Indeed so. The original was bad enough...Clinton Huxley wrote:Anyone who would even for a moment entertain the idea of remaking Casablanca should be beaten to death and then thrown in gaol for a very, very long time.
If you could remake the movie Casablanca today...
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But I have the director's cut editionsPappa wrote:Go! Download them now!Animavore wrote:Never seen the originals of Blade Runner or Apocalypse Now.
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Oh.... maybe watch them then. If you want.Animavore wrote:But I have the director's cut editionsPappa wrote:Go! Download them now!Animavore wrote:Never seen the originals of Blade Runner or Apocalypse Now.
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Geoff wrote:Indeed so. The original was bad enough...Clinton Huxley wrote:Anyone who would even for a moment entertain the idea of remaking Casablanca should be beaten to death and then thrown in gaol for a very, very long time.
You are dead to me.
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I already havePappa wrote:Oh.... maybe watch them then. If you want.Animavore wrote:But I have the director's cut editionsPappa wrote:Go! Download them now!Animavore wrote:Never seen the originals of Blade Runner or Apocalypse Now.
Lots of times. I just meant I never saw the original versions of them.Libertarianism: The belief that out of all the terrible things governments can do, helping people is the absolute worst.
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I heard the British version was far superior to the weak American version.Clinton Huxley wrote:Geoff wrote:Indeed so. The original was bad enough...Clinton Huxley wrote:Anyone who would even for a moment entertain the idea of remaking Casablanca should be beaten to death and then thrown in gaol for a very, very long time.
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There is a British version?
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Coito is trying to be humourous, but of course Merkin humour is famous for being less funny than British...Orwellian wrote:There is a British version?
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Animavore wrote:I already havePappa wrote:Oh.... maybe watch them then. If you want.Animavore wrote:But I have the director's cut editionsPappa wrote:Go! Download them now!Animavore wrote:Never seen the originals of Blade Runner or Apocalypse Now.
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Pappa wrote:Rick Blaine - Harvey Keitel
Ilsa Lunde - Uma Thurman
Victor Laszlo - Tim Roth
Sam the Piano Player - Samuel L Jackson
Cpt. Renault - George Clooney
Major Strasser - Eric Stoltz
Signor Ferrari - Ving Rhames
Ugarte - Steve Buscemi
Yvonne - Daryl Hannah
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Leaving John Travolta out probably angered folks.
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I think there's something wrong with me.
I just don't get movies.
Old or new...
I just don't get movies.
Old or new...
Nurse, where the fuck's my cardigan?
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Odd that you like the movie, there being not a single British hero in the entire movie....Clinton Huxley wrote:Geoff wrote:Indeed so. The original was bad enough...Clinton Huxley wrote:Anyone who would even for a moment entertain the idea of remaking Casablanca should be beaten to death and then thrown in gaol for a very, very long time.
You are dead to me.
The hero: Rick Blaine, American.
Secondary hero: Viktor Laszlo, Czech resistance fighter
The villains: The Germans
The wishy washy sidekick of the hero: Frenchman, Louis Renault
Damsel in distress: Ilsa Lund, Norwegian hottie
Bartender -- Russian
Owner of the Blue Parrott - Italian (Senor Ferrari)
....not a single Englishman to be found in the whole movie, despite it being set in WW2. That may be why it is considered among the best movies of all time.
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Lately, very few movies have thrilled me. The new movies over the last 10 years have generally been bad, or formulaic. The occasional comedy knocks it out of the park, like the Hangover. Then they ruin it with sequels.JimC wrote:I think there's something wrong with me.
I just don't get movies.
Old or new...
Anything with special effects typically suck these days. They don't get that special effects can't replace dialogue and plot. That's why a 50 year old Twilight Zone episode is still timeless and enjoyable despite its hokey special effects, but recent "blockbusters" tend to be trite and formulaic.
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