2016 Remake of the magnificent seven...

May I respectfully disagree? I actually came here to make a posting about what a great idea a remake of this film would be.

You're right of course about Brenner, McQueen, and a few others. They are irreplaceable. But in view it needs to be done. Watching the movie just now for the first time in years I was struck at how badly John Sturges pulled off the film.

Don't get me wrong, I love Sturges, and in fact you will see a lengthy review I posted of his "Gunfight at OK Corral". But just as Tombstone was an all round better film than Gunfight, and the remake of True Grit was all around a better film than the original (both films kept me riveted to the screen in a way their predecessors hadn't), if done properly, a remake of the Magnificent 7 could be, well... magnificent.

Sturges himself admitted he had lost control of the film. You constantly are getting pulled out of the movie as the cast continually tries to upstage the scene and draw attention to themselves. Sturgis is no lightweight, and I am perplexed as to why he did not bring the hammer down on the cast (no pun intended).

The acting could have been so much better. And the Mexican cast... wow, terrible, wooden, B movie performances. The screenplay of 7 departed quite a bit from Akira's masterpiece. It would be great to see another pass made on this story that sticks closer to the original.

Did I hear right that Denzel Washington has been cast in the remake? Hmmm. Doesn't give me much hope.

But if a remake is done, rest assured that your favorite version will always be around. ;>

Cheers

ps - You can flame me, but only if you have seen the Japanese version. ;>

True Grit was a Coen movie, not some obnoxious Hollywood product - and it wasn't a "remake", but rather a re-adaptation of the original material. Also, Jeff Bridges is the Dude and there's no replacement (he was much better than Wayne in the Rooster role).

As for remaking this number here... you do realize the 1960 flick was already an exceedingly commercial-minded remake of one certain little-known cinematic work from Far East...



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Just came back from the movies watching The Nice Guys, great film by the way. Anyway they showed the remake to Magnificent. When I heard it was being remade I was gonna give it a chance. But watching the trailer WHAT IN JUPITERS BALLS HAVE THEY DONE!? The actors jumping out of the way of bullits and doing Sly Stallone stunts all over the place. I don't need to waste two hours when I already know this movie is going to be a steaming pile of *beep*

Mmmm, after seeing the trailer I think 2K16 could produce a better one. They seem to have captured the films spirit which is most impertant, and the addition of an all star cast, and modern SFX will only help matters.

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It had its good moments and I appriciate the anti white washing by representing the fact that the American Frontier was far from an all white affair.

The remake has been released yet somehow the world has managed not to end.

I agree. I went to a showing thinking how could this go wrong? Another great casts and Antoine Fuqua directing. But there was something missing from the original movie. I couldn't quite put my finger on it until I re-watched the old one again to make the comparison and then I realized it and somehow I just knew all along, the character development was so much better than the remake, the director really took his time and patience to achieve this and of course he couldn't have done this without a great script to follow! at the end I still cared for these guys as I did when I first watched the movie some 20 years ago. I also think the music score for the original beats the re-make by a mile. I argued these points with my brother because he believed the remake was better. So I say to you as I said to my brother, a classic is like a puzzle, all the pieces have to fit together perfectly to make it a classic. And the original did this! The re-make simply did not. Therefore I came to the conclusion the original was a better movie and should not have been remade. Hollywood got lazy again! P.S. Robert Vaughn was and still is my favorite 7!

Actually, the remake looks pretty good.

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