MovieChat Forums > Eskimo Limon Discussion > Which is better this or the 'remake'?

Which is better this or the 'remake'?

posted 18 years ago by scottyallin
18 replies | jump to latest

I clicked onto this movie's page as I vaguely remembered seeing it in the mid-80's and was looking at the past work of Director Boaz Davidson after recently seeing "The Last American Virgin". When I read the plot outline in the review on this page I was stunned to see that "The Last American Virgin" seems to be an exact remake of this movie down to every last incident and plot point.
Has anyone seen both? If so, which do they think is the better of the two movies?

[–] Emphyrio (1) a year ago

To illustrate how similar the remake is to the original, I didn't know about Last amzrican virgin and happened to see a reel on insta showing the key final scene (the girl kissing the cute friend and the main protagonist passing the door and seeing them kiss) and immediately suspected that it was a remake of Eskimo Limon : every camera angle wad exactly the same, the style of clothing was similar etc... I went to watch it on stremio and had to give up after 25 minutes or so. It's the exact same story and scenes but with some useless vulgarity added, dick measurement contest in the locker rooms and stuff like that, and not nearly as convincing acting either. Really no reason to watch it except for pure curiosity on how a purely commercial american remake can ruin a charming little movie.