Strangers On A Train Remake (David Fincher)

[Wireduck1]

Why??? What's next Uwe Boll to remake Casablanca? Look at remakes of 'Get Carter', 'The Ladykillers', and other marvellous remake flops we thank God we can't remember.
Not knocking Fincher. He is a great director but there are plenty of interesting 'new' projects he could do justice to. Strange.

[Snicket]

Originally Posted by Wireduck1

Why??? What's next Uwe Boll to remake Casablanca? Look at remakes of 'Get Carter', 'The Ladykillers', and other marvellous remake flops we thank God we can't remember.
Not knocking Fincher. He is a great director but there are plenty of interesting 'new' projects he could do justice to. Strange.

You just compared Fincher to Boll. Please excuse yourself from humanity.

[Wireduck1]

Originally Posted by Snicket

You just compared Fincher to Boll. Please excuse yourself from humanity.

Don't upset the Uwe Boll Appreciation Society: They're a small, but 'armed' group.

[Doctor Jack]

Originally Posted by Wireduck1

Why??? What's next Uwe Boll to remake Casablanca? Look at remakes of 'Get Carter', 'The Ladykillers', and other marvellous remake flops we thank God we can't remember.
Not knocking Fincher. He is a great director but there are plenty of interesting 'new' projects he could do justice to. Strange.

You do realize that some of the greatest directors have made remakes and that some of the greatest movies ever are remakes? This will be great. The track record is there.

[Wireduck1]

Originally Posted by Doctor Jack

You do realize that some of the greatest directors have made remakes and that some of the greatest movies ever are remakes? This will be great. The track record is there.

Hmmm...Kind of thinking the track record is here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=255650

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Wireduck1

Hmmm...Kind of thinking the track record is here: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=255650

Yes, obviously you're going to get a completely representative sample in a thread titled Worst Remake Ever?

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by octagon

He's had a pretty good mix. And really, with the exception of House of Cards I'm not a huge fan of his stuff that started as original screenplays anyway.

I know a lot of people love The Game but I'm not one of them. Same for Panic Room (well, except for the part about a lot of people loving it, of course).

House of Cards wasn't original, it was a remake of the BBC series.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

House of Cards wasn't original, it was a remake of the BBC series.

Doh, you might very well think I'm an idiot.

I couldn't possibly comment.

[iank]

It won't compare to Throw Momma.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by iank

It won't compare to Throw Momma.

That was a good movie. I very much enjoyed it.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

It's based on a great Patricia Highsmith novel and a re-adaptation of the novel would be fine by me.

This has already been unoffically remade in Italy in 1971 as The Designated Victim and while the plot stuck close to the original, the feel of the film was totally different and quite interesting in its own right.

Don't forget Throw momma from the train.

[iank]

Originally Posted by Scarface32

That was a good movie. I very much enjoyed it.

Saw it again the other week. Classic. "One little murder and suddenly I'm Jack the Ripper!"

[Todd Tomorrow]

Originally Posted by Mahatma

Don't forget Throw momma from the train.

I haven't forgotten it, but it's a comedy and really more of a variation which just keeps the central premise while The Designated Victim sticks close enough to the Hitchcock film and the Highsmith novel that it can be considered a proper remake (at least as much as the proposed Fincher version from reading about it). It does put a new spin on the material by setting in in Italy, it has a 70s giallo vibe to it and it ups the homoerotic subtext inherent in the material (and inherent in a lot of Patricia Highsmith's writing).

I also thought I'd bring it up because everybody knows Throw Mommma From the Train while nobody here seems to have heard of The Designated Victim, which was proof that you can successfully remake Strangers on a Train without copying it. It's a great premise which allows for different interpretations which don't necessarily take away from the Hitchcock classic.

[klauswhereareyou]

Like the original a lot. It works as an old movie, but I feel the plot is too contrived to work in 2015/16. Guessing for Fincher in full Panic Room mode.

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

I'm already down for it, someone get Ross and Reznor on the phone for the soundtrack!

[Scottie]

I can't say I'm a fan of the original so I'll be keeping this on my radar.

[Mahatma]

Originally Posted by Todd Tomorrow

I haven't forgotten it, but it's a comedy and really more of a variation which just keeps the central premise while The Designated Victim sticks close enough to the Hitchcock film and the Highsmith novel that it can be considered a proper remake (at least as much as the proposed Fincher version from reading about it). It does put a new spin on the material by setting in in Italy, it has a 70s giallo vibe to it and it ups the homoerotic subtext inherent in the material (and inherent in a lot of Patricia Highsmith's writing).

I also thought I'd bring it up because everybody knows Throw Mommma From the Train while nobody here seems to have heard of The Designated Victim, which was proof that you can successfully remake Strangers on a Train without copying it. It's a great premise which allows for different interpretations which don't necessarily take away from the Hitchcock classic.

I'll check it out.

[Ben_UK]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Obligatory post about the Dragon Tattoo sequels.

Arrgghhh, do the sequels dammit!

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Snicket

Obligatory post about the Dragon Tattoo sequels.

Originally Posted by Ben_UK

Arrgghhh, do the sequels dammit!

Meh, I have the Swedish Triology on Blu-Ray, I'm good.

I was pleasantly suprised by the American remake, it was actually pretty good.

[lolwut]

I've seen the original a couple times over the years and I think it's good Hitchcock, but no classic like Vertigo or Psycho. I'll definitely see this since Fincher's directing, but I'd rather see The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequels.