Tsk tsk tsk... these arrogant bastards who think they can remake amazing films really annoy me. I mean, there's gotta be a point in the thought process here, where the director or whoever stops and thinks, "I can do better than that." And that's why they come up with the decision to go ahead and do a remake, right? The only time that remakes have really worked out was with the Kurosawa/Westerns, at least IMHO.

Well there have been successful remakes other then those, but most from what I've seen were remakes of lesser films rather then great ones.

I heard the remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers was good, but I never saw it. However in the case of Melville's film, I hate remaking. Those twoMelville films have a cool factor NO ONE can touch, not even Tarantino.

The day Le Samourai is remade is the day...well, I'd do something very horrible. :p

:p

The Amityville Horror ***

I never saw the original but this version was pretty suspensful and good. A "decent horror" flick to come out as of late. Now I wanna see the original

Two Brothers (2004), directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Seven years in Tibet, The Bear, The Lover, The Name of the Rose).

The poignant story of two wonderful infant tiger cubs, separated from their parents and each other by human wickedness and then saved by human pity.

I cried my ass off!

I strongly recommend it to all feline lovers.

:p [/b][/quote]I think The Killer is one of the many inspired films. Le Samourai inspired many things like Leon/The Professional, The Transporter, and some aspects of Tarantino's films.

Jaws #48 on the AFI Top 100 List ****

My first viewing of this movie and it was great! Probably my favorite Richard Dreyfuss movie. Roy Scheider and Robert Shaw were very good as well

Hey Irish, you know what movie Spielberg was originally supposed to direct instead of JAWS?

CLUE: It was a biopic.

Really the first, I think, in a long line of "Male Buddy" films.

I have no idea. Also, I thought I heard this somewhere but when they were making Jaws they wanted to freak people out like Psycho did. Like after watching Psycho people would be afraid to take another shower and I thought that's what they wanted to do with Jaws

Well also Irish, Spielberg didn't exactly have a functioning shark of a machine, so the crew had to do with what they had...which improved the movie considerably.

Actually, Spielberg was supposed to direct the PATTON-wannabe epic biopic MACARTHUR...but reportedly the Beard didn't want to deal with shooting on 3 continents on such a big picture that was supposed to follow the massive success of PATTON.....anyway, MACARTHUR turned out to be a mediocre bloater with only Gregory Peck the only interesting thing about it.

Bullitt - (Yates;1968;USA) - ****
An all guts, no glory San Francisco cop becomes determined to find the underworld kingpin that killed the witness in his protection.
Everything in this movie is absolutely flawless, from the cinematography, to the music, to the acting. Steve McQueen is brilliant as Frank Bullitt, and everybody else plays their parts to perfection. Add to that an amazingly well done car chase scene, and an unexpected plot twist, and you have yourself an absolute masterpiece.

Hey DVC, will you be watching AMC's Movies That Shook The World: 2001: A Space Odyssey on Friday at 10?

Maybe. Not sure what I'm doing that night. Why do you ask?

You like it so much, just wondering.

DAMN! I almost forgot. I've been forgetting about TCM with school and all.

Considering the SE DVD is still in works, I'll be seeing or taping it.

Yeah I do love that film. I own it so I don't see much point in putting everything aside to watch it when it comes on TV. :p

The most beautiful film ever made. Anybody who has not seen it, I urge you to. You will be blown away.

I agree totally with DVC.

It's not the film itself, but a special on the impact it had on society.

Yup Yup.

Of course I had threads about the pretty good episodes so far on THE CHINA SYNDROME, the overrated 80's dreck FATAL ATTRACTION, and...oh shit, I forgot to write up a column for Spike Lee's DO THE RIGHT THING! Should I?

Now 2001...that should be fun. Thing is, what was the heavy impact of this film from WAY back in 1968? I mean besides being quite polarizing to many folks, yet capturing a good slice of the youth population at the time that realized what a masterpiece they have seen, and made it(until STAR WARS) the most successful science-fiction movie of all time.

2001 blows all Star Wars movies out of the fucking water. It isn't even close.

Well, don't mislead. They're two completely differ films, aren't they? One's popcorn, one isn't.

The only thing that annoys me is when some folks consider STAR WARS to be the beginning and end of sci-fi....

Actually, in a technical legal sense, STAR WARS isn't science fiction at all, but in fact "Science Fantasy". Think about it...

Well they both involve Science Fiction and outer space.

Either way, the truth remains...Star Wars couldn't hold a candle to 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Well, Goodfellas and The Godfather both involve the New York Mafia and organized crime. Yet, they capture that world in two completely differant ways.

2001 and Star Wars are both great... Althought, they document differant aspects of the genre. It's really hard to say which is better. Although, on the level of clever and inventive film making, 2001 may excell. Overall--considering all areas--they have their pros and cons.

Taxi Driver #47 on the AFI Top 100 List ****

This was probably the best I've ever enjoyed this movie. I really liked the little screen time Harvey Keitel had and De Niro and Marty were there usual excellent selves. I'm really hoping this gets a double disc special edition next year

Yea the current version of Taxi Driver out there has dated pretty badly, could definetly use a nice remastered update.

A Clockwork Orange #46 on the AFI Top 100 List ****

Probably my favorite Kubrick film with a great performance by Malcolm McDowell

mine is a toss between "Lolita" and "Full Metal Jacket".

Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey found, perhaps intentionally, two very different groups of fanbases. One has become a part of popular culture and spawned five sequels, and in itself has become another universal phenomenon; the other, meanwhile, never targeted a financially-driven demographic, and thus has settled as a cult favourite, and arthouse classic.

The two do deal with Sci-fi, but the differing tones with which they do this set them to opposite ends of the movie spectrum. Lucas' is fast, loud and exciting story; Kubrick's is deliberately the opposite: slow, quiet and an intellectual, open-minded piece of art (though at the time, 1968, he wasn't deliberately seeking to "oppose" Star Wars, since that wasn't released until nine years after).

To mislead a filmviewer to going into a film with the high notions of it being the best of its kind, is, by my own experience, disastrous.

Thanks,
Mick