Every fanboy who watched LOTR is privately convinced that he could do a better job directing. One day, one of those fanboys will be in a position to do so.
Admit it, geek. Maybe it was in the middle of your second viewing of The Two Towers: Special Edition, or maybe it was when you were savoring ending #37 of Return of the King, but at some point you thought to yourself: "This is great, but if only they had let me direct -- if only I could have filmed my vision of the Council of Elrond and Tom Bombadil and the Scouring of the Shire and an Aragorn with broader shoulders and a deeper voice -- it would've been perfect."
I had that moment. So did you. So did a future director. Somewhere in America, a kid with a bad complexion and a limited social life is busily filling a secret notebook with plans for "Lord of the Rings -- The Right Way." And after he wins his second Oscar, the details of that notebook will be coming to a theater near you.
The whole article is worth a read.
My take. Sounds good to me, the more the merrier. I love Peter Jackson's version, but there is certainly enough material there and enough leeway that others could do their own interpretation and still be worth seeing.
They remake all great movies sooner or later so it will happen. I don't expect it to happen anytime soon though, it won too many prizes and got too much praise for that.
Well, they haven't remade:
ET
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Indian Jones Triology
Starwars Trilogy (those were modifications not remakes)
I don't think they will do any remakes until they have some incredible new technology that allows you to experience the movie in a whole new way. Maybe a holodeck kind of thing?
Peter Jackson is going to remake King Kong? How many times have we seen that move redone?
Bubba Grizz wrote:Well, they haven't remade:
ET
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Indian Jones Triology
Starwars Trilogy (those were modifications not remakes)
I don't think they will do any remakes until they have some incredible new technology that allows you to experience the movie in a whole new way. Maybe a holodeck kind of thing?
In the article the author talks about why he thinks a LotR remake is more likely.
Bubba Grizz wrote:Well, they haven't remade:
ET
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The Indian Jones Triology
Starwars Trilogy (those were modifications not remakes)
I don't think they will do any remakes until they have some incredible new technology that allows you to experience the movie in a whole new way. Maybe a holodeck kind of thing?
Peter Jackson is going to remake King Kong? How many times have we seen that move redone?
Most of those have writers who still hold the rights to them I believe, and they cant be remade without their consent. As another note, I'd suggest that sci-fi/fantasy movies are as a genre less likely to be remade since part of their appeal is the magic of their originality and the chemistry of the original cast. Stories that are primarily about people are the ones that are most subject to remakes as a rule (and king kong is primarily about people at its core, for all that there's a big monkey in it). There are exceptions obviously, but in terms of betting the percentages I'd say sci-fi/fantasy movies get fewer remakes than non sci-fi/fantasy.
Dregor Thule wrote:It'll be remade but this time in a California gangland scenario and call it Lord of the Rings Must Die.
Can't do that, Aaliyah's dead.
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