Comments on: Hollywood remakes – an update

By: Lee Ann 92

Lee Ann 92 — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 19:40:55 +0000

While this may be a joke, I remember when Harry Reasoner did a report on the romance of Casablanca. One of the things he did was schlepp the script under it's original names to all of the studios. They all turned him down and only one even recognized the script. I never forgot that — I still find it funny that nobody recognized the story….

By: Jessica

Jessica — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 15:22:15 +0000

Even though this is a joke, I really wouldn't doubt if these films were not remade. Is anybody really going to go see a remake of Casablanca? Who can take that seriously because it will look like a joke. No one these days has quite the calibur of acting skill as Ingrid Bergman or Humphrey Bogart. And if Katie Holmes really was Gilda? That girl does not have as much sex appeal in her as Rita Hayworth had in her pinky finger. But you do know that they are remaking Strangers on a Train which will come out in 2008. I don't see how that film could be as good as the original (and it won't). I mean that shot where Bruno strangles Marian and you see it in the reflection of her glasses? Hitch was pretty much a genius. And they keep saying they are remaking The Women (even though they already have in the 50's and that was bad enough). No one could ever be as good as Joan Crawford. Who would you get to play Joan Crawford? Um yeh that's what I thought. No one.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 21:30:02 +0000

How about a remake of Titanic with Jim Carrey and Roseann Barr

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:49:02 +0000

Nice one. Next you'll go on to joke that that classic book adaptions are going to be re-shod as film clunkers, and that Will smith is going to trash Richard Matheson's classic "I am Legend".Wait a minute?! Say it ain't so!Didn't he gum out a horrendous rendition of a non-character in Asimov's "I, Robot"? Since when did a poignant morality play on what it means to be human get reduced to a sappy, muscle-bound rendition of a rap video ever get considered "fresh" in the first place? Not even if Syd Mead designed the sets would this have come across as acceptable, unless Larrry, Curly, and Moe were at directorial helm.It would appear as if April the first isn't the only day Hollywood foists the joke on us.

By: Marisa

Marisa — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:28:10 +0000

Oh Thank GOD this was a joke! I'm 25 years old and have NO desire to see any of these great classics butchered by our modern moviemakers!

By: MDR

MDR — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:41:07 +0000

I didn't want to cause any more consternation, so I've edited my entry;-)

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:22:19 +0000

This IS an April Fool's joke, right? Paris Hilton in a remake of Lost Horizon? Nobody wants to see Paris Hilton in anything and remember the last remake of Lost Horizon – The 1973 musical version? A major debacle, savaged by nearly every major critic. CASABLANCA has already been remade as Barbwire with Pamela Anderson so let 'em try again. Nothing could touch the original, same thing with Dr. Strangelove. When are they going to learn to remake the ones that didn't quite work the first time but could have. Go remake FEDORA or LENNY or THE HANDMAID'S TALE or THE DEVIL'S OWN….

By: Pax Romano

Pax Romano — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 21:06:40 +0000

Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes in a remake of Gilda??? Dear god, this had better be an April Fool's joke!

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 19:00:48 +0000

Wait a minute. Did I just fall for HighHurdler's April Fools joke? I think I've been had…

By: Dan Oliver

Dan Oliver — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 18:57:50 +0000

Frankly, I can't imagine wanting to see any of these films. I mean seriously, how could they be any good? Is there some way to improve on Casablanca? On Dr. Strangelove, for God's sake? This is just more proof, as if any was needed, of the utter creative bankruptcy of contemporary Hollywood.Sorry to sound like an old curmudgeon, but in the annals of bad ideas these must rank pretty darn high.