I have a wide collection of movies on different media and I was thinking which ones I would like to see updated and remade in the future. Here is my wish list.
1. Pride of the Yankees- Loved the Gary Cooper original however I would love it remade. I always thought there were alot of rough cuts in the original movie and never caught the feeling of Lou dealing with ALS as his career ended and thereafter.
2. Rosemary's Baby- If this movie was remade with the special effects out today it would be twice as good as the original.
3. The Birds- Would love to see this remade and with today's special effects also not with just seagulls attacking but other birds.
4. Them!- Again, today's special effects would make this an awesome campy movie like sharknado is today.
5. A book I would like to see turned into a movie would be Ben Cramers "Joe Dimaggio- A hero's Life. I would want to see Joe and Marilyn on the beach and Joe trying to keep marilyn covered up also Joe as the only man in America who could keep both Kennedy's from attending the funeral would be a great scene if it were made for a movie.
6. The China Syndrome. Would love to see this in Modern day America
7. Flash Gordon part 2. _Ming did pick up the ring at the end of 1 but over 40 years later no sequel?
8. The Ten Commandments- Can't replace the orginal but would love to see this redone with better special effects
9. Sleeper- I would like to see Woody Allen film redone starring a perfect comedian for the lead role.-Ben Stiller maybe?
10. Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I know its been remade a couple times but would like to see this set in modern day with a changed around story.
Another one I wanted to see Was The Risk Pool by Richard Russo. A screenplay was created and bought and Tom Hanks was going to play Ned Hall, but like so many projects, it fell through. Id love to see that on the Big Screen. Its a classic Russo story, small town drama with tremendous characters.
6 Hours in Hell[edit]
On May 2, 1968, a 12-man Special Forces patrol which included nine Montagnard tribesmen, was surrounded by a NVA infantry battalion of about 1,000 men. Benavidez heard the radio appeal for help and boarded a helicopter to respond. Armed only with a knife, he jumped from the helicopter carrying his medical bag and ran to help the trapped patrol. Benavidez "distinguished himself by a series of daring and extremely valorous actions... and because of his gallant choice to join voluntarily his comrades who were in critical straits, to expose himself constantly to withering enemy fire, and his refusal to be stopped despite numerous severe wounds, saved the lives of at least eight men." After the battle, he was evacuated to the base camp, examined, and thought to be dead. As he was placed in a body bag among the other dead in body bags, he was suddenly recognized by a friend who called for help. A doctor came and examined him but believed Benavidez was dead. The doctor was about to zip up the body bag when Benavidez managed to spit in his face, alerting the doctor that he was alive.[3](see medal citation below) Benavidez had a total of 37 separate bullet, bayonet, and shrapnel wounds from the six-hour fight with the enemy battalion.[4]
Benavidez was evacuated once again to Brooke Army Medical Center, where he eventually recovered. He received the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism and four Purple Hearts. In 1969, he was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas. In 1972, he was assigned to Fort Sam Houston, Texas where he remained until retirement.
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I can't think of too many remakes where I wouldn't spit at the screen. I'm too nostalgic I guess.
As for Hollywood, there's more variety and quality than ever. Blame the audience who gives all their money to comic book movies and remakes; that's why they keep being made. So many great scripts thrown out because the target audience is smaller, it a shame, but it has nothing to do with poor quality or unoriginal content.
Loved Quigley Down Under.
Inconceivable!
That would have been my mention, but I wish they'd have made that a series on HBO. The first season could be dedicated to the events in the book. How they're going to truncate that book into a feature-length film is something I currently can't imagine.
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...with Wallace Shawn as Don Corleone and Kevin Hart as Michael.
Inconceivable!
Kind of like your existence.