daveomatic
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IMHO, the character Harry Callahan is defined by Clint Eastwood the man, just like Popeye Doyle is Hackman. Admittedly, that's also decades of time and how many viewings. Anyone attempting to redefine something like that has some pretty big shoes to fill..
I'm not a fan of remakes. Off the top of my head, about the only one I can think of that equaled, or maybe even surpassed, the original is Cape Fear, but that's DiNiro (not to take anything away from Mitchum!).
For the most part, i think these films were 'done right the first time', like many other things of the past. Maybe some young 'uns might prefer a re-do, I'll stick to the originals.
I think remakes of these classics speaks more for the Dry Well Theory than anything else. Steve Martin attempting to do Clouseau comes to mind..
Dave
I'm not a fan of remakes. Off the top of my head, about the only one I can think of that equaled, or maybe even surpassed, the original is Cape Fear, but that's DiNiro (not to take anything away from Mitchum!).
For the most part, i think these films were 'done right the first time', like many other things of the past. Maybe some young 'uns might prefer a re-do, I'll stick to the originals.
I think remakes of these classics speaks more for the Dry Well Theory than anything else. Steve Martin attempting to do Clouseau comes to mind..
Dave