Kevin's Watch

It was supposed to be a send up of the 60's spy movies...primarily James Bond. There were five directors....you can tell.

Lorelei wrote:It was supposed to be a send up of the 60's spy movies...primarily James Bond. There were five directors....you can tell.

What they said. It was supposed to be a James Bond spoof.

I've heard a Casino Royale remake is in the works, if I'm not mistaken.

You are kind of correct...

There is a movie in the works called Casino Royale but it's not a remake....its an actual Bond film.

There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.

Casino Royale was the very first Bond book ever released. Whether it was filmed in the past, (hence qualifying if for the category "remake"), I'm not sure, but I suspect that it was indeed filmed. (Could be wrong though.)

--A

www.imdb.com/title/tt0061452/

The rights to Fleming's first 007 novel, "Casino Royale" - sold by him separately very early on - now reside with Eon Productions. The book was filmed for television and later as a big-screen spoof, since Connery was unavailable.

Lorelei wrote:You are kind of correct...

There is a movie in the works called Casino Royale but it's not a remake....its an actual Bond film.

You're right. My bad, I couldn't remember for sure if it was a remake or as you said, an actual Bond movie.

sindatur wrote:There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.

...and Hollywood wonders why box office profits are going down so much. Geez...for every half-way decent "original" flick, there's 10 remakes. I can only hope that they realize this remake craze is going to get run into the ground very soon.

Encryptic wrote:

sindatur wrote:There's a Charlotte's Web remake in the works too. It's gonna have to be pretty spectacular to compete with the Debbie Reynolds/Paul Lynde version I grew up with.

...and Hollywood wonders why box office profits are going down so much. Geez...for every half-way decent "original" flick, there's 10 remakes. I can only hope that they realize this remake craze is going to get run into the ground very soon.

I always appreciate a good retelling of a story, like from the POV of a different character but in general most remakes I've seen are inferior to the original.

Concieving Ada ....I thought I was going to be watching a bio pic of Ada Lovelace, Lord Byron's daughter, who "invented" the 1st computer language 100 years or so before the computer. Instead I got some really strange plot of how a modern genius computer scientist was trying to use computers to get in touch with Ada from the future and transfer her memories to an unborn child....bizarre!!

the Cave: dull, dull, dull.
and predictable.

Gart wrote:Hero. It's got some lovely fight scenes, gorgeously shot with some clever use of color. But the plot is tissue paper thin and the pacing is lethargic at best. As for the ending, well:

Spoiler

After all the exposition, the titular hero tells the proto-emperor that he's decided not to kill him. All very well, but then why turn up and make it clear that he was going to, thereby ensuring his own execution? Why not just go to the beach or something?

Ooh, now I've seen Hero, I have to agree with Gart's assessment. Particularly the bit in spoiler tags.

Surprisiningly enough, I liked Hero--which is odd because I generally don't like Tarrentino. What really struck me about Hero was the beauty of it all. Color was used stunningly in that film (the fight scene in the leaf-covered forest comes to mind). Also, I genuinely enjoyed the sacrifice of the hero at the end (sure there might be some story problems with it) but I still enjoyed it--which is more than I can say for a lot of films.

you want an anti-recommendation? Here's one: Moulin Rouge
Worst
Movie
Ever

I stand with Ray Bradbury's assessment that it is an example of one thing so wrong with modern media: sensation over thought. You don't think watching that movie, you just see over 4,000 half-second frames.
Blech.

Prom_STar wrote:
you want an anti-recommendation? Here's one: Moulin Rouge
Worst
Movie
Ever

I stand with Ray Bradbury's assessment that it is an example of one thing so wrong with modern media: sensation over thought. You don't think watching that movie, you just see over 4,000 half-second frames.
Blech.

I agree, we were looking so forward to this movie before it came out, but, we couldn't even stomach half of it.

I also detested Moulin Rouge. Everything about it just felt wrong to me.

Matrixman wrote:I also detested Moulin Rouge. Everything about it just felt wrong to me.

Agreed.

prom_star wrote:Surprisiningly enough, I liked Hero--which is odd because I generally don't like Tarrentino

www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/directors/02/zhang.html

Zhang Yimou is the director of Hero, prom...

Lucimay wrote: Zhang Yimou is the director of Hero, prom...

Why the heck did I think it was Terent-however you spell his bloody name then?

Well, at least now I can genuinely say I've never liked anything I saw that guy made

It's odd - it says "Quentin Tarrentino Presents" on the case, on adverts, etc, but as far as I can tell he had nothing to do with making the film.

I have not seen Hero nor have any direct knowledge of the film. But....

Murrin, could be Quentin produced the flick and the Chinese guy directed it. Like the 1978 Dune movie, directed by David Lynch and produced by Dino deLaurentis.