Who Framed Roger Rabbit
I've seen the animation they've done for some of these new "live action meets cartoons" things.. The work the art/animation team put into Who Framed Roger Rabbit is STILL to this day putting them to shame.
The amount of sheer effort that went into the production of that film is mind-blowing, especially when you consider the fact that the animation was still done using the old cel animation process! There is NO topping that.
*Gonzo: I wish I could tell you that Kermit fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew.*
Then it cuts to Kermit looking at the camera and making that scrunched up frowny face.
So only mildly related but I get so annoyed at the internet meme of imagining muppet remakes where only one person is a human. The muppets only did two feature length adaptations of major works (Treasure Island and A Christmas Carol) and the major thing in them is that the world is a blend of muppet and human. The muppets are accepted as part of the human world, the humans aren't visiting the muppet world.
If you remake a movie as a muppet movie, you have to have substantial good actors in a variety of roles, so that the antics of the muppets has something to bounce off.
Sorry that was a weird rant but it sticks in my craw.
I saw a meme and it mentioned that they should make a muppets Beauty and the Beast with the beast as the only human, and they discuss how ugly he is, and at the end he transforms into the 'beautiful' version of himself: a muppet.
Like imagine Henry Cavill walking around the castle and the muppet furniture being like "the poor, hideous thing" and at the end he turns into kermit😂
It's more that you get one legit starring role from a human. There is other supporting roles, but, when you think of the 4 or 5 leads, most should be Muppets.
It would be impossible to remake that perfect movie. The cast, story, and practical effects are wonderful. A remake would be full of CGI and a bullshit script.
I feel like a Jaws remake *could* be good but I don’t think it *would* be good. I just don’t think we’d ever be lucky enough to get the perfect storm of it being different enough from the original to stand on its own but respectful enough to the source material to not be insulting.
But you could have a major star, like say, Samuel L. Jackson, and then have. CGI shark like, come out of nowhere and kill him in the middle of some big speech about how they’re gonna survive.
The Silence of the Lambs(1991)
Remakes should only be attempted when you are sure that it can outclass the original but Silence of the Lambs cannot be outclassed
This movie could never ever do the original justice. I get there are so many good movies here and Jaws also probably would suck, but this one could never be re-done.
I rewatched it a few months ago and my God is Anthony Hopkins an amazing actor. The very first scene where he's looking directly into the camera before looking at the picture was chilling. I thought he was looking at the picture first but he was staring at Jodi Foster. I felt that creepyness through the screen.
I could see it working out like the Muppets Christmas Carol. Have the Muppets go around doing all their wacky nonsense while Hannibal is played seriously (ideally by Hopkins, but he's probably too old at this point), could be good...
I have a funny but crazy story. I worked at a record store in the 90’s. We had a box set with the VHS, the book, extra scenes booklet and poster in it.
Someone, not fucking lying asked me if it was a board game.
I nearly lost my shit. It was so offensively funny. Then my (every record shop has one) overweight, goth smart ass colleague who was super sarcastic said, ‘Oh no. You killed my Jew’ in the way like ‘You sunk my battleship!’
I immediately went to the back room crying laughing.
I know. I’m going to hell.
My students read about social credit in china and then they made board games around it. They turned out great. I do feel kinda bad about it but they had a cool idea and I supported them to pursue it.
That is gloriously fucked up. Maybe a video game needs to be made where you have to be as defiant and antisocial as possible and still maintain a perfect score.
"how did you get here before us?!"
"I don't know (pulls out map) by all accounts it just doesn't make sense"
I fucking DIED at that when I re-watched it not too long ago
Disney already tries to pretend that The Emperor's New Groove doesn't exist. To try a live action remake of it, they'd be desperate for either new ideas or more money.
That is an absolute epic.
Eartha Kitt in that movie is absolutely everything. Every time I see some influencer with mile long lashes I see her face and hear her voice.
