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In Reply to: He-he... posted by Victor Khomenko on September 24, 2002 at 17:02:10:
scent of a woman-- that's the other movie i was trying to think of the name. i was incorrectly thinking 'postman'.the italian original is really a great film, and the remake is a joke.
and you would not realize how bad the remakes are if you haven't seen the originals. that's the key. a point of reference.
the problem here too is art versus technology. technological advancement may advance things a bit, but technology cannot make better art.
for example. say that crime and punishment is the greatest novel ever written, which i believe it is considered. no amount of technology is going to give an author a chance to make a better novel.
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you did not have to see the original to know "Scent of a Woman" was a bad movie. Al Pacino is one of the worst overactors around unless the director reigns him in (Coppola in "Godfather" for example).
I gave at the office!
I would not call the original Scent a great movie - it was Vittorio's vehicle, very enjoyable, but with some weak moments. But his presence was incredible and there is no way in Hell Al Pacino could match his charisma.I was never able to finish the Crime, but the Russians had made a pretty good film based on it with one of the Russian great actors - Smoktunovsky.
you are right. not a great film, but very, very enjoyable. if i can remember, beautiful. and the actor was remarkable.and if i remember the remake with al pacino, he was more frantic and trying it seemed to be like the other actor, but he was only able to pick up one piece, one aspect of how the original actor was, and he exaggerated it cause that's all he had.
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