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[jfsolo]

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I'm absolutely not a nostalgia/"kill my childhood" person, but remaking Enter the Dragon, nope just make a new Martial Arts franchise.

[SPTO]

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I'm absolutely not a nostalgia/"kill my childhood" person, but remaking Enter the Dragon, nope just make a new Martial Arts franchise.

Who the hell are they gonna have in the Bruce Lee role? There are SOME movies that shouldn't be remade whether because they're so iconic or they're absolute gems of Hollywood history. This fits more into the former than the latter. Why sully such a film with what will turn out to be a ho-hum and crappy experience?

[Majingir]

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An apparent r rated home alone style movie could be happening. Called Stoned Alone, produced by Ryan Reynolds.

This sounds so bad it might be good. But I want to see a real home alone return. Kevin as the robber this time (Imo, he was the villain last time. If he just called 911, nothing bad happens in the movie. Instead, he opted for torture and house destruction)

[Blzer]

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An apparent r rated home alone style movie could be happening.

We got a PG-13 one with Skyfall, so looks like it's a nice natural upward progression in the MPAA ratings.

[TripleCrown9]

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Tom Cruise is reportedly close to signing on for Green Lantern. Just waiting for some changes to be made to the script.

And by changes to the script, he's probably waiting for them to write in a running scene.

[SPTO]

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Tom Cruise is reportedly close to signing on for Green Lantern. Just waiting for some changes to be made to the script.

And by changes to the script, he's probably waiting for them to write in a running scene.

He's too short to be Hal Jordan.

That being said, he's the exact kind of actor/personality for the role and he looks young enough to be early 40s which is how I always pictured Hal to be.

[TripleCrown9]

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He's too short to be Hal Jordan.

That being said, he's the exact kind of actor/personality for the role and he looks young enough to be early 40s which is how I always pictured Hal to be.

He's too short for every role he's done. They boom the camera down a little to make him look taller.

[Blzer]

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He's too short for every role he's done.

As much as I am entertained to watch Tom Cruise in recent films, it's hard to watch a film and not say: "I'm looking at Tom Cruise." The exception of course is Tropic Thunder.

So if he is Hal Jordan, he won't be Hal Jordan. He will be Tom Cruise.

[DieHardYankee26]

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Not a fan of this choice, but if they do it I hope they don't go through with his script change. At least that way, it'll be short lived.

Doesn't even seem real tbh, need Variety or THR or someone to confirm.

[James T. Kirk]

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Who the hell are they gonna have in the Bruce Lee role? There are SOME movies that shouldn't be remade whether because they're so iconic or they're absolute gems of Hollywood history. This fits more into the former than the latter. Why sully such a film with what will turn out to be a ho-hum and crappy experience?

Never thought I could disagree 3 times with one post but here goes...


There are NO movies that shouldn't be remade.


I've never understood that mentality. I've always been on John Campea's side when it comes to remakes,


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How can you possibly know that a film that hasn't even been made yet will turn out to be a ho-hum and crappy experience?


Honestly, it's posts like these that make me wanna bang my head against a brick wall until I have an aneurysm.

[SPTO]

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Well Cap'n it's simple. I've seen enough remakes, reboots and reimaginings of movies in my life to know that more often than not the latter film is almost always inferior. Now, i'll grant you there have been flicks made that compare favorably and yes, even better than the source but it's a small percentage.

The 3 best remakes in Hollywood history IMO have come before the 2000s in no particular order:

- The Maltese Falcon (there were TWO versions before the famed Bogart film)
- The Magnificent Seven (basically transporting Kurisawa's Seven Samurai to North America in a Western setting)
- Scarface (a great modern updating of the original 1932 film which I LOVE. I actually think they're both on a par with each other but a lot of people who aren't into classic Hollywood/not old enough have no clue that it's a remake)

[James T. Kirk]

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Well Cap'n it's simple. I've seen enough remakes, reboots and reimaginings of movies in my life to know that more often than not the latter film is almost always inferior. Now, i'll grant you there have been flicks made that compare favorably and yes, even better than the source but it's a small percentage.

The 3 best remakes in Hollywood history IMO have come before the 2000s in no particular order:

- The Maltese Falcon (there were TWO versions before the famed Bogart film)
- The Magnificent Seven (basically transporting Kurisawa's Seven Samurai to North America in a Western setting)
- Scarface (a great modern updating of the original 1932 film which I LOVE. I actually think they're both on a par with each other but a lot of people who aren't into classic Hollywood/not old enough have no clue that it's a remake)

I still say there are NO films that shouldn't be remade. As small as that percentage may or may not be, there's always a chance a remake might turn out to be great. And that's good enough for me. So go ahead and remake ANYTHING.


But say a remake does turn out to be bad. So what? How does that "sully" the original? How does it negatively affect the original in any way?

[RockinDaMike]

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Yeah I agree JTK, remakes can be hit or miss but like Campea always says it doesn't take away the original, it doesn't get erased from existence. What it does do is bring new people to the old films and that's always a positive.

These movies are stories and stories are meant to be retold. There could be a whole new way of telling it and it could be great like The Jungle Book or The Departed.

It always irks me too when people say that there is no more originality in Hollywood. I see a ton of original movies every year, most people decide not to watch them like Oscar worthy films.

[Caulfield]

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Never thought I could disagree 3 times with one post but here goes...



There are NO movies that shouldn't be remade.




I've never understood that mentality. I've always been on John Campea's side when it comes to remakes,












How can you possibly know that a film that hasn't even been made yet will turn out to be a ho-hum and crappy experience?




Honestly, it's posts like these that make me wanna bang my head against a brick wall until I have an aneurysm.

They should do a remake of Shaft , with Liam Neeson in the title role.

[TripleCrown9]

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I still say there are NO films that shouldn't be remade. As small as that percentage may or may not be, there's always a chance a remake might turn out to be great. And that's good enough for me. So go ahead and remake ANYTHING.


But say a remake does turn out to be bad. So what? How does that "sully" the original? How does it negatively affect the original in any way?

There are absolutely movies that shouldn't be remade. Spider-Man 2, The Dark Knight, and Captain America: Winter Soldier.