Joe Wright to direct My Fair Lady film, Knightley and possibly Craig to star — Page 2

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What makes anyone think they care whether their stars can sing? They've got more important stuff to worry about than mere SINGING! They've got to "flesh out the characters" and make it more "realistic"!!

VOMIT.

I'm glad Hugh Laurie isn't doing it. He would be great, but I don't want him anywhere near this travesty. I'd rather see him do it onstage, and i hope one day he will.

I don't really see how any remake could be any worse than Cukor's excruciating original, one of the worst movies ever made. I hope they manage to cast Higgins and Eliza to within a decade or so of each other.

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Yeah, it won all those Oscars and Golden Globes and other awards and still makes all those "best of" lists and is beloved by people all over the world because it's one of the worst movies ever made.

If you don't like it, fine, but it's pretty hard to argue that it's a bad movie.

And "Titanic" too, which is also awful. Which is why I threw in all those other factors, such as critical and (long-lasting) public acclaim. "Titanic's" popularity is already eroding after a relatively short decade and a half; I just heard a conversation about that this past week. People who loved "MFL" still love it after four-and-a-half decades, because there was really something there to love, not just because there was a floppy-haired baby-faced It Boy to SQUEE! at.

This smells bad.

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I actually don't think the Daniel Craig reference is anything more than going back to a very old rumour for want of something more currently substantive. I hope that is right anyway, because I really don't think he would be right at all. I wouldn't have minded Daniel Day Lewis, but I think it is too unlikely he would want to do another musical so soon after "Nine". It might depend on how good an experience that was for him, though, I suppose.

But I don't like Keira Knightley much anyway, as an actress or singer. Emily Blunt (who has both the acting and chops) would have been a much better choice to my way of thinking. And I must admit I wouldn't have objected in principle to Carey Mulligan either. She is good little actress, and very appealing, although I don't know how well she can sing. And she isn't horrifyingly gaunt and desperately unhealthy and skeletal looking. But it is more than likely that KK's attachment was significant in getting the green light for the new film in the first place. So I don't think there was ever any real likelihood of anyone else. And I am looking forward to it anyway.

Ewwww, don't put The Departed and Crash in the same league, please. The Departed is a fun thriller while Crash is an offensive piece of garbage.

As for the original film, I still love it, but I don't think it's as great as its reputation dictates.

"The Departed" is probably one of the worst films ever made. Those Boston accents came and went, Jack N was playing Jack N...he's become a parody. UGH.

But, back to the topic of this thread. I have 1 question...WHY?

Why remake a classic movie musical? I'm a firm believer in, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

I mean I think that there are a lot of people who jumped on the whole notion that Ann Hathaway should play the role since the role is a soprano role and she is a trained soprano.

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I've never heard Ann Hathaway's soprano so I really can't judge.

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