Exorcist Remake
Man, you know, sometimes they do a remake of a movie and you say "why?" But sometimes, the remake only improves the original.
They managed to get the whole script in there too!
(Via Inkgrrl.)
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Speaking of things that make your head spin around, this just somehow figures:
French lawyer 'to defend Saddam' Pepe LePew would turn up his nose.
I've been wondering when Jacques Verges' announcement was going to make the blog rounds. Care to comment on this one, Dean or Rosemary? Personally, I can't think what the defense could possibly consist of. We already know Saddam is a madman, so I guess insanity. But I don't think it should prevent him from paying the ultimate price for his abominable crimes against humanity.
I'm kinda wondering what this question is doing in the Exorcist Bunny thread, Mark, but somehow it seems oddly appropriate.
Saddam needs a lawyer. So someone will be a lawyer for him, and it's no surprise to me that his lawyer would be from the country that did the most to keep Saddam in power, and benefitted most financially from Saddam's regime--France.
That said, honestly, every criminal deserves representation, 'lest we fall to mob rule. Honestly, there's something good about an attorney who agrees to represent even a vile monster--assuming that attorney isn't using trickery to get off a client he knows full well to be guilty of course.
Why is that they are always remaking the classicly good movies?
Exorcist
Dawn of the Dead
Just to name a couple.
Why not try and save a terrible movie instead of trying to improve or recapitalize on an already good one?
I want to see someone try and rescue celenoid abominations like ShowGirls or Attack of the Killer Tomatos.
That would not only something worthy of me buying a ticket but also some award from the movie gods, whomever they may be.
I might note that the Dawn of the Dead remake was incredible, respecting the original while far surpassing it in character development, intensity, and sheer fright.
The real fun comes when a sequel is made which outshines the original. Futureworld was widely overlooked, but it was at a higher level of suspense than Westworld. I'd like to see a sequel to It's a Wonderful Life, set in the '80s, comparing the value to the community of a conservatively run bank and a lending institution willing to make risky real estate investments.