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Was the original anything special?

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Rhymes the original was fantastic, you young people are starting to disappoint me more and more with your lack of knowledge concerning movie history. But I don't blame you, I blame Rowles, if he spent half his time trying to educate you youngins about movies as he does trying to figure out which male actor has the hottest body then you would not have made that unfortunate statement.

I recently watched the original and I thought it was very good... and there's absolutely NO reason to remake it.

Fuckers. I'm still pissed off about the Nightmare of Elm Street retread.

Was the original anything special?

They're making a "remake." QED.

You do a star rating on the earlier, good movie by counting up the injected modern-movie crap-o-la in the remake. The more places to hook the crapola, the better the original was.

* Add half a star for the solid couple talking about the ordinary in the middle of a crisis to show their connection and commitment. Add another half-star for "banter", like "I can get half a gallon."

* Self-reflection (about mirror-deep, but that's another problem) made with lots of talkey-talk. "I'm just a civil servant." - Half a star. Used to be worth a whole star but we've long since give up on showing the characters' experiences. Their facades are as nuanced as bad Anime.

* Over the top bad guy being all over the top with the pseudo-wit. Like every bit of Travolta in the clip. - Half a star, because they're all bad Bond bad guys these days.

* Car-gun-kung-fu in obvious CGI or bad Hong Kong knockoff. - Half a star. The car does not need to do a 3.5 pike position, with a twist. The tension is the delay because it stopped, but since we don't do tension any more . . .

* Messing with the title - Half a star. "123" is a number. "One Two Three" reflects the hijacker's meticulous planning and execution. They even say: "By the numbers." at one point in the original.

Therefore, the original The Taking of Pelham, One Two Three was a 1 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2 + 1/2, for a three-star movie.

Now, I'm going to go watch Notorious and / or Cassavetes Tempest (a good, interesting "remake") to wash the bad taste out of my brain.

Siskel / Ebert '12
Remember when movie critics weren't flacks?

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here's how i see this movie going:

-Denzel goes to work
-Travolta enters train
-travolta threatens to dance, hijacking said train
-danzel asks travolta to stop
-they yell at each other for about 30-45 minutes
-denzel yells at tony soprano
-denzel calls his wife to tell her he loves her and she tells him to get some damn milk (?)
-denzel tells tony soprano to fuck off
-denzel and travolta have a man-sized wrestling match
-denzel saves the day
-denzel brings a gallon (ROMANCE BABY) of milk home
-roll credits

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, Travolta as "the heavy"? Sorry but his last stints playing such characters (Broken Arrow, Swordfish, Punisher) were just GAY, and by that I mean, hard dick... inside dirty butt... GAY.

BSlim it is official. You are bat shit crazy. I must admit that the funniest thing I've ever read on Pajiba was when you accused Will Smith of being a (nigga Tom Hanks), every time I think of that I start to laugh.

Actually this is the second remake. It was remade in 1998 starring Edward James Olmos playing the Washington / Matthau role and Vincent D'Onofrio playing the Shaw / Travolta role. See here

John Travolta....

Who greenlights this shit?

FUCK YOU HOLLYWOOD.

This is one of my favourite films and I fucking hate John Travolta.
And Denzel Washington can suck my boyfriend's balls.