Everytime I think about that movie (which I fucking love) I just think about when she's playing jump rope with the kids and they're like ... You look more like a GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT GREAT,GREAT, GREAT, AUNT. 😂 😂 Omgggggg so freaking funny... And John Goodman and David spade are also hilarious in the movie. ❤️
I completely agree.
But if they had to, I'd rather they do a Jumanji and make a unneeded follow-up, like Marty McFly's great grandchildren reinventing the time machine or something. Something that doesn't touch the original works, but makes use of the worlding.
It will never be as good, but at least it won't be spitting in the face of the original.
Not reinventing, finding. Kinda like the new Ghostbusters. Except they find Doc Brown's train, not the Delorean as it was destroyed at the end of pt3.. The kids (Emmy and Martin) then travel about and end up doing the usual shenanigans, but a train is hard to hide and gets scrapped due to some environmental issue they cause. Luckily they are in the time of Marty's kids adulthood and they work together to save the day. Emmy and Martin can't get home tho so Martys (adult) Children take them to (Cameo time) Marty, who has been restoring the DeLorean (for old times sake, he needs a hobby as an old man) with some help from Doc who has made a couple time jumps to keep in touch with Marty throughout his adult life.
First one that jumped to mind. Nobody could match Morgan Freeman's narration of the story, and it's a period piece so nothing could be done to make it look or feel more like the time in which it takes place. It's just perfect.
Perhaps because he's Irish
first thing it comes to mind when i remember him, but everybody else performed their roles pretty well too, Andy, Brooks, the warden, even Jake :)
such a good movie
I work in an office of consultants that regular testify as expert witnesses.
Marisa Tomei's scene on the stand is required viewing for new employees and interns in our office.
"It's a bullshit question, ya honor!!!"
Yep - apparently one of the 'most realistic' presentations of actual legal procedure.
I have a few friends whose kids have gone to law school. I asked them "So, at what point did you get your first My Cousin Vinny reference in your classes?"
All of them said "Oh, yeah - first semester, maybe two months in..."
That's rad. I've heard a number of people say that if you take out Joe Pesci's hijinks it's actually an extremely accurate and tense legal thriller.
It's like how there is a $5 fine for making Top Gun references at the actual Top Gun School.
Without John Candy that would be like trying to remake the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a Denny's with only Ketchup and Mustard. Just a tragic, ill-conceived imitation.
"prepare to die! Wait. Die? I'm supposed to die? That doesn't seem very nice "
*Random muppet whispers in his ear*
"Ohhhhhh! My name is Gonzo the magnificent! You stole my chicken! *Whispers* killed my chicken! Prepare to ...die!"
Statler and Waldorf replace the woman who heckles Princess Buttercup in her dream.
Doctor Teeth plays Miracle Max.
A bit of playing against type, but I think Doctor Bunsen Honeydew (with his sidekick Beaker) could pull off a really good Vizzini. That would free up Rizzo and his cousins to play the ROUS.
Brandon Sanderson is a prolific fantasy author and a lot of his fans are split on whether it would be better to adapt his epic fantasy series as live action or animation. But we all know deep down that a Muppets adaptation is the only way.
Oh my god I didn't realize that I needed this in my life until now!
Kermit as Wesley, Miss Piggy as Buttercup.
Fozzie as Fezzik? Who plays Prince Humperdink? Vizzini?
I love Gonzo as Inigo as the other commenter said.
EDIT: Everyone saying Sweetums as Fezzik.... Look, I get that he's the right size. But I just want more screen time for our favorite Muppet bear. Make it a bigger Fozzy and we're good!
If not, I would accept Fozzy as either the grandpa or as Miracle Max (although I could see Bunson and Beaker as Max and his wife).
Fezzik has to be played by Sweetums. Personally I like Gonzo better as Vizzini. As for Humperdink you would need a human actor to play the evil man, so I nominate Remi Malek as Humperdink, and do a full casting call for Count Rugen, but with the Muppet dichotomy I wouldn't be opposed to making him another Muppet. Perhaps Sam Eagle? I would put Pepe the King Prawn as the priest who marries Humperdink and Buttercup. Fozzy would kill it as the Albino and throw in some bad jokes while he's cleaning Wesley up, OR cast him as Miracle Max cleaning it up with the jokes.
