The remake is much much better
Eddie Murphy not only is The nutty Professor, but he's also Dr. Dolittle!
shareno, he is Eddie Murphy, and not a great Doctor Dolittle, Rex Harrison is much better.
Though it does depend on the type of films you like , I suppose.
Rex Harrison's Dr D, is more musical.
Eddie Murphy's more modern.
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Look---The Rex Harrison version was based on the original Dr. Dolittle novels. The Eddie Murphy version was based on Eddie Murphy, his ego, his stardom, and his $20 million payday.
shareHa, exactly.
shareI did like the Eddie Murphy version, but Rex Harrison is the REAL Doctor. I totally believed he talked to the animals (ooh, that's almost a line from a song!)
shareRex Harrison Rules!
shareNo one can replace Rex Harrison.
*throws death glares at any who disagree*
Or Samantha Eggar. Or Anthony Newley. I refuse to even watch the Eddie Murphy "remake".
shareI once tried (1st part), threw up and switched off after bout 10 minutes. From what I saw this film is an eddie murphy template cast as any other and has nothing to do with 'Dr. Dolittle'. The title appearently only chosen for marketing considerations.
Amen, Costa Brava. Aside from a vet who talks to the animals, there was nothing in common. Which seems to be the general practice in Hollywood these days. Then you have a whole generation growing up thinking stars like Eddie Murphy are the real thing (the REAL Dr. Dolittle). Ugghh. Eddie Murphy and that story couldn't be further from Dr. Dolittle if they'd tried. I have yet to see a single one of those movies. The trailers were enough (of a turnoff) for me. Wait, I did see last 20 mins of one. Bearable, but NOT Dr. Dolittle.
The problem is that the younger generation has to have everything handed to them. They can't use their imaginations for a minute. Everything has to be perfectly CG'd. There can't be any seams or zippers showing. Nothing as flagrantly fake as stop motion or men in Pushme Pullyou suits. Sad. Movies are nothing more than modern story telling. When you read a story, or someone tells you a story, you get to make all the pictures up in your head. Watching a perfectly computer animated movie may be pretty, but it leaves NOTHING to the imagination. Everything doesn't have to be perfectly polished, politically correct, and shot in "bullet-time" to be worth watching.
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What did it for you, the way he kept saying "you don't say?" and "aha" to the crocodiles and Turtles? Not everything was better in the old days...
No, Eddie Murphy is 50 times better than Rex Harrington, and the plot of the -98 movie is 10 times better than the -67 film.
Light travels faster than sound,
that's why people seem bright,
until you hear them.