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Author Topic: Stepford Wives (2004) Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-10-2004 04:06 AM                     So this is a remake...why? I mean really, why? This movie is just plain stupid. Maybe the original was better. No wait, it would've had the same stupid plot as this one. What were they thinking??? This is literally a waste of time and filmstock.  |  IP: Logged Ron Lacheur Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 650 From: British Columbia, Canada Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-10-2004 01:39 PM                     Maybe you got a print without the material from the re-shoots? The screening here this week was cancelled due to them reshooting at the last minute.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-10-2004 05:39 PM                        The original version of "THE STEPFORD WIVES" has been a favorite of mine since I saw it when it was first released. Beside myself, everyone I know who has seen the film also enjoyed it very much. The only thing that concerns me about the remake is the fact that it will be a comic drama compared to the original which was a very serious horror drama. film. I am planning this see it this weekend along with a film about my favorite cat , "GARFIELD" -Claude  |  IP: Logged David Favel Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 764 From: Ashburton, New Zealand Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-10-2004 06:11 PM                     Is the US trailer more like a thriller? The international trailer just released views more like a comedy  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 06-11-2004 05:48 AM                     I'll be interested in reading your comments since you've seen the first Wives, Claude. In general though, Stepford Wives and Garfield??? DAMN what a bad week in movieland!  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 06-11-2004 08:56 AM                        I was unfortuanate enough to watch this film last night. Somewhere towards the end (last two reels)something gets majorly 'f'ed up. I read an article where Frank Oz said he changed the ending because of poor audience reaction. Maybe he should have left it alone (it would have still sucked -but it least it would be whatever he intended).  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 06-11-2004 10:03 AM                     There's an extremely funny chapter on THE STEPFORD WIVES (1975) in William Goldman's (screenwriter) book ADVENTURES IN THE SCREEN TRADE. When Bryan Forbes, the director decided that his wife Nanette Newman should play the female leading role, they had to "downscale" the attractiveness of all actresses playing the "cyber-bimbo" housewives, which kind of takes the bite out of the story.  |  IP: Logged Claude S. Ayakawa Film God Posts: 2738 From: Waipahu, Hawaii, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 06-12-2004 05:12 PM                        Brad, I was looking forward to "THE STEPFORD WIVES" and "GARFIELD" this weekend but my mother' is in a hospital and I am in no mood to see any movies until she is home again and fully recovered from her bone fracture. So far, the reviews I have read in the press has not been too bad. "GARFIELD on the other hand is getting good notices. -Claude  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-13-2004 10:16 AM                       Man, the pickings are getting slim! Instead of hiring talent to come up with original ideas, Hollywood takes the easy way out by remaking everything. The creative end of the business has degraded such that it's now being run by a bunch of no-talent punks who are simply providing jobs for their buddies.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-13-2004 04:56 PM                     quote: Tim Reed Hollywood takes the easy way out by remaking everything Nothing new here. This has been done since the silent era. Cecil B. DeMille directed THREE versions of THE SQUAW MAN. The first two were silents, only two years apart. THE MALTESE FALCON had two sound versions, GASLIGHT two versions, etc. THE WOMEN was remade into a musical in the 50's. Sequels and film series/franchises abounded. It's the nature of the industry. As far as THE STEPFORD WIVES is concerned, the original is probably hard to adapt today. It is definitely a product of the times it originated in.  |  IP: Logged Steve Scott Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1300 From: Minneapolis, MN Registered: Sep 2000 posted 06-14-2004 07:21 PM                     I've heard this version of The Stepford Wives mentioned as not a remake of the original film, but an adaptation of the novel on which the original film was inspired by. I saw it this afternoon, and I didn't like it. At 90 minutes, it seems rushed, and the characters don't get proper development. Even if you don't go by that, and focus on the story then I still didn't get much satisfaction. The plot gets going quickly, and gets fairly sluggish when it goes through all of its resolutions at the end. Nicole Kidman seemed to look the part, and was well in tune with most of her costars, save Matthew Brodderick who, without Nicole's rep with Tom Cruise, might seem below her character's standards...  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-18-2004 10:10 AM                       quote: Paul Linfesty Nothing new here. This has been done since the silent era. Cecil B. DeMille directed THREE versions It's not too much of a cheat to remake your own picture. But movies have never been remade to the degree that they are today. Since the silent days, how many pictures in a given year were remakes? Compare that to recent years. That's what I'm on about.  |  IP: Logged Paul Linfesty Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1383 From: Bakersfield, CA, USA Registered: Nov 1999 posted 06-18-2004 08:03 PM                     quote: Tim Reed Since the silent days, how many pictures in a given year were remakes? Quite a few more than you seem to be aware of. The studio system was constantly recycling scripts (and even songs). They held the same principle as recycling sets and costumes.  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 06-19-2004 05:11 AM                        I inadverdently got my wife excited about seeing this film, as I thought it to be an update of the original thriller. To find out it is a lame comedy, well she is mad at me for not wanting to see it now, and she refuses to understand that it is not the movie I thought it to be. Should I just bitch slap her or what? Ciao Dave  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 07-01-2004 11:34 PM                     Dave, I thought you WERE married to one of the Stepford Wives.......? Mark  |  IP: Logged

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