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Post by lune7000 on Jul 4, 2021 16:33:40 GMT
A lot of classic movies have great stories that are a shame to use only once.
What should be remade:
San Francisco (1936): great cast and effects (for the time period) but today they could make the earthquake so much more powerful and the recreation of circa 1900 life in HD color would be a real treat- costumes, buildings, etc. Ditto for In old Chicago
Jayne Eyre - remade multiple times already, there is no movie version yet that has ever come close to the issues and complexity of the novel and every movie version hacks off important sections of the book- maybe someone will get it right
Them (1954) What could today's CGI do with giant ants? What if they moved fast?
Shane (1954) I always felt this movie was a good story held back by miscasting and bad direction
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Post by politicidal on Jul 4, 2021 19:31:09 GMT
Brad Bird has actually been trying to make a historical drama about the 1906 earthquake and the politics leading up to it at the time in San Francisco.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jul 6, 2021 9:47:33 GMT
Les Vampires (1915)
What`s strange to think about is that while they filmed this movie in Paris, just 40-50 km from Paris hundreds of thousands of men died on the fields and in the trenches.
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Post by Rufus-T on Jul 7, 2021 4:19:27 GMT
Maybe those Dr. Mabuse movies. The modern take would be interesting.  |
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 7, 2021 9:00:35 GMT
Not big on remakes, but one of the few is 4D Man (1959).
The idea of someone able to penetrate solid objects and draw the lifeforce out of others is intriguing, especially with the improved fx technology of today.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2021 15:06:31 GMT
I am still hoping for a perfectly cast Great Gatsby before I die. The lavish 1974 version had , imho, two perfectly cast parts, Tom Buchanan, and Myrtle Wilson. Bruce dern always gives off that wife beater bully vibe, coupled with a weakness that rounds him out. Karen Black as a plush woman after a chance to better herself was excellant. Maybe Jordan baker, Lois Chiles was lovely and her inexperience did not slow things down. Howard Da Silva was a great fit as Meyer Wolfsheim. The complete failure of Mia Farrow to communicate whatever she thought Daisy was about, and Redford’s inability to convince us he was an outsider just wrecked the film. And Sam Waterson was much too knowing to be Nick, whose naïveté is his centerpiece.
I am also waiting for a perfect Tender Is The Night. Sadly, Redford would have been a great Dick Diver, a golden boy with a serious profession who goes to pieces. Jason Robards was born a smart Alec and it sticks out all over. He is too sardonic to be the charming Dick Diver.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 7, 2021 15:25:22 GMT
About TENDER IS THE NIGHT -- in the late 1950s George Cukor was interested in directing, and wanted to cast Glenn Ford as 'Dick Diver.'
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2021 16:36:36 GMT
a faithful rendering of this would please me greatly
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2021 16:54:03 GMT
About TENDER IS THE NIGHT -- in the late 1950s George Cukor was interested in directing, and wanted to cast Glenn Ford as 'Dick Diver.' What do you think of this? I always think Ford doesn’t have much to him, certainly not the great charm that is Diver’s key.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2021 16:58:18 GMT
a faithful rendering of this would please me greatly
I would love to have seen the bway production with Bob Fosse. It’s funny to me that Sinatra and Gene KELLY played this role. Both were pretty angry guys whom Hollywood wanted to portray as sweet nice boys. I like Sinatra in this, and of course he has a ball with the score. Rita Hayworth looked too old and Novak could not convince me that she was a singer.
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Post by timshelboy on Jul 7, 2021 17:20:06 GMT
a faithful rendering of this would please me greatly
I would love to have seen the bway production with Bob Fosse. It’s funny to me that Sinatra and Gene KELLY played this role. Both were pretty angry guys whom Hollywood wanted to portray as sweet nice boys. I like Sinatra in this, and of course he has a ball with the score. Rita Hayworth looked too old and Novak could not convince me that she was a singer.
