Tarantino will remake in 2009! OFFICIAL!!
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JackfnBurton — 18 years ago(March 08, 2008 09:53 PM)
Many people rip on the 1987 film for not being a faithful adaptation of the book - and it's not - but it does pretty effectively capture the tone of the novel, and manages to distill the hopeless world the literary characters inhabit more or less into one character - Julian. I suppose they could have shot the book faithfully but I am not so sure a movie like that could have been made in 1987, or at least taken seriously as anything more than exploitative shock cinema. Often, a big part of adapting books for film is capturing the tone of the work first, and then connecting with as many details as you can. Not every aspect of every novel can be successfully adapted to film, for a variety of reasons. This is why, if you want the book, read the book. If you want the movie, well - it may or may not match up but you have to decide whether enough of the dots are connected to get the picture.
In the case of Less Than Zero, I say yes. -
shell_shock524 — 18 years ago(March 10, 2008 04:00 AM)
Now ive never seen the movie but from what i understand is that clay is not portrayed the same way as he is in the novel, and i think thats a crutial part to the book, because yea everyone else can be hopless but the big thing that hit me was the main character was that far gone as well. yea also on another note the way QT does dialouge in his movies IMO would match BEE's writting verry well and could turn out a good movie if its true.
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callernumber666 — 18 years ago(March 24, 2008 01:29 AM)
You are going to have to provide a more detailed link to the info gave.. the only info regarding Tarantino and LTZ on the wiki link you posted was this-
Director Quentin Tarantino has expressed interest in filming a much more faithful adaptation of the book.
How does that confirm a remake for 2009?
I myself would not like to see a remake done, as I love the original, and Hollywood is spewing out too many re-makes already.
As a Tarantino fan I say 'Quentin, please dont fall into the remake trap, and get busy writing something new!'
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The_Crimson_Pig — 17 years ago(April 16, 2008 02:34 PM)
As far as I'm concerned it wouldn't be a remake, it would be a second chance for a great book to get the film it deserves. This film was like someone was eager to make the film and became terrified of it, the book wasn't a formulaic 'say no to drugs' story. The main character would wake up and snort 2 lines of coke and constantly ask himself "Should I snort the rest of my coke now or later?"
A remake could be more than an average 80s film, it could be a great social satire. Hell, Julian doesn't even appear in the book that much, it would be a totally different movie. The relationship with Blair is a whole other story, it's like they couldn't be bothered with it, it's one of the best parts of the novel.
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livingdead70 — 17 years ago(April 22, 2008 07:16 PM)
Leave stuff alone !!!!
A remake , will be full of bad acting horrilbe rap music and just really doesnt need to exist. They will skew it towards teenagers and that will kill it.
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The_Crimson_Pig — 17 years ago(April 25, 2008 07:46 AM)
The original was not fine! Read the beep book. A lot of people have read the book and thought "This would make a good movie", then it was a movie that wasn't even close to the book.
Not only that, but this movie was poorly written.
Surely it says something to you that the author of the book was so ashamed of what they did to his story that he didn't attend the premiere.
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projectcyclops — 17 years ago(May 02, 2008 09:17 AM)
Tarantino would be all wrong, plus he's not made a good film since 1997. Avery's Rules of Attraction didn't work because it too Tarantino-ish. American Psycho is the best screen adaptation so far (not seen The Informers yet).
I'm all for a re-make (or re-boot or re-imagining, whatever) of Less Than Zero, but a less gimmicky director would suit better. All of this, just my opinion. -
findanddestroyatlantis — 17 years ago(May 13, 2008 02:12 PM)
This movie needs to be done true to the novel rather it's Tarantino or someone else. The people who don't want it to be "remade" seem to act like it's some sort of classic, when in fact it's just a mediocre movie based on a good book.
Apart from the character's names, the setting and a few other details this movie isn't at all like the book and I'd love to see someone take a crack at Ellis' story in earnest. -
ohmixmaster — 17 years ago(September 13, 2008 02:54 AM)
LTZ was in and of itself a good film. It was a total downer with fantastic performances from Robert Downey Jr., and James Spader. Jami Gertz was a perfect Blair (except for the dark hair). She was beautiful in a way words cannot describe, nieve, confused, dumb, and a little off. I didn't like McCarthy as Clay, but the way the movie was written (basically a "rock against drugs"/nancy regan "just say no" film) he played the part beautifully. Now, obviously Clay was a different guy in the book, but this movie was not the book in hardly any aspect. The film did alot of things correctly: the locations, sets, cars, clothes, clubs, lighting, photography, overall tone and editing were perfect, and did the book proud. However, the story, characters, and hair (the book constantly said blonde blonde and more blonde..he he) were all wrong, and were a slap in the face of BEE. This book could be made into a movie, and, if they actually follow the book, I wouldn't consider it a remake at all, because the first movie was NOT LTZ. If QT does it, than I hope he hires BEE to write the screenplay. Who knows, if James SPader looses some weight (hello low carb), and RDJr gets off the coke, they might even be able to reprise their roles, because both were terrific in the original. I for one would love to see the book made into a movie.
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