I saw this movie and it was terrible. The original is a million times better. They shouldn't be allowed to remake a movie as good and funny as the original Inlaws.
Quentin Tarantino is king and we are all his slaves
I remember watching this movie a couple of times and really enjoying it (especially the interplay with Douglas and Brooks). maybe it helped that I wasn't aware of it being a remake (or of the original) when I watched it.
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I could not agree more. The original is a classic, and at least as long as Peter Falk and Alan Arkin are still alive, no one else should be playing the roles they originated. I would expect Michael Douglas to take a paycheck for anything, but Albert Brooks should know better.
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Technically it is not so much a remake as a "borrowing" of the plot.
They are different movies but in my opinion they are both good.
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Given the screenwriter is credited for both films, this must surely be more a remake, not simply borrowing the plot as you assert.
shareI agree. Its some bizzarre disease thats going around Hollywood now. The people who redid 'The Producers' 'Hairspray' 'Thomas Crown Affair' 'Oceans Eleven' 'Fun With Dick and Jane' also caught the disease. Perhaps the updating guarantees the movies a new audience?
Sorry Perry, but I think Tarrantino is an overrated unwatchable egocentrist.
AGREE, the original is superb!!! This one lacks wit.
shareI agree with about 90% of what you say. I didn't like most of the remakes you mentioned here. I have not yet seen the new Hairspray but I already don't like Travolta playing the mom. Should have been Harvey Fierstein. (SP)
I agree that Tarrantino is overrated, but has some goodies like Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown and Reservoir Dogs. They are HARDLY unwatchable. But yeah, he is DEFINITELY an egotist.
The second "Oceans Eleven" is far, far superior to the first.
shareWell, I'm not gonna deny the production team and the actors to make a paycheck, but it was pretty sad. Peter Falk and Alan Arkin were so hysterical; there were moments I couldn't breathe. But oh well. what are you gonna do?
shareI freely admit that I think Albert Brooks is one of the funniest humans on the face of the earth and I await his movies with crazed anticipation. I am also a great admirer of Michael Douglas who I have been mesmerized with in other productions. But I could not have been more thunderstruck as when I saw this movie and it became rather apparent, early on, how really bad it was in comparison to the original (which was an outstandingly funny quality product). I cannot precisely put my finger on it as to the exact nature of my profound disappointment. As it has been some time since I saw it and I have been ernestly attempting to actively forget it, I am left with just the caustic experience of the shock and awe(fulness) I was faced with as I saw this ably populated screen "gem" circle the drain. All I could distinctly remember was that it wasn't very funny (sigh).
I thought I would never again be so disappointed until I saw Steve Martin attempt to reprise the role of Jacques Clouseau in the Pink Panther remake. I suppose someone who had not seen the original may have been charmed with Steve Martin and Kevin Kline who, again, are incredible talents but could not revive this DOA rehash bash, IMLTHO.
I think I will avoid remakes in, at least, the near future.
Normally I don't like remakes, but this one wasn't too bad. I saw the original before I saw this version, and I prefer the remake--go figure.
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I'm gonna go ahead and disagree.
First off, I absolutely loved the original, it was laugh out loud funny for almost the entire duration of the movie....Serpentine Shelly. Serpentine!
With that in mind, I had low expectations for this movie, as I do for most remakes in general, and specifically remakes of movies I really liked. However, I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this movie. The storyline was changed significantly, as were many of the characters...the only thing that was maintained was really the whole premise of the CIA agent/rube doctor, and inmpending marriage of their children.
The casting was genius, I would have never thought of Michael Douglas in the Peter Falk role, but he actually pulled it off quite well.
And as others have mentioned, Albert Brooks is one of the funniest guys on the planet, and although I love Alan Arkin's deadpan humor, Brooks was right there with him.
And the ancillary casting of Ryan Reynolds, the smokin' and sassy Robin Tunney, the always great David Suchet, and Candice Bergen as the Ex...was perfect.
Mix in the great Paul McCartney songs, and the pretty funny scene with KC and the Sunshine Band playing the rehearsal dinner, and it made for a pretty enjoyable movie IMO.
So let me ask: if this didn't have the burden of comparsion to the original, would you still have thought it "terrible"? Methinks not...
Totally agree.
The original is one of the funniest movies of all time.
It never gets old.
I agree the original was and us a classic it's like trying to remake. Casablanca it's a sin... This movie was terrible, The 1979 one was excellent!
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