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| | Subject: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:19 pm | |
| In your opinion, how old should a movie be before Hollywood green-lights a remake of it? | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 12:54 pm | |
| Can't say. As with everything in Hollywood, it depends on the market. If ppl want to see a new & improved movie then they should make it whenever.
Sometimes, like reinterpreting a good foreign (Swedish) film to appeal to American tastes like Let the Right One In or The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo are just a couple of years. | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:24 pm | |
| It MIGHT be interesting to see a remake of 2 Minute Warning, that's about 40 years or so. I want to see it redone so the sniper is NOT aiming for random people in the stadium but is going to shoot the football players at the Super Bowl. | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 1:34 pm | |
| IMO a film should be at least 25-30 years old before it's a remake is considered. Even then, I think so movies are timeless enough that they should just be left alone. | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:02 pm | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:17 pm | |
| It would have to be a good story. I think it partly depends on whether or not it still holds up or seems dated. Some would benefit from being updated & retold while others just couldn't recapture the magic of the original. | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 2:31 pm | |
| - CeCe wrote:
- It would have to be a good story. I think it partly depends on whether or not it still holds up or seems dated. Some would benefit from being updated & retold while others just couldn't recapture the magic of the original.
 I like it when someone else saves me a lot of typing. | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Mon Feb 06, 2012 11:34 pm | |
| At least 20 years....but honestly, I usually don't appreciate any movie made during my lifetime being rebooted (especially if I can remember the original.) | |
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| | Subject: Re: How old should a film be before a remake is considered? Tue Feb 07, 2012 2:37 am | |
| - Marc™ wrote:
- At least 20 years....but honestly, I usually don't appreciate any movie made during my lifetime being rebooted (especially if I can remember the original.)
agree. Did you see what they did to the Karate Kid? ... and I won't bother even watching the apparent Dirty Dancing remake. | |
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