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To: omega4179
You can’t remake Death Wish,Wizard of Oz,The Exorcist,Dirty Harry,Jaws or Star Wars.

I'm fully anticipating that within ten years we'll see at least one Delta Force remake. (Although Tears of the Sun was close.)
7 posted on 09/13/2010 7:28:17 PM PDT by Renderofveils (My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music. - Nabokov)
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To: Renderofveils

The films you mentioned are all perfect or close to it for what they wanted to be. Remakes are best when a film had the kernel of a great idea or some great aspects but had alot of weaknesses as well. “Thomas Crown Affair” with Pierce Brosnan was a great remake because the original had a great concept but was super-dated and McQueen was never right for the part anyway. Plus making Crown an art thief instead of a bank robberer added the right touch of whimsy. Bronson vehicles (I’m thinking “The Mechanic,” “Mr. Majestyk, “St. Ives”) are good candidates because, although Charlie was an undeniable bad ass, they usually suffered from crappy direction and come off today as very dated.


15 posted on 09/13/2010 8:03:15 PM PDT by Callahan
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