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Driving in the car. At night. Radio off. Almost like meditation.

Does anyone have any thoughts on the Psycho remake? I have not seem it but from what I understand it is a shot-by-shot remake of the original. If this is true, whats the point? And who would fund such a seemingly pointless excercise. I can understand retelling a story, updating it, adding...

Its funny that you should mention that. I had a similiar thought about music. What was the last band that made immortal status. Sure there are plenty of great bands out there but where are the Elvis's, Beatles, Madonnas. The kind of bands that our grandchildren will know and recognize. So...

Remakes are like adaptations and sequals, they give the vewier a point of comparison. The better the original, the better the remake has to be to live up to reputations and expectations. Otherwise a crap movie is just a crap movie, original or not. I have a great deal of expectation for Willy...

Lead by example, poke, lead by example. :lol:

Damn Will. The public school may have stunted your creative growth but it hasn't hindered your thirst for knowledge. That is one hell of a list. My Amazon wish list is about to get much longer.

uh oh.

I asked a similiar question in my first post I got some great responses. Check out this thread. If anyone has any more to add, my shelves are still pretty bare.

I gotta agree. I'm not sure why, but I just laughed harder and harder each time that shot was used. I can't wait for the next installment.

hmmm, have you read the book? is it any good? I suspect that it might be. Just because someone can write an excellent novel, doesn't mean they can write an excellent screenplay. Nor does it mean that the excellent novel will make an excellent movie. Just look at Frank Huberts "Dune" Two...

wow man... that's intense. They weren't THAT bad. Perhaps you just don't handle disspointment well? ;) I mean they could have been worse, they could have..... Oh, who am I kidding. Burn baby burn.:evil:

wow what a great list. I have seen alot of the material you mentioned and I will check out the stuff I haven't. Would like to add Orsen Wells "Citizen Kane" "There are two commentaries: one from Peter Bogdanovich (a friend of Welles) and one from critic Roger Ebert that's required...

Vinnyd sorry to see your thread completely overrun but this is an excellent discussion. Kinda fun though to see what you started isn't it. Rizien I have to agree with you. They are just words. Words only have power when you give them power. However as cliche as it may sound words are very...

I am going to have to respectfully disagree. I haven't read the book so I can't say for sure, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a poor adaptation. Characters are not fully developed. Their motivations are unclear. There are some glaring holes in the narrative that left me...

uhmmm... Newbie here. How does the the whole from video to web thing work?? Let me learn from your mistakes ;)

I don't know if non-partisan is the right word. Clearly everyone who supports this project supports the troops regardless of how they feel about the war. I was more impressed that untill today complete respect for the project was shown regardless of how any member felt about the troops or the...

I am not trying to start a political thread. I have no desire to debate specific issues. Like you, I imagine, I have made up my mind on certain current events and there is very little that can be said that could change my mind. What I would like to do is make an observation. A group of board...

12 Angey Men :yes: I stumbled on this one quite accidentally and I was a bit skeptical at first. Within five minutes I was hooked. Really amazing stuff. It was so intense I nearly didn't notice that it all took place in one room (ok two if you count the bathroom.;)) Talk about low budget...

I tried to like it. I wanted to like it. I just couldn't do it. Loved Strictly Ballroom. Respected Romeo and Juliet even though it wasn't for me.

yeah, yeah, what bird16 said. ;) Ooh that grinds me too. As a filmmaker you take all that time to set up a shot and then you barely give my mind time to register what I have seen. Combine this with fast camara moves and I have no choice but to just sit back, close my eyes and wait for it to be...