Posted on 06/12/2016 4:42:36 AM PDT by C19fan
The cast of the long unawaited Ghostbusters movie appeared on The Jimmy Kimmel Show on Thursday to promote the remake that nobody asked for.
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Why should ANY movie be “remade”?
So come up with something as quirky as "Ground Hog Day" and if it has a female cast go for it, I don't care as long as it is good I'll pay the ticket.
"Saint Vincent" with Bill Murrary was the best thing I have seen in years, the rest they put out is darn near garbage...
It seems that Hollywood does not have the imagination to determine which current books would be great movies. Add to that, writing is at times just plain awful in current TV and movies.
The ones that should never be remade are the ones that were near-perfection to begin with. The Time Machine is an example of that. So is GhostBusters.
I’d suggest that the writing and production values of POI are excellent. NCIS, Bones, Elementary, and The Closer - pretty good.
My gut preference is that a remake solely for a newer, younger audience that's updated and chronology adjusted doesn't work. “The Day the Earth Stood Still” is a good example to me. “Time Machine is another.”
I think where remakes have some value is where there is some production value (like technology) at the time were limited. Godzilla is one example to me - the second being better than the first.
Just because a script is low hanging fruit in that rights, words and story are basically already done is no excuse to pander to the ignorance of youth. Fickle. And most often, something is lost in the update, be it star personality, presence, whatever. One example for me that I think would typify this would be “Gone With the Wind.” Sure, fantastic gimmickry could be worked, but the acting could never be replace IMO.
The original “War of the Worlds” was much better than the remake. (I called the remake “Independence day meets Star Wars (Imperial walkers). I walked out halfway through.
The original “Flight of the Phoenix” was much better than the remake.
etc.
We are now being subjected to independence day 2
Not. Even. Redbox.
I have to say. I can’t believe there actually are people who are “mad” at a stupid remake of a funny but stupid movie.
My son says that the general consensus is that movie is going to suck. And we live in Russia!
My current fave was a few years ago....Leverage. What I'd like to see more of is comedy that isn't selling politically correct dogma.
I agree. In thirty years I will be in a nursing home and locked down in my bed without a remote control. That is when I will probably see this movie.
I love McCarthy. She’s a talented, sassy actress in the old Hollywood tradition. She shouldn’t have lost weight, which was the reason Mike and Molly was cancelled.
Where in Russia may I ask? I love Russia. Where would you suggest tourists go? One day I hope to visit there.
Who ya gonna call?
Who gives a ****?
Melissa and the dumpy old women who ‘starred’ in that wretched excuse of a film are all prime examples of women who are making complete fools of themselves in public every time they open their mouths. Try baking a pie, honey.
Occasionally a remake works and improves upon the original as in the count of monte cristo,or moby dick but the norm is to piggyback on the original and flop
Ghost busters was never a classic
wrong Melissa, the trailer is crap and you are the least funny person around.... you have no talent and the movie sux, so ofc it is getting panned
I enjoyed Saint Vincent
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