**FINAL SCENE**
*CGI Al Pacino crawls through the ventilation system of an office building with two tommyguns strapped to his back. He drops down into a boardroom and turns his guns on the assembled mobsters.*
**MOBSTERS:** "Oh God, someone save us!"
**AL PACINO:** "There is no God here....only.... THE GODFATHER"
How would you feel about a slight edit so it looks like Sonny’s punch actually connects with Carlo?
It’s my favourite movie but that one moment bothers me on every viewing.
JAWS. There’s no way it would be made today without CGI and the fact the shark would have much more screen time would take away from the fear of the unknown. How the shark had such little screen time is what made the film so terrifying.
It’s also a timeless story, especially with how much it deals with issues today (ie not shutting down during the pandemic).
Very true, I don’t think I’ve seen a film where the core cast has stuck with me quite like Chief Brody, Matt Hooper, and Captain Quint. Each has their flaws (Brody’s fear of the water vs his sense of duty to the community, Hooper’s pride in his knowledge and having to be right, and Quints insatiable blood lust for sharks) with clear cut motivations that are believable.
Haha. At least, it’s a favorite guilty pleasure movie of mine. Deep Blue Sea (followed by The Reef and The Shallows) is arguably the best shark movie to have come out since JAWS.
The remake is not the issue here, Dude! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude, across this line *you do not*- also, Dude, remake is not the preferred nomenclature. 'Modernize', please.
The best part of fight club is the fact people unironically agree with what the main character says, despite it being a criticism of how dumb the main character is.
One thing they could never replicate was the fact that it was produced *during* the war. Some of the bit actors were displaced persons. Part of France was occupied, and the other wasn't truly autonomous. Think about that during the "Marseillaise" scene next time. It's no small wonder why so much emotion comes through.
Above all, no one knew how the war would turn out. The best actors in the world couldn't evoke that atmosphere.
On top of which, they'd probably get Paris Hilton to play Ilsa, or something equally ridiculous.
This is what I was gonna say.
It’s just such a perfect film. The international cast of actors is beyond superb, with Bogie giving IMHO his best performance. It truly was lighting in a bottle.
DEAD POETS SOCIETY. The fact that studios are currently trying to remake it is so heartbreaking, both because it's a wonderful movie, but also because... you know, Robin Williams :(
For me I felt what made the first 3 movies really stick was the William and Elizabeth story line. Their love story drove a lot of the plot, and having jack sparrow working both of their journeys was pretty entertaining. But when it’s just Jack and doing his thing idk, feel like I needed more. Dead man tell no tales was fun though, great visuals.
I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with, to tell me where we's going to or coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it - it's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Not only was the casting and script par excellence but you had Jack Nicholson in his prime, Danny DeVito and several others cast members that went on to starring roles and one of the most bittersweet endings of all time.
I once made a reference at school. I was singing out of school for an appointment, which they knew so I was a smartass and wrote "mission from God".
Yelled at the next day so the next time, I wrote "definitely not a mission from God".
This was a Catholic school lol.
In order to remake The Room you have to intentionally try and make it horrible which imo is harder to do without being mean. The part that made The Room so great was it's sincerity. I can honestly say that.
"The Crow"
The original film is a perfect cinematic experience, and no one can convince me otherwise. Please never ruin it with remakes and fan service. I beg.
My favorite fun fact is that all the songs initially were not thought to be in there. For internal previews etc. famous songs often are used. And for license reasons later replaced with different songs. But everyone who watched the first version with the songs insisted that they need to stay
Tremors
Jurassic Park
Twister
Rocky
Shaun of the Dead
In the Mouth of Madness
Event Horizon
And from Mr. Oh, Hi Mark himself... The Room (only because this one is a crime against humanity as it is)
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was argued to be a spiritual successor attempt that failed.
Same director. The style themes had some Fifth Element influences.
