Tag: make/remake

Why do they keep doing this? It’s not really that bad for a remake, but it’s basically the same film, only with more drama, smaller teaspoons and about 50% more minutes.  What’s the point? Except for being patronizing and insulting to the audience, it has nothing on the original.
   

Title:	The Departed
Director:	Martin Scorsese
Notable feature:	No improvement.
Score:	4/10… could do better.
Drink of the day:	Nescafé Cappucino.  Yech!

Ok, finally a good undercover thriller.  Times two!

Title:	Wu Jian Dao aka Infernal Affairs
Director:	Andrew Lau
Notable feature:	Unusually good ending.
Score:	8/10
Drink of the day:	Nothing!  Mouth is like sandpaper!

Oh man…

Title:	The Taking of Pelham 123
Director:	Tony Scott
Lesson learned:	How to ruin a good movie.
Score:	1/10
Drink of the day:	Kusmi

Tough guy #1

Tough guy #2

 

Tough guy #3

Tough guy #4

Not Walter Fucking Matthau

 

 

 

 

Everything was better before.  The music, the dialog, the costumes, the styles, the badness, everything! 

 

“How the hell can you run a goddamn railroad without swearing?”

Title:	The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Director:	Joseph Sargent
Best bit:	The seventies’ good filmness.
Score:	8/10
Drink of the day:	Tea

 

 

Tough guy #1

Tough guy #2

Tough guy #3

 

Tough guy #4

 

Frank Costanza

Walter Fucking Matthau

 

Who you callin’ Will Ferrell?

 

OMG, Will Ferrell!