It's been a long time since this movie came out...I think it could use a remake...not a scene for scene remake or anything but a movie with the same kind of idea, maybe.
The two girls should maybe be unknowns. Mother Superior could be played by Sigourney Weaver. The other nuns could be played by some fine talented actors.
I can't think of one remake I ever liked. The Leave It To Beaver movies sucked, so did the Dennis the Menace movies and I wasn't crazy about Bewitched. I guess I'm just so happy with the originals that I can't ever begin to picture a remake. Some things are best left untouched, particularly this movie. I just don't think anyone could go do this movie justice. Not just the acting but the directing and locations as well.
shareNone of those is a remake. Not one. They are all movies made from a TV series. A remake is a new version of a previously made movie (not a TV series).
"Home is where they don't want you to leave." (Stephen King, Revival)
I love it when people like you decide what the definition of something is, completely uninformed. Nowhere is a remake defined as being a feature film only. "A film or a television series that has been filmed again".
shareWell, that's the way *I* define it. To me, "remake" means a feature film remade from another feature film. You can use whatever definition you want.
"Home is where they don't want you to leave." (Stephen King, Revival)
Father of the Bride is a remake. I liked the remake of The Parent Trap and Freaky Friday just as much as the originals. I think they could update this story into a great new film.
"The end of the shoelace is called the...IT DOESN'T MATTER!"
Definitely unknowns for the girls. I think a remake would be a good idea, if done right.
shareAll I can say is NO NO NO.....a remake is not needed
You're dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
-Walt Disney
Sister Act 2 would be the closest remake that I can think of.
In some ways, I wish I was in high school in 1966 instead of only four and just...barely...starting my school years.
I couldn't agree more, especially given the very low caliber of today's untalented "movie stars." Please save us from worthless remakes.👎
shareCan't see 2009 Hollywood making a pro-christian, pro-catholic movie.
"Leeches suck!"
Absolutely NO to a remake. As a previous poster said and I repeat: There is no such thing as a good re-make. I don't bother seeing re-makes although "Escape to Witch Mountain" was an okay movie.
shareThe remake of McHale's Navy was pretty good. Not as good as the originals that many of us grew up with.
shareWhat I'd really like to see is a movie that would be truer to the book which is even more entertaining than the movie, which now has obviously dated elements.
Trahey's own persona is far more entertaining than the movie "Rachel" who came off as a mere shadow of herself. The real Mary Clancy was even more zany. I'd love to know what happened to her and if she really persevered as a nun.
I'd like to see Meryl Streep cast as Mother Superior; she'd be awesome.
St. Trinian's and Wild Child both have similiar themes and are modern day Hollywood films, if you're interested.
shareThis movie worked for 1966. People joined covents and joined them often enough.
Today, it is rare for a young girl post high school to join an order. A remake doesn't fit in today's times.
I completely agree, it would not fit today. When TTWA was released, we'd already seen The Nun's Story. The Singing Nun came out a month after TTWA and The Flying Nun came out the following year. So we did have our run on nuns!! But today is much different. Our parochial elementary schools were at one time run by mostly nuns. Not anymore. I'm sure this, along with increasing tuition is why some parents are pulling the kids out. When I was a kid, parents sent their kids to Catholic school for not just a good education, but discipline.
Anyway...as much as it would be nice to see Hayley and June in a cameo, I don't think the people of today would appreciate it. And compared to the crap the teens are watching today, it wouldn't fly unless they trashed it up so bad that you'd never recognize it was a remake!
People still sent their kids to Catholic school as late as 2006. Both of my brother's kids went to Catholic school in Dallas, Texas. (They are in their mid to late twenties now.)
"Home is where they don't want you to leave." (Stephen King, Revival)
No.
DWIGHT - you ignorant slut!
Hmmm...I can just imagine the sort of dialogue that would exist in the remake. For one thing, the girls would just be communicating via text messaging. They wouldn't actually be talking to each other face to face.
The intelligent texting dialogue would go something like this:
"Mother Superior is mad at me!"
"Really? Why?"
"I was texting and walking at the same time!"
"LOL!"
"OMG...LOL!"
"ROFL."
"Like, here comes your cousin."
"Epic fail!"
"Like, whatever!"
"Why are they still serving ketchup with our suppers? Shouldn't we be getting chipotle sauce? Where are the avocados? Where's the pulled pork?"
"LOL"
"Like, lol...that's going on my facebook wall."
"I'll #tweet #it #to #everyone #and #I'll #make #sure #the #pound# #key# shows up in the middle of a sentence, where it's not needed."
"LOL."
and on it goes. No wonder I mostly watch pre-1980 movies now!
Normally I don't object to remakes...as long as the remakes were released before about 1980 or so.
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