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The TVClubHouse: Archives: Movies & Library 2003 -2004: Movies: May 2003 - April 2004: Ladykillers users admin

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Maris
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03-28-2002

Thursday, March 25, 2004 - 6:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am going to see this movie tomorrow and I wonder how they can possibly do a remake of this great classic. This was one of my all time favorite classic movies. Tom Hanks will be playing the role which was originally played by Alastair Sims.



Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This was a very disappointing movie, perhaps because I had seen the original and loved it. The Tom Hanks character was totally unappealing, unlike the Alastair Sims in the original movie. None of the characters were appealing except for the old woman who owned the house. Also a running gag throughout the movie about irritable bowel syndrome was not the least bit funny.

Go to this movie at your own risk.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 7:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm sorry to hear it wasn't good Maris. Didn't the Cohn brothers do it? They are usually so good, but their last film with George Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones was also really awful.

I'm sure I'll see it on video anyhow.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 8:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Maris :-) I wonder what drugs the reviewer was on when they claimed it was a best picture candidate?

Hippyt
Member

09-10-2001

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 8:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hmmm, I almost went to see this tonight. Maybe I'll just rent it.

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes the Coen brothers did the movie. I think I was spoiled because I saw the original movie and that old english humor just cant be beat plus you add in the original cast of Alastair Sims, Alec Guinness and Peter Sellers. They were genuises. These characters just didnt have it and the humor was at best potty humor.

Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Saturday, March 27, 2004 - 10:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Maris. You've enticed me to rent or buy the original. It sounds great!

Maris
Member

03-28-2002

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just checked on the original movie and I was mistaken. Alaistair Sims wasn't in it. I could have sworn he was.



Weinermr
Member

08-18-2001

Sunday, March 28, 2004 - 7:30 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I still want to see it. In fact, I'm sure I've seen it before, now that I think about it. I also love The Lavender Hill Mob, and The Man in the White Suit, all with Alec Guinness.

They used to run a lot of great older British movies on Bravo, but I don't see them on there anymore.

Zules
Member

08-21-2000

Monday, April 05, 2004 - 9:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have never seen the original film. However, I went to see this with a friend this weekend and it was so bad that we ended up walking out. It was so boring! There was a man behind us snoring very loudly and that was more entertaining to us than the movie itself.

Don't waste your time or money on this one.