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"The Pink Panther 2" represents everything that is wrong with Hollywood today. A terrible sequel to a terrible remake. Why even bother to make a second one after the FIRST one crapped all over Peter Seller's legacy? Didn't it used to be that Hollywood only made sequels to GOOD films? And why remake the Pink Panther in the first place? Become nobody today has heard of Peter Sellers or Blake Edwards? Please.

Even if this film SOMEHOW managed to defy all odds and be up there with Steve Martin's great film work in his heyday like "Planes, Trains & Automobiles" and "The Jerk", it STILL wouldn't hold a candle to the real second Pink Panther film, "A Shot in the Dark", which was and will remain an absolute MASTERPIECE of cinema among a broad consensus of audiences and critics alike.

At least Tim Burton was kind enough to spare us his original plans of doing "Planet of the Apes 2" after his godawful "reimagining" of the first one tanked.

(By the way, with "Apes" and "Panther" being "reimagined", it seems the term "reimagining" is Hollywood codeword for "replaced everything that was good about the original movie with soulless garbage") These films were "imagined" perfectly the first time, so Hollywood serves no purpose in trying to re-invent the wheel.)

I guess Steve Martin has no such shame. Oh, and even the guy who butched the first one (Shawn Levy) isn't willing to screw up The Pink Panther legacy anymore, leaving "Harald Zwart" (whose main claim to fame is "Agent Cody Banks") to direct this pitiful attempt to get more gullible audience cash by having a famous movies titles. By the way, according to IMDB, his next project is a "reimagining" of The Karate Kid. Oh goody. Maybe he can "reimagine" The Godfather next and cast remake leaders Adam Sadler as Michael Corleone, with Steve Martin as the Don himself.

In short -- AVOID this movie like the plague. Don't go see it in theaters, don't rent it, don't even illegally download it. Make sure you send a message loud and clear to Hollywood to stop with the horrid remakes and sequels. Spare us "The Pink Panther 3", and maybe they'll produce something original and creative for a change.

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It's a remake of the original film's concept. Remake/re=imagining whatever. It's like calling a used car "pre-owned." It's all semantics.

The 1st three Panther films were very story driven and the comedy was secondary. In fact in the original films Sellers was a supporting character. It wasn't until the Clouseau character developed that the films became more and more comedy driven.

Martin's version is entirely gag oriented with the story as a side note. In other words the story only functions in the new version as a straight up vehicle to get you to the next joke. And in my opinion the jokes were not funny. So to me the movie was awful. Since it was a re-telling of the same stroy from the original film I call it a re-make. How else can you classify it?

To me the new Panthers are wasted efforts because the originals were so good.

Why can't Hollywood remake old junk films? If a movie is already good then how can you really make it any better?

These new Panthers are trying solely to capitalize on the Panther name in the new generations. The films can't hold a candle to the originals and it's clear that the producers didn't even try to make them any good.

Calling this a re-imagining of a classic is like me calling my latest bowel movement a re-imagining of the Mona Lisa.

"Back door eh? Good idea..."

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Even the IMDB page cites it's a "loose remake". Bu however you spin it I still think it was an atrocious movie totally undeserving of a sequel.

"Back door eh? Good idea..."

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And the history isn't terribly confusing. Sellers was selected to be a supporting character in what was expected to be a series for Niven. Instead Sellers character was met with such fanfare that the role improved. however Sellers himself was quite difficult to deal with. While the Panther series put Sellers on the map in the U.S. Peter himself felt that the later films were beneath him. This is the quandry surrounding them. Most fans will hail them as comedic genius from a master artist but Sellers himself related to them with much scorn. He hated the later Panther's and hated Edwards more.

In the end Edward's was burned by Seller's and that is why he chose to milk the series unsuccessfully after Seller's death.

There is a reason Edward's stopped making the films. They were terrible without Seller's and Martin has proved that without Edwards and Sellers it still cannot be done.

Personally I wish they would stop just like I wish Lucas had stopped with Star Wars. The originals are fine the way they are and no remake seems capable of doing them justice.

"Back door eh? Good idea..."

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I saw the first remake.
now i FEEL SO DIRTY, and HAVE been ever since.
It was awful like hell.. and embarrassing to watch.
Peter Sellers movies is strictly holy ground, that shault not be touched!!!

Boycott for real!!!

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while the remake wasn't as good as the REAL originals I'll admit. Peter sellers was(and still is) amazing as Clousou. But the remake isn't as bad as you say. It's not a MASTERPIECE like the original but it's ok. I bet if the peter sellers movies never exsisted this one would be appreciated more. Then again I don't think this remake would even exsist since H-wood is starting to run out of ideas. But I saw the second it was just ok. Not bad not good. But it does have its moments. I think you guys are taking this too far. Not everyone has the same damn tastes in movies as you.

Btw I know you guys are too busy talking about hating on a movie most of you have never seen and refuse to, but you know the only time a movie gets boycotted is very rare. And just because a movie sucks to some people who never heard of the word "opinion" is not a good enough reason to boycott. Extreme nastiness, sexuality, language, and racism make it boycottable. Especially to other countries. But here in the US it's pretty rare. You can try boycotting it in other countries but I suspect you'll still have no luck with such a stupid reason and motive.

Beating the sh*t out of a typical Disaster Movie lover.

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I certainly will. Remakes are almost always a disaster. I'e only seen the previews and knew right away this was a stinker. Martin, you are no Sellers, and you just took a direct hit at his memory.

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Steve Martin crapped all over Bilko and now this.

Shame on him.

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Judging from the B.O/ a lot of people did boycott.

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Hollywood is about making money, I thought everybody understood that by now.

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Lets nuke the site from orbit - its the only way to be sure.

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I have to agree. But I feel bad for Steve Martin and I am kind of interested in seeing John Cleese as Chief Dreyfus.

Guess it'll have to be on-line.

Ultimately I suppose it is Steve's fault for allowing a hack to direct.

Very strange about Karate Kid being remade by this guy. Maybe that's how reluctant more talented directors are to do it.








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