What changes would you make to a movie?
02-26-13, 01:01 PM
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I would recast John Conner in Terminator 2. I love that movie, but so many of Furlong's line deliveries are cringe-worthy. "There's no fate but what we make for ourseh-ulves!" He makes Arnold look like Daniel Day Lewis.
02-26-13, 01:10 PM
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02-26-13, 04:51 PM
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American Gigolo-After Julian Kay is locked up and they ask him, "Do you have anything to say?" He grimly replies, "No." Have it end there.
Tombstone-Have Mickey Rourke play Ringo. Michael Bein is a good actor, but he didn't seem as rough and evil as the other Cowboys. In every confrontation with Doc, you knew Michael Bein was going to lose.
Spider-man 3-Take out Venom, and have the focus be Harry Osborn and his deteriorating mental state, despite successfully running his father's company and being happily engaged as well. Harry uses Sandman to plague the city, keeping Spider-man busy while simultaneously terrorizing Peter and MJ. Pretty much the storyline from DeMatteis' Spectacular Spider-man run.
Dark Knight Rises-Take out Robin, or at least approach it differently than what was presented. Have Batman figure out a way to defeat Bane on their second encounter by using his intelligence and not just brute strength again, and finally have Batman actually die.
Tombstone-Have Mickey Rourke play Ringo. Michael Bein is a good actor, but he didn't seem as rough and evil as the other Cowboys. In every confrontation with Doc, you knew Michael Bein was going to lose.
Spider-man 3-Take out Venom, and have the focus be Harry Osborn and his deteriorating mental state, despite successfully running his father's company and being happily engaged as well. Harry uses Sandman to plague the city, keeping Spider-man busy while simultaneously terrorizing Peter and MJ. Pretty much the storyline from DeMatteis' Spectacular Spider-man run.
Dark Knight Rises-Take out Robin, or at least approach it differently than what was presented. Have Batman figure out a way to defeat Bane on their second encounter by using his intelligence and not just brute strength again, and finally have Batman actually die.
02-26-13, 05:04 PM
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The biggest problem with AI's ending is that the robots look like aliens. There's no synergy there because they look like classic "grey" aliens. They need to be slightly more mechanical looking.
02-26-13, 05:39 PM
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American Gigolo-After Julian Kay is locked up and they ask him, "Do you have anything to say?" He grimly replies, "No." Have it end there.
Tombstone-Have Mickey Rourke play Ringo. Michael Bein is a good actor, but he didn't seem as rough and evil as the other Cowboys. In every confrontation with Doc, you knew Michael Bein was going to lose.
Spider-man 3-Take out Venom, and have the focus be Harry Osborn and his deteriorating mental state, despite successfully running his father's company and being happily engaged as well. Harry uses Sandman to plague the city, keeping Spider-man busy while simultaneously terrorizing Peter and MJ. Pretty much the storyline from DeMatteis' Spectacular Spider-man run.
Dark Knight Rises-Take out Robin, or at least approach it differently than what was presented. Have Batman figure out a way to defeat Bane on their second encounter by using his intelligence and not just brute strength again, and finally have Batman actually die.
Tombstone-Have Mickey Rourke play Ringo. Michael Bein is a good actor, but he didn't seem as rough and evil as the other Cowboys. In every confrontation with Doc, you knew Michael Bein was going to lose.
Spider-man 3-Take out Venom, and have the focus be Harry Osborn and his deteriorating mental state, despite successfully running his father's company and being happily engaged as well. Harry uses Sandman to plague the city, keeping Spider-man busy while simultaneously terrorizing Peter and MJ. Pretty much the storyline from DeMatteis' Spectacular Spider-man run.
Dark Knight Rises-Take out Robin, or at least approach it differently than what was presented. Have Batman figure out a way to defeat Bane on their second encounter by using his intelligence and not just brute strength again, and finally have Batman actually die.
Wait, he didn't die?!? But there was no auto-pilot!
02-26-13, 06:10 PM
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Not a biggie, but Goonies. It should have had ended with the kids sailing One-eyed Willie's pirate ship out of the cave and into the harbor... like one-eyed Willie intended.
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02-26-13, 06:21 PM
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The after-credits scene in The Avengers should have been a reveal that Agent Coulson isn't really dead.
