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dont mess up the classics

posted 17 years ago by movnongrownup87
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I just watched the original All the King's Men on Saturday it was GREAT and then we had the idea to watch the remake... wow what the heck was that??

in the original the character of Willie Stark was developed we saw that he was a nobody who become somebody it made sense they spent 20 minutes showing how he rose from the bottom.. in this one it just moved past we didn't even really know who Willie Stark was just some guy trying to be governer

and then maybe just us but in the original we knew why Willie was corrupt and bad.. what did he do in this movie that made him such a negative character there was no clarity in it, like the original gave us a reason for the impeachment this one just seemed like the rich people didn't like him so they didn't want him there, the character in this one you almost felt bad for after he got shot

It was way to artsy the scenes being played over and over again the time they spent on uncovering the secret everything was just over done the acting the terrible accents that they were trying so hard to put on.. we didn't know the characters it was a train wreck

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[–] iShotJayGatsby 17 years ago

The thing is, it's not really a remake. The newer release is much more faithful to the novel's storyline. I read somewhere that the director had not even seen the "original" film version before writing the script. He just adapted his script from the novel. So it's not really a remake, just a different adaptation of the novel.

I agree that the 2006 version is very messy, which is weird to say because I also find it to be slow, but it's a messed up version of the novel, not the classic film version.

[–] rwsmith29456 17 years ago

ATKM deserves a GOOD remake. Somebody please get it right.

[–] RugGuy 16 years ago

don't buy zaillian's story that the movie was was an adaptation of the book because he hadn't seen the original film.

For instance:

There is no Willie Stark in the book; his name is Willie Talos.

The book is a redemtption tale of Jack Burden. Both movies are about the rise and fall of Wille Stark.

Several scenes happen in both movies, but not the book.

[–] embigmoose 16 years ago

His real name is Willie Stark, don't read the disgusting "Willie Talos" Polk version

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[–] petrilloi 15 years ago

All the King's Men was adapted twice into play form; once by Penn Warren and once by someone else. That's when the name became Stark.