lol there’s no such thing as casual conversation with you, is there
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
sometimes I think these things are fun to follow through.
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 01:37 (five years ago) link
half the people on my wall who whined about it being remade didn't know the Streisand one wasn't the original.
― fuck the NRA (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 01:41 (five years ago) link
(I didn’t know how many non-sequel Living Deads there were, just that there was some weirdness around the copyright which means nobody owns it. I definitely can’t think of another original-to-film story that’s been remade three times under the same title, and am delighted that Aimless has put the likelihood in the back of my mind for the future.)
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 01:43 (five years ago) link
<3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 03:30 (five years ago) link
it's tied with King Kong at three non-sequel remakes,
There's the Dino De Laurentiis one from 1976, the Peter Jackson one, and???
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:22 (five years ago) link
Also, one can make a pretty good argument that the first A Star Is Born from 1937 is itself a remake of the 1932 film What Price Hollywood?
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:27 (five years ago) link
Victor/Victoria also ties for second with three remakes.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 05:32 (five years ago) link
Crazy Heart made a bunch of money and won awards and that didn't have anyone as pretty as Gaga or Cooper.
― louise ck (milo z), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:00 (five years ago) link
Kong: Skull Island from last year
― Number None, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:31 (five years ago) link
if you count things that started as books or stories...
Displaying 159 results for "the three musketeers"https://www.imdb.com/find?q=the%20three%20musketeers&s=tt&ref_=fn_al_tt_mr
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 06:48 (five years ago) link
uh, The Bible, guys
― Number None, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 07:01 (five years ago) link
I'm going to disagree on this one - if we're going to include this one then we should include the Toho Kong vs. Godzilla movies.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
I expect ben hur numbers
Why does the trailer emphasize that bcoop directed it? How is that a selling point?
― dat, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
people generally don't know who directors are
it's a selling point
― Number None, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
it's a PASSION PROJECT through and through
― Yung Detective (Eazy), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Cooper's best acting might just be the PR campaign how he wanted to direct, passion project, blah blah.
― Elvis Telecom, Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:35 (five years ago) link
famous-actor-directs-film is almost always a marketing point
if we're going to include this one then we should include the Toho Kong vs. Godzilla movies.
nah*, there are sequels to the 1933 and 1976 Kongs that also don't count. but Kong: Skull Island is a remake of King Kong that just doesn't have the New York bit. *although the plot summary for useless moderator King Kong vs Godzilla does make me suspect that that one might be close enough. (I've only seen the 1933 and Skull Island.)
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 19:38 (five years ago) link
lmao talkhouse broke embargo, no idea who the reviewer is
And we are off to the races. pic.twitter.com/PTZ9IFNnqm— Sean Fennessey (@SeanFennessey) August 27, 2018
― devvvine, Thursday, 30 August 2018 14:49 (five years ago) link
well, i'm convinced
― my dream is to never be a champion (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 30 August 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
gonna hedge my bets and say this won't be the most impressive directorial debut by an actor since Night of The Hunter
― devvvine, Thursday, 30 August 2018 15:00 (five years ago) link
lmao
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 30 August 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
A Star Is Born (2018, dir. Bradley Cooper) pic.twitter.com/BudBkeMSmZ— ☭ a rube ☭ (@faggiecheung) August 28, 2018
― Number None, Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
omfg
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
outstanding
― YouTube_-_funy_cats.flv (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Thursday, 30 August 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Glenn Kenny's on board:
Not to disparage the talents of any individuals who worked on it (and I should emphasize that Cooper does damn well playing a musician, and Gaga is her usual disciplined marvel), but this is an example of Big Movie Studio Craft at its most well-thought out; among the many contingents of moviegoers it will please will be the “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore” crowd.
― ... (Eazy), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:04 (five years ago) link
When we complain they don't make 'em like that anymore we don't want actual remakes of "'em." Having said that this could be an entertaining mess.
― abcfsk, Friday, 31 August 2018 17:10 (five years ago) link
I think I would go to some other movie starring Lady Gaga, but not this one.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 31 August 2018 17:19 (five years ago) link
Nature trying to destroy this movie https://www.indiewire.com/2018/08/a-star-is-born-world-premiere-lighting-projector-venice-1201999539/
― faculty w1fe (silby), Saturday, 1 September 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
man I totally forgot that Dorothy Parker wrote this. was thumbing through a collection of her short stories the other night and was like waaaaaht
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
well, she cowrote the '37 original, but you can definitely pick out a few of her lines.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Reviews I've seen out of TIFF are dece-to-rapturous.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
(of course the "rapturous" end includes Owen Gliberman so)
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Hearing that this movie might be good does nothing to make it more comprehensible to me
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
― abcfsk,
I don't think Kenny suggested it.
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
If you told me this movie opened last weekend and already made $300 million I would believe you.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 7 September 2018 18:47 (five years ago) link
I will never understand the cult of Bradley Cooper. Like, how he got to be mega-paid "serious" actor of Hollywood is completely baffling to me. He will always just be one of those ppl who was in Wet Hot American Summer.
― Οὖτις, Friday, 7 September 2018 19:09 (five years ago) link
I liked him best as a smarmy quasi-supervillain in the TV version of Limitless
It's kind of funny that his most prominent screen role by a fair distance is in the GOTG movies
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:12 (five years ago) link
wait, there was a TV version of Limitless? I though the film sank with Cooper.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
I often use him as a grammar example when teaching appositives: "Bradley Cooper, an Oscar-nominated actor, has never given a great performance."
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:15 (five years ago) link
You'll change your tune when Cooper wins no fewer than 4 Oscars next February.
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:17 (five years ago) link
Christ is his name on the screenplay too?
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:19 (five years ago) link
By god it is, and with an &, I feel bad for the poor schmuck who had to call himself Cooper’s writing partner
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:22 (five years ago) link
Surely they'll save Best Actor for his Lenny Bernstein movie.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:23 (five years ago) link
(he's co-writing and directing that one too)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:24 (five years ago) link
Yeah, no one watched it but he had a recurring cameo in the same role. I, along with approximately 6 other people, actually enjoyed it, way moreso than the movie.
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
He was standout good in The Place Beyond The Pines.
― Pesto Mindset (Eazy), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:31 (five years ago) link
eh I'd fuck him
― The Silky Veils of Alfred (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:32 (five years ago) link
god I hated that movie lol
― wayne trotsky (Simon H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:33 (five years ago) link
Gaga's best bet for Best Original Song
― I Never Promised You A Hose Harden (Eric H.), Friday, 7 September 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link