"Murder on the Orient Express remake" Topic

The 1974 original adaptation is hard to beat, but I'll probably see it anyway. Cast includes Willem Dafoe, Judi Dench, Johnny Depp, Michelle Pfeiffer and Kenneth Branagh who also directs.

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Yay, yet another remake. Seriously, are they just totally out of ideas that they have to keep remaking films?

Dan

Yes, Dan. They are.

This is at least the third remake, and possibly more than that.

There are new ideas, but some of the old ideas are really good.

There's a series called Poirot (currently on Netflix) that did seventy or eight ninety minute Hercules Poirot mysteries. They had an Orient Express and a Death on the Nile episode, both of which were excellent. I recommend the entire series. I may rematch them all.

I don't mind remakes. I hope this one is good. Death on the Nile is a more fun story, but just like I'll be watching new Hamlets any time one comes out people say is good, I'll watch a new Orient Express if it seems they did a good job. Certainly they couldn't have a better cast.

Do artists tire of painting the human body? It's been done to distraction time out of mind. Making films is an art expression, and FUN for those doing the making. I will probably see it someday. No movies are going anywhere. There is no such thing as nitrate dissolution. Short of a massive EMP from the cosmos, nothing will be lost or forgotten. I'm waiting for the next remake of LotR and especially The Hobbit.

For new ideas, I want the Silmarillion fleshed out over three films of 3-4 hours each. But keep P. Jackson's hands off of it!………

David Suchet IS Poirot.

David Suchet is the Poirot all future Poirots will be measured against, as Basil Rathbtone's Holmes.

I wouldn't mind a remake of LotR, and Harry Potter, too. I figure we'll get them when we get another quantum leap forward in film technology, like 3D that's worth the trouble, or VR surround something, etc.

Remakes may be unnecessary to the old folks, but how else will the younger generation get to see it?

Yes, I know there are cinephiles under 40 who love "classics" and watch TCM but they're a minority.

This might be pretty good. Branaugh is a good director and actor. The cast looks the part. Could be fun.

It's on my list to see – but I'm not expecting a different denouement. Unless they completely rewrite the plot and just keep Poirot & the train !

I'm surprised they aren't working on another Beau Geste remake.

Dan

A Beau Geste remake might b good, except when Hollywood got done with it Digby would be rescued by a kindly and wise Riff

Lol. I'm afraid you are absolutely right. Hollywood's directors, in striving to make the movie "their own", would probably do away with the entire plot and feel of the story.

After some recent remake fiascos, I no longer go to a remake with any hope of seeing anything recognizable.

Dan

Saw the in-theater trailer on Tuesday and even though it is a re-make, the cast looks stellar. My wife and I enjoy the Poirot stories and shows/movies, so we'll go see it, if for no other reason than to see Kenneth Branaugh's interpretation of Poirot.

Jim

Yay, yet another remake. Seriously, are they just totally out of ideas that they have to keep remaking films?

I'll disagree with Winston and you, if I may.

Hollywood pictures have become obscenely expensive to make and the suits in charge cannot sign off on a new idea for fear of failure. The brave filmmakers like Peckinpah, Gilliam, and Altman who fought the studios to get their visions made are now long gone. So, to protect their livelihoods, the studio executives take the easy way out: sequels, prequels, remakes, and reboots. There is a built in audience already, which is easier to mollify. It is just easier and less financially risky than entertaining a new one. It's not that the ideas are not there, what's missing is vision and balls.

Funny you should mention Gilliam – he's just wrapped filming his Don Quixote movie (after 17 years!)

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Good for him. I remember seeing the documentary "Lost in La Mancha" about all the troubles he had getting the first version of the film done.

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Then there was the death of Heath Ledger while filming the Imaginerium of Dr. Parnassus. Unfortunately, his last few movies have been lackluster. So I don't have great expectations for this new film. However, he is a fighter.