Movie Remakes they SHOULD consider - Page 2

CoasterMatt · 06-01-2006, 06:39 PM

Well, I can't wait to see the Flash Gordon remake, but I'd like to see a remake of Battle Beyond the Stars.

innerSpaceman · 06-01-2006, 06:58 PM

My criteria for a film that should be remade was that it was poorly done the first time. And I don't have much of a memory for poorly done films.

mousepod · 06-01-2006, 07:05 PM

My criteria would be a great story that somehow failed to work on the screen. A recent example for me would be 'Clockers' - I loved the Richard Price book and saw it like a movie in my head. The Spike Lee flick just fizzled for me.

flippyshark · 06-01-2006, 07:41 PM

Entertainment Weekly has occasional sidebars on this topic. This very week, their "Remake This Please" pick was THE BLACK CAULDRON. Their reasoning, and I think it sound, was that the Lloyd Alexander fantasy series is a highly successful prize winning property, and Disney did just about everything wrong they could with it back in the dismal early eighties.

Gemini Cricket · 06-02-2006, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

Entertainment Weekly has occasional sidebars on this topic. This very week, their "Remake This Please" pick was THE BLACK CAULDRON. Their reasoning, and I think it sound, was that the Lloyd Alexander fantasy series is a highly successful prize winning property, and Disney did just about everything wrong they could with it back in the dismal early eighties.

I agree.

I think they should do all five books as movies. Live action would be interesting. These were my favorite books as a kid.

mousepod · 06-01-2006, 07:53 PM

flippyshark - I read that, too. For me, The Black Cauldron is one of my guilty Disney pleasures. I have the original poster hanging in my living room, I have the bootleg original score CD, and I just bought the French DVD (because it's anamorphic, of course). Is it flawed? Sure. But when I compare it to other sword and sorcery animated flicks from my youth (Bakshi's LoTR and even Wizards - or Rankin Bass' The Hobbit), it still looks good.

Ponine · 06-01-2006, 08:18 PM

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flippyshark - I read that, too. For me, The Black Cauldron is one of my guilty Disney pleasures. I have the original poster hanging in my living room, I have the bootleg original score CD, and I just bought the French DVD (because it's anamorphic, of course). Is it flawed? Sure. But when I compare it to other sword and sorcery animated flicks from my youth (Bakshi's LoTR and even Wizards - or Rankin Bass' The Hobbit), it still looks good.

Could I interest you in a Horned King cel that needs some love and to be reframed before the paint flakes?

Not Afraid · 06-01-2006, 08:08 PM

I've been thinking about remakes that HAVE been great. There are several really wonderful versions of Dangerous Liaisons. Why can't all remakes be that good?

There are a few books that SHOULD'VE been good films but just disappointed.

Interview With a Vampire comes to mind. Fun read, awful film. Same with Road to Wellville. Such potential! I'd really like to see both of those made into GOOD films.

flippyshark · 06-01-2006, 08:08 PM

Re: Wizards - Indeed, that was an ill era for epic animated fantasy. I kind of have a soft spot for Wizards myself, mostly because it was a PG movie that had a lot of violence and a sexy scantily clad elf princess, so it was cheap thrills city. I got the DVD recetnly, and no. it's not a great movie.

I would at least like to see an anamorphic correct aspext ratio presentation of Black Cauldron. The domestic release is a complete throwaway.

I guess the recent Lord of the Rings IS the good remake of a bad seventies animated fantasy.

€uroMeinke · 06-01-2006, 08:14 PM

I'd like to see the Grimms Bros Robber Bridegroom made into an animated feature - that one's so delightfully creepy

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flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Entertainment Weekly has occasional sidebars on this topic. This very week, their "Remake This Please" pick was THE BLACK CAULDRON. Their reasoning, and I think it sound, was that the Lloyd Alexander fantasy series is a highly successful prize winning property, and Disney did just about everything wrong they could with it back in the dismal early eighties.
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mousepod You broke your Ramadar! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,635	flippyshark - I read that, too. For me, The Black Cauldron is one of my guilty Disney pleasures. I have the original poster hanging in my living room, I have the bootleg original score CD, and I just bought the French DVD (because it's anamorphic, of course). Is it flawed? Sure. But when I compare it to other sword and sorcery animated flicks from my youth (Bakshi's LoTR and even Wizards - or Rankin Bass' The Hobbit), it still looks good. __________________ "Give the public everything you can give them, keep the place as clean as you can keep it, keep it friendly" - Walt Disney
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	I've been thinking about remakes that HAVE been great. There are several really wonderful versions of Dangerous Liaisons. Why can't all remakes be that good? There are a few books that SHOULD'VE been good films but just disappointed. Interview With a Vampire comes to mind. Fun read, awful film. Same with Road to Wellville. Such potential! I'd really like to see both of those made into GOOD films.
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