02-26-13, 06:52 PM
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The DVD has an 'Alternate Ending" where you find out that the Cruise Ship Helmsley's Father was on survived the Megatsunami and has run aground on a small island. I would have ad the ship still afloat and on its own power encounter the arks. The Captain would say he has picked up radio messages of other ships that have survived the calamity.
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02-26-13, 08:40 PM
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Why do so many people seem to hate happy endings? Many of the suggestions seem to want well known movies that ended on a happy note to be changed to end on a downer. Why?
02-26-13, 08:42 PM
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Watchmen - I'd not have the cowardly ending and the killing of the only hero in the movie.
Batman Returns - I would have the Penguin live at the end
Titanic - I would have a lead male character that is more manly than the lead female character
Jurassic Park III - I wouldn't have killed the best dinosaur in the series
Toy Story 3 - I would have had the proper ending with Andy keeping the toys for his own kids someday
Cloverfield - I would have had a monster that was actually scary looking and didn't look like every other movie monsters we've seen
Batman Returns - I would have the Penguin live at the end
Titanic - I would have a lead male character that is more manly than the lead female character
Jurassic Park III - I wouldn't have killed the best dinosaur in the series
Toy Story 3 - I would have had the proper ending with Andy keeping the toys for his own kids someday
Cloverfield - I would have had a monster that was actually scary looking and didn't look like every other movie monsters we've seen
02-26-13, 10:52 PM
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Another one from me. GODFATHER III. Bridget Fonda should have played Mary, and Ralph Macchio should have played Anthony.
02-26-13, 11:08 PM
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Alien 3 Newt would live. (I'm glad I never met the (Expletive Deleted) Producer of this movie, because if I did, quoting the late Victor French from an episode of Little House on the Prairie "I would have been overwhelmingly tempted to let my fists do the talking").
02-27-13, 03:57 AM
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02-27-13, 10:07 AM
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Almost any movie that ends up being all in a character's head or a dream.
Same with ambiguous ending movies. I think they are either A)lazy writing and copping out because the writers can’t figure out a way to end the movie or B)deliberate attempts to create some sort of buzz and/or controversy because they are afraid the rest of the movie isn’t good enough to stand on its own.
Alien 3 - Newt and Hicks live. It was like a slap in the face coming off the heels of what I consider one of the best movies and sequels ever.
Lethal Weapon 4 – better camera work and stuntmen so it isn’t so obvious it isn’t Mel in any of the action scenes.
Hangover 2 – less Zach G
The Avengers – more Thor, less Hawkeye and Black Widow.
Iron Man 2 – recast Whiplash
Same with ambiguous ending movies. I think they are either A)lazy writing and copping out because the writers can’t figure out a way to end the movie or B)deliberate attempts to create some sort of buzz and/or controversy because they are afraid the rest of the movie isn’t good enough to stand on its own.
Alien 3 - Newt and Hicks live. It was like a slap in the face coming off the heels of what I consider one of the best movies and sequels ever.
Lethal Weapon 4 – better camera work and stuntmen so it isn’t so obvious it isn’t Mel in any of the action scenes.
Hangover 2 – less Zach G
The Avengers – more Thor, less Hawkeye and Black Widow.
Iron Man 2 – recast Whiplash
02-27-13, 10:09 AM
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Almost any movie that ends up being all in a character's head or a dream.
Same with ambiguous ending movies. I think they are either A)lazy writing and copping out because the writers can’t figure out a way to end the movie or B)deliberate attempts to create some sort of buzz and/or controversy because they are afraid the rest of the movie isn’t good enough to stand on its own.
Same with ambiguous ending movies. I think they are either A)lazy writing and copping out because the writers can’t figure out a way to end the movie or B)deliberate attempts to create some sort of buzz and/or controversy because they are afraid the rest of the movie isn’t good enough to stand on its own.
02-27-13, 10:11 AM
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Regarding AI:
Yes and no. To everyone who thought they were aliens, clearly they weren't paying attention to the film.
The designs could've been something that was more practical and not all CGI. However, the ending the film has is way more ballsy than if the film ended on David underwater. Why? Because it ends the film on the note that everybody is fucking dead.
I am otherwise a fan of the film, and was enraptured while watching, but I still thought the creatures at the end were aliens.
The movie didn't need to be ballsy, it needed to be clearer that David was an early form of the later mechanical beings that would eventually inhabit the earth. Them finding David is like us finding the bones of Adam and Eve or such. It's already a depressing film, the way David is abandoned by his mother. It doesn't need to be "ballsy" and totally end on a downer, David has suffered enough, he has earned his reward.
