Post by Vits on Mar 1, 2018 10:09:53 GMT
THE PRODUCERS 1967
8/10
Visually, THE PRODUCERS 2005 feels like the filmed version of a stage musical rather than a movie. Luckily, the performances are great. A lot of the jokes are the same ones that Mel Brooks put in the original movie's script, but he and Thomas Meehan also add new jokes and expand the old jokes. Also, this remake has 2 improvements:
1) There's more emphasis on the friendship of MAX BIALYSTOCK & LEO BLOOM (the title characters), which makes the movie touching without ruining the satirical tone.
2) ULLA is a more developed character. In the original, we were supposed to laugh at how shallow MAX was by hiring a secretary just because she was hot and also laugh at the fact that all she did for him was dance in her underwear or a bikini. It felt hypocritical, because Lee Meredith was a hot woman hired just to dance.
It's weird to see LEO singing about wanting to be a producer in a sequence that doesn't reflect that visually. Not to mention that the dancers somehow appear in his workplace and his boss and co-workers can clearly see them. That makes no sense! You know what else makes no sense? During ALONG CAME BIALY, the old ladies are obviously aware that MAX sleeps with all of them so he can get their money. Why are they O.K. with that if they're under the impression that he's in love with them?
8/10
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8/10
Visually, THE PRODUCERS 2005 feels like the filmed version of a stage musical rather than a movie. Luckily, the performances are great. A lot of the jokes are the same ones that Mel Brooks put in the original movie's script, but he and Thomas Meehan also add new jokes and expand the old jokes. Also, this remake has 2 improvements:
1) There's more emphasis on the friendship of MAX BIALYSTOCK & LEO BLOOM (the title characters), which makes the movie touching without ruining the satirical tone.
2) ULLA is a more developed character. In the original, we were supposed to laugh at how shallow MAX was by hiring a secretary just because she was hot and also laugh at the fact that all she did for him was dance in her underwear or a bikini. It felt hypocritical, because Lee Meredith was a hot woman hired just to dance.
It's weird to see LEO singing about wanting to be a producer in a sequence that doesn't reflect that visually. Not to mention that the dancers somehow appear in his workplace and his boss and co-workers can clearly see them. That makes no sense! You know what else makes no sense? During ALONG CAME BIALY, the old ladies are obviously aware that MAX sleeps with all of them so he can get their money. Why are they O.K. with that if they're under the impression that he's in love with them?
8/10
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You can read comments of other movies in my blog (in English, in Spanish or in Italian).