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why can't they remake this?

posted 19 years ago by csjintn
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Of all the crap that Hollywood churns out, why can't they remake this into a big budget war film? Just wait for the right script and make it, for God's sake!

[–] Friederich 19 years ago

They should, it's a great movie!

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[–] Mex5150 16 years ago

They should, it's a great movie!

That's exactly why they shouldn't!

Remakes are rarely as good as the original, and I can only think of one or two extreme cases where the remake is better. With the current trend of hollywould dumbing everything down and spoon feeding everything to the audience, I can not even in my wildest dreams the new version being even ten percent the movie this or the 1930 version is.

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[–] csjintn 19 years ago

They do have all the technology to do the battle sequences realistically. They can get someone to churn out a literate and intelligent script. I'd get Ridley Scott to direct; maybe Tony Scott. Sam Mendes did a great job with JARHEAD, so he would be a possibility.

[–] Driveshaft 19 years ago

This movie is already a remake.

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[–] ilyenisvan 19 years ago

If they would do a remake, who would you choose to play in it?

[–] csjintn 19 years ago

TOUCHE'. I think you know what I really meant. Make it for the big screen to be released in 2007 or 2008. Ridley Scott could direct. I would cast Tom Hardy, Dexter Fletcher, Matt Damon, Heath Ledger, Ryan Phillipe just to name a few. I would get Vangelis to score the film. Paul Haggis, Michael Tolkin, and Edward Zwick to write the script. If Scott was not available to direct Zwick could do it. I would insist that Vangelis return to his roots of film scoring and use minimal choral arrangments and go back to his heavy use of synthisizer arrangements and percussion.

[–] slim-shady-1 19 years ago

Id love the see a modern version of it, the story is so detailed it could easily become the best anti-war movie ever. Sadly, hollywood wouldnt make a movie about the german side in 1000 years..

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[–] pblazuli 16 years ago

As far as I am concerned this version (1979) is definitive. Why make yet another one?

[–] JCangel 16 years ago

When I searched for this title (we just saw it in World History), a title for 2009 popped up.

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[–] sanookdee 11 years ago

one of the best war movies was Das Boot, directed by Wolfgang Peterson and used German actors. I think a much better idea would be having him direct a remake and use German actors and subtitles like in Das Boot. But, having a studio pick up the tab would be doubtful at best. Though people love reading text massages on their phones, they would not sit still for a 3 hour movie of reading subtitles.

[–] Jones70 (6873) 2 years ago

I'm sure they will at some point.

[–] JoWilli (21648) 2 years ago

Its on Netflix...

[–] javie (2225) 2 years ago

Who are you kidding!