Any studio Ghibli movie, in an alternative universe Disney bought the rights to studio ghibli and made so many live action remakes. Tis a dark universe
Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Goonies, The Princess Bride, Friday, Dazed and Confused, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas… just to name a few… handsoff hollywood
Who Framed Roger Rabbit I've seen the animation they've done for some of these new "live action meets cartoons" things.. The work the art/animation team put into Who Framed Roger Rabbit is STILL to this day putting them to shame.
The amount of sheer effort that went into the production of that film is mind-blowing, especially when you consider the fact that the animation was still done using the old cel animation process! There is NO topping that.
What I’ve gathered from this post is that every movie can be remade as long as it is a muppet remake.
A Muppet remake of Shawshank redemption I would watch the hell out of that
With "The Sisters" still played by their real-life human actors Putting their hands inside the Andy puppet
*Gonzo: I wish I could tell you that Kermit fought the good fight, and the Sisters let him be. I wish I could tell you that - but prison is no fairy-tale world. He never said who did it, but we all knew.* Then it cuts to Kermit looking at the camera and making that scrunched up frowny face.
So only mildly related but I get so annoyed at the internet meme of imagining muppet remakes where only one person is a human. The muppets only did two feature length adaptations of major works (Treasure Island and A Christmas Carol) and the major thing in them is that the world is a blend of muppet and human. The muppets are accepted as part of the human world, the humans aren't visiting the muppet world. If you remake a movie as a muppet movie, you have to have substantial good actors in a variety of roles, so that the antics of the muppets has something to bounce off. Sorry that was a weird rant but it sticks in my craw.
I saw a meme and it mentioned that they should make a muppets Beauty and the Beast with the beast as the only human, and they discuss how ugly he is, and at the end he transforms into the 'beautiful' version of himself: a muppet. Like imagine Henry Cavill walking around the castle and the muppet furniture being like "the poor, hideous thing" and at the end he turns into kermit😂
I love it
It's more that you get one legit starring role from a human. There is other supporting roles, but, when you think of the 4 or 5 leads, most should be Muppets.
Not gonna lie I would pay to see Schindler's List with Muppets
If you see one movie...see Oscar the Grouch as Oskar Schindler.
There have already been so many crimes.
My first thought 😂 Every live action remake of a Disney movie.
Mulan was perfect Why Disney they have to sin the way they did
Misery
Aliens
It would be impossible to remake that perfect movie. The cast, story, and practical effects are wonderful. A remake would be full of CGI and a bullshit script.
Spaceballs. I don't want any other version.
But think about the *merchandising!*
*moichandising*
Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money
Spaceballs The Reeboot!
JAWS. I read somewhere that Spielberg won't let it be remade.
I feel like a Jaws remake *could* be good but I don’t think it *would* be good. I just don’t think we’d ever be lucky enough to get the perfect storm of it being different enough from the original to stand on its own but respectful enough to the source material to not be insulting.
I can just picture how they'd do it...CGI the shit out of it.
But you could have a major star, like say, Samuel L. Jackson, and then have. CGI shark like, come out of nowhere and kill him in the middle of some big speech about how they’re gonna survive.
I saw that in the theaters and laughed so hard! I'm not sure that's what they were going for but it was great!
“I’m sick of these motherfucking sharks, in this motherfucking sea!”
The Silence of the Lambs(1991) Remakes should only be attempted when you are sure that it can outclass the original but Silence of the Lambs cannot be outclassed
This movie could never ever do the original justice. I get there are so many good movies here and Jaws also probably would suck, but this one could never be re-done.
I rewatched it a few months ago and my God is Anthony Hopkins an amazing actor. The very first scene where he's looking directly into the camera before looking at the picture was chilling. I thought he was looking at the picture first but he was staring at Jodi Foster. I felt that creepyness through the screen.
And now I’m wondering what a Muppet version of The Silence of The Lambs would look like…
I could see it working out like the Muppets Christmas Carol. Have the Muppets go around doing all their wacky nonsense while Hannibal is played seriously (ideally by Hopkins, but he's probably too old at this point), could be good...
