Good remakes? Page 3

Quote: Afinkawan @ May 29 2008, 1:49 PM BST

Remake of an old Fatty Arbuckle film. I think it's based on a book, so I don't know if that counts as a remake or - like Tim Burton's shit version of Planet of the Apes - a 're-imagining'.

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I do prefer the original Planet of the Apes and I realise that Burtons version is very flawed, but I do think it gets overlooked for the excellent music by Elfman and the brilliant ape work by Rick Baker.

Considering I came out of the cinema initially appalled by what I'd seen, I have re-watched the film quite a few times based on those two points alone.

I also turn off before that abysmal ending

Quote: monkeybeard @ May 29 2008, 2:03 PM BST

I do prefer the original Planet of the Apes and I realise that Burtons version is very flawed, but I do think it gets overlooked for the excellent music by Elfman and the brilliant ape work by Rick Baker.

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The casting was interesting in that one could see how the apes could look down on Mark Wahlberg as an intellectual inferior. Real apes doubtless feel the same.

While we are on the subject, was I the only one who thought Helena Bonham-Carter looked hot?

Quote: Timbo @ May 29 2008, 2:22 PM BST

The casting was interesting in that one could see how the apes could look down on Mark Wahlberg as an intellectual inferior. Real apes doubtless feel the same.

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Maybe I'm stupid, but the ending didn't make sense at all.

Quote: Timbo @ May 29 2008, 2:22 PM BST

While we are on the subject, was I the only one who thought Helena Bonham-Carter looked hot?

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In no way did I find her attractive, I don't know what you mean......

Quote: chipolata @ May 29 2008, 2:24 PM BST

Maybe I'm stupid, but the ending didn't make sense at all.

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I agree, despite people trying to explain it to me I'm still none the wiser..

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While we are on the subject, was I the only one who thought Helena Bonham-Carter looked hot?

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I haven't seen the movie in question, but Helena Bonham-Carter always looks fantabulous.

Quote: PhQnix @ May 29 2008, 3:03 PM BST

I haven't seen the movie in question, but Helena Bonham-Carter always looks fantabulous.

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She was a chimp in said movie....but still

Quote: monkeybeard @ May 29 2008, 3:04 PM BST

She was a chimp in said movie....but still

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Hmmm...

Ignore my previous comment then.

I think she's more attractive as a chimp than as a normal human woman. As the latter she's quite an annoying artsy fartsy gothy bint.

Quote: chipolata @ May 29 2008, 3:22 PM BST

I think she's more attractive as a chimp than as a normal human woman. As the latter she's quite an annoying artsy fartsy gothy bint.

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She's ridiculous and exaggerated and gothically pretty and...

I can't get my head round it, I find her so wonderful!

Quote: PhQnix @ May 29 2008, 3:36 PM BST

She's ridiculous and exaggerated and gothically pretty and...

I can't get my head round it, I find her so wonderful!

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I agree, always found Helena to be fantastically lovely

Quote: monkeybeard @ May 29 2008, 3:51 PM BST

I agree, always found Helena to be fantastically lovely

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With me it was mainly the chimp thing...

Quote: Timbo @ May 29 2008, 9:37 PM BST

With me it was mainly the chimp thing...

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Each to their own

On the subject of remakes of John Carpenter films, I quite enjoyed the Assault on Precinct 13 rejig a few years back. Not up to the original, obviously, but quite fun. And talking of bad news, I hear they are also going to remake The Fly again. Why, I don't know.

Quote: chipolata @ May 30 2008, 9:41 AM BST

On the subject of remakes of John Carpenter films, I quite enjoyed the Assault on Precinct 13 rejig a few years back. Not up to the original, obviously, but quite fun.

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I never got round to watching that, I think its because I love the original so much that I never bothered with the remake.

The upcoming remake of Taking of Pelham 123 is another I'm not keen on seeing, despite the pretty good cast (Washington, Gandolfini, Travolta).

The original with Matthau and Shaw is one of my all time favourite films and I really can't see the need for a re-make. Apparently is was already re-made once as a TV movie anyway, but I've never seen that either.