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shareIf by "word" you mean the word "heat" when used as a movie title, then you better head over to the "Heat" (1995) board and rag on Mann for lifting the title from any of the five movies or eight TV episodes from various shows that preceded Mann's use of the word as a title.
http://www.imdb.com/find?q=Heat&&s=tt&&exact=true&; ref_=fn_tt_ex
"In a time of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act."
George Orwell
Yeah that is pretty damn lame
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent." ~ A Bronx Tale (1993)
Heat, the De Niro one, is one of my ALL time favorite films.
But to be fair, there was a film called Heat starring Burt Reynolds that came out about ten years before the DeNiro/Pacino Heat.
This is the remake.
EXACTLY! The fact that they're calling this HEAT means they're trying to cash in on Michael Mann's epic. Who the hell remembers "Heat" with Burt Reynolds? Nobody. Because nobody saw it. Next up, Ghostbusters, starring two dumbasses and a talking gorilla.
shareThey're calling it HEAT because that was the title of the book, which was published at least 10 years before Mann's film.
shareTHANK YOU!
Although, let's face it, Mann's movie has so eclipsed the novel and first film adaptation in the public mind that I suspect Statham's update will undergo a title change before hitting theaters next year.
It all comes down to familiarity. Audiences by and large have never even heard of William Goldman's novel and so the title HEAT would only confuse things.
My prediction: They'll end up going with the title that the book was published under in the UK, which was EDGED WEAPONS. Let's see if I'm right.
Best post ever!
shareSame screenwriter.
share"Who the hell remembers "Heat" with Burt Reynolds?"
Apparently a lot of people... including me, who happened to just finish watching it, immediately, as in 2 minutes before, I started in watching this and royally farked with my mind when it started in the identical way as Heat did.
Talk about trippin'!?
I have a giant movie collection, but still, the chances of lining these two up back to back is unreal when barely remembered Heat from not watching it in a few years, at least.. and never seeing this Wild Card before.
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Hey ya'll, we's gotz a camera buts no tripod...
Well let's make a 'found footage' film!
They really should change it, I thought this was a remake of the 1995 action classic Heat with DeNiro and Pacino. When I find out it isn't I am very confused. There is other slang terms for 'heat from the police' they could use for a title.
You're a troll.
I'm just glad this is NOT a remake of the Michael Mann classic.
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Agreed! HEAT doesn't need a remake....it still better than ALL other movies within this genre.
shareIf you're thinking of the Michael Mann movie, you really need to READ about the movie you are posting about, because this is an adaptation of a William Goldman novel from the mid-1980s.
shareWe know....it needs to find it's own title and not try to trick people into thinking it's the GOOD Heat.
sharewhy?
shareUm...My post says why!
shareThat's not a reason why it has to change its name, your not the boss of it.
I don't think they where actually trying to make people think 'OMG its a remake of Michael Mann's Heat', they just reused the title from the original film.
What exactly would would they achieve by tricking people into thinking it was a remake Mann's Heat?
That's not a reason why it has to change its name, your[YOU'RE] not the boss of it.
I'll be honest i'm just being a bit of dick with that comment as I was kinda bored.
But I don't see why they need to change the name. Plenty of films share the same title and if people go to watch it and get pissed because they thought it was a remake of Mann's film then thats their fault for not reading the synopsis.
I mean come on it just a bloody title it doesn't really mean that much.
and picking up on my dodgy grammar is a little sad. This is an IMDB forum not a bloody thesis, why should it matter if i put your instead of you're, you still knew what I was talking about.
"...if people go to watch it and get pissed because they thought it was a remake of Mann's film then thats their fault for not reading the synopsis."
You're not being realistic. A bad or confusing title could turn away patrons which means the movie earns less money -- maybe far less -- which is not the intention when you make a film.
why do care how much money the movie makes?
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LOL. "You're not the boss of it" is probably one of the greatest posts I've ever seen on imdb. That was awesome. :)
Takin' out the trash, trailer park style!!
Agreed! HEAT doesn't need a remake....it still better than ALL other movies within this genre.
It's bad enough that people think you're talking about the movie with Burt Reynolds...we don't need another HEAT muddying the waters...
shareIt's remake of pretty good Burt Reynalds movie called Heat, based on good book by Goldman. So what if they use that title, it's already been used a few times. I just hope they do the book justice.
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