American Remake?


Word on AznFilms.com is that there is a possibility of an American remake with Jim Carrey starring as The God of Cookery himself. Any word from anyone else? Opinions?

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the project was cancelled because stephan refused to direct the movie

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I agree it'll destroy this masterpiece

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I agree! And this unique comdedy just wouldn't be the same, remaking it via Hollywood. Too painful to even think about.

I also can't imagine anyone else in the role, other than Stephen Chow. And he is infinitely better than Jim Carrey, IMHO.


--Lisen--

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I've just read on a recent interview, 28/6/2005 for Showcase Cinemas UK that the rights for God of Cookery have been secured so there will be a remake of some sort.
God of Cookery help us all!!

There is no help but self help...
Running water never flows stale...

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God of Cookery help us all!!
Amen, brother!
The best we can hope for now is that they get Stephen Chow to remake it himself. What are the chances...

--Lisen--
The mind of man is bounded only by the Universe.

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PleaSE NOOOO! I hope there will be no remakes, I love this movie soo much, it's hilarious! There is no possible way to make the film any better than it already is. Fingers are cr-ossed.

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Yes indeed, I'm totally with you. Remake = Recipe for disaster!

--Lisen--
The mind of man is bounded only by the Universe.

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freaking americans, leave this amazing film as it is!

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You know, at first it seemed odd to me that all Americans would be blamed for the alleged remake of God of Cookery(if there is going to be one at all that is).

Then I realized miguedroimdb has a point, that being, that as an American I have complete control over what Hollywood does, makes, and sells. I had almost forgot that about 5 weeks ago I had signed an American paper saying that I would do everything in my power to assure that God of Cookery would be made in the US with Jim Carrey or Josh Hartnett or whoever. Why did I sign that paper?! Now that I think about it, it was probably fueled by their insistance on waking me up at 6am to sign the paper. While they were at it, they also got me to sign permission slips to remake Amos and Andy, The Phyllis Dyler Show, and Monty Python's Holy Grail epic, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, no less!!

So I thought I'd give a reminder to all my fellow Americans, we ARE to blame for all movies that come out of our country because we've had to sign off for every film that gets made here. I signed the paper for Herbie: Fully Loaded while doing my college loan papers, they slide those little bastards in whenever they can. How was I supposed to know?

Lastly I'd like to give a formal written apology to miguedroimdb, however I need to send it through the complicated secret communications system we have in the US. This system is used quite frequently when all people in the US need to contact and inform each other. By the end of the week migue, we should have an apology signed by every person in America responsible for remaking God of Cookery(though it hasn't happened yet, but to cover the eventuality that it does not get made, we have another slip apologizing for the apology that wasn't needed)

Caution: If you haven't yet realized it, the above statements are sarcastic and should be read thusly.

btw, this IS an amazing film.

P.S.- This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated. - Mitch Hedburg

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miguedroimdb's post doesn't state that he blames ALL Americans for Hollywood's remake frenzy. The only certainty from the last few posts is that SOMEONE is extremely touchy and easily offended. Either that, or Ghrifter is just looking to fight someone.

We hear these kinds of generalizations all the time. For example, when you hear a news report about Iraqis fighting US armed forces, do you automatically that every Iraqi man, woman, and child in a country of 25M has taken up arms against the US? Do you hear someone complaining about baseball players taking steroids and automatically assume that EVERY baseball player in the major and minor leagues is shooting up right now? When you hear about lawyers being money hungry crooks do you think that every attorney in the entire world is only out for money?

While miguedroimdb's statement could possibly be construed as blaming more than a few Americans for Hollywood's inability or unwillingness to come up with new material, I interpreted his post as a shot at Hollywood (which happens to be overwhelmingly American) and if that is the case, he's right on.

By the way, I'm an American myself.

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heh, I'm not especially spoiling for a bout of fisticuffs.

I had just seen a bunch of bashing posts and was getting tired of it. After I looked at some of the other posts migue had done I felt justified in posting.

I agree with you that Hollywood is really scraping the bottom of the barrel in recycling our own pop culture and it would be a shame if it resorted to hackney remakes of some of the better foreign films.(which it already has, but it would be more lamentable if it became worse)

Thus I meant my post to just be a satiric aside with no ill will. Unfortunately there isn't a font for "ironic" yet.

Guess its all in the interpretation.

P.S.- This is what part of the alphabet would look like if Q and R were eliminated. - Mitch Hedburg

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Are you all Chinese or you can understnad what they're saying? I was so suprise cause' I thought that only the people who can understand the language would find this interesting... But anyway I'm glad you all like it cause I love this movie!!!

Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven.

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I'm a Westerner. Stephen Chow is my favourite comedian. Sure some of his movies have really dodgy subtitles, 60 Million Dollar Man, but the movies are still funny.

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Good for you Ghrifter.

Other countries are allowed to make remakes without copping abuse, the Americans do it and people act like the whole world is about to end.

Everyone knows Hollywood used to make movies in Spanish because the South Americans refused to watch movies in English, don't they?

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Really?? Just like Thailand..

Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven.

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Dude I hate to say it but even today I think there are plenty of Americans who see any U.S. military deployment in the Middle East as "us versus every living inhabitant of [country], you cain't trust a one of 'em." I get what you're saying, though. :)

-an American

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They could try to make a movie with a similar story, but I don't think they would be able to replicate the style of humor Stephen Chow use in this movie (or in his movies in general).

If there is ever going to be a remake, the filmmaker tell the story and the jokes in their own way. Perhaps it will be funny, but I doubt it will be as hillarious and as outrageous as this movie.

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The remake was supposed to be produced by Miramax because they acquired the rights to do a remake but bought some Stephen chow films like King Of Comedy.

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It plain wouldn't work. Not much would translate, the jokes, humor, characters..

This and Shaolin Soccer (Siu lam juk kau) should be left alone. The English dub is fine if you can't cope with Cantonese. And Stephen Chow is in a league of his own when it comes to funny.

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