"Taking" was a fine flick the first time (after being a fine book.) The line where Walter Matthau says, "go play with your trains" was priceless.
I can't imagine how they could improve on this, but I'll bet that the optimists (producers) involved have some crazy idea that we want to see more blood, guts and violence, rather than a well told story.
In general, it speaks poorly for the movie industry that they feel they have to remake anything. Do they not have any new stories?
There are way way WAY too many re-makes of movies whose first versions were just FINE, thankyouverymuch. Willy Wonka was one of those.
OK, I LOVED the old Taking of Pelham One Two Three and I had your reaction - what, why?
There are lots of plays that have never been adapted to movies that they could try. Or books. Book adaptations are doing well (Slumdog Millionaire, No Country for Old Men, Oil, etc).
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Why are they remaking The Taking of Pelham One Two Three?
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I can't imagine how they could improve on this, but I'll bet that the optimists (producers) involved have some crazy idea that we want to see more blood, guts and violence, rather than a well told story.
In general, it speaks poorly for the movie industry that they feel they have to remake anything. Do they not have any new stories?
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Re: I was surprised at that
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That was MY reaction!
(Anonymous) 2009-02-27 11:41 pm (UTC)(link)There are way way WAY too many re-makes of movies whose first versions were just FINE, thankyouverymuch. Willy Wonka was one of those.
OK, I LOVED the old Taking of Pelham One Two Three and I had your reaction - what, why?
There are lots of plays that have never been adapted to movies that they
could try. Or books. Book adaptations are doing well (Slumdog Millionaire,
No Country for Old Men, Oil, etc).
Lauretta
Constellation Books