Yeah, low budgets will getcha. Back when Cinemax was a cinephile station during the day and hardcore R films at night, they should Sayles's film and you can see how it was good but suffered from its constraints.

I like both but, again, I am stuck with the Coens' True Grit being a reimagining of the source material and not a remake of the John Wayne film per se. I realize this is a semantic argument.

I am saying it was not necessary. The original is superior. I think the was much deeper than the farce suggests on the surface and the filming, the sets, etc. were far more clever and character-revealing. IMO, The Birdcage was just silly and Hollywood virtue signaling.

The only reason to enjoy Down and Out in Beverly Hills nowadays is for Little Richard's awesome cameo.

But it had "Dogs Playing Poker".

I vomited into my popcorn and when my mom found out I went to see it (I had lied), I was grounded.

"We will meet in the land where there is no darkness."

The Spy Who Loved Me is a great remake of You Only Live Twice which is a remake of Dr. No. Moonraker is not as good a remake of The Spy Who Loved Me. But For Your Eyes Only is a great remake of From Russia with Love, thought the latter is a superior film.

Oh, wow, that's a great pull. And I know this is true because in the 1984 edition of Leonard Maltin's Film Guide, the final line of the review for The Big Chill says, "Bears more than a passing resemblance to Return of the Secaucus Seven."

No, no, no to The Birdcage. First of all, it was quite a literal remake and the original is funnier and is an insight into the French mind and culture besides being a farce (which the French do better anyhow). Second, The Birdcage was all about Whitey patting itself on the back for its superior morality, not making a…

Ooh, that's a good one. As someone who doesn't really like Brian DiPalma that much, I didn't think of that one.

Well, Andy Williams singing "(The Love Theme from) The Fly" didn't help.

Yeah, this is one of those things where you can really start sounding like a freshman year student who read Lacan for the first time.

Yeah, that would make all the difference.

You have incredible trust in the logic and lack of venality of government bureaucrats.

I am surprised The Maltese Falcon is not up there. The novel was twice made into films before John Huston's movie arrived. Though is his movie really a remake? It is another adaptation of the source material. I'd argue His Girl Friday is the same thing.

I am rather surprised the EPA has not slapped him with a huge fine. Much like health inspectors busting little girls for selling lemonade.

She deserved it for Living Out Loud.

Given the story takes place in the 1950s or 1960s, I'd argue that no sanitarium was really helping patients. What was important was keeping order.

I am assuming he'd want Bianca Jagger to snort them.