Gone in 60 Seconds

[groundcover]

I won't watch anything with Sylvester Stallone.
Way back I was working in the accounting offices where he was staying for a movie shoot.
Arrogant, rude and demanding. People working there were given strict orders not to speak directly to him or even look him directly in the eyes.
I'm about 5'10" (used to be ) and I was taller than him and him playing all these tough guys.
Little man syndrome +++.

Never cared much for him either but have to say I do like him in Tulsa King !

 

[masseyrider]

OK, any discussion of movie remakes would be incomplete without Red Dust 1932 and Mogambo 1953. This one is a complete toss-up for me, I love them both. One reason for this is that the main character for both movies is played by the same man, Clark Gable. Just the time lapse from original to remake and still even including the same actor is incredible, notwithstanding the fact that an outstanding performance was delivered in both.

Both movies featured gorgeous and talented leading ladies, Jean Harlow and Grace Kelly, but I have a soft spot for Harlow because she is from my home town.

I honestly can't pick between these two, am glad I don't have to

Never even heard of these movies. I'll have to look them up.

 

[Runner]

Zero Hour 1957 starring Dana Andrews and Linda Darnell vs Airplane! 1980 starring Robert Hays and Julie Hagerty. OK, so nobody actually says Airplane! is a remake of Zero Hour, and Zero Hour was intended to be a serious drama, not a comedy. But watch them both and you will realize that the plot of Airplane! is almost exactly the same as Zero Hour and even the dialogue is almost word for word the same.

Right down to the air crew eating bad fish for dinner and becoming incapacitated. I always thought Airplane! was just a spoof on the Airport series, and there are some references, like the Linda Blair cringy singing scene, but the movie as a whole is much closer to Zero Hour.

This is another toss-up for me, but shouldn't be. I like Zero Hour, but after seeing Airplane!, can no longer view it as a serious movie as intended. I have to laugh all the way through it because I can't help thinking of the identical scenes in Airplane!

So, I guess to me they both just stand in their own quirky little corners.

 

[dodge man]

A very bad remake, Sahara. Jim Belushsi vs Bogart.

 

[RobertN]

Two movies come to mind for me. The originals were much better than the remake.
Walking Tall
The Longest Yard

I liked the original Vanishing Point. Love that Challenger. Still remember seeing it at the drive-in with family, and my Mom trying to cover my eyes when the nekkid chick rode the motorcycle. The remake version was not as good...

Was also fun to watch the Camaro crash in to the dozers. Kind of funny they slipped a '68 Camaro in there instead of the Challenger. Most folks didn't notice that.

 

[masseyrider]

I liked the original Vanishing Point. Love that Challenger. Still remember seeing it at the drive-in with family, and my Mom trying to cover my eyes when the nekkid chick rode the motorcycle. The remake version was not as good...

Was also fun to watch the Camaro crash in to the dozers. Kind of funny they slipped a '68 Camaro in there instead of the Challenger. Most folks didn't notice that.

Dirty Marry Crazy Larry was also a chase movie of that era that I really enjoyed.
That blondie in VP was aboot perfect as it gets in my world.

 

[MarkMac]

Original True Grit versus the remake.
Original Alamo versus the remake.
Original Magnificent 7 versus the remake.

It’s sacrilege, but I prefer all the remakes. True grit is tough, because I prefer the ending of the original, but overall the remake is superior. It’s also sacrilege to have Billy Bob as Davy Crockett, but it somehow works.

John Wayne is still the greatest, despite the copy-cats perfecting his work.

 

[5030]

I'm a Chuck Bushinski guy myself. What other little Polish guy could be so bad???

 

[masseyrider]

I'm a Chuck Bushinski guy myself. What other little Polish guy could be so bad???

You Talk'n to me?
Are yah punk?

 

[Runner]

I'm a Chuck Bushinski guy myself. What other little Polish guy could be so bad???

Oh yeah, forgot all about Death Wish. That's a tough one. I'd probably have to go with the original. Bronson even made that shrunken Tbird look cool.

Willis did a credible job though, very bloodthirsty and satisfying. Makes me wonder why they make changes they do sometimes. Like changing the occupation of the central character in the remake from architect to doctor.

Sometimes it is for an obvious reason, but I don't see a good reason for it in this movie. Maybe just that the hospital setting is "more interesting" than an architect's office.

 

[5030]

Jill was a knockout as well. Little Pollock had class. Wicked with that pea shooter he used as well.

 

[masseyrider]

Jill was a knockout as well. Little Pollock had class. Wicked with that pea shooter he used as well.

I don't call blacks the N word, Italians W--s, Or any other ethnicities derogatory names.
As a Pole, don't call me Pollock.
Thank you.

 

[MossRoad]

I don't call blacks the N word, Italians W--s, Or any other ethnicities derogatory names.
As a Pole, don't call me Pollock.
Thank you.

A pollock is a fish. Just saying. (not often we have to correct spelling on an ethnic slur)

Having married into a Polish family, and my kids being 1/4 Polish, and life members of the PNA, I have to say Polish slurs went out a loooong time ago, at least around here anyway.

 

[Runner]

A very bad remake, Sahara. Jim Belushsi vs Bogart.

Wow! That one's been remade a bunch of times. I have only seen the Bogart version.

 

[Runner]

Rio Bravo 1959 John Wayne and Dean Martin vs Eldorado 1966 John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. Not billed as a remake, but exact same plot. Another near toss-up, both great movies, funny, great supporting casts, but have to give the edge to Eldorado just for having Mitchum (and his Brother).

Which brings up another thing about John Wayne movies: part of the fun is watching how he re-uses the same actors over and over in different roles (sometimes good guys, sometimes bad guys) and identifying his family members used in movies.

 

[murphy1244]

I always liked actors like Steve McQueen who did as much of their own stunt work as was possible.
The driver in the original GI60 really did all his own driving. The huge accident where he almost cuts the front end off the Mustang on a pole wasn't in the script. It just happened and he kept going.
I can't see Nicky Cage doing that or without stuntmen and at the time, limited AI.
They still have the Mustang from the original on display.

Steve was Mr.Cool in my book!

 

[MossRoad]

Steve was Mr.Cool in my book!

 

[masseyrider]

A pollock is a fish. Just saying. (not often we have to correct spelling on an ethnic slur)

Having married into a Polish family, and my kids being 1/4 Polish, and life members of the PNA, I have to say Polish slurs went out a loooong time ago, at least around here anyway.

Spelling doesn't matter, I knew what he meant.
I grew up with it as a kid and it still comes up amongst the ignorant.

 

[bigtiller]

I thought Steve McQueen was pretty darn good in a most of things he did, but he made a lousy cowboy in the show Wanted Dead or Alive. He slurred his words to often.

 

[MossRoad]

I thought Steve McQueen was pretty darn good in a most of things he did, but he made a lousy cowboy in the show Wanted Dead or Alive. He slurred his words to often.

You know the story about the gun he used?

It was a Winchester Model 1892.
Problem was, the show was set in the 1870's.

Also, the gun was a 44-40 caliber, but the cartridges in his belt were 45-70. They looked bigger.