Yes and no. To everyone who thought they were aliens, clearly they weren't paying attention to the film.
The designs could've been something that was more practical and not all CGI. However, the ending the film has is way more ballsy than if the film ended on David underwater. Why? Because it ends the film on the note that everybody is fucking dead.
The movie didn't need to be ballsy, it needed to be clearer that David was an early form of the later mechanical beings that would eventually inhabit the earth. Them finding David is like us finding the bones of Adam and Eve or such. It's already a depressing film, the way David is abandoned by his mother. It doesn't need to be "ballsy" and totally end on a downer, David has suffered enough, he has earned his reward.
02-27-13, 10:20 AM
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I think Iron Giant is perfect until the last few minutes. The Giant sacrificed himself to save the town. Not only is it extremely powerful ("Superman...") but it solves the logistical problem of this gigantic alien robot being on our planet.
Instead, we find out he survived...so now there's still a giant alien robot out there. It just pulls the weight out of the sacrifice that was the best way to end the film. It also reeks of "but it's a kids' movie!" which I hate. Not all kids movies need to be happy happy happy. I would have hacked the bedroom scene right off.
Instead, we find out he survived...so now there's still a giant alien robot out there. It just pulls the weight out of the sacrifice that was the best way to end the film. It also reeks of "but it's a kids' movie!" which I hate. Not all kids movies need to be happy happy happy. I would have hacked the bedroom scene right off.
02-27-13, 10:54 AM
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Sucker Punch- change the framing of the movie so it's not such a downer while you're trying to get into the escapist elements. Revealing from the get-go that Baby Doll gets lobotomized after all she's been through previously casts a shadow of gloom over all of it. Have the framing be about a bunch of girls on Spring Break who get stuck in a dive motel where it rains all the time, or live in an all girls dorm with a strict dorm mother (these were around during the movie's time period). Something more light hearted to keep with the movies other outlandish material.
Alien3- what everyone else has pretty much already said. It actually would have made logical sense in part 4 to say that 3 was a dream, given the way they spoke of it towards the end of the second one.
Alien3- what everyone else has pretty much already said. It actually would have made logical sense in part 4 to say that 3 was a dream, given the way they spoke of it towards the end of the second one.
02-27-13, 10:55 AM
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I think Iron Giant is perfect until the last few minutes. The Giant sacrificed himself to save the town. Not only is it extremely powerful ("Superman...") but it solves the logistical problem of this gigantic alien robot being on our planet.
Instead, we find out he survived...so now there's still a giant alien robot out there. It just pulls the weight out of the sacrifice that was the best way to end the film. It also reeks of "but it's a kids' movie!" which I hate. Not all kids movies need to be happy happy happy. I would have hacked the bedroom scene right off.
Instead, we find out he survived...so now there's still a giant alien robot out there. It just pulls the weight out of the sacrifice that was the best way to end the film. It also reeks of "but it's a kids' movie!" which I hate. Not all kids movies need to be happy happy happy. I would have hacked the bedroom scene right off.
02-27-13, 11:03 AM
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War of the Worlds - The whole time when they were fleeing to Boston, I thought Cruise was lying to his daughter that the mom would actually be there safe and sound and was just trying to inspire her to keep going. I live in New Jersey myself, not far from where they lived. If Martians attacked, I would not be headed east towards the 2nd most populated area. The tone was far darker than the story beats that happen.
Collatteral - Cut Jada Pinkett-Smith's character entirely. The movie is perfect, but then it uses her to tie everything together conveniently.
Collatteral - Cut Jada Pinkett-Smith's character entirely. The movie is perfect, but then it uses her to tie everything together conveniently.
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02-27-13, 11:09 AM
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02-27-13, 11:19 AM
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I know I'm probably a fanboy but to me that ending was pretty perfect. It seemed like so many people were dead set on Nolan killing Bruce/Batman at the end of The Dark Knight Rises. I personally never really bought into the idea that it would ever happen since The Dark Knight ended on a downer note. It made sense to me that after all Bruce had been through to give the film a happy ending. I really liked how it was done and let Bruce move on and live his life and passing down the mantle to Blake.
02-27-13, 01:09 PM
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I'm a big Batman fan too but I found it hard to believe that Batman could ever leave Gotham behind. That's the contrast between terrorists like Bane and Talia who would die to punish/murder hundreds of thousands and Batman who is willing to die to save even one life.