tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post6625651360431393281..comments2024-02-16T02:33:30.589-05:00Comments on Recently Viewed Movies: RemakesRVChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10475379868308526845noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-27758737335727709522011-06-27T12:48:16.480-04:002011-06-27T12:48:16.480-04:00Thanks for the comment Dorian! I like Keanu in Bil...Thanks for the comment Dorian! I like Keanu in Bill and Ted and the Matrix. Somehow I haven't seen Speed yet. I haven't seen the 1998 Psycho so I was just going on what I heard and have no desire to see it.RVChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475379868308526845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-54563998629900449472011-06-27T11:13:45.392-04:002011-06-27T11:13:45.392-04:00RVChris, I enjoyed your overview of remakes. I lau...RVChris, I enjoyed your overview of remakes. I laughed out loud over what you said about the DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL remake: "And if you need an actor to play an emotionless character, Keanu Reeves is your man!" (But I did like him in SPEED, MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, and of course, the BILL AND TED movies! :-)) To me, Gus Van Sant's PSYCHO remake felt like a college film class assignment in which you had to make a shot-by-shot remake of a classic. It came across as a well-made student film (if not necessarily well-cast. Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates?! You're kidding, right?). Cute little stunt, but I'll take the original PSYCHO any time! Good blog post!DorianTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01357778472575080022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-13844398721039395652011-06-26T01:14:45.088-04:002011-06-26T01:14:45.088-04:00Ha! You don't say...Well...you need to see &q...Ha! You don't say...Well...you need to see "Wings of Desire" ASAP...particularly now that Peter Falk is gone.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-7976721868010041842011-06-26T00:57:25.608-04:002011-06-26T00:57:25.608-04:00I haven't seen it yet but I want to. To bring ...I haven't seen it yet but I want to. To bring this back on topic I actually first heard about it through the American re-make, City of Angels!RVChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475379868308526845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-4060633849104249832011-06-26T00:47:06.507-04:002011-06-26T00:47:06.507-04:00By the way...to completely change the subject...
...By the way...to completely change the subject...<br /><br />Have you ever seen "Wings of Desire" by Wim Wenders? It stars Peter Falk as himself in what might be his greatest role. Seriously...it should be considered one of the top 50 films that every human should see.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-69093658169163370232011-06-26T00:36:44.976-04:002011-06-26T00:36:44.976-04:00A weird part of me tells me that he'd be flatt...A weird part of me tells me that he'd be flattered, but disappointed.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-690200416492285922011-06-26T00:09:33.337-04:002011-06-26T00:09:33.337-04:00Thanks, I knew that happened but didn't know o...Thanks, I knew that happened but didn't know of any specific examples off-hand. I wonder what Hitchcock would have thought of the Psycho remake!RVChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475379868308526845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1253740449316378616.post-36840401820690727242011-06-25T21:02:49.137-04:002011-06-25T21:02:49.137-04:00One of my favorite early examples of remakes was a...One of my favorite early examples of remakes was actually an Alfred Hitchcock film.<br /><br />He made the same film twice: "Murder!" and "Mary." But the first film was in English. The second was the exact same film, shot-for-shot...just with a German speaking cast.<br /><br />And then there's "The Man Who Knew Too Much." Hitchcock remade his own film. He wanted to remake it because he didn't like how the original came out. He called it the work of a talented amateur. <br /><br />So even the big boys did remakes. But I agree that Hollywood is taking things too far.Nathanael Hoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08959797971471060052noreply@blogger.com