dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I really want to boycott it and not see it. But I know the curiousity is going to get the best of me. For those who have seen it, AND has seen the original, would you mind sharing your thoughts on the ((((shudder))))....remake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Can you enlighten me about the reason you'd boycott it? I haven't heard any controversy about the movie- have I been missing something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renthead Mommy Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'm with you on the boycott! It will not be seen in this house! Just wrong on SO many levels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I shall pretend the movie doesn't exist. How dare they remake Footloose! :blink: ~(stands up as a child of the 80s) How Dare they try to recast the Kevin Bacon role! How dare they take over our prom! John Lithgow is OUR grieving moral center. Lori Singer is OUR girl who wears red boots and causes mischief. Those were OUR tractor races. Next they'll be wanting to remake something like 21 Jump Street. Wait....they're doing that too. :svengo: Come on, Twilight's not good enough for youth of today? :tongue_smilie::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishboneDawn Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I read Ebert's review. He didn't like it at all. Apparently it even uses the same script and music. Well, what's the point of remaking it if you don't update it to make it more relevant to kids today? I'm sort of meh on the original but I won't be seeing the remake at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I shall pretend the movie doesn't exist. How dare they remake Footloose! :blink: ~(stands up as a child of the 80s) How Dare they try to recast the Kevin Bacon role! How dare they take over our prom! John Lithgow is OUR grieving moral center. Lori Singer is OUR girl who wears red boots and causes mischief. Those were OUR tractor races. Next they'll be wanting to remake something like 21 Jump Street. Wait....they're doing that too. :svengo: Come on, Twilight's not good enough for youth of today? :tongue_smilie::lol: :lol: My son says, "No! Twilight's HORRIBLE! I Hate Twilight! With a passion!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'm with you all. I'm not seeing it. And frankly, I'm tired of all the remakes lately. For one thing, they are NEVER as good as the original. And they make me feel really old. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disney Dreaming Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'm with you all. I'm not seeing it. And frankly, I'm tired of all the remakes lately. For one thing, they are NEVER as good as the original. And they make me feel really old. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 Can you enlighten me about the reason you'd boycott it? I haven't heard any controversy about the movie- have I been missing something? LOL...no.....Boycotting in the sense of what the above posters mentioned. You just do not remake a movie like this!! I remember seeing this movie in the 80's at the movie theatre. I consider it a classic 80's movie that just should not be touched. Along with The Breakfast Club Ferris Buellers Day Off Sixteen Candles Flashdance Pretty in Pink Risky Business(Esp. not Guido the killer pimp.... LOL) National Lampoons Vacation Fast Times at Ridgemont High Hollywood is running out of good movies to make. But please, stop stealing ours from the 80's!!!!!! ETA: NOOOOOOO...............Not 21 Jumpstreet either!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelle My Bell Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I am interested to see it. I say bring it and see what you can do Hollywood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissKNG Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I consider it a classic 80's movie that just should not be touched. :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'm with you all. I'm not seeing it. And frankly, I'm tired of all the remakes lately. For one thing, they are NEVER as good as the original. And they make me feel really old. :tongue_smilie: :iagree: I hear ya sister................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 So they have the ORIGINAL soundtrack????? I am going to have a heart attack here. Geesh, if you are going to remake a movie, why not just take the original music and turn it into rap then:willy_nilly: I have the original Footloose soundtrack on cassette tape. Almost every single one of those songs went to number 1. Let's here it For the Boy was infamous because of the scene where Kevin Bacon tried to teach his friend to dance(who unfortunately passed away now). And someone playing Kevin Bacon? That is just plain wrong. Wonder if they have cell phones in this movie????:ack2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I am morally opposed to seeing it. The fact that a remake exists just sums up what is wrong in the world today. The Kevin Bacon Footloose was perfect. It wasn't broken. There was no need to fix it. The ijits behind this remake should be tarred and feathered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 (edited) One remake from the 80s (or close to the eights) that I wish would be remade is UHF