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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I'd just like to say Avatar was an awful movie. Technologically impressive for certain. But man, two hours in and I just wanted it to be over already.
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No kidding. I was not amazed and astounded. I am still boggled that so many were, but as we've been discussing, different horses for different courses, right?
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One of the films on my list would have been Dawn of the Dead. And you know what? I was wrong. As much as possible, remakes should be judged on their own merits.
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Y'know...I'm not sure I've seen the remake. Hmmmm...I'm not, actually, a big Zombie movie fan, so I'll have to look into it.
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Spielberg is currently doing a remake of West Side Story. Will it be any good? Who knows? Spielberg is a talented man.
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I fear for that, I truly do, for numerous reasons that I shan't list here.
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Incidentally, Dredd isn't a remake of Judge Dredd. They are two different movies based on the same source material (Judge Dredd from 2,000 AD comics), but neither relies on the other and the stories are completely unrelated (unlike, say, two films based on The Wizard of Oz). Both are just movies about sort of the same character (though many 2,000 AD fans would say whoever Stallone was, he certainly wasn't Judge Dredd).
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Yes, yes, I know, but...come ON.
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
I don't believe a film's soul is jeopardized by being remade. The remake has no power to taint, destroy, or erase the original, or its soul. They are two separate projects. Love the version that moves you most, and others will do the same.
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Oh, sure, disagree with me. See if I snark with
you again, pal!
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