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Post by Hep on Aug 31, 2008 23:25:27 GMT -5
well, funny ya'll should bring this up again.
last night, in the midst of my Hepburn-ness marathon; i decided that i was going to see this movie; its my duty.. all of ours really, even though im not so much looking foward to it; whats done is done;
im takin the high road people; and it looks like sum of you are already there sippin on some scotch and soda; HI !
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Post by Hep on Aug 31, 2008 23:26:38 GMT -5
OH and how do i change the thread name?
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Post by HollywoodHepcat on Sept 1, 2008 1:47:40 GMT -5
you have made a new convert to that web site, kiddo. i've never visited before ... its a riot! i see why you like 'em there .. similar .. um ... rhythm to the observations !  Heee. ;D I stumbled upon the site when browsing TWoP [of which I will be employed.... someday! it's either recapper or street urchin...] and it was like achieving total enlightenment. I used to think I was all alone in the way I....look at things sort of cock-eyed?.... but, no! It was such a reaffirmation of my LIFE, let me tell you. There was even a time when I mused starting my own fug blog for old movie stars, but I suspected the demand for that sort of thing was low [as in, no demand really at all]. Meh.... this isn't a thread about me, so here ends this paragraph. OH and how do i change the thread name? Just go to your first post and modify it... there should be an editing space for the title of the thread up top. |
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Post by Hep on Sept 1, 2008 11:35:01 GMT -5
shpanks |
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Post by gottamatch on Mar 19, 2009 2:05:03 GMT -5
As a Barbra Streisand fan, and arguably the biggest of her fans in Australia (let's not forget, although we all adore Kate, some of us are also huge fans of other stars), I just wanted to put my two cents in to say that What's Up Doc? is considered some of not only Ms Streisand and Mr Bogdanovich's best work, but is now known as one of the best 70s comedies. Now somewhat a classic itself. Not only that but I just wanted everyone to know - to avoid confusion, the movie has nothing whatsoever to do with Bringing Up Baby so I don't know where anyone got the idea it was a remake  The storyline isn't alike at all, not similar in any way...  The two films may be mentioned together in passing because they are both of the genre 'Screwball Comedy', but that's all they have in common. Sidenote about What's Up Doc?: In the film, Barbra's character calls Ryan O'Neil's character "Steve" the whole way through, even though his character's name is 'Howard' just because her character likes the name better. In Betty Bacall's first movie, she calls Bogie's character "Steve" the whole way through even though his name in To Have and Have Not was 'Harry'... how funny is that! What's with the name 'Steve'!? Jess |
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Post by gottamatch on Mar 19, 2009 2:26:05 GMT -5
Getting back to what this thread is about lol...
I've actually never seen the original but I have seen the second musical remake (yes, shoot me, im the only person in the universe that LOVED it), The Opposite Sex. Remember I haven't seen the original, so I can only go from the June Allyson musical remake..
I just rented The Women and was very disapointed. I found it very slow, totally underrated, literally. I don't know what your 'ratings' are all over the world, but in Australia it was "PG" for Parental Guidence. In my opinion it really should have been "M", especially considering there was a scene with drug use. Speaking of that scene, why the heck did it have to be in The Women? Innapropriate much? I was totally turned off as soon as I saw that scene, in fact, I could say it ruined the whole film for me. Oh, and the daughter had an eating disorder and smoked.. I understand they were trying to update it to be relevant to "2009", but get real. I was miffed when Meg Ryan's character learns her 12 year old daughter is counting calories and simply replies 'since when are you counting calories' and that's that. It never gets addressed again in the entire movie. That didn't bother anyone else? That kinda annoyed me lol
I thoroughly enjoyed Bette Midler's cameo as a big fan of her work, but they could have added many more dimensions to her small but significant character.
I actually like Meg Ryan although I'm not sure she was right for this part.
I don't know why movie makers have this stupid need to remake classics. The Star Wars / Star Trek movies I understand because there's such a huge market for them. Why don't they understand it just doesn't work pretty much every other time. A remake needs to be either better or completely different. Well, this one was different, I'll give it that, just not a very good movie.
I had to watch it twice because I fell asleep the first time. That was annoying lol
Jess
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Post by moonriver on Sept 25, 2010 10:04:52 GMT -5
I love "The women" by George Cukor, very very funny, but I hate "The women" remake. It looks like horrible for me... Very buring movie.... I adore Rosalind in this movie and Norma, her alter-role!!!  |
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The storyline isn't alike at all, not similar in any way... 
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