Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
03-29-10 | 12:48 PM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
The Wicker Man may be an embarrassment, but Lakeview Terrace is an excellent movie. It walks along the B-movie side of things, but it the tension between Jackson and Wilson/Washington really gets under the skin in an effective way. It's like the flipside of Gran Torino, although Gran Torino is much better.
03-29-10 | 03:36 PM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
I didn't even know this was a remake. I started reading the first post and thought, "2007? What the fuck?"
03-29-10 | 05:35 PM
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The remake looks terrible... and the trailer gives away WAY too much. It's depressing. Why not re-release and promote the true Death at a Funeral and give the brilliant film a wide release? It's one of the best comedies of the past decade.
03-29-10 | 06:14 PM
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Or just release it on blu. I think Chris Rock is hilarious with his stand up but I really lost a lot of respect for him for wanting to do this.
04-25-10 | 03:26 AM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
Saw the original tonight. Though I'm usually a fan of British humor, this movie just didn't do it for me. The jokes I did laugh at were language-neutral.
Edit: The woman who played the widow was xxx-tra hot.
Edit: The woman who played the widow was xxx-tra hot.
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04-25-10 | 05:18 AM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
The Original British film Sucked ASS. I saw it a couple years ago. It's no shock that the remake sucks too. They remade a turd.
04-25-10 | 06:32 AM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
I liked the original and I enjoyed the remake. There are some things that the original did better and some things about the remake that were funnier.
05-03-20 | 03:45 AM
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Re: Death at a Funeral - Why no thread for this one yet?
I never saw the remake, but I just came here after watching Robert Altman's " A Wedding" for the first time. Chris Rock's Death At a Funeral might as well be a remake of a remake because the Frank Oz film is hit you over the head with a sledgehammer influenced by "A Wedding". I like the Oz film, but he and whoever the writer is, knicked the whole thing from Altman.
