Italian Job

[old.milou]

Ah, the joy of that "special relationship": http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317740/board/nest/625092

 

[xane]

The thread starter was "only supposed to blow the bloody doors off", really.

 

[ECA]

The new version is going to be focking shite, nuff said.

 

[scooby-doo]

Originally posted by ECA
The new version is going to be focking shite, nuff said.

i couldnt agree more.


fucking sacrilige,what is it with these fucking yanks at the mo,they feel they have to cover all the classic 60s gangster type films and make them totally suck.look at get carter for instance and now they make the italian job pffft.

 

[Tom]

Actually its been getting very good reviews. Ocean's Eleven was a remake, and that was top, so why not this?

 

[Deadmanwalking]

Because people now think "Oh americans making a movie" must be a crap action flick or a shit remake. I have also seen very good reviews for it so im not sure what you are all basing your thinking on.

 

[old.ignus]

The fact that Mark Wankberg is in it.

 

[FatBusinessman]

I think the reason people are being so hostile to it is that it's a traditional heist/revenge flick, rather than the rather offbeat comedy of the original. As far as I can tell, the only thing it has in common with the original is the main character's name, and the fact that it involves a car chase with Minis in it.

So I guess most people feel it doesn't deserve to cash in on the name of the original.

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by old.ignus
The fact that Mark Wankberg is in it.

Who is actually a good actor.

 

[Scouse]

/spits tea on keyboard.




/pulls another keyboard out of stash of ones obtained legitimately*
















*stolen from work.

 

[Shocko]

Jonathon Ross reviewed it last night, and came to the conclusion that it's shit. I trust the man.

From the footage i've seen, it looked really serious... The key to the original was the humour, and i don't think the idea of the minis etc could work in a serious setting. If you're wondering why it's been remade, Ross reckoned that the Americans don't think much of the original, so it was never a huge issue for them.

 

[leggy]

Originally posted by Tom.
Who is actually a good actor.

Oh puh lease!

His brother on the other hand was pretty damn good in band of brothers.

 

[Xtro 2.0]

Agreed, Donnie is a damn fine actor.

 

[stimpy]

Originally posted by Xtro 2.0
Agreed, Donnie is a damn fine actor.

Yowser I never even realised he was the one out of new kids on the block and here I am having just watched the entire series of Band of Brothers, he's come a long way since his pop days, boom town is a pretty good series to.

 

[Tom]

Well, I just watched TIJ and I have to say its not too bad. Its not something you'd want to watch twice, but there is enough humour and slickness to impress. Its nice and short too, which is..er...nice.

 

[Sir Frizz]

It's got Charlize Theron in it. Human instinct forces me to want to go see it.

:>

 

[pg_exoshear]

I enjoyed watching it.

At first I thought it was just a rip off of the orignal, somehow stupidly set in L.A. But it had a different story line and worked out nicely imo.

The orignal is far greater, though.

 

[DaGaffer]

Enjoyed it. Nuf references to the original (cars, some names, traffic lights, alps tunnels etc) but plowed its own furrow. Liked the running napster gag

 

[Xtro 2.0]

I can't actually see the *point* in this film at all. Think I'll pretend it never happened (like the APPALLING Get Carter remake) and go watch Spirited Away again.

 

[ReActor]

Doesn't this have Edward Norton in it? If so, I might go and see it.

 

[dysfunction]

Yes he is in it.

I heard somewhere that Charlize Theron can speak 29 languages...is this true??

 

[plightstar]

TBH it looks crap.

All the good reviews have come from the US most of the reviews from UK said it was a poor remake.

Also what connection do Americans have with Mini's their British not so much now mind u but the spirt of the Mini is British.

No remake will ever compete to the orginal.

come every body 'whistles self perservation society'

 

[Xtro 2.0]

Originally posted by plightstar

All the good reviews have come from the US most of the reviews from UK said it was a poor remake.

A plebian at my local MULTIPLEXOR overheard me saying to the gf (as we were looking at a poster advertising this film) "wtf is the point of doing a shitty US remake".

Said plebian came up and said "Its an adaptation not a remake!".

I said "Was I talking to you? If I want to know about popcorn I'll ask you, otherwise fuck off".

Met him at a party a few days later, he's my cousin's new boyfriend. I think he expected me to be embarrassed. I wasn't as I don't shovel popcorn for a living and my cousin is a fking minger.

 

[Jupitus]

Originally posted by Xtro 2.0
I think he expected me to be embarrassed. I wasn't as I don't shovel popcorn for a living and my cousin is a fking minger.

Class

 

[Tom]

Originally posted by plightstar
TBH it looks crap.

All the good reviews have come from the US most of the reviews from UK said it was a poor remake.

Also what connection do Americans have with Mini's their British not so much now mind u but the spirt of the Mini is British.

No remake will ever compete to the orginal.

come every body 'whistles self perservation society'

Don't forget that the original was bankrolled by Paramount.

 

[Arnor]

saw it, its "ok"

 

[Xtro 2.0]

Originally posted by Arnor
saw it, its "ok"

The film, or your bell end?

 

[doh_boy]

The word that sums this film up for me is 'uninspired'. Very much like charlies angels 2 not bad but you walk out of the film with the impression that you haven't actually watched a film just a long (in ca2's case mtv music video) trailer. Nothing of substance some fairly funny bits in it and stathams grin was starting to get on my nerves.

 

[Arnor]

Originally posted by Xtro 2.0
The film, or your bell end?

the film obviously, my bell end is nothing short of WTFPWNPWN