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AnimalLeader13 OP t1_j9y52u3 wrote

Reply to comment by leeswervino in Is that it? by AnimalLeader13

It was blown out of proportion. And keep in mind that the film itself says that some of it was fiction. So how do I know they ain't making shit up? She could've said no and walked away. But she didn't.

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Stacy_Ann_ t1_j9y2stj wrote

The recent cut is sub-subtitled "The Death Of Michael Corleone" and cuts out Michael's death scene. Anyone else notice that just before the helicopter attack, a guy locks the doors of the room... from the inside? Secretly suicidal conspirator, or sloppy filmmaking? I lean toward the latter.

It's a terrible rush job of a movie made by someone who didn't want to make it in the first place.

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GodFlintstone t1_j9y1s6m wrote

The problem with this approach is that it's like doing a too faithful a remake of a great song. The end result is just bad karaoke.

If a remake just apes the original in every way why does it need to exist?

I Heard It Through Grapevine is a good example. Gladys Knight And The Pips recorded it first and it was a hit. But Marvin Gaye's version is probably the definitive one because he took a completely different approach.

The original is poppy and upbeat. But Gaye's version is slower paced, moody, and ominous.

So getting back to cinema, this is the reason why Steven Soderbergh's Oceans 11 is superior to the 1960 original Oceans Eleven. He took the same concept but wrote a different script thus elevating the material.

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