soundmotor
03-07-2008, 01:46 PM
If I had to list my Top 5 crime films, this one would make that list. What's not to like? Robert Shaw & Walter Matthau under one roof and both in top form. So, I was surprised today to discover that even a "perfect" film like this one is subject to the remake treatment -
Pelham 123 / 2009 (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1111422/)
It will be handled by director Tony Scott. He's got a couple early works I like (True Romance, Enemy of the State) but not much else in the last 10 years. Anyone else a fan of the original? Any issues with remakes of classics? I suppose ultimately one should not care what Hollywood does but it never ceases to amaze me that with all of the terrific, original storylines out there a remake is the best that can be done? Eeeeesh!
slow_jazz
03-07-2008, 01:52 PM
I barely remember it I haven't seen it for years but I remember liking it...
I really haven't liked Tony Scott since Crimson Tide.
Jack Lord
03-07-2008, 02:55 PM
I have always liked that movie. Great genre- gritty New York of the 1970s.
As for Hollywood and remakes, Hollywood is largely a risk averse and perhaps lazy industry. Remakes are easy as the premise is already there and the old film is good advertising.
KeninDC
03-07-2008, 03:08 PM
Great movie.
Now if only someone would remake Soylent Green.:D
WhiteSE
03-07-2008, 03:26 PM
The original is an awesome movie..!!!
Jack Lord
03-07-2008, 04:15 PM
Great movie.
Now if only someone would remake Soylent Green.:D
Oh, they will. They've remade Planet of the Apes and Omega Man. Soylent Green is the third of the Heston Post-Apocalypse Trilogy and an obvious target.
Sandy G
03-07-2008, 05:34 PM
I can't imagine them making fun of the Japanese visitors now like they did in the original-which kind of "made" the movie...
kichijai
03-07-2008, 07:16 PM
Great flick, but a remake is a travesty and with Tony Scott at the helm even more so.
Sandy G
03-07-2008, 07:35 PM
WHO/HOW could you replace Walter Matthau ?
Andyman
03-07-2008, 07:41 PM
Denzel Washington
Robert Shaw becomes John Travolta
soundmotor
03-07-2008, 07:49 PM
WHO/HOW could you replace Walter Matthau ?
Exactly!
soundmotor
03-07-2008, 07:50 PM
Denzel Washington
I rest my case.
Jack G
03-12-2008, 07:44 AM
I LOVE this movie. I haven't seen it in years, but I always thought it was fantastic.
Jack
vertex
03-12-2008, 01:23 PM
I figured Quentin Tarantino would've/could've been a great candidate to direct this. It's a favorite of his, and an obvious influence on Reservoir Dogs.
If Tony Scott handles Pelham with the same humor and aplomb he did with Tarantino's True Romance, then I would definitely look forward to this movie.