― latebloomer (latebloomer), Saturday, 21 February 2004 03:14 (twenty-two years ago)
Worst: the remake of Psycho. Though that probably goes without saying.
― Kenan Hebert (kenan), Saturday, 21 February 2004 07:51 (twenty-two years ago)
― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Saturday, 21 February 2004 14:48 (twenty-two years ago)
a remake I expected to loath and detest but found myself grudgingly liking: city of angels. although I prefer to think of it as simply inspired by wings of desire.
― anthony kyle monday (akmonday), Sunday, 22 February 2004 01:44 (twenty-two years ago)
I think I might be the only person in the world who really enjoyed this. What I liked about it was the way two films can be frame by frame identical but still quite different because of the way the characters are acted - Arbogast and the Janet Leigh/Anne Heche character were played very differently in the two films.
It is funny how in the world of the theatre people are quite happy to go and see plays that use the same script as a previous performance of the play, but people will not accept a film using the same script as a previous one. There are obvious reasons for this, but it is still interesting.
― DV (dirtyvicar), Saturday, 28 February 2004 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)
not so! in fact my only function on ilx now is to pop up occasionally to defend this film. (i've also decided that after they remake again with punks, they should remake it in late-Victorian England with the detective as a Holmes figure and Bates as a Wodehouse dimwit. ok see you all next time!!)
― jones (actual), Saturday, 28 February 2004 22:26 (twenty-two years ago)
Road to Perdition was pretty disappointing, and basically a remake of Lone Wolf and Cub..
Madonna's Swept Away is probably a good candidate, though I have no particular attachment to the original either.
― Jay Smooth (jsmooth995), Saturday, 28 February 2004 22:31 (twenty-two years ago)