Of A New Hope? They kinda already did one and called it The Force Awakens.
But that's the point... I think you're failing to appreciate the art of the movie itself. I have no problem with remakes, although with few exceptions, they usually don't come close to the quality of the originals. The 50's Ben Hur being an exception as it seems to me a better movie than the 20's version. But otherwise, cinema is filled with attempts at "re-imagining" a classic that fail utterly.
To put it another way, it's like saying the 1922 Nosferatu is a bad movie because it's a silent film with hokey acting. If you can't appreciate the art of it, it doesn't mean it's a movie that needs to be made "better".
I was referring to his intentions as far as acting and dialogue, not necessarily the FX, as we all know George keeps tinkering on them (usually to good effect, as I also stated, if I'm not mistaken)
See, that's the problem. Cinema is more of an art form than a car or an appliance. You don't go around updating the Sistine Chapel or Warhol's Campbell's cans, they are what they are and you either appreciate the artistry in them or you don't, regardless of the fact that they were done in different times with different techniques.
Another example, I find the slow, deliberate movements of the alien in the first film far more effective and terrifying than the jumping around of the AvP movies, regardless of their "artistic" merit. An alien running around and jumping all over the place would look completely out of place in the original, the ame way as a super kinetic and fast fight would look out of place in the original Star Wars.
At any rate, I'm sure we'll just have to agree to disagree.
I agree with everything you are saying.. But I think Ducky was saying that they need to remake only "parts of it" and not a full on remake. Kind of like the SE.
I don't agree with his choices at all... I think the hallway scene is fine. I think the chasm swing is fine in its own charming way as it was a tribute to the old serials. I have watched SC38 and its cool for a fan made youtube video but would hate to have it in the original.
Film is what it is.. A product of its time. Everything will be outdated at some point. SW is a perfect fun family Sci/Fi adventure movie. It needed to be left alone in the first place and needs nothing more. You appreciate it for the art it is. IMO anyways.
It amazes me that as old SW is its still the 1st or 2nd best SW movie by a mile
I did like the updated FX Death Star battle though..
McClunkey !!!
A fully Updated Death Star battle would be amazing to see. If it was all left alone except for that it would be my preferred viewing of SW. But I need to have that original cut also just to know its there
I think I would give it a pass as its all FX shots anyways.. No replacing actors / dialogue or original intent of the scene.
The Adawan edition tried that and it was cool at the time but now looks outdated...
It was always weird to me that George *didn't* update the shots of the Falcon right after Han says "don't worry I know a few maneuvers, we'll lose 'em" and then they cut to the Falcon flying in a straight line. "Let's try no evasive action whatsoever that's a good trick!"
Or the super cheap pyrotechnics of Red Leader crashing into the Death Star. George was so weird in choosing what he did and didn't update.
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