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In ten or twenty years, 'Snake Eyes' should be remade

posted 15 years ago by IceboxMovies
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The best remakes usually come from less than perfect originals, and Snake Eyes could really use a remake. This is a good film, and it provides about an hour of superb, classic cinema... but as we all know, it crumbles in the anticlimatic last half hour.

Here's what I propose for a great remake (wait until ten or twenty years, of course). A younger actor like Joseph-Gordon Levitt would play Ricky, but then here's where it gets interesting: Nicholas Cage and Gary Sinise, both well-aged by now, will play two guys in the Army conspiring against him.

Also, the opening one-take sequence should be extended by five or ten minutes. The big flood finale that didn't end up in the original film will finally be plugged into this one.

One extra kicker: a cameo by Brian De Palma going up to Ricky and randomely uttering, "Please, Rick... you're all alone on this one. The house wins".

With that, I anticipate Snake Eyes 2020!

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[–] asktheages 11 years ago

I'd rather just see the original ending restored.

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[–] Hardline_Pro 9 years ago

What was the original ending?

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[–] asktheages 9 years ago

From the IMDb trivia page:

The original ending, which was a massive special effects sequence created by Industrial Light and Magic, involved a huge tidal wave going through the casino. This ending was cut out in post-production. Numerous references to it still remain in the final film: a shot near the end of the film shows an ambulance driving down an ocean-side road with a wave about to crash into it before the film cuts to another shot; Nicolas Cage's character talks about almost drowning at the very end of the film; references to a storm are made throughout the entire film, which were all meant to build up to the action-packed climax that was cut out.

Basically, it sounds like the film was going to have a much more epic and satisfying ending than the one we got. I'm perfectly fine with films that conclude in a low-key, ambiguous or unconventional way that side-steps a traditional action-packed climax, but Snake Eyes just feels odd and wrong the way it lags to the finish line in the last 15-20 minutes. Like, you can kind of tell that it's that way due to post-production difficulties and not because De Palma intended it. There's just so many generic scenes of characters pointing guns at each other, Cage stammering around all bloodied and wandering the stadium for what seems like forever, and tons of characters just managing to get out of the bad guy's range of fire just at the right moment. It's not just anti-climactic, it's poorly staged and not very impressively shot -- a rare thing for De Palma, who made the rest of the film so aesthetically outstanding. Still, the first hour at least is great enough to make the ending not tarnish it all too much. But seeing the original footage, even if only as a bonus feature, would be very interesting.

[–] sbrooks839 8 years ago

Luckily, the original ending is featured in the documentary "De Palma", which is available now on blu-ray, and well worth the purchase!

[–] acelesson (795) 4 months ago

That sounds absolutely awesome. Ive always wanted to see them do a heist movie that they plan their heist during a hurricane

[–] DinosaurAct86 10 years ago

I must disagree. This should never ever be remade in any way. In fact, it should be buried in a locked bunker and forgotten about. Movies like Snake Eyes make me wonder why Hollywood hot shots get millions to waste on utter garbage when there are much better filmmakers creating brilliant, thoughtful films for much less. De Palma should have retired after The Untouchables.

[–] TheBeardedWonder 10 years ago

I imagine it's one of those where EVERYONE involved was on cocaine, from the very start up until they finished editing it. Nobody ever stopped and thought about the final product, even as it was being released. There's just no other explanation for when a movie as poorly put together as this makes it to the national release stage.

The writer, the studio head who greenlit it, the casting agency, the director, the actors, etc, literally everyone must have been on something to think they were making a good movie...

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[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

Which reminds me of a wonderful song by Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, “Cocaine Decisions.” And, for the record, Zappa was completely drug- and alcohol-free.

[–] Interlepos (1808) 4 years ago

Wow, 10 years go by fast. Snake Eyes 2020 didn't happen.

[–] beauq81 (1098) 4 years ago

Well...

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8404256/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

[–] Interlepos (1808) 4 years ago

Yeah, that's pretty near.

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17850) 2 years ago

The way Hollywood operates nowadays, it might happen.

[–] acelesson (795) 4 months ago

with what setting? Atlantic City is a ghost town these days. What other casino town is right on the ocean?

[–] HarlemEagle42 (17850) 4 months ago

Don’t know. Maybe they could move to the Gulf coast.