Noooo Even Peter Benchley said the film was better than the book, after the publishers made him add a whole section on the affair and such.
The trouble is because the shark was so crap, Spielberg had to use other methods to create suspense and drama ie the music and just fleeting glances of the shark. A modern film would just use CGI.
....and be worse off for it.
I'd remake Network and loosely base it on a Fox News presenter.
Noooo Even Peter Benchley said the film was better than the book, after the publishers made him add a whole section on the affair and such.
The trouble is because the shark was so crap, Spielberg had to use other methods to create suspense and drama ie the music and just fleeting glances of the shark. A modern film would just use CGI.
And...The original film would still be there, no need for you to go and watch a new adaption. Films aren't precious everything can be newly adapted or remade.
Where Eagles Dare.....would make a great action movie.
Alas, thick-ear wartime adventure isn't quite the staple it used to be. The genre had pretty much ran its course by the late seventies.
'Eagles, Von Ryan's Express, Kelly's Heroes etc. Bank Holiday classics they might be, but we'll probably never see the likes of them again, sadly.
As for remakes or whatever, can we have a version of War of the Worlds that keeps its olde englishe setting please. And try not to spunk it up the wall this time as well.
Dune - yes, not because I hate the Lynch version (I love it, and like it better than the miniseries for atmosphere and design).
They Live - def good idea, but only if they keep the satire and socio-political subtext and not just make it into another boring CGI alien conspiracy fest. Ditto Westworld.
Forbidden Planet - the original's a classic, but would love to see a modern Cameron-esque take.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - please! Something closer to original graphic novels. Perhaps would also double as JC's WoTW remake?
The Ten Commandments - in the wake of Noah, kinda surprised no-one's ever redone this (as live action).
I was really into the book The Bridges of Madison County and had many a discussion with others who had read it as to who we thought should be in the film. I was so disappointed when Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep were chosen and, although they were good (Eastwood especially surprised me), I always thought the roles should have gone to two unknowns.
I've never, yet, been able to come up with two people I think should have been in the film, but I just know that I never felt Streep and Eastwood were right.
"Rawhead Rex". Clive Barker's monster deserves far better than he gets in the existing version. Rawhead needs a better script, cast, director and a monster that looks more like the one described in the short story rather than someone who got lost on the way to a fancy dress party.
I'd remake A Night To Remember. And it would kick the s**t out of James Cameron's Titanic because it wouldn't put some infantile, clichéd romance at the centre of things.
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Not sure it would work though.
....and be worse off for it.
I'd remake Network and loosely base it on a Fox News presenter.
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And...The original film would still be there, no need for you to go and watch a new adaption. Films aren't precious everything can be newly adapted or remade.
that would be awesome,love that film
'Eagles, Von Ryan's Express, Kelly's Heroes etc. Bank Holiday classics they might be, but we'll probably never see the likes of them again, sadly.
As for remakes or whatever, can we have a version of War of the Worlds that keeps its olde englishe setting please. And try not to spunk it up the wall this time as well.
Dune - yes, not because I hate the Lynch version (I love it, and like it better than the miniseries for atmosphere and design).
They Live - def good idea, but only if they keep the satire and socio-political subtext and not just make it into another boring CGI alien conspiracy fest. Ditto Westworld.
Forbidden Planet - the original's a classic, but would love to see a modern Cameron-esque take.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - please! Something closer to original graphic novels. Perhaps would also double as JC's WoTW remake?
The Ten Commandments - in the wake of Noah, kinda surprised no-one's ever redone this (as live action).
I've never, yet, been able to come up with two people I think should have been in the film, but I just know that I never felt Streep and Eastwood were right.
Not sure if serious...
Aaargh! I feel a compelling urge to beat some sense into you with a cuckoo clock.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly.
I'd make it so that Joe Pesci got hold of Macauley Culkin and absolutely beat the **** out of him.
Yes to Forbidden Planet above too - although when they re-did The Day The Earth Stood Still, it was/is a pants film in every way IMO.