by weird Al. I just borrowed it from my brother I tired watching it with my kids, but they didn't get any of the references to varios movies it was making fun of. Edited October 15, 2011 by Julie Smith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Here's the IMDB page if anyone is curious. So far it has 4.7 stars. :lol: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/ From the title photo it looks like they used the same wardrobe from 1984 as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie G Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I didn't realize there was such a cultlike following to the original Footloose! I've seen so many stage versions that I just didn't even think about how a movie remake would be accepted by you guys. I agree about remakes in general- are they too lazy to write an original script so they just reuse something that was successful before? Sheesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I shall pretend the movie doesn't exist. How dare they remake Footloose! :blink: ~(stands up as a child of the 80s) How Dare they try to recast the Kevin Bacon role! How dare they take over our prom! John Lithgow is OUR grieving moral center. Lori Singer is OUR girl who wears red boots and causes mischief. Those were OUR tractor races. Next they'll be wanting to remake something like 21 Jump Street. Wait....they're doing that too. :svengo: Come on, Twilight's not good enough for youth of today? :tongue_smilie::lol: :iagree: This movie shall go in the bin of movies that do not exist in my mind. Rocky V, Wayne's World II, Terminator 3, the coming remake of Dirty Dancing.... They simply do not exist in my world. Get original Hollywood! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 4.7 stars???? Psssshhht.....goes to show they don't know anything. I think it just angers me because this movie was so MOVING. There was a lesson to be learned, a person who took a stand against a town, and used the Bible to do so against a preacher. There was none of the jibberish junk that has been out in the movies lately in this day and age. Stick with the Eragons and the Twilight movies and leave our classics alone.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 Did you say they are remaking DIRTY DANCING??????? Oh PULEAAAAZZZEEEEEEEE!!!! Just tell me that Justin Bieber nor Zac Effron will be in any of these "remakes" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngieW in Texas Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 My kids hate Twilight with a passion. My oldest tried reading it because everybody else was. She got about 3/4 of the way through the first book and just couldn't take it anymore. My middle actually read all of the first book and couldn't figure out why anybody would waste their time on it. OTOH, my middle dd absolutely loved and adored Host. I had to convince her to give it a try because she was very anti-Stephanie Meyer, but I told her that it was nothing at all like Twilight and she wouldn't believe it was written by the same person if she read it. Host is fabulous. We watched Red Dawn last night (another one they're doing a remake of). My 16yo left about halfway through because she thought it was boring. My 13yo watched the whole thing, but thought it was disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 15, 2011 Author Share Posted October 15, 2011 WHAT???? Oh boy..I should have never started this thread. RED DAWN???? One of the BEST movies of ALL times(forgot to put that on my list). I will NOT be watching any remakes of that movie. It just goes to show you that the 80's had some of the best classic(well I consider them classic) movies of all times. Of course, I am not forgetting about the OLDER classics either such as Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Which was HORRIBLE as a reamke, the WORSE EVEERRRRRRRRR, I loathe Tim Burton movies), The Sound of Music, etc............ ETA: Wouldn't surprise me that they remake Sound of Music with Lady Gaga playing Julie Andrews..grrrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Well, having never seen the original I think I can safely skip this one. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 ETA: Wouldn't surprise me that they remake Sound of Music with Lady Gaga playing Julie Andrews..grrrrrr I will die. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 My 13 year old daughter wants to see it. I am not convinced I want to pay theater prices to see it. I am considering getting the original from Redbox or putting in my Netflix queue so she can see it. I am sure if I don't go to the theater to see it, I will eventually watch it on dvd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsMe Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I won't see it either. I don't know why Hollywood thinks it's okay to remake a movie, add more swearing and more sex to a movie then thinks it's good. It's just more trash put out by Hollywood who can no longer think of good movies to make and more degeneration of the culture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tammyw Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 LOL...no.....Boycotting in the sense of what the above posters mentioned. You just do not remake a movie like this!! I remember seeing this movie in the 80's at the movie theatre. I consider it a classic 80's movie that just should not be touched. Along with The Breakfast Club Ferris Buellers Day Off Sixteen Candles Flashdance Pretty in Pink Risky Business(Esp. not Guido the killer pimp.... LOL) National Lampoons Vacation Fast Times at Ridgemont High Hollywood is running out of good movies to make. But please, stop stealing ours from the 80's!!!!!! ETA: NOOOOOOO...............Not 21 Jumpstreet either!