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Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - fpw - 04-09-2004 Paul R Wrote:One thing though, just don't let it turn out anything like Big Trouble In Little China. It was a good film in many ways, but Kurt Russel just isn't Repairman Jack... No, he was Jack Burton, and he had some great lines: "I feel good, and I'm not scared at all. I just feel kind of... kind of invincible... Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?" "When some wild-eyed, eight-foot-tall maniac grabs your neck, taps the back of your favorite head up against the barroom wall, looks you crooked in the eye and asks you if ya paid your dues, you just stare that big sucker right back in the eye, and you remember what ol' Jack Burton always says at a time like that: ‘Have ya paid your dues, Jack?’ ‘Yessir, the check is in the mail.’ " Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Paul R - 04-09-2004 Actually, come to think of it, wouldn't Kurt Russel make a great Abe? Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Bushiboy - 04-09-2004 Well, even after the major dissappointment of "The Keep" movie (though I'm sure nowhere nearly as much as Mr. Wilson's own) I'll definately be there opening night. I've been begging for this since around ninth grade. China? Eh, I guess I can kind of see thier point, but is it that hard to make a place look like India? Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - jimbow8 - 04-09-2004 fpw Wrote:[SIZE=3]No, he was Jack Burton, and he had some great lines:Don't forget that classis finger gesture! "I never drive faster than I can see." Jack Burton: What's in the flask, Egg? Magic potion? Egg Shen: Yeah. Jack Burton: Thought so, good. What do we do, drink it? Egg Shen: Yeah! Jack Burton: Good, thought so. Here's to the Army and Navy and the battles they have won; here's to America's colors, the colors that never run. May the wings of liberty never lose a feather. Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Scott Hajek - 04-12-2004 fpw Wrote:No, he was Jack Burton, and he had some great lines: "If I'm not back in 24 hours, call the President." Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Gerald Rice - 04-13-2004 I gotta say, I was looking forward to an Indian bad guy. You don't see too many of those. The Golden Child, Mortal Kombat, Lethal Weapon 4, any Jackie Chan movie- all had Chinese bad guys. Plus, who would've played the hot Indian woman? My Japanese professor would've been a good choice. Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Annice Burdeos - 04-13-2004 That these changes have been made This is how it is in Hollyweird Lets hope none of the story or its theme/mood/tone of the 3rd Fast/Furious installment creeps into Jack So I'd expect this latest rewrite will push the start date (the day shooting actually begins) which will likely impact its release date Here's hoping another Alamo type situation is not developing ...... fpw Wrote:Spoke to Barry Rosenbush yesterday. Here's the way things look: Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Annice Burdeos - 04-13-2004 For the most part I concur with your assessment regarding book to film translations It is a rare thing indeed when a film does complement what an writer has envisioned In my little life, I can really only think of one adaptation that worked extremely well as both book and film: the Australian Careful He Might Hear you With Disney handling this, I'm not so sure but will give them the benefit of the doubt Paul R Wrote:All missgivings aside (and so far, there seem to be a few...) at the end of the day, this is FPWs puppy, not ours, and if he says the Indian mythology is window dressing, then that's that. He is the author, after all. Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Ken Valentine - 04-14-2004 Annice Burdeos Wrote:For the most part I concur with your assessment regarding book to film translations I've had my doubts about Disney Corp. ever since it got taken over by the anti-Walt. We'll just have to see. Recalling the movies I have seen which best did the book justice, I submit: The Longest Day, by Cornelius Ryan Pride And Prejudice, by Jane Austin (5-hour movie) A Town Like Alice, from the novel The Legacy, by Neville Shute (5-hour movie) The Great Escape, by Paul Brickhill -- There were some departures like Steve McQueens motorcycle escape, but on the whole it was very accurate. Even too the scar by "Big X'" right eye -- which was the result of a skiing accident. When Eight Bells Toll, by Alistair MacLean Ken V. Jack Movie News - 4/9/04 - Scott Miller - 04-14-2004 Recalling the movies I have seen which best did the book justice, I submit: A couple of other good ones are:To Kill a Mockingbird, Jaws, and The Guns of Navarone. |