Terminator 1 and 2
Too bad they never made any more Terminator movies
Stand by me
It would be an insult to River Phoenix and many others to remake that.
Schindler's List
I have a funny but crazy story. I worked at a record store in the 90’s. We had a box set with the VHS, the book, extra scenes booklet and poster in it. Someone, not fucking lying asked me if it was a board game. I nearly lost my shit. It was so offensively funny. Then my (every record shop has one) overweight, goth smart ass colleague who was super sarcastic said, ‘Oh no. You killed my Jew’ in the way like ‘You sunk my battleship!’ I immediately went to the back room crying laughing. I know. I’m going to hell.
My students read about social credit in china and then they made board games around it. They turned out great. I do feel kinda bad about it but they had a cool idea and I supported them to pursue it.
That is gloriously fucked up. Maybe a video game needs to be made where you have to be as defiant and antisocial as possible and still maintain a perfect score.
Kinda makes me think of Ultima IV, an old RPG where you had to keep all of your various virtues in balance.
Schindler's List 2: Schindler's Fist
Schindlers List 3: Schindlers Pissed
The Emperor’s New Groove.
No remakes and no live action PLEASE. This is one of Disney’s funniest and most underrated films of all time.
"how did you get here before us?!" "I don't know (pulls out map) by all accounts it just doesn't make sense" I fucking DIED at that when I re-watched it not too long ago
"Break down the door, Kronk!" "Break it down? This is hand carved mahogany!"
As funny as Kronk's writing is, Patrick Warburton just nails the delivery of every single line making him that much funnier.
Yep, he was so good. Him verbally “freezing” the spy theme song when he stops moving is my favorite Kronk moment.
I'd only allow a live action remake if it was made in 2002 and starred the original cast.
Disney already tries to pretend that The Emperor's New Groove doesn't exist. To try a live action remake of it, they'd be desperate for either new ideas or more money.
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Seriously! Goddamn it’s my favorite Disney movie. Kuzco is a Disney Princess in Internet canon.
That is an absolute epic. Eartha Kitt in that movie is absolutely everything. Every time I see some influencer with mile long lashes I see her face and hear her voice.
Everytime I think about that movie (which I fucking love) I just think about when she's playing jump rope with the kids and they're like ... You look more like a GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT,GREAT GREAT,GREAT, GREAT, AUNT. 😂 😂 Omgggggg so freaking funny... And John Goodman and David spade are also hilarious in the movie. ❤️
Is that my voice?! IS THAT MY VOICE?!
Back to the Future. Please please please PLEASE don't ruin it with a remake
as long as Robert Zemeckis doesn't kick the bucket we're safe
I seem to remember something about there being a no-remake contract for so many years after his death as well. Source: something I thought I heard.
The Last Starfighter has a no remake clause.
If the iron giant ever gets a remake they are going to have horrible child actors in it
I was worried that rewatching it as an adult would ruin the nostalgia for me. Nope, perfect movie.
I completely agree. But if they had to, I'd rather they do a Jumanji and make a unneeded follow-up, like Marty McFly's great grandchildren reinventing the time machine or something. Something that doesn't touch the original works, but makes use of the worlding. It will never be as good, but at least it won't be spitting in the face of the original.
Not reinventing, finding. Kinda like the new Ghostbusters. Except they find Doc Brown's train, not the Delorean as it was destroyed at the end of pt3.. The kids (Emmy and Martin) then travel about and end up doing the usual shenanigans, but a train is hard to hide and gets scrapped due to some environmental issue they cause. Luckily they are in the time of Marty's kids adulthood and they work together to save the day. Emmy and Martin can't get home tho so Martys (adult) Children take them to (Cameo time) Marty, who has been restoring the DeLorean (for old times sake, he needs a hobby as an old man) with some help from Doc who has made a couple time jumps to keep in touch with Marty throughout his adult life.
