Mel Gibson to write/direct Wild Bunch remake!

[BC38]

...i'd buy that for a dollar!

Interesting reference to bring up in a thread about remakes, since it is a (semi) veiled reference to the line "Would you buy that for a quarter" from the book The Marching Morons.

While I can't help but wonder why Hollyweird can't come up with something new instead of rehashing past movies, it certainly doesn't upset me.

I was also surprised to find so much vitriol directed towards Gibson (by anyone outside of Hollyweird).

 

[RobertJ.]

And now I hear that Steven Spielberg is re-making West Side Story. Will this nonsense ever end?

It's Hollywood, so, no. It's what they do.

My first wife loved WSS. I watched it for about ten minutes, that was all I could handle. She told me there would be gangs fighting, and I expected blood!

The problem that I have with movies these days are the CGI effects. I can do without them. I've seen action movies that are so heavy on the CGI, and for such long periods of time, I get bored and lose interest during the action scenes. I guess their target audience is somewhat younger than myself.

 

[soFlaNative]

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What prompted me was an online article stating categorically that there had never been a western made with an African American character playing the lead, instead of just a sidekick.

I wish I could forget Will Smith and "Wild Wild West"...

 

[steveno]

not only are remakes bad but most sequels as well

 

[Watchdog]

I wish I could forget Will Smith and "Wild Wild West"...

I couldn't even bring myself to watch that when it came out. Have never seen even fifteen seconds of it. The thought of it makes my stomach churn.