The 1957 film is fine but not the film of the show..a lot of the score is junked or used as background music and a Rodgers & Hart best of back catalogue installed. No problem with MY FUNNY VALENTINE - how could I? - but THAT TERRIFIC RAINBOW, LITTLE DEN OF INIQUITY, HAPPY HUNTING HORN, DO IT THE HARD WAY were just dandy as it was... and ZIP got given to the Rita character and the whole Novak part amplified considerably from the stage show to give her a star part (and a happy ending)...... and the racier banter/lyrics toned down a lot (HAPPY HUNTING HORN still sounds obscene to my ears!),,,there's a reason it was known as the X rated musical. I saw Denis Lawson & Sian Phillips play it circa 1980 and rate it thebest night in the theatre I ever had.  :format(webp):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-2431264-1283689940.jpeg.jpg) My mum raved over Harold Lang & Vivienne Segal from about 1952 ( i have inherited the LP!)Now musicals are back maybe Ryan Gosling or Channing Tatum or my bet Joseph Gordon Levitt. Pfeiffer for Vera? (she survived GREASE 2)
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 7, 2021 17:25:45 GMT
About TENDER IS THE NIGHT -- in the late 1950s George Cukor was interested in directing, and wanted to cast Glenn Ford as 'Dick Diver.' What do you think of this? I always think Ford doesn’t have much to him, certainly not the great charm that is Diver’s key. Big Ford fan here (met him once at his home). BLACKBOARD JUNGLE inspired me to become a high school English teacher. Cukor and I both believe Glenn could have pulled it off
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Post by Prime etc. on Jul 7, 2021 17:47:24 GMT
It is hard for me to think of a remake because usually you have a hook for the project--like a certain actor would be perfect for the role but these days, who would you pick?
I can't think of anyone good enough to be in a remake.
The alternative is that you have a new spin on the story or new spfx.
The 4DMan or the Man With the X-Ray Eyes--that could benefit from modern FX.
But then you have the problem of who do you cast who would make you forget Ray Milland or at least be equal to that...
and that's where it is trickier.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 7, 2021 18:28:34 GMT
. Cukor and I both believe Glenn could have pulled it off
Well I certainly believe CUKOR could pull anything off he had vision to attempt. I cannot think of a failed performance in a film of his.
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Post by jervistetch on Jul 7, 2021 20:30:14 GMT
What do you think of this? I always think Ford doesn’t have much to him, certainly not the great charm that is Diver’s key. Big Ford fan here (met him once at his home). BLACKBOARD JUNGLE inspired me to become a high school English teacher. Cukor and I both believe Glenn could have pulled it off I’m guessing you must have been Glenn’s paperboy, Matt.
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Post by mattgarth on Jul 7, 2021 20:56:00 GMT
And Glenn was a generous tipper, Jervis.
Hey -- you were MIA for the ongoing (and still active) Oscar Kill activity.
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Post by spiderwort on Jul 7, 2021 21:46:26 GMT
I'd very much like to see a remake of GREEN MANSIONS that does the the William Henry Hudson novel justice. The 1959 film version is a dismal failure, and the novel's themes about the natural world have never been more relevant than they are today.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 7, 2021 23:29:41 GMT
Moby Dick
Huston's 1956 adventure is the best of the two feature versions we have, although Gregory Peck as Ahab has always been a controversial choice. I discount those lame tv versions, none of which I was able to get through.
Problem is, you need someone of the calibre of George C. Scott or Edward G. Robinson to play Ahab. Russell Crowe, perhaps.
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Post by marshamae on Jul 8, 2021 0:02:06 GMT
Moby Dick Huston's 1956 adventure is the best of the two feature versions we have, although Gregory Peck as Ahab has always been a controversial choice. I discount those lame tv versions, none of which I was able to get through. Problem is, you need someone of the calibre of George C. Scott or Edward G. Robinson to play Ahab. Russell Crowe, perhaps. Absolutely agree. Someone who had the ability to show suffering. Great part for Russell Crow.
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Post by Archelaus on Jul 8, 2021 18:30:23 GMT
I would like to see Greed (1924) remade.
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