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For the love of God, Montressor
Feb. 7th, 2006 12:12 pmY'know what I really hate about remakes? I'm afraid that the remakes will replace the originals. Think that fear is baseless? I was wondering that too until I thought about SCARFACE. The original 1933 SCARFACE is so overshadowed, it's not even being made on VHS anymore, much less DVD. Any new TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE products I see are all based on the utterly inferior remake. They should remake bad movies, movies people want to forget. Not classics, and especially not brilliant classics that the youth of today has probably not seen, much less heard of. Which brings me to my point:
Please. For the love of God. DON'T see the THE PINK PANTHER.
I love Steve Martin, don't get me wrong. THE JERK, LA STORY, and PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES are all-time favorites. His stand-up work and his writing, brilliant stuff. He is an absolutely brilliant Steve Martin. But he is not Peter Sellers. I shudder to think how many people going to see the remake, Beyonce Knowles fans for example, would go "Who's Peter Sellers?"
Do yourself a huge favor and rent A SHOT IN THE DARK and THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN. See the original too as well, but those are the very best of the best Clouseau movies. The remake isn't so much a remake of the original PINK PANTHER; in that, Clouseau was barely a supporting character. It was in those two films especially that he became an icon, and it's those two movies that are being remade and trampled upon. A SHOT IN THE DARK is in my top ten comedies of all time, right alongside LA STORY.
Please, people, stop giving Hollywood money for being unoriginal and trying to profit off of superior movies. Which is not to say that there aren't good remakes; THE FLY and THE THING are absolutely brilliant. And sure, I haven't seen the new PINK PANTHER yet, I guess I can't really judge. But Beyonce? Fucking Beyonce? Come now. And besides, nothing changes this fact:
See that? Clouseau. Accept no substitutes. Not Alan Arkin, not Ted Wass, not Roberto Benigni, and not even Steve Martin.
And while you're at it, also watch (if you haven't already) A FISH CALLED WANDA and LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL to see Kevin Kline and Jean Reno perform for something other than just another paycheck.
Please. For the love of God. DON'T see the THE PINK PANTHER.
I love Steve Martin, don't get me wrong. THE JERK, LA STORY, and PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES are all-time favorites. His stand-up work and his writing, brilliant stuff. He is an absolutely brilliant Steve Martin. But he is not Peter Sellers. I shudder to think how many people going to see the remake, Beyonce Knowles fans for example, would go "Who's Peter Sellers?"
Do yourself a huge favor and rent A SHOT IN THE DARK and THE PINK PANTHER STRIKES AGAIN. See the original too as well, but those are the very best of the best Clouseau movies. The remake isn't so much a remake of the original PINK PANTHER; in that, Clouseau was barely a supporting character. It was in those two films especially that he became an icon, and it's those two movies that are being remade and trampled upon. A SHOT IN THE DARK is in my top ten comedies of all time, right alongside LA STORY.
Please, people, stop giving Hollywood money for being unoriginal and trying to profit off of superior movies. Which is not to say that there aren't good remakes; THE FLY and THE THING are absolutely brilliant. And sure, I haven't seen the new PINK PANTHER yet, I guess I can't really judge. But Beyonce? Fucking Beyonce? Come now. And besides, nothing changes this fact:
See that? Clouseau. Accept no substitutes. Not Alan Arkin, not Ted Wass, not Roberto Benigni, and not even Steve Martin.
And while you're at it, also watch (if you haven't already) A FISH CALLED WANDA and LEON: THE PROFESSIONAL to see Kevin Kline and Jean Reno perform for something other than just another paycheck.
