16-09-2003 15:50									#1
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Frankly I don't care if its any good.

There was just no need to remake this film.

Everyone in the UK should boycott it(as should evryone in the world but thats a bit unlikely)

Why does Hollywood do this?

(well I know its money but it really is annoying)

Oh and Mark Walberg taking on a Michael Caine character, thats like saying Monaco could run Iraq)

	16-09-2003 15:56									#2
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Have you seen the trailers?

It's basically a totally different movie to the original. The only similarity appears to be the escape-in-the-minis-through-a-traffic-jam scene. When I saw the trailer at the cinema last week it wasn't until that point that I realised it even was The Italian Job.

	16-09-2003 16:06									#3
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Its a good job its not a true story, if it was they would have reamde the same film only with americans doing the heist.

Have you heard there is to be a battle of britain film with Tom cruise (playing an american) as the star.

Thank God for the US we would have lost that battle without them.

	16-09-2003 16:38									#4
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Haa Haa! Actually I was thinking of going to see this movie, just because it has Charlize in it. I haven't been on a movie theater hm... I can't even remember the last movie I saw in a theater. Must be more than two years.

	16-09-2003 17:14									#5
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The original "The Italian Job" is a real classic, I really enjoyed that movie.

There seems to be a trend of movies being "remade": Ocean's Eleven, The Bourne Identity, and Gone in 60 Seconds to name a few.

	16-09-2003 18:11									#6
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I didn't know Gone in 60 Seconds was a remake.

	16-09-2003 18:54									#7
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Yeah, the original was called, "Dude, where's my car?"

	16-09-2003 18:58									#8
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The Bourne Identity is not a remake. The book was written in the 1980s.

	16-09-2003 19:11									#9
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quote: Yeah, the original was called, "Dude, where's my car?"

Re the Italian Job remake, I thought it was a pretty good movie. Not a classic by any means.

	16-09-2003 19:42									#10
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Man, it takes a while for movies to travel. I saw this months ago.

	16-09-2003 20:51									#11
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quote: Originally posted by TheStinger Its a good job its not a true story, if it was they would have reamde the same film only with americans doing the heist. Have you heard there is to be a battle of britain film with Tom cruise (playing an american) as the star. Thank God for the US we would have lost that battle without them.

I hope that you're kidding. If this is true than hollywood has truly gone to far this time. It gets sincerely annoying watching them distort history.

For example I was looking forward to the movie Pearl Harbor, but they totally hosed it by making Ben Affleck into some sort of romatacized super soldier. I found it disgusting.

	16-09-2003 23:02									#12
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yeah gegap we seem to get them last, my mate was in thailand a few months back, he's seen all the films that are only just coming out over here!

and i won't be watching the new 'italian job'...

	16-09-2003 23:03									#13
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quote: Originally posted by chegitz guevara The Bourne Identity is not a remake. The book was written in the 1980s.

It's not exactly a movie remake, the "original" was a mini-series from 1988 starring Richard Chamberlain and Jaclyn Smith.

	17-09-2003 16:49									#14
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I never saw the original, but from what I understand, this is a completely new movie, only similar in name.


I saw the new version two weeks ago, and I must say it was a very fun and energetic movie. It's also quite humorous. Obviously it isn't a classic, but as far as fun movies go - this is it.

	17-09-2003 18:04									#15
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http://www.itv.com/news/144681.html

Well there's the story... sounds like it may have some truth behind it... but why the hell do they have to belittle british achievements all the time?

Edit: The Polish deserve 100x times more credit in the battle of britain than the americans do.

	17-09-2003 18:10									#16
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There were Americans who risked their lives to come over to help us fight the nazis. I don't think that necessarily belittle's British achievements... depends how the film works obviously. We were very lucky to have foriegn flyers on our side. The Polish (and other european squadrons) with their experienced pilots did really well. One of the Polish squadrons got more kills than anyone else. We had planes but were desperate for pilots.

Plus, despite the US neutrality at the time, without the supply lines bringing stuff from the US we'd have been screwed.

	17-09-2003 18:34									#17
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If only we had Michael Caine now, in the Italian Job II, a sequel to the first...

	17-09-2003 18:36									#18
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Would be fun if they continued the film from the scene in the bus at the end of the first film =)

	17-09-2003 20:11									#19
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nah that'd be rubbish too, that ending is perfect

	17-09-2003 20:12									#20
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quote: Originally posted by sw99 http://www.itv.com/news/144681.html Well there's the story... sounds like it may have some truth behind it... but why the hell do they have to belittle british achievements all the time? Edit: The Polish deserve 100x times more credit in the battle of britain than the americans do.

After reading that, I feel a little better about the film possibilities. The battle of Britain was a great achievement for the British people, but there were defenders of other nationalities present.

Since this will be an American made film, with a largely American audience it makes some amount of sense that it be based on an American that was there.

...I just hope that they don't over do it, and screw things up.

	17-09-2003 20:38									#21
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Don't you just love American thinking? Changing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to "Sorcerer's Stone"?

You have a movie coming out soon in the UK called "The Sin Eater". That's what the script was originally called. But Fox changed the name to "The Order" in the US because they didn't want to have to explain anything in the adverts.

	17-09-2003 20:55									#22
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quote: Changing "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" to "Sorcerer's Stone"?

Actually, Rowling did that, IIRC. She (correctly) surmised that Americans wouldn't know what the mythical 'Philosopher's Stone' was (Hell, I didn't know what it was until there were discussions on the different names).