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Re:Recasting THE BREAKFAST CLUB ...
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"Okay, my choice for Andy is pushing 30, which is old even by John Hughes standards (I calculate that one human year is approximately equivalent to 1.35 Hughes years), but I can’t imagine anyone but Ben McKenzie in that role. Also, I’ve avoided, and would challenge everyone else to avoid, inclusion of any “Juno” cast members (even though J.K. Simmons would make a great Principal Vernon). It’s sort of like The Strokes covering Velvet Underground’s “There She Goes Again”. Finally, I always felt that the prettification of Ally Sheedy was one of the original film’s serious missteps. Hopefully my choice of Allisons renders that somewhat implausible. Without further ado, I give you The Breakfast Club: ’08 Style…. Ben McKenzie ... Andrew 'Andy' Clark Jesse Eisenberg ... Brian Ralph Johnson Taylor Kitsch ... John Bender Anna Kendrick ... Claire Standish Heather Matarazzo . ... " [More]
Re:Recasting GHOSTBUSTERS (1984)
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"I thought long and hard about this all week and concluded, quite simply, that it can’t be done. It’s the re-casting equivalent of dividing by zero or George and Jerry trying to pull off the roommate switch. So, since it’s impossible to improve on the original, we might as well degrade it. Imagine, if you will, it’s 1995 and Jerry Bruckheimer has approached Michael Bay and Roland Emmerich about co-directing a blockbuster “Ghostbusters” remake for release on July 4th weekend of the following summer. A clever ad platform has already been designed with tons of product tie-ins, including the Taco Bell/Mountain Dew “get slimed!” campaign with a cross-promotional link to the fledgling world wide web at get-slimed dot com. Oh yeah, and Will Smith has already been signed on to do a rollicking hip-hop version of Ray Parker, Jr.’s classic theme song (and if you guessed that he dances with Slimer in the music video….you’d ... " [More]
Re:Recasting THE PRINCESS BRIDE ...
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"If I could make the perfect Robert Altman edition of "The Princess Bride", with death and relative age not being an issue, here's who I'd cast:Elliott Gould ... WestleyShelley Duvall... Buttercup / The Princess BrideKeith Carridine ... Inigo MontoyaTim Robbins ... Prince HumperdinckMichael Murphy... Count Tyrone RugenJeff Goldblum ... VizziniLyle Lovett ... FezzikBud Cort ... The GrandsonRobert Duvall ... The Grandfather / NarratorHenry Gibson ... The Impressive ClergymanRene Auberjonois ... The AlbinoTom Waits ... Miracle MaxLily Tomlin ... ValerieLillian Gish... The QueenSterling Hayden ... The KingGeraldine Chaplin ... The Ancient Booer " [More]
Re:Recasting THE PRINCESS BRIDE ...
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"Here's my list, for better or worst, which subscribes to the well-trodden theory that any movie featuring Christopher Walken cannot be a complete disaster.Matthew Goode ... WestleyRachel McAdams ... Buttercup / The Princess BrideBenicio Del Toro ... Inigo MontoyaSteve Coogan ... Prince HumperdinckRobert Downey Jr. ... Count Tyrone Rugen Michael Moore ... VizziniYao Ming ... FezzikDillon Freasier ... The GrandsonAlbert Finney ... The Grandfather / NarratorStephen Colbert ... The Impressive ClergymanJonah Hill ... The AlbinoChristopher Walken ... Miracle MaxToni Collette ... ValerieJudi Dench ... The QueenCheri Oteri ... The Ancient Booer " [More]
Re: Top 5 Movies Directed By Women
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"Varda is the most underrated of French New Wave filmmakers; probably because her films were unjustly perceived as less revolutionary than Godard's or Trufaut's. Still, she brought a sensitivity to the screen that was missing from the works of those aforementioned directors; especially when it came to portraying women. She also brought (and continues to bring) a photographic sensibility to her work, which can be traced to her early career as a professional photograper. Whereas other French New Wavers built hyper-kinectic constructs, through the use of jump-cuts and hand held cameras, Varda was more of a canvas artist; more interested in bringing life to the frame rather than capturing life frame-by-frame. The Slant magazine review of "Cleo From 5 to 7" describes it best: "Her framing teems with life at every corner: kittens wrestling in Cléo's apartment, a child playing a tiny piano in an alleyway, and quarrelling lovers in a café. She demonstrates an unerr ... " [More]