being re-done also.
(reboot) coming this summer. And I read that Spider Man is being re-done also.
You know what I don't understand. Why do they constantly remake GOOD movies?
There are a bunch of bad movies that have a cool core concept, but sucked for whatever reason. Bad performances, poor directing, studio interference, or the technology not being there.
I want to see someone remake Eddie and the Cruisers. Awesome concept, but the movie is just...not good. But it could be.
There are a bunch of bad movies that have a cool core concept, but sucked for whatever reason. Bad performances, poor directing, studio interference, or the technology not being there.
I want to see someone remake Eddie and the Cruisers. Awesome concept, but the movie is just...not good. But it could be.
I would not expect much from the new Fantastic Four, the director freaked out and couldn't handle the big budget movie. They have spent the summer scrambling trying to do reshoots.
I liked the remake of True Grit.
My favorite movies the last few years:
Whiplash - original
Dawn of the Apes - remake, but awesome.
Babadook - original
Nightcrawler - original
Budapest Hotel - original
Bird man - original
Gone Girl - original
St. Vincent - original
It Follows - original
Ex Machina - original (though the idea isn't)
We still get good movies. Just like we still get good music. You definitely need to dive into it a little deeper to find some of the goodies though.
My first thought regarding BTILC was sadness though. And I'm way over the remake & comic craze - so I agree with your point.
"Well you know what ole Jack Burton always says?" - A dad who doesn't have his kid (especially if a son) watch this movie is not doing his job as a parent. And casting the Rock as Jack Burton totally misses the point of the story. The genius of the storyline was that Jack Burton was totally in over his head the entire time and moves through a world he's completely unfit for relying on bravado (and incredibly quick reflexes - its all in the reflexes). He is the quintessential dumbass/hero that is in all of us.
Fantastic Four needed to be redone...but this one looks awful as well. What the %*%*!!!! I don't know why they can't get that right, the characters are some of the best in comics but now they'll have three awful iterations and four horrible movies.
I agree with this.
Excepting real franchises like the comic book superheroes, Star Trek, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, etc... They shouldn't reboot perfectly great classics.
Meanwhile there are lots of really cool concept movies that are flawed for some reason. For example, Skyline is a great movie until the third act. The finale ruined an otherwise great movie. Neverending story is one that could be made into a franchise very easily in the hands of a master.
Good point - there are many movies that were great concepts, but execution that just fell short. One movie I'd like to see made - The Talisman by Stephen King - probably a good idea for another thread / books that you'd like to see made into movies or mini series, etc.
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I also loved the new True Grit.
That said, the Coens' position on that was that they weren't remaking the movie, it was another film adaptation of the book. I've never read the book, and don't remember seeing the original movie, so I don't know if that holds water or not.
The concept is perfectly sound, but you could certainly say the same thing about the comic book reboots. I don't know that The Dark Knight can be called a remake of Tim Burton's Batman. But that hardly justifies another Spiderman series.
That said, the Coens' position on that was that they weren't remaking the movie, it was another film adaptation of the book. I've never read the book, and don't remember seeing the original movie, so I don't know if that holds water or not.
The concept is perfectly sound, but you could certainly say the same thing about the comic book reboots. I don't know that The Dark Knight can be called a remake of Tim Burton's Batman. But that hardly justifies another Spiderman series.
I don't mind them remaking movies that came out 30+ years ago. There are so many people that never saw the first one, or are too young to have seen it the first time, and now they'll never want to watch it because it looks so dated. Why not remake the movie with modern actors, effects, camera shots, backgrounds, etc, so that it becomes current and a whole new generation will get to see the movie and learn the story?
I'm looking forward to the new Point Break. I loved the original one, but this new one looks to follow a slightly different path, and isn't just a re-tread of the exact same script. Yes, there are character names that might be the same, and some key plot elements, but I'm all right with that.
I'm looking forward to the new Point Break. I loved the original one, but this new one looks to follow a slightly different path, and isn't just a re-tread of the exact same script. Yes, there are character names that might be the same, and some key plot elements, but I'm all right with that.
The remake for BTiLC makes zero sense w/ the Rock playing Jack Burton. It's like recasting a jacked up roid monster to play John McClain in a new Die Hard......it's dumb and goes against the nature of the character and movie. Both are "regular" guys caught up in something bigger than their able to handle - one in a supernatural battle w/ the forces of good and evil that's been waged for centuries in the Chinese underground, the other w/ a terrorist cell. One is a truck driver, the other is a NYPD officer w/ all kinds of personal issues.
Casting a muscled up Rock is just dumb.
It's like rebooting the Ghostbusters with an all female cast, why? WHY!
These films have existed for 20-30 years, supposedly the fictitious world they created has now existed for the same time period. Put new people, new characters existing in this world instead of rebooting and remaking it. Ghostbusters could be a modern day Orkin Pest Control but for ghost. BTiLC could have similar issues where the supernatural has spilled into every day life and the Rock is someone who's lived his life trying to stop them. He's not Jack Burton was a guy who's ego was bigger than him and bumbled his way through this battle. It's going to be tough to believe that the Rock is going to struggle fighting the beast.
"Put new people, new characters existing in this world instead of rebooting and remaking it."
Agree totally - build out the universe; don't retread the characters/storylines
Agree totally - build out the universe; don't retread the characters/storylines
Well said."Well you know what ole Jack Burton always says?" - A dad who doesn't have his kid (especially if a son) watch this movie is not doing his job as a parent. And casting the Rock as Jack Burton totally misses the point of the story. The genius of the storyline was that Jack Burton was totally in over his head the entire time and moves through a world he's completely unfit for relying on bravado (and incredibly quick reflexes - its all in the reflexes). He is the quintessential dumbass/hero that is in all of us.
I made my wife watch it with me a few months ago and she hated it. Personally thought it held up well. Original looks great in HD.
I'd like to see a remake of Vanishing Point. That flick just missed clicking; today's movie people could prolly do it justice now.
I'm preparing myself for the inevitable Romancing the Stone remake with Kevin Hart and Jennifer Lopez.
