Taking Of Pelham 123 Remake

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/16/09 at 10:00pm

The obvious question is why bother as the original is a classic.

Besides that, it could not happen now. The MTA could not afford to pay the ransom & the perps would die of old age on the platform waiting for the train

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/16/09 at 10:50pm

Yikes! I actually agree with Roxy!?
Without Matthau and Robert Shaw, who the hell cares?
Ah well, another classic destroyed). People, rent out the original if you've never seen it.
..just looked over the new cast - where's the japanese tourist guys ??
(one of my fave scenes in the orig.)
Updated On: 5/16/09 at 10:50 PM

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/16/09 at 10:52pm

There There

Agreeing with me does not make you a bad person. It happens to the best of them.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/16/09 at 10:55pm

I'm "old" like you, Roxy! LOL! Thanks for the compliment!

[sabrelady]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 12:57pm

EK-tually, this is the 2nd remake . A TV movie was shot in Toronto about 5 yrs ago w Edward James Olmos in the Matthau role and Vincent D'enofrio & Mark Whalberg (sp?) as the criminals. Other than some cheesy camera sp effects it was not a bad film.
The story is fascinating , and the roles are meaty and THAT is why it keeps getting remade.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 1:16pm

I'm really surprised at what people call "classics" nowadays. Memorable? Beloved by certain moviegoers? Sure. But "classic"?

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 5:12pm

I agree

What NAMO might consider a classic I probably would not either. That is life I suppose.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 9:55pm

You've most likely never seen what I would consider to be classics.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 11:43pm

...maybe not a classic "classic", but certainly a cult film w/the ultra best character actors of the day (1974). Imho, Matthau MAKES the film.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072251/fullcredits#cast

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/17/09 at 11:52pm

Definitely not a classic "classic."

[ShbrtAlley44]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 8:57am

And Robert Shaw is kind of sexy, I'm not going to lie. John Travolta and his 70s pornstache and beard just don't compare.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 7:29pm

Agreed, SHUBERT, there's no villain better than SHAW. An actors' actor. Subtlety, not like today's "hams". Everybod tires to copy his "menace"; for example, Dennis Hopper (in SPEED) and Malkovich (in that Clint Eastwood flick - about the presidential assassin - forgot the name). Not that they're not good, they are........

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 7:35pm

The funny thing there is virtually no violence but it is still an intense movie.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 7:38pm

That is funny!

[Mr Roxy]

Posted: 5/18/09 at 7:40pm

Weird sense of humor but to each his own I guess.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 12:52pm

Salon.com's Stephanie Zacharek wrote a pretty funny pan, ending with this pearl:

"Why did I think that Travolta's character looked totally gay? Was it the jokes about prison sex? Were his hair and clothes triggering an unconscious homophobic reaction? And then it hit me. The 'stache, the chest, the hair, the cocky, rooster swagger -- Travolta, at least in this role (and maybe more generally) has turned into Freddie Mercury! And that made me all wistful, because if Freddie were still with us, and starring in some cracked Tony Scott movie where he gets awesome wireless reception in a subway tunnel and shoots a bunch of people in between verses of "Bohemian Rhapsody," we would have a somewhat more interesting world than the one that produced this piece of disposable crap."

[wonkit]

Posted: 6/12/09 at 8:35pm

Saw this movie today and was stunned by the total lack of characterization and suspense. The only fun I had came from watching John Turturro and James Gandolphini turn their straw into gold. Multiple levels of improbability. I'm definitely ready to rent the original which was first rate.