The original was pretty good, they shouldn't make this.

"You can take your remake, and your lame Hollywood ideas and shove..."

well, you get the idea...:)

The trailer is now online.

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hv&cf...s&f=1808645852

Uh-oh. The trailer looks like it has potential. This may be worth a viewing.

It should be pointed out that the script is from the same guys that wrote "Bad Santa", so I don't think we should worry about whether the dialogue will be crass enough. Hopefully they're going for an R instead of a PG-13, but either way the trailer looks pretty funny.

There is no way on Earth this film will be R rated.

THEY RAPED MY CHILDhood!

I saw the original three times in the same day-back when they didn't kick you out after the show.


At first I was worried but Linklater and Thornton could be a good thing. The trailer's not bad.

What!?

Oh.

I don't think it will either, but 2001's Hard Ball (similar genre) came very close to getting an R-rating (f-bombs were eventually dubbed over to warrant a PG-13).

That's a common example, but I feel it doesn't apply.

BAD NEWS is a huge brand name for Paramount (unlike HARDBALL), and one based on kid auidences. They know what they have. An R rating would be insane.

that "brand name" may have been valuable in the late 70's, but in 2005 there is little to no name recognition amongst the kids it's meant to appeal to.

Yeah, I'm going to have agree on this one. The Bad News Bears hasn't been a Paramount staple, especially when the two sequels are considered abominations and the television show was basically dead on arrival. The first one is considered a cult classic, but that's it.

And the story (loser kids on a sports team overcoming the odds) has been done over a trillion times after the film and I would wager to say that The Mighty Ducks has a bigger fan base than The Bad News Bears.

While I'm sure Paramount will probably aim for it to be PG-13 (there's no way in hell that film is getting a PG, especially after that trailer); it would be nice to see Paramount have some balls and let it released with the R. However if the script reviews are any indications, the film will probably get a PG-13 without any edits (and if the MPAA is in a good mood that day)....

Who takes kids to movies? Who buys the tickets for the most part?

Parents. Parents who were kids in the 1970s.

Do you see the connection I'm trying to make?

The name still has juice, otherwise Paramount would call it BAD SANTA PLAYS WITH HIS BALLS.

Two completely different eras, man...

And the era who was around for The Mighty Ducks makes up for a bigger percentage of people who attend movies than the era who were around for The Bad News Bears.

That same BEARS era just made THE PACIFIER number one at the box office.

Your DUCKS-loving ass saw BE COOL this weekend. :lol:

rotfl

I'm willing to watch this. Richard Linklater is at the helm, at certainly Paramoutn is hoping to recreate the success of his previous School of Rock. But with him at the helm, I'll be happy to watch it.

I was sort of disappointed in this Richard Linklater directorial effort in this film. Gone are most of nice small moments from the original, and in their place are just scenes that feature bad child-acting, and no zip, no fire, no pizazz. The broad strokes (pun intended) are too wide and paint this Buttermaker as a caricature, and the little leaguers are stuck in a game that should have been called due to the 10-run rule in the first inning.

The new Amanda has no acting chops (but good pitching form), which severely undermines the core relationship of the film, so you're left with a film feels like a hangover: some details are sort of fuzzy, some parts appeared to be blacked out, and bigger moments diluted. I will say that the kid playing Tanner got a few laughs from me, but it wasn't enough to salvage the film.

I give it 1.75 stars, or a grade of C-.

I enjoyed it more than Patman. I thought there were some fun and funny moments. It's definitely not the original, but as remakes go, it wasn't bad. Maybe a B- from me.

Add to that the kid who played Kelly Leak. He isn't fit to hold Jackie Earle Haley's jock.

I found this remake to be an insult.

All I'm going to say is that Linklater's remake made Kicking and Screaming look like an Academy Award winner.

See! And you think we never agree on stuff...

It was a decent remake. I enjoyed it for what it was. At the theater there was tons of kids. parents really have no excuse on why they don't know what caused their childern to curse so much.

Jack-is that how you got started? :lol: