'Arthur' remake is a BOMB

How on Earth can anyone expect Russell Brand to be anywhere near as good as Dudley Moore was? And not just in Arthur but in the more general sense. Dudley was handsome, charming, witty and intelligent, very musically talented, a much funnier comedian, alone or with Peter Cook and a far better actor.
Sorry, but they only share the fact that they are/were both British.
One is a true legend of TV and film, the other is the pathetic sidekick of Jonathan Ross.

People that never would have seen the original will now see it.

its so tuth that is one of the reasons im not against Rip offs and Remakes

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I wouldn't watch the re-make if you paid me. Last night, I watched original on free PPV movies on Comcast Cable. It was so wonderful! I saw the movie in 1981 in theater and it endures as one of my favorites!! LOVE this film! Funny and heart warming.

You are so right - the new Arthur is GREAT.

Now I loved the original (although I barely remember Arthur 2)

And I saw Arthur about 8 or 9 times over the years - and loved it every time - EXCEPT when I watched it again a few days ago.

WOW - what a disappointment the old Arthur was recently. (And I didn't see the new one until just now.)

I used to rate the 81 Arthur among my top 30 fave movies of all time. I LOVED so many of the lines and I could repeat them to you by memory before the characters spoke them - but DARN - when I watched it again a few days ago I hated it.

The 81 Arthur just has NOT aged well. It is dated, and obvious, and juvenile - and Moore just made me squirm in my seat with every line he spoke - and I DID used to love that movie.

So the new Arthur is such an incredible surprise. I thought it was wonderful.

It was modern, timely, hip and stylish, smart and paid great homage to the original. As someone who has completely memorized every line of the original - I loved it when they used the original dialog - and it was done SO MUCH BETTER than the original ! The writers of this version did a great job.

I really have no problem with the Russell Brand interpretation and I think Helen Mirren was inspired casting as well.
BUT I love the original and I really liked the Susan in the originals well -- who really wasn't such a bad girl.

I'd rather see an Arthur 3!

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