I just watched the trailer for the new remake of Arthur and after wards I puked in my mouth.
OH MY GOSH. I know when they remake a film they are trying to change anything they can to give it a different twist, Hobson is now a woman. The fact that Helen Mirren would sign on to this film, makes me sad. Russell Brand is just, well a VERY odd looking guy. He's too distracting in that way, he reminds me a Skelatore from He-MANN. I liked the original film cause the characters were normal, eccentric, sometimes say funny things, but were set in reality. This new film, all the characters are BEYOND, ridiculous and very extreme. Man, shame on your Warner Bros. I hope you make little to NO money on this.
Other than that, it looked like a charming Oscar winning movie!
The one main problem I predict is that Arthur, despite being fabulously rich, and an alcoholic, he was utterly likeable. Because Dudley Moore instilled him with a wonderful persona.
Russel Brand is does not have that innate likeability....at all.
I just watched the trailer for the new remake of Arthur and after wards I puked in my mouth.
OH MY GOSH. I know when they remake a film they are trying to change anything they can to give it a different twist, Hobson is now a woman. The fact that Helen Mirren would sign on to this film, makes me sad. Russell Brand is just, well a VERY odd looking guy. He's too distracting in that way, he reminds me a Skelatore from He-MANN. I liked the original film cause the characters were normal, eccentric, sometimes say funny things, but were set in reality. This new film, all the characters are BEYOND, ridiculous and very extreme. Man, shame on your Warner Bros. I hope you make little to NO money on this.
Other than that, it looked like a charming Oscar winning movie!
Peter - if something made me puke in my mouth, I'd use a stronger phrase than 'oh my gosh', YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION and I won't tell Allardyce.
I've never seen the original, but as soon as I saw ads for another movie starring Russell Brand, I immediately wrote it off as garbage to be avoided. Seriously, I'd never heard of this guy until just a few months ago, and then suddenly I'm seeing him everywhere, and not once has he given any indication that he's somebody worth watching in anything. Where did he come from?
I've never seen the original, but as soon as I saw ads for another movie starring Russell Brand, I immediately wrote it off as garbage to be avoided. Seriously, I'd never heard of this guy until just a few months ago, and then suddenly I'm seeing him everywhere, and not once has he given any indication that he's somebody worth watching in anything. Where did he come from?
He was a popular stand-up comic in the UK, and he's made a few movies here, like Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him To The Greek. He's done voice work in animated films like Despicable Me, and the upcoming Hop.
Yeah, the trailer was well-nigh unbearable. In fact, I feel a bit nauseous. You'd have to strap me to a chair with my eyelids propped open Clockwork Orange style to get me to watch the movie, and even then I'd be praying for my eyeballs to dry up and wither away.
You'd have to strap me to a chair with my eyelids propped open Clockwork Orange style to get me to watch the movie, and even then I'd be praying for my eyeballs to dry up and wither away.
But Josh, if they strap you into that chair, that's aversion therapy. It'd be redundant.
Will they have the guts to show Arthur driving a car while drunk as Moore did in the original? We will see. I doubt it. They don't want protests from MADD.
Yeah, the trailer was well-nigh unbearable. In fact, I feel a bit nauseous. You'd have to strap me to a chair with my eyelids propped open Clockwork Orange style to get me to watch the movie, and even then I'd be praying for my eyeballs to dry up and wither away.
Pretty much. I'm staying far far away from anything with this Russell Brand guy in it. I had to resist punching my screen across the room during that trailer.
It's a guarantee that by the time you reach the age of 30, Hollywood will have raped your childhoo---err, ruined the memory of a well-made movie.
Yes, and I'm nearing 50 now and have had to put up with the current crop of filmmakers ruining the memories of hundreds of classics that I love. It's almost as if the current generation of filmmakers are doing this shit on purpose just to piss off my generation. These youngsters show nothing but contempt for the classics, otherwise they wouldn't remake them at all. THEY MUST BE DESTROYED!!! Huahahahaaaa!
I just watched the trailer for the new remake of Arthur and after wards I puked in my mouth.
OH MY GOSH. I know when they remake a film they are trying to change anything they can to give it a different twist, Hobson is now a woman. The fact that Helen Mirren would sign on to this film, makes me sad. Russell Brand is just, well a VERY odd looking guy. He's too distracting in that way, he reminds me a Skelatore from He-MANN. I liked the original film cause the characters were normal, eccentric, sometimes say funny things, but were set in reality. This new film, all the characters are BEYOND, ridiculous and very extreme. Man, shame on your Warner Bros. I hope you make little to NO money on this.
Other than that, it looked like a charming Oscar winning movie!
Peter - if something made me puke in my mouth, I'd use a stronger phrase than 'oh my gosh', YOU HAVE MY PERMISSION and I won't tell Allardyce.
I was going to use stronger language, didn't want to piss off anyone. I was going to put HOLY SHIT instead of OH MY GOSH. That's exactly what I was feeling. Glad to know my fellow film score/movie friends on here agree that this is a TERRIBLE idea and the trailer looked absolutely retched.
I will say one thing, if we get a remixed version of the WONDERFUL Bacharach song Best That You Can Do/Arthur's theme made into a rap/hip hop remix, I will do something drastic, not sure what, but it will be drastic. Hate letters to Warners, an apology to Liza, something.
David, yah, where the hecks the widescreen of this film???
THEY MUST BE DESTROYED!!! Huahahahaaaa!
