Blog XVII

There are certain things that should be left unsaid. There are also certain pieces of art, film & literature that should never be "improved upon". They do these remakes and I believe that they're occasionally better than the original. I know that's not a very popular sentiment...but I would argue that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was better than the original...as was Ocean's 11. The problem comes with Ocean's 12 - and Rocky IV - Fletch Lives - and Jaws 3D - (and did you know there was a Jaws IV?)

- Sure, you've got the occasional sequel that's as good or better than the first - Godfather II, that Lord of the Rings one...never saw it, but people seemed to love it...
But did we need a Police Academy 7?

Sure there were still some unresolved plot lines that had yet to be resolved...and that Michael Winslow is a comedic genius (he can make the sound of his career imploding) but seven movies? They had to pay each of the actors (even Tim Kazerinski) at least minimum wage - that's a lot of actors - how did they possible make enough money to keep making those? Maybe it was somebody's tax write off - I'm guessing it was Guttenberg's Uncle's.


I'm sure that Adam Sandler is a great guy...and loyal to his friends....but Deuce Bigalow II? Maybe Rob Schneider saved his life, or got him on Saturday Night Live...but does he have to keep producing this guys stuff? Couldn't he just keep giving him small parts in his equally as bad movies? "We really wanted to explore the full range of this character" "We felt like Deuce really had some things to say to the public, and we wanted to give him that chance" "We felt like this movie was a morality play that showed the plight of man's struggle against a society that ignores men of shortness" These are things that you'll never hear said about a sequel to this fine, fine motion picture. "We thought people were dumb enough to pay another 6 bucks to watch this piece of garbage" "Rob needed the money"
I'm still not sure how I feel about them remaking the Bad News Bears....just as long as they don't remake "The Bad News Bears go to Japan"