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Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Why Hollywood sucks...
In watching Death at a Funeral (2007, the British film) I have come to find there is a remake (a mere 3 years later) starring Chris Rock, Martin Lawrence, James Marsden, and Danny Glover among the key characters. They even used Peter Dinklage in the new movie... playing the same part. Reading reviews for the new one is tragic. They claim Glover (playing Uncle Alfie's part), Marsden (playing a terrible copy of Alan Tudyk's part from what I can see in the previews, Tudyk was brilliant in his portrayal as the drug-induced man), and Tracy Morgan (playing Andy Nyman, or "Howard") steal the show and make the movie a must-see. All the jokes are the same, as the head writer is the same for both movies, but Frank Oz didn't get director for the new one; it was a new dude. I'm very displeased with the new version's trailers. Hollywood: I'm very disappointed.
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I saw the ad for this movie when I went to see Youth in Revolt and I almost lost it. I hate that Hollywood thinks it can just take over something fun and quirky like this movie, and repackage it with a bigger budget and bigger names and somehow think they've achieved something! Thumbs down, Hollywood, thumbs down. And I'm glad to know someone else agrees. :)
So sad. Nice find, Jeff - The best part about that was the quirky brit humor. (Is that racist?) Whatever - I loved it.
The new version, I will probably netflix, but only because the jokes are the same. Thanks for giving me something to fall asleep to.
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