RIP Sidney
Dinner may now get rather cold ... :(
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Invisible Wizard - 13th Level Scrote, Fri 7 Jan 2022, 15:40,
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Indeed it is, an incredible film about racial tensions, and SP was such an important agent for change...
so I feel a bit guilty posting my favourite bit from the film...
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Happosai _,,,,_(O ; o)_,,,, Fri 7 Jan 2022, 20:29,
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I thought a young Bill Cosby would have been better in the role
still, a fine actor, and did much to change america from a massively racist country into a moderately racist one by being difficult to find fault with
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cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Fri 7 Jan 2022, 21:39,
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Guess who's NOT coming To Dinner...
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Boris Johnson's Press Secretary, Fri 7 Jan 2022, 23:20,
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I preferred the remake. Remakes are always better.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Fri 7 Jan 2022, 23:26,
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The Mummy (arguably)
The Fly
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
True Grit
Casino Royale (Not strictly a remake, but fuck it)
Scarface
The Departed (Not better, but just as good)
I'm being facetious, there are clearly far more bad examples of remakes than good ones, but they do exist!
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I haven’t seen the Howard Hawks version.
But the Brian De Palma version is one of the most overrated piles of shite ever.
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Prufrock Lucifer, son of the morning!, Sat 8 Jan 2022, 15:01,
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I mean, I'm no Mark Kermode.
So I wouldn't expect everyone to to agree with me.
I wouldn't call the BDP Scarface overrated as such, it's just one of those films that gets absolutely idolised by Council Estate wankers and Fuentes wannabes.
My biggest gripe with it was the casting of Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, but that's a personal thing based upon the fact that she looks a bit like an alien wearing an overly tight human suit, and it gives me the heebies. Cracking soundtrack, though.
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