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What is your favorite "Cape Fear" movie? I am currently watching the original movie, and I think I like it a bit more than Scorsese´take on the story, although I am a big Scorsese fan.
So, what is your favorite "Cape Fear"?
Philipp
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I would have to choose the original. Actually, the first time I saw Scorsese's version in '91, I thought it was overdone and silly even though I liked aspects of it. but over time, I got over it and came to love and appreciate the film immensely. Ultimately, I think they're almost equally great films, but I favor the original because it's the first one and is a true suspense classic in every sense. Scorsese's version manages to be faithful while expanding it into an in-yer-face tension ride that's really effective and beautifully shot. And a brilliant choice, I might add, to use Herrmann's original score. Perfect!
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No question. The original. Mitchum was superb as Max Cady. I won't even watch the remake again.
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No question. The original. Mitchum was superb as Max Cady. I won't even watch the remake again..........as always , you hit the nail on the head .
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No question. The original. Mitchum was superb as Max Cady. I won't even watch the remake again..........as always , you hit the nail on the head .
Sir, I like the way you think.
By the by, Herrmann's score for the '62 release is aces.
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I love the scene with Deniro in the cinema; brilliantly parodied on THE SIMPSON'S [back when it was funny]!
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The original is good, particularly Mitchum and the score. But the remake takes a really interesting look at this kind of material, how such a situation wouldn't necessarily bring a family closer together but could be what breaks it apart. DeNiro is RIGHT about Nolte's crime--that's what makes this so compelling--and no good comes of it.
I find the remake wacky and watchable. The original is too stiff for repeated viewing.
I also think Cape Fear is the closest Scorsese ever came to this genre until The Departed. Hes' so good at taking genre crime stories and putting a unique, disturbing spin on them.
Yes, the spin on the family unit and reversal of implication as to Cady's reason for imprisonment were interesting.
The one scene in the '62 version that grabs me every time I watch it is the scene where Mitchum and Peck meet at some bar to try to barter a deal to get Cady off their backs. It's gritty and chilling.
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What is your favorite "Cape Fear" movie? I am currently watching the original movie, and I think I like it a bit more than Scorsese´take on the story, although I am a big Scorsese fan.
So, what is your favorite "Cape Fear"?
Philipp
The original is the best but I think the remake's strength lies in De Niro's noteworthy performance.
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Another fun aspect of the Scorsese version is that it's chock full of great quotable lines. There's a few choice De Niro statements that have been in my quotable lingo since '91!
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I favor the original, too, although there are some really good moments in the remake. My favorite takes place after DeNiro's Max Cady has defeated the thugs Nick Nolte paid to beat him up. Nolte cowers behind a dumpster while Cady calls out to him with taunts and insults. Cady's not even sure that the lawyer is there, and in a masterful stroke announces that it doesn't matter whether he's there or not. He turns his back and walks away, effectively stripping Nolte's character of his last shred of dignity.
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