Sigh... They're remaking Scarface

[zinfamous]

just wait until they remake Shawshank and The Godfather

oh, and they're also all going to be PG-13.

Shawshank...who cares.

Godfather would be blasphemy.

 

[andylawcc]

3:10 To Yuma
True Grit
Heat

I didn't watch the original so i can't judge. but based on its own merits, 3:10 to Yuma is great. True Grit is so-so, great acting (especially the girl) but the whole plot is boring.

and I didnt know Heat was a remake. You didn't mean the one with Al Pacino and Deniro right? You meant the recent one with Jason Statham's remake of Burt Reynold one?

 

[KeithTalent]

Shawshank...who cares.

Godfather would be blasphemy.

This.

KT

 

[HopJokey]

The Scarface with Al Pacino is a remake already...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023427/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

[BurnItDwn]

The Scarface with Al Pacino is a remake already...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023427/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

for you I clap, for all others, i weep. Paul Muni is awesome.

 

[shortylickens]

I dont understand the obsession with making shitty movies, regardless of whether they are remakes or not.

We have literally millions of books we could be using as high quality source material. Why does Hollywood keep producing garbage?

 

[KeithTalent]

The Scarface with Al Pacino is a remake already...

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023427/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

Yeah, this also.

KT

 

[norseamd]

This is going to be fucking terrible as all shit.

 

[norseamd]

Yeah, this also.

Yeah but back then they could actually make good reamakes and everything in the past 10 years from Hollywood has been festering shit full of crossbred Ebola and vampire fish.

 

[Mr.IncrediblyBored]

I quit getting butthurt about remakes after Total Recall came out a few years ago. Sitting through that crapfest made me appreciate VerHoeven's version that much more. Same with the new Robocop -- though at least the new one was watchable compared to Total Recall.

Hollywood doing remakes is nothing new. Best case you'll see something great. Worst case it'll suck and you forget it even exists.

 

[zinfamous]

I quit getting butthurt about remakes after Total Recall came out a few years ago. Sitting through that crapfest made me appreciate VerHoeven's version that much more. Same with the new Robocop -- though at least the new one was watchable compared to Total Recall.

Hollywood doing remakes is nothing new. Best case you'll see something great. Worst case it'll suck and you forget it even exists.

I watched the new Robocop 2 weeks ago because it appeared on Netflix.

....HOLYFUCKINGSHITWHYWASTHATEVERGREENLIGHTED?

it was awful...just, motherfuckingawful. There was absolutely no reason to make that movie. None.

 

[dr150]

Extremely glad to hear that Bieber will star, Uwe Bol will direct and Damon Lindelof will write! Dialogue will be in Spanglish.

This will be a blockbuster!

 

[DrPizza]

I dont understand the obsession with making shitty movies, regardless of whether they are remakes or not.

We have literally millions of books we could be using as high quality source material. Why does Hollywood keep producing garbage?

Because you either need a story everyone is familiar with (Harry Potter, Hobbit, etc.) else you need actors and actresses that everyone is familiar with. That's the way audiences are - that's what they go to.

So, if you're talking about a book that would make an outstanding movie, if it's not a super-familiar book, then you need those well known actors and actresses... and you're $20 million in the hole before you start shooting. That's a huge gamble. One that the people in Hollywood don't have the balls to commit to.

 

[motsm]

Scarface is ridiculously cheesy at times, and very dated, but not without it's charms I suppose. While I do think there are far too many sequels, reboots, and remakes lately, I don't have any strong feelings about this one.

 

[zinfamous]

Scarface is ridiculously cheesy at times, and very dated, but not without it's charms I suppose. While I do think there are far too many sequels, reboots, and remakes lately, I don't have any strong feelings about this one.

I feel the same way--Scarface felt dated when it was new, anyway.

But if DiCaprio is cast in this one, I will watch it.

 

[andylawcc]

This.

KT

what? no love for Shawshank? [granted, everyone knows the ending already, kinda like re-making 6th sense]

 

[DaTT]

This is going to be fucking terrible as all shit.

I bet it won't be. Just don't go in viewing it as a remake.

 

[swilli89]

I bet it won't be. Just don't go in viewing it as a remake.

That doesn't make any sense though. You're saying to judge it on its own merits, story, originality etc.. But wait if it has all that why even use the Scarface name?

 

[BUTCH1]

Shawshank...who cares.

Godfather would be blasphemy.

Can anyone capture the spirit of Andy Dufrane as well as Tim Robbins? can?, anyone outdo Morgan Freeman as his friend and mentor and lastly the role of warden and guard were perfectly cast and well done, please leave these classics alone and go re-make "Battlefield earth" instead.

 

[MongGrel]

D: blasphemy!

The only thing that I thought was salvageable about FFC's Dracula was Oldman. Oh and those brief scenes with Tom Waits. Tom Waits is always awesome.

I think that is around the time that producers finally accepted that Keanu and Winona should never be allowed to stumble their way through British-accented characters again.

God, sorry that last Godzilla movie blew chunks IMHO.

D:

I have really always thought FFC's Dracula was the best myself, even with some stumbling, I like a few other variants.

Now I'll really get slammed, I never did care for the original Scarface with Pacino to begin with, a remake might be good, and I usually hate remakes.

 

[MongGrel]

I bet it won't be. Just don't go in viewing it as a remake.

+1

 

[shortylickens]

Because you either need a story everyone is familiar with (Harry Potter, Hobbit, etc.) else you need actors and actresses that everyone is familiar with. That's the way audiences are - that's what they go to.

So, if you're talking about a book that would make an outstanding movie, if it's not a super-familiar book, then you need those well known actors and actresses... and you're $20 million in the hole before you start shooting. That's a huge gamble. One that the people in Hollywood don't have the balls to commit to.

Bullshit.

Everybody was NOT familiar with LA Confidential and it worked out fabulously.
Wait, it had big actors.


OK, never mind. Carry on.

 

[Paratus]

Airplane - Zerohour; http://www.neatorama.com/2010/05/25/airplane-is-a-remake-of-an-old-fifties-flick/

True Lies - La Totale; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Totale!

Yeah, I am talking about FFC's Dracula with Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves in '92.

I am also throwing in the latest Godzilla movie. I am glad they remade it - far better than original black & white.

 

[motsm]

Bullshit.

Everybody was NOT familiar with LA Confidential and it worked out fabulously.
Wait, it had big actors.


OK, never mind. Carry on.

Although it's two main protagonists were unknowns at the time, the movie pretty much launched Guy Pearce and Russell Crowe.

 

[zinfamous]

what? no love for Shawshank? [granted, everyone knows the ending already, kinda like re-making 6th sense]

shawshank was great on first watch, but that's the point: it was pure hollywood schlock x800%. If you think it's better than something like Miracle on 67th street after a rewatch, then I don't know what else to say.

apologies.