Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 25, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2019 4 minutes ago, wordsfromlee said: It's been remade 3 times. Those 3 and the 1937 original https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Star_Is_Born_(1937_film) There was a recent Bollywood one though as well (they were discussing all the versions on a podcast I was listening to) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 23 minutes ago, Hannibal Scorch said: There was a recent Bollywood one though as well (they were discussing all the versions on a podcast I was listening to) There are actually two Bollywood remakes but they're apparently 'unofficial'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 25, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2019 My film module lecturer for my BA said that, as of 2001, the legend of the 47 ronin had been remade about 97 times, and about half of those were either lost or mostly gone from the sheer number of showings they had in pre-war Japanese cinemas. We only know of their existence from studio records and newspaper clippings. I don't know for certain, but given the popularity of the Mahabharata, I'd venture to guess that's been remade a lot too. And lord knows how many Shakespeare remakes there've been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 25, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2019 12 minutes ago, Carbomb said: My film module lecturer for my BA said that, as of 2001, the legend of the 47 ronin had been remade about 97 times, and about half of those were either lost or mostly gone from the sheer number of showings they had in pre-war Japanese cinemas. We only know of their existence from studio records and newspaper clippings. I don't know for certain, but given the popularity of the Mahabharata, I'd venture to guess that's been remade a lot too. And lord knows how many Shakespeare remakes there've been. I’d argue a remake of an adaptation of a story or folklore isn’t the same as remaking an original film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Carbomb Posted April 25, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 25, 2019 Just now, Hannibal Scorch said: I’d argue a remake of an adaptation of a story or folklore isn’t the same as remaking an original film Possibly, but I'd say that depends on how general and relaxed your interpretation is of cultural texts (i.e. film, television, theatre, music, literature, art, etc.) as carriers of narrative, and how they relate to each other over the course of history. The story of the Mahabharata, for example, is believed to be around 10,000 years old - would it have been made immediately into a film from its source text if films had been around then? No way to know, but we do know that the various Sherlock Holmes books are much newer, and have been remade many times - what would differentiate them from adaptations of folklore, other than their respective ages, and the fact that we know the author of the latter, but not of the former? The 47 ronin is loosely based on an actual historical incident, so I can understand the position on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 26, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 26, 2019 (edited) Eighth Grade was indeed wonderful, as advertised. I hope this means Bo Burnham's going to retire his awful stand-up as a bonus. Pet Sematary was the usual jump scare obsessed, mediocre studio horror film. Edited April 26, 2019 by Devon Malcolm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Eighth Grade is indeed wonderful. I think Josh Hamilton nails his performance to be honest. Watched Brawl In Cell Block 99. I don’t know whether I enjoyed it (it does star Vince Vaughan after all) but I was never bored during it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dopper Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 My favourite period of comedies & action movies is the 1980’s, but there are still a fair few films considered 80’s classics which I haven’t seen.  One of these is ‘Big Trouble In Little China’.  I started watching it one night last year and switched off after 30 minutes because I didn’t get into it. Tried it again last night and I was so bored after an hour I switched off again.  Usually beloved films from childhood have a memorable action scene or cool lines by the main character, what are the parts of this film which people really love? @Egg Shen ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted April 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 27, 2019 53 minutes ago, dopper said: My favourite period of comedies & action movies is the 1980’s, but there are still a fair few films considered 80’s classics which I haven’t seen.  One of these is ‘Big Trouble In Little China’.  I started watching it one night last year and switched off after 30 minutes because I didn’t get into it. Tried it again last night and I was so bored after an hour I switched off again.  Usually beloved films from childhood have a memorable action scene or cool lines by the main character, what are the parts of this film which people really love? @Egg Shen ? I’m with you. I only watched it for the first time a few years back and couldn’t understand the hype Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 (edited) Mrs Loki and I watched Sicario 2 last night. Big fan of the original, very taut and lean.  Well, this was nothing like that, this was a big old right-wing Republican wet dream about blowing away wetbacks south of the border.  Just the most appalling political bullshit.  It was also full of odd continuity errors and really unlikely elements just there to further the narrative. And it very much missed any real central sympathetic character like Emily Blunt from the first one. Del Toro was amazing, as he always is, and the music was excellent but overall I found it a profoundly depressing film that felt like a reflection of how fucked morally the US is under Trump, more than a piece of entertainment.  Edited April 27, 2019 by Loki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 27, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 27, 2019 Watched K-19: The Widowmaker last night. Solid submarine film, much the same as loads of others. Kathryn Bigelow is a much better director when she's not making Serious Cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted April 27, 2019 Share Posted April 27, 2019 3 hours ago, dopper said: My favourite period of comedies & action movies is the 1980’s, but there are still a fair few films considered 80’s classics which I haven’t seen. One of these is ‘Big Trouble In Little China’. I started watching it one night last year and switched off after 30 minutes because I didn’t get into it. Tried it again last night and I was so bored after an hour I switched off again. Usually beloved films from childhood have a memorable action scene or cool lines by the main character, what are the parts of this film which people really love? @Egg Shen ? Kurt Russell and his mullet, all the campy martial arts and magic stuff, good ol’ USA boy Jack Burton clashing with the ancient mystical world of the Far East at a time when mainstream action films were all about guns and punching. Plus it gets an extra two stars because it happens in Little China. I rewatched it a couple of months ago and it’s not a great story, nor is it well told. The same ingredients could produce a much better result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members DEF Posted April 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 27, 2019 Big Trouble is basically carried on the back of Kurt Russell's awesomeness. It's a daft but fun little movie with a goliath of charisma in the lead to keep it afloat. I suspect it plays much better to a ten year old than grown ups on first viewing because it plays like an old Saturday morning cartoon. It's so well regarded because most fans saw it as kids. I know I did. Im pretty sure it bombed at the cinema because it wasnt until it got to VHS that kids could get to it. Also Jack Burton has a ton of cool lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Fox Piss Posted April 27, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted April 27, 2019 It peaks at the alleyway scene but it's still glorious and a great VHS cover to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted April 27, 2019 Author Paid Members Share Posted April 27, 2019 This guy ranked it 42nd on his top 100 action films of all time list, one of those rare occasions where I agree with every entry on such a list. https://letterboxd.com/settingsun/list/top-100-action-films/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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