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Straw Dogs remake

  • 13-05-2011 10:51pm
    #1
    Sad Professor
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXZWWdQVcy8


    This has been sitting on the shelf for a while. It was shot in 2009. I had a quick read through the script a while ago and (as the trailer shows) it's pretty much a word for word remake in most places. On paper they haven't changed anything worth talking about. I mean, seriously, why bother? It's not like the original was a big hit. It wasn't in a different language, either. In fact, the only reason I can see for them wanting to remake this is to transplant it to America, presumedly because they've come to the conclusion that Americans don't like films that aren't set in America.


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  • #2
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Just went to IMDB and there's a rave review by someone who should have thier account closed! :p

    http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2516296/comments


  • #3
    bonerm
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    If I want to see a remake of Straw Dogs I'll watch Home Alone.


  • #4
    Duggy747
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,295 ✭✭✭✭Duggy747


    Heh, even in a remake of Straw Dogs they can squeeze in some CGI in the form of the deer. :pac:


  • #5
    Basq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 44,200 ✭✭✭✭Basq


    The
    rape scene
    in 'Straw Dogs' is still very unsettling, even after 40 years.

    The remake just looks like bog-standard revenge fare.

    Pass!


  • #6
    Mickeroo
    Administrators, Computer Games Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 32,531 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Mickeroo


    I think it looks good, probably because I've not seen the original, which I will seek out and watch before i go near this.


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  • #7
    JP Liz V1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 89,029 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Rod Lurie is a strange choice as director

    Alexander Skarsgard, James Woods, Dominic Purcell and Walton Goggins are also in the cast
    https://forumofgames.com/




  • #8
    The King of Moo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,207 ✭✭✭The King of Moo


    Looks pretty poor(though might be ok for people who haven't seen the original), and sticking so close to the original there's no point in making it.
    Marsden's even apparently wearing the exact same clothes as Dustin Hoffman at the end of the film!


  • #9
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,693 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The funny thing is they are marketing this film the exact same way they marketed the original, i.e., completely misrepresenting what the film is about. It didn't go down too well in 1971, and unless Lurie has watered it down, I don't think it will today either.


  • #10
    paddyismaddy
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    bosworth is an awful choice


  • #11
    bonerm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,595 ✭✭✭bonerm


    paddyismaddy wrote: »
    bosworth is an awful choice

    You can start a review of any of her movies with that sentence.


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  • #12
    the_monkey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,556 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    mike65 wrote: »
    Just went to IMDB and there's a rave review by someone who should have thier account closed! :p

    http://www.imdb.com/user/ur2516296/comments


    Indeed the fact that he gives I am Legend 9/10 is enough to completely
    disregard and sign off to the bin ANY reviews he does...


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