Very true! - Audiophilander - Films/DVD Asylum

Very true!

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 31, 2003 at 17:25:23

In Reply to: Re: remakes posted by Mick Jones on July 31, 2003 at 15:13:59:

Some movies are greatly improved by being remade, others not! Examples of better remakes include Scaramouche -- I'm a silent movie aficionado, but the original silent version is a plodding bore compared to the rousing tongue'n cheek technicolor version from 1952 with Stuart Granger -- ...and even the Mark of Zorro -- while I like the original Fairbanks version for it's technical excellence and Fairbank's athleticism, it can't touch the pace, witty repartee and swordplay of the 1940 version starring Tyrone Power.

Then there are some movies which were grand achievements in their own rite and should've just been left alone. Films like Prisoner of Zenda, King Kong & Mighty Joe Young, even the silent Ben Hur (Ramon Navarro being a far better actor without sound than Charlton Heston is with sound), and Planet of the Apes (Charlton Heston does star in this one, but even with that drawback the original's material is fresher and makes more sense than Tim Burton's remake).

Of course, then there are movies which shouldn't be made AT ALL, much less remade, like Lost In Space, Charlie's Angels, the Beverly Hillbillies and most of the other TV knock-offs with rare exception, and movies like Solaris which were horribly slow and boring in their original versions. I'm sure that some will differ with me here, but I actually felt the seasons pass while trying to sit through Tarkovsky's agonizingly snail-paced flick.

AuPh

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Topic - 'Solaris' - ldvictory 09:27:53 07/30/03 (20)

Re: 'Solaris' - Alex Yakovlev 13:37:26 08/04/03 (0)

Tarkovsky is the Russian brother of Andy Warhol, w/out - tinear 13:38:02 08/01/03 (0)

Re: 'Solaris' - Mr. E 13:10:54 08/01/03 (0)

Re: 'Solaris' - TA 22:50:59 07/31/03 (0)

Re: 'Solaris' - ldvictory 14:27:42 07/30/03 (10)

OK, now that we've gotten you broken in gently... - Victor Khomenko 16:45:15 07/30/03 (9)

Re: OK, now that we've gotten you broken in gently... - ldvictory 17:00:48 07/30/03 (8)

Re: OK, now that we've gotten you broken in gently... - Victor Khomenko 17:20:26 07/30/03 (7)

Re: remakes - Mick Jones 15:13:59 07/31/03 (2)

Very true! - Audiophilander 17:25:23 07/31/03 (1)

Re: Very true! - ldvictory 17:50:10 07/31/03 (0)

Re: OK, now that we've gotten you broken in gently... - ldvictory 17:48:58 07/30/03 (3)

Both are significant works - Victor Khomenko 18:10:28 07/30/03 (2)

Re: Both are significant works - ldvictory 19:50:22 07/30/03 (1)

You are right - subs... - Victor Khomenko 05:32:03 07/31/03 (0)

Soderbergh - Mr. Gridlock 13:21:25 07/30/03 (0)

Simpler than this - a mediocre director with no spark of true talent - Victor Khomenko 11:34:38 07/30/03 (3)

Soderbergh has covered a lot of ground - gware 22:02:19 07/30/03 (0)

WHAT! You mean to tell us that didn't like the brilliant Erin Brockovich? - Audiophilander 12:51:59 07/30/03 (1)

Well, Auph, Re: Erin Brokovich - mvwine 13:08:25 07/30/03 (0)

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Very true! - Audiophilander 17:25:23 07/31/03 (1)

Re: Very true! - ldvictory 17:50:10 07/31/03 (0)

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