Labyrinth Reboot
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Weber4278 — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 03:47 PM)
I don't care to ever see this film remade, for many reasons not just counting the fact that it's perfect as it is and doesn't need to be remade.
Firstly because if they remade it, you know the goblins and creatures would be CGI, and while I normally don't mind CGI in generalhere it would be insulting to Jim Henson who created all these puppets by hand. Their is just a certain feel to this film that would be lost with digital effects.
And lastly what made the whole Sarah/Jareth dynamic interestingtheir subtle romantic chemistrywouldn't fly in the PC world we live in today. Either they'd make Sarah younger and eliminate it completely. Or they'd make Sarah older and Jareth younger and go for the full romancetheirfore eliminating the undercurrents which made their interaction interesting in the first place.
Why I think Labyrinth struck a cord with some people is because it perfectly touches upon that time between childhood and adulthood when like Sarah you are not ready to completely let your childhood go but at the same time you're being drawn toward more adult desires.
I seriously doubt filmmakers these days would understand that dynamic and wanting to make a profit they'd either turn it into a full on kids film, or some teenage twilight escue romance. -
dekada-06992 — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 10:02 AM)
Would you believe I made an IMDB account just to reply to this?
I definitely agree with you that by today's standards, the Jareth/Sarah pairing, the baby-tossing and the rabble-rousing of not-so-kid-friendly Muppets wouldn't get past the PC watch. But it is precisely this strangely alluring dynamic between a blossoming young woman and a man of power, supported by a bunch of endearing gender-neutral, race-neutral characters that makes this movie work on so many levels.
Moreover, I highly doubt anyone can recreate the magic that grows between the two main characters. Thanks to the genius casting of the great David Bowie, Jareth perfectly exudes the kind of animal magnetism that can easily enrapture, hence the attraction that happens on its own is believable instead of contrived. It's subtle but sizzling. He is dangerous yet also humorous. He teases and thrills, yet he is never sleazy or overt. In fact, he practically never touches Sarah (even that ballroom dance was surprisingly proper, despite the obvious sexual tension). Whether this was a conscious effort from Bowie in consideration of his young co-star and audience, or a character trait that he has given Jareth, it is, IMHO, this perfect balance of control and command which makes the Goblin King so profound.
Plus, I think those pants would be probably declared illegal.
So no. No remakes. Please. Respect. -
boxerrebellion — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 03:51 PM)
I noticed the pants too and didn't remember them being so, um, obvious in the 80s. I was lucky to see it in a real theatre last night as part of our Arts Center summer series.
The pants reminded me of the Batman tv series; we've been watching it on MeTV on our large screen and realized that those costumes were never meant to be seen on a large HD screen. -
boxerrebellion — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 03:46 PM)
What part of NO does the OP not understand? The part that begins with H?
Over my dead body also comes to mind.
I don't know what the obsession is with taking a perfect film and remaking it with actors who can't hold a candle to the original cast and mucking it up with fake looking CGI. Sets/props used to be an art form now it's basically just drawing it and putting it out there. -
HarveyManfredSinJohn — 10 years ago(January 12, 2016 04:04 PM)
I don't see the point without Bowie.
I suppose a sequel set in the same world and maybe featuring Sarah's own child might work, but without Bowie you'd need a new nemesis, preferably another rock/pop star. But who comes close to being as big an icon as Bowie today? -
martinimariah — 10 years ago(January 14, 2016 05:33 AM)
I wouldn't want to see anyone else as Jareth and as David is now gone (RIP Legend), I hope there will never be a remake. What I would have however wanted to see, is a sequel to this, with David and Jennifer, after the original, but that wasn't meant to be.
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Livana_Faolan — 10 years ago(January 15, 2016 09:39 PM)
I love this movie. It's a piece of my childhood, and I hate the very idea of a remake. There can be only one Jareth, and that was David Bowie. The very idea of a remake is ludicrous to me.
Hollywood (and that includes Tim Burton), please keep your money-grubbing, CGI-obsessed hands off of this wonderful piece of my childhood.
"Never mind walking a mile in my shoes. Try thinking a day in my head." -
tb-sch — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 09:32 AM)
Because the point is that an attractive king lures a girl into a labyrinth. It has to be a girl because it is a childrens movie. Which pretty much excludes Jennifer Lawrence from the cast. And unless the girl is gerontophile, Sting would not really be the choice for the king, unless there is also a goblin prince and the king is more or less on his way out.
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tb-sch — 10 years ago(January 23, 2016 10:33 AM)
There is nothing scary about him. It has to be an alien for that role. Perhaps Ben Wishaw or Andrew Garfield (although those are probably too young for the role). But that is pretty much the reason why remakes are pointless: one has to match the quality of the original, which had Bowie and Jennifer Conelly as a new discovery.
Perhaps the smartest way would be, to go the opposite direction and that way being less comparable: A goblin queen, who steals the baby from a boy. Would also offer the advantage that the movie could show the queen trying to seduce the boy without creating a sh!tstorm.