[quote=""cw gortner""]But not as much as "The Women" with Meg Ryan and Anette Bening. The original is one of my favorite films: fast-paced, witty, stupendously cast. Last night I saw the re-make and it was just dreadful. As in, whoever produced it should be fined.[/quote]
PBS did a stage version of "The Women" for its "Stage on Screen" series a few years ago. The play is still under estate contract so it's not performed very often.
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[quote=""cw gortner""]But not as much as "The Women" with Meg Ryan and Anette Bening. The original is one of my favorite films: fast-paced, witty, stupendously cast. Last night I saw the re-make and it was just dreadful. As in, whoever produced it should be fined.[/quote]
You can avoid that problem by seeing the remakes first and then watching the classics on which they were based.
You can avoid that problem by seeing the remakes first and then watching the classics on which they were based.
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Saw the new Potter movie yesterday, both my friend and I reckon it should have been cut by at least an hour! Far too much time spent at the school with not too much happening, the effects are good when they come and the action scenes are good but....far too long when hardly anything happens at all!
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"Dave", I love this movie, but unfortunately it was on regular TV so it was edited.
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I went to see the new Harry Potter film yesterday. I enjoyed it - it's a little slow to get started. The ending is quite sad, too.
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