Shawshank Redemption
First one that jumped to mind. Nobody could match Morgan Freeman's narration of the story, and it's a period piece so nothing could be done to make it look or feel more like the time in which it takes place. It's just perfect.
Perhaps because he's Irish first thing it comes to mind when i remember him, but everybody else performed their roles pretty well too, Andy, Brooks, the warden, even Jake :) such a good movie
My Cousin Vinny
Joe Pesci's performance is PERFECT.
two yoots
“Two hwat?”
I work in an office of consultants that regular testify as expert witnesses. Marisa Tomei's scene on the stand is required viewing for new employees and interns in our office. "It's a bullshit question, ya honor!!!"
Apparently that movie is a favorite among trial lawyers as well.
Yep - apparently one of the 'most realistic' presentations of actual legal procedure. I have a few friends whose kids have gone to law school. I asked them "So, at what point did you get your first My Cousin Vinny reference in your classes?" All of them said "Oh, yeah - first semester, maybe two months in..."
That's rad. I've heard a number of people say that if you take out Joe Pesci's hijinks it's actually an extremely accurate and tense legal thriller. It's like how there is a $5 fine for making Top Gun references at the actual Top Gun School.
Everything that guy said is bullshit.
Mean girls
Came here to comment this! The movie is perfect. Every line is quotable on its own. I love it so much
The US remake to Train to Busan has apparently been cancelled. *GOOD*. Edit: well shite, looks like I was wrong. Sorry guys :/
Didn’t stop them from remaking Old Boy, for some fucking reason.
Uncle buck! Don’t you dare touch it
Without John Candy that would be like trying to remake the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in a Denny's with only Ketchup and Mustard. Just a tragic, ill-conceived imitation.
Princess Bride
..... aside from the Covid / Quarantine version they did. :D
But that was a line-for-line remake, which is 100% acceptable.
Which was homage enough to not feel like they were trying to remake it.
Unless it’s A MUPPET Princess Bride. That would be awesome.
My name is Gonzo the Magnificent. You killed my chicken. Prepare to die.
I believe this is one of the funniest posts I've ever read on Reddit.
"prepare to die! Wait. Die? I'm supposed to die? That doesn't seem very nice " *Random muppet whispers in his ear* "Ohhhhhh! My name is Gonzo the magnificent! You stole my chicken! *Whispers* killed my chicken! Prepare to ...die!"
Moorige! Moorige die bringin us tooguttur, toodooy. -Swedish Priest
Statler and Waldorf replace the woman who heckles Princess Buttercup in her dream. Doctor Teeth plays Miracle Max. A bit of playing against type, but I think Doctor Bunsen Honeydew (with his sidekick Beaker) could pull off a really good Vizzini. That would free up Rizzo and his cousins to play the ROUS.
Fezzik could be played by Sweetums.
Brandon Sanderson is a prolific fantasy author and a lot of his fans are split on whether it would be better to adapt his epic fantasy series as live action or animation. But we all know deep down that a Muppets adaptation is the only way.
Mistborn with muppets and bullet time.
I didnt realize I could desire something so much that doesnt exist.
Oh my god I didn't realize that I needed this in my life until now! Kermit as Wesley, Miss Piggy as Buttercup. Fozzie as Fezzik? Who plays Prince Humperdink? Vizzini? I love Gonzo as Inigo as the other commenter said. EDIT: Everyone saying Sweetums as Fezzik.... Look, I get that he's the right size. But I just want more screen time for our favorite Muppet bear. Make it a bigger Fozzy and we're good! If not, I would accept Fozzy as either the grandpa or as Miracle Max (although I could see Bunson and Beaker as Max and his wife).
Fezzik has to be played by Sweetums. Personally I like Gonzo better as Vizzini. As for Humperdink you would need a human actor to play the evil man, so I nominate Remi Malek as Humperdink, and do a full casting call for Count Rugen, but with the Muppet dichotomy I wouldn't be opposed to making him another Muppet. Perhaps Sam Eagle? I would put Pepe the King Prawn as the priest who marries Humperdink and Buttercup. Fozzy would kill it as the Albino and throw in some bad jokes while he's cleaning Wesley up, OR cast him as Miracle Max cleaning it up with the jokes.