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those are all some of my favorite movies of all time! Add in The Outsiders to that list and you're good to go :) I am really not into remakes. Blech! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choirfarm Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 WHAT???? ETA: Wouldn't surprise me that they remake Sound of Music with Lady Gaga playing Julie Andrews..grrrrrr AACK. That is a horrible image.. :eek::eek::eek: That is my all time favorite movie and I can sing all the songs by hear. I used to pretend I was Liesel (sp??) but now I have to be Julie Andrews.. Ugh. They wouldn't dare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wheres Toto Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 My kids hate Twilight with a passion. My oldest tried reading it because everybody else was. She got about 3/4 of the way through the first book and just couldn't take it anymore. My middle actually read all of the first book and couldn't figure out why anybody would waste their time on it. OTOH, my middle dd absolutely loved and adored Host. I had to convince her to give it a try because she was very anti-Stephanie Meyer, but I told her that it was nothing at all like Twilight and she wouldn't believe it was written by the same person if she read it. Host is fabulous. We watched Red Dawn last night (another one they're doing a remake of). My 16yo left about halfway through because she thought it was boring. My 13yo watched the whole thing, but thought it was disappointing. I agree, Host is much much better than Twilight (which I did read all of). Red Dawn, Footloose, Dirty Dancing, 21 Jumpstreet.... HOW can they remake these? There is no way they could improve on them. I think I may have to join the boycott. There's no way I can go see Footloose and not sit there comparing it to the original (which I have on DVD and have watched fairly recently). Same with Dirty Dancing. My oldest has 21 Jumpstreet on DVD and LOVES Johnny Depp. It just wouldn't be the same without him, Peter Delouise, Holly Robinson and Dustin Nguyen. There are enough witch, vampire, werewolf, magic world books out right now - they should try making them into movies and leave the 80's stuff alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Of course, I am not forgetting about the OLDER classics either such as Wizard of Oz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory(Which was HORRIBLE as a reamke, the WORSE EVEERRRRRRRRR, I loathe Tim Burton movies), I disagree—but I love Tim Burton movies, too. Although you can't beat Gene Wilder as Willy Wonka and I have fond feelings for the original (which Roald Dahl HATED, by the way), I think the remake was a better movie. It was also closer to the book than the original. I won't see the new Footloose but don't have strong feelings about the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenL Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 It is a sad commentary on the state of Hollywood and those within that realm that they cannot come up with original movies, so they feel the need to remake movies that are already standing the test of time on their own. "If it ain't broke don't fix it!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 ETA: Wouldn't surprise me that they remake Sound of Music with Lady Gaga playing Julie Andrews..grrrrrr There was an article in the paper about Lady Gaga becoming the lead singer for Queen. I didn't know if I should cry or throw the heck up. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 To quote my DS (the future filmmaker): "Ugh, great. Another remake of one of your childhood favorites. That's SO original.":glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarfoot Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 On the other hand, we saw A Big Year last night and really enjoyed it--totally different than anything we've seen lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 There was an article in the paper about Lady Gaga becoming the lead singer for Queen. I didn't know if I should cry or throw the heck up. :001_huh: Please tell me that was from The Onion.... Oh no! Just no! :willy_nilly: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impish Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Please tell me that was from The Onion.... Oh no! Just no! :willy_nilly: Nope, in the regular daily. The headline was 'Queen Gaga'. http://www.edmontonsun.com/2011/10/06/gaga-to-front-queen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 4.7 stars???? Psssshhht.....goes to show they don't know anything. I think it just angers me because this movie was so MOVING. There was a lesson to be learned, a person who took a stand against a town, and used the Bible to do so against a preacher. There was none of the jibberish junk that has been out in the movies lately in this day and age. Stick with the Eragons and the Twilight movies and leave our classics alone.;) What I loved about the movie was when he told her 'Hey, I'm not against your father. I've got no problem with him.' I loved the way the movie showed that people had good intentions - even if they went way overboard with them and that even adults could step back and change. I loved that Renn went and talked to her father and they sat down and really talked. It was a movie that was a lot deeper than I think it gets credit for. ETA: Lady Gaga and Queen... I sense a disaster of Biblical proportions if that comes to pass. :shudder: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 How about "The Sure Thing" with John Cusack? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antsam Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Did you say they are remaking DIRTY DANCING??????? Oh PULEAAAAZZZEEEEEEEE!!!! Just tell me that Justin Bieber nor Zac Effron will be in any of these "remakes" I read that zac effron was supposed to be in this footloose remake but backed out so he wouldn't get typecast as the singer/dancer/actor. Jodie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I consider it a classic 80's movie that just should not be touched. Along with The Breakfast Club Ferris Buellers Day Off Sixteen Candles Flashdance Pretty in Pink Risky Business(Esp. not Guido the killer pimp.... LOL) National Lampoons Vacation Fast Times at Ridgemont High Hollywood is running out of good movies to make. But please, stop stealing ours from the 80's!!!!!! :iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momofkhm Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I saw a trailer the other night, or part of a trailer. I couldn't believe the wardrobe and dancing that I saw was the same. But now to hear it's the same script and soundtrack. Well, they did re-do some of the songs. I was just telling dd that "Holding out for a Hero" was a good rocking song and they remade it into a ballad! At least that's how it sounded to me when they played it on DWTS on Monday. No, I don't think I'll see it in that case. I do agree with Dancer's list of movies that should not be remade. Well, most of the 80's teenage angst movies - no one could do that better than John Hughes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 Okay, so I pretty much LOVE Lady Gaga, but I sure as heck don't want to see her in a remake of The Sound of Music. :svengo: And do not even get me started on the Dirty Dancing remake. It is an abomination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I won't see it either. I don't know why Hollywood thinks it's okay to remake a movie, add more swearing and more sex to a movie then thinks it's good. It's just more trash put out by Hollywood who can no longer think of good movies to make and more degeneration of the culture. I don't think we need to worry about this as far as Footloose goes. The original had plenty of swearing and sex to start with, lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 There had better not be any plans to remake Say Anything. :glare: I don't think they could pull off the boom box scene anyway....anyway, hands off! Just to be safe, hands off Some Kind of Wonderful too. *I'm a child of the 80's in the sense that I was born in the 80's, but those movies held up well in the mid 90's. Even if the fashion didn't. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug's Mom Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I'll see it, but not until it's available on DVD and ONLY because one of dh's former guitar students is in it. :) We try to see all of his work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 There was an article in the paper about Lady Gaga becoming the lead singer for Queen. I didn't know if I should cry or throw the heck up. :001_huh: HOLY GAGA............Freddie Mercury would be rolling in his grave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dancer67 Posted October 16, 2011 Author Share Posted October 16, 2011 Okay, so I pretty much LOVE Lady Gaga, but I sure as heck don't want to see her in a remake of The Sound of Music. :svengo: And do not even get me started on the Dirty Dancing remake. It is an abomination. :iagree::iagree::iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pdalley Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 As a formal protest that is only being heard by my poor DH - who being 15 yrs older than me just does not get the point - and my kids who are way too young to care - I have watched the original and blasted the Footloose soundtrack all day. I have gotten a lot of work done. The music makes you want to do something. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristyND Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 The remake of Dirty Dancing is just wrong wrong wrong!! Who could possibly replace Patrick Swayze and WHY do they think its necessary to try?? I don't have any desire to see the new footloose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhudson Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Speaking in a very small voice..... I love the original and I liked the remake.;) My only problem was that I started relating to the adults in the movie... Scary! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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