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Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:12 pm
by Ace
I saw about 5 minutes of The Jackal a few nights ago, shit springs to mind.
Get Carter is another, but some that SHOULD be remade include JAWS. The technology now would make that rubber shark seem a LOT better, imagine Tarantino directing? Guaranteed a blood and gore fest!!
Re: Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:15 pm
by steve56
the remake is never the same kiss of death was a dissapointment too with dave caruso,les dennis lookalike,lol.
Re: Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:25 pm
by Ace
Yes, that did suck considering Nicolas Cage and Samuel L Jackson also appeared
Re: Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 12:26 pm
by steve56
the richard widmark one was the best ,think it was his 1st film or 1 of the 1st.
Re: Jaws/Signs
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2003 8:51 pm
by The Last Word
The Jackal is what happens when two A-list players sign up for a straight-to-video script, something to pay for the swimming pool maintenance between better things, one supposes. As for Jaws, a while ago there was talk of the FX being digitised over for an anniversary re-release, but I can't recall what became of it.
Not a bad choice, though, although I don't think QT could summon up the requisite suspense. M. Night Shaymalan, perhaps? Only recently have I seen Signs (his best film, and miles better than I'd been told), and when it dropped the clumsy religious concerns and concentrated on being a creepy SF thriller this viewer watched parts through his fingers - and that's not happened in years. A genuine suprise.
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"Let's do it..."
Re: Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:26 pm
by nosey
Yep it was his first film and for which he received an Academy Award nomination.
Re: Remakes that should NEVER have been made
Posted: Wed Dec 24, 2003 6:33 pm
by steve56
i recall that laugh as he pushed the old lady down the stairs.