Remaking Classic Movies: Homage or Sacrilege?
It’s a tough issue. If nothing else, it is undeniable that when someone does a remake of a classic, it generates more interest in the original. For example, I’m pretty sure that I rented the original The Producers only when the Lane/Broderick version was generating so much buzz. (I didn’t even watch the remake, mind you.)
However, I think Aristos is right on the issue of John Travolta and Tom Cruise redoing Paul Newman and Robert Redford’s Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid:
My thoughts?
NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
NO! NO! NO! NO F—ING WAY! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO! NO!
…What’s next? Remake The Terminator with Richard Simmons?
Remake 9 1/2 Weeks with Rosie O’Donnell?
Remake Braveheart with Fat Bastard from Austin Powers?
Remake The Matrix with Keanu Reeves?
And then to get you motivated to rent the classic, Aristos gives us this great clip:
Awesome. I’m updating my Netflix queue right now.
(And this movie has a special place in my heart because instead of saying, “I think you overdid it there, Bob” when growing up, my dad would always say, “Sure you got enough dynamite there, Butch?” [Not an exact quote.])
