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Rangi Guy wrote:
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Rangi Guy wrote:Following - it held my interest despite the awful acting
I really loved Following. But if one was going to remake a Chris Nolan film, it should probably be this one.
There is no reason for them to be remaking Memento - that film is perfect as it is. How long before Fight Club gets remade?

And I did enjoy Following - but the acting was pretty bad in places, which is understandable since it was just his mates he got together
And it was filmed over something like a year and a half on weekends. It's hard to build a consistent character performance like that.

I was actually hoping Nolan himself would remake it one day with better actors. Maybe an updated script.

A Memento remake is just absurd. Gross.
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Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
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End of the tour.

God awful....i mean...Jason Segal looks like a parody of fuckin Wallace...thats character work? Thats an actor trying to get into somebody's else shoes?
Seems like a good SNL gig...and the ending with Wallace dancing??
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
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Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
I'm not even a big fan of Memento or anything. Just seems like an exceedingly curious choice for a remake.
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VinylGuy wrote:End of the tour.

God awful....i mean...Jason Segal looks like a parody of fuckin Wallace...thats character work? Thats an actor trying to get into somebody's else shoes?
Seems like a good SNL gig...and the ending with Wallace dancing??
lol i love you VG
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
I'm not even a big fan of Memento or anything. Just seems like an exceedingly curious choice for a remake.
Once they remade Psycho, I knew all bets were off. If you can remake that, you can remake anything.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
I'm not even a big fan of Memento or anything. Just seems like an exceedingly curious choice for a remake.
Of course you are not.

I watched Bad Words last night. Hmm. mixed feelings on that. I think Bateman did a great job but what a pathetic character. I wasn't sure if the movie was attempting to make me feel for the guy or not. Nice little dark comedy though.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
I'm not even a big fan of Memento or anything. Just seems like an exceedingly curious choice for a remake.
Once they remade Psycho, I knew all bets were off. If you can remake that, you can remake anything.
Even that decision, I get. It had been a few decades since the original, and the concept would play into what was popular at the time (Scream, I Know What You Did, etc.). This just seems...I don't get it. But who knows? Maybe it will be great. I don't know.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
Strat wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Yeah, even with my pro-remake stance, I find a Memento remake difficult to justify.
I was hoping you'd weigh in on this.
It's insanity and Hollywood has lost all self control. There is absolutely no reason to remake this film. It is damn near perfect.
I'm not even a big fan of Memento or anything. Just seems like an exceedingly curious choice for a remake.
Once they remade Psycho, I knew all bets were off. If you can remake that, you can remake anything.
Even that decision, I get. It had been a few decades since the original, and the concept would play into what was popular at the time (Scream, I Know What You Did, etc.). This just seems...I don't get it. But who knows? Maybe it will be great. I don't know.
It's more dumb than remaking batman already.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:End of the tour.

God awful....i mean...Jason Segal looks like a parody of fuckin Wallace...thats character work? Thats an actor trying to get into somebody's else shoes?
Seems like a good SNL gig...and the ending with Wallace dancing??
lol i love you VG
Really man..im trying here, but those lousy self serious movies...cmon.
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VinylGuy wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:End of the tour.

God awful....i mean...Jason Segal looks like a parody of fuckin Wallace...thats character work? Thats an actor trying to get into somebody's else shoes?
Seems like a good SNL gig...and the ending with Wallace dancing??
lol i love you VG
Really man..im trying here, but those lousy self serious movies...cmon.
Oh, I completely agree with you. That movie looks insufferable.
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Place your bets: Which will be better the unnecessary Memento remake or the unnecessary Donnie Darko remake?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:End of the tour.

God awful....i mean...Jason Segal looks like a parody of fuckin Wallace...thats character work? Thats an actor trying to get into somebody's else shoes?
Seems like a good SNL gig...and the ending with Wallace dancing??
Hey, spoiler alert!

But seriously folks...

I'm really excited to see this, bummed to hear you didn't enjoy it.
Such a cliché. Everything.
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"The Gift" got good reviews? :finger:
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just watched Genisys again. Did he disconnect the brakes by ripping out the muffler? is that how cars work?
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Why the fuck did you watch it again?!
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