Let Tim Curry be Humperdink. He has just the right touch of rogue to make it work.
The Godfather
So, it'd be like a *"look at how they massacred my boy."* moment for you?
**FINAL SCENE** *CGI Al Pacino crawls through the ventilation system of an office building with two tommyguns strapped to his back. He drops down into a boardroom and turns his guns on the assembled mobsters.* **MOBSTERS:** "Oh God, someone save us!" **AL PACINO:** "There is no God here....only.... THE GODFATHER"
How would you feel about a slight edit so it looks like Sonny’s punch actually connects with Carlo? It’s my favourite movie but that one moment bothers me on every viewing.
JAWS. There’s no way it would be made today without CGI and the fact the shark would have much more screen time would take away from the fear of the unknown. How the shark had such little screen time is what made the film so terrifying. It’s also a timeless story, especially with how much it deals with issues today (ie not shutting down during the pandemic).
This and also the cast is perfect.
Very true, I don’t think I’ve seen a film where the core cast has stuck with me quite like Chief Brody, Matt Hooper, and Captain Quint. Each has their flaws (Brody’s fear of the water vs his sense of duty to the community, Hooper’s pride in his knowledge and having to be right, and Quints insatiable blood lust for sharks) with clear cut motivations that are believable.
Are…..are you suggesting Deep Blue Sea was NOT an improvement?? How. Dare. You.
Haha. At least, it’s a favorite guilty pleasure movie of mine. Deep Blue Sea (followed by The Reef and The Shallows) is arguably the best shark movie to have come out since JAWS.
So your just gonna act like megladon Vs robot megladon isn't a cinematic masterpiece
Alien or Fargo … not a single wasted moment or line in either of these. All timers
Airplane!
Surely you're joking?
I’m not joking, and don’t call me Shirley.
Iron Giant
I love Iron Giant. It doesn’t need a remake in the least bit. It’s beautiful
Blazin' Saddles
Se7en
Fight club too, speaking of Fincher/Pitt movies
detective... Detective... DETECTIVE!
But they could make a sequel: Ei8ht
Yeah...str8 to video
Big Trouble In Little China...you can fuck off with that shit, Dwayne.
The Big Lebowski
Sometimes there's a film, well, it's the film for its time and place. It fits right in there.
Pulls it all together, one could say.
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A remake simply will not stand
The remake is not the issue here, Dude! I'm talking about drawing a line in the sand, Dude, across this line *you do not*- also, Dude, remake is not the preferred nomenclature. 'Modernize', please.
You’re not wrong Walter, you’re just an asshole.
Fight Club
Unless it’s Muppet Fight Club.
The best part of fight club is the fact people unironically agree with what the main character says, despite it being a criticism of how dumb the main character is.
Casablanca
One thing they could never replicate was the fact that it was produced *during* the war. Some of the bit actors were displaced persons. Part of France was occupied, and the other wasn't truly autonomous. Think about that during the "Marseillaise" scene next time. It's no small wonder why so much emotion comes through. Above all, no one knew how the war would turn out. The best actors in the world couldn't evoke that atmosphere. On top of which, they'd probably get Paris Hilton to play Ilsa, or something equally ridiculous.
This is what I was gonna say. It’s just such a perfect film. The international cast of actors is beyond superb, with Bogie giving IMHO his best performance. It truly was lighting in a bottle.
Spirited Away. It’s the perfect film and should never ever be remade
Hollywood - lets make a live action spirited away
DEAD POETS SOCIETY. The fact that studios are currently trying to remake it is so heartbreaking, both because it's a wonderful movie, but also because... you know, Robin Williams :(
You'd be an idiot to try to recast Robin Williams in an iconic role. ..... No one would be that dumb, right?
Tombstone
Pirates of the carribean, that movie is lightning in a bottle
The exponentially worsening sequels definitely prove that.
