Miscellaneous Movie Musings

[Chernabog]

Originally Posted by Snowflake

The remake of The Women is currently filming in Massachusetts. .....

Cast listing from imdb

Annette Benning as Sylvia could be quite fun.

Bette Midler as the Countess? Cloris Leachman as Lucy?
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I can see Cloris Leachman as Lucy, certainly. Deborah Messing and Meg Ryan? How are they supposed to be those characters?!?!

But why do a 1939 "period piece" with different actors in the same roles? What's the point of doing a remake of a movie unless something better is brought to the table? (oh yeah, money). The original has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it at the ripe old age of 16 (just ask Gemini Cricket and I, who sometimes have entire conversations in nothing but The Women quotes haha); I hate to see it screwed up like they did with that PBS stage play version. Especially when the original is SO PERFECT.