--- In cinema_underground@yahoogroups.com, "mouldypeaches215"
<mouldypeaches215@...> wrote:
>
> I just saw the new wicker man and really didn't like it. The oddest thing was
the casting of nicholas cage, it was kind of obvious that they were hoping his
celebrity status would draw in a wider audience. I wanted to know what everyone
thought about it? Should cult classics really be remade?
>

I would suggest that no film should ever be remade but that may be a little too
much of a hard-line position.
The Wicker Man remake (like The Ladykillers, The Italian Job, Hairspray etc.)
was never going to work as the film's strength develops from the time, place,
personnel and institutional constraints.
Imagine someone trying to remake 'Blue Velvet' or 'Psycho' (hang on a minute now
- Gus Van Sant's Psycho - that's a whole different ball game).

No - I reckon remakes are worse than sequels.

Neil

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