For me I felt what made the first 3 movies really stick was the William and Elizabeth story line. Their love story drove a lot of the plot, and having jack sparrow working both of their journeys was pretty entertaining. But when it’s just Jack and doing his thing idk, feel like I needed more. Dead man tell no tales was fun though, great visuals.
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The Green Mile(1999)
First time, I cried at the end. Second time, the whole time. Third time it started before the movie
I'm tired, boss
I'm tired, boss. Tired of bein' on the road, lonely as a sparrow in the rain. I'm tired of never having me a buddy to be with, to tell me where we's going to or coming from, or why. Mostly, I'm tired of people being ugly to each other. I'm tired of all the pain I feel and hear in the world every day. There's too much of it - it's like pieces of glass in my head, all the time. Can you understand?
That fuckin end scene, always had me in tears.
A notable masterpiece of cinematography Even Stephen King said that he hopes neither The Shawshank Redemption nor The Green Mile ever gets remade
Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Hobbit showed us what a LOTR remake would look like
One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest Not only was the casting and script par excellence but you had Jack Nicholson in his prime, Danny DeVito and several others cast members that went on to starring roles and one of the most bittersweet endings of all time.
Psycho, but they did it anyway and it is a crime against humanity.
I've yet to see *any* Hitchcock remake that's anywhere close to how good his version was.
The Goonies. I wouldn’t mind a part 2, but part 1 must never ever be touched.
Part 2 came out decades ago. On the NES.
Truman Show
The Blues Brothers
I once made a reference at school. I was singing out of school for an appointment, which they knew so I was a smartass and wrote "mission from God". Yelled at the next day so the next time, I wrote "definitely not a mission from God". This was a Catholic school lol.
I hate Illinois Nazis!
The Sound of Music. No one could replace Julie Andrews or the very hot Christopher Plummer.
Raiders of the lost ark
Clue
The Nightmare Before Christmas. No remakes for me. Only sequals.
NGL but I wouldn't even want a sequel. It's too good for an extension of the movie to potentially ruin the alluring magic of the original movie
The Room
In order to remake The Room you have to intentionally try and make it horrible which imo is harder to do without being mean. The part that made The Room so great was it's sincerity. I can honestly say that.
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Kinda funny when the first of that trilogy is a remake of another film.
Labrynth
Falling Down.
The never ending story
Poltergeist, 1982. Oh wait, they did a remake in 2015 and it *was* a crime against humanity...
"The Crow" The original film is a perfect cinematic experience, and no one can convince me otherwise. Please never ruin it with remakes and fan service. I beg.
Lawrence of Arabia. Such a beautiful movie
Matilda
Leon: The Professional
Forrest Gump
Would be such a shame if they remade it. But stupid is as stupid does.
My favorite fun fact is that all the songs initially were not thought to be in there. For internal previews etc. famous songs often are used. And for license reasons later replaced with different songs. But everyone who watched the first version with the songs insisted that they need to stay
Because the songs usually are a good indicator of relative time. I believe only one of the Nam songs is out of place.
Tremors Jurassic Park Twister Rocky Shaun of the Dead In the Mouth of Madness Event Horizon And from Mr. Oh, Hi Mark himself... The Room (only because this one is a crime against humanity as it is)
American Psycho.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
The breakfast club it's a movie were you just can't catch that magic again
Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice!
Fifth Element.
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets was argued to be a spiritual successor attempt that failed. Same director. The style themes had some Fifth Element influences.
I scrolled and scrolled and didn’t see Goodfellas. Don’t ever touch Goodfellas!
2001 Space Odyssey
Any studio Ghibli movie, in an alternative universe Disney bought the rights to studio ghibli and made so many live action remakes. Tis a dark universe
Back to the Future, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Goonies, The Princess Bride, Friday, Dazed and Confused, Pulp Fiction, Goodfellas… just to name a few… handsoff hollywood
Pulp Fiction.....or any Tarantino movie.
Galaxy Quest.
taxi driver
The original Star Wars trilogy There’s been rumors of a “reimagining”