ExtremeSleuth
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watch the trailer for the movie. at the end when they show they credits the original is credited there. if he was ripping it off i dont think he'd credit the original.
The Departed
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Filmjunkie677
Master of Horror
This is an American remake of an Asian film.
This isn't something new. Hollywood has been doing this for years. I don't understand why people are getting all bent out of shape about it.
Blashpemy.:kali:
This isn't something new. Hollywood has been doing this for years. I don't understand why people are getting all bent out of shape about it.
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DarkMatter
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I'm not bent out of shape per se, as much as dissapointed. I'm just trying to figure out why the name change?MOVIE STUNTS said:
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
LMAO Awesome Blaine
I suspect one major reason is simply exposure. We're lucky to get a shelf at the local Blockbuster or god forbid, an arthouse in town that showcases foreign film. Admittedly, I am not a big fan of 'reading movies'.
As far as Tarantino making a career out of ripping off foriegn art films? YOU havent a clue what you're talking about do you ?
anyways ...
Chill with the bullshit and repect Scorsese
I suspect one major reason is simply exposure. We're lucky to get a shelf at the local Blockbuster or god forbid, an arthouse in town that showcases foreign film. Admittedly, I am not a big fan of 'reading movies'.
As far as Tarantino making a career out of ripping off foriegn art films? YOU havent a clue what you're talking about do you ?
anyways ...
Chill with the bullshit and repect Scorsese
DarkMatter
Veteran
Sorry I'll try to REPECT Scorsese
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
Oh now you're an english professor ?
DarkMatter
Veteran
Doubt it, i can't spill either... see what i mean.
The Machinist
Respected Member
Maybe he changed the story and invested enough of his own style that he felt it warranted a new title more appropriate to his telling of the story?
You just won't know until you see it.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
It's kind of a lame name though isn'it it ?
Infernal Affairs
It sounds more like a comedy than a serious film.
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Not sure how cool the name The Departed is.
Infernal Affairs
It sounds more like a comedy than a serious film.
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Not sure how cool the name The Departed is.
The Machinist
Respected Member
true not the greatest title.
but then again i'm not a fan of the titles "alice doesn't live here anymore", "boxcar bertha", or "taxi driver" to be honest.
But i do think he has 3 movie titles with a divinical badass quotient:
Brining out the Dead
Raging Bull
and one of my all time favs:
Mean Streets
but then again i'm not a fan of the titles "alice doesn't live here anymore", "boxcar bertha", or "taxi driver" to be honest.
But i do think he has 3 movie titles with a divinical badass quotient:
Brining out the Dead
Raging Bull
and one of my all time favs:
Mean Streets
theAlchemist
Active member
Both English and Chinese (Cantonese) are official languages in Hong Kong.Blaine said:Shouldn't we get foreign movies with the original title: Mou gaan dou? Putting the name in English is misleading since the language in the movie is Cantonese.
Where are the purists, now?rogar-BigGrin(DBG)
It's common to have an english and cantonese title. No misleading in that
chromeboy007
Well-known member
Filmjunkie677 said:
because they should push the original Asian movie here in North America, and not to do a remake.
the best way, and the only way, to truly appreciate somebody's work is to let people see it. not to make a remake. even if you give credit to the original artist, it's not the same.
And yes it is a remake, not a rip off, as the original screenwriters are given credit for it. There even is a scene in Infernal Affairs where the mole gets his cast (sp?) broken to see if there is a wire (or something) inside.
It doesn't even make economic sense to do a remake... spend half the production/marketing cost of The Departed onto promoting Infernal Affairs and the distributor will get there money back plus profit.
Blaine
Mr. Hollywood
And what kind of box office do you REALLY think the Asian original is going to get. For the wider audience they did what they had to do to get it, at the same time crediting the original for those who might be interested in seeing the original.
There are a couple of instances where I saw the American remake and enjoyed it enough that I searched out the foreign original to make my comparison. Only in one case did I actually prefer the foreign version. But if I hadn't seen the American version I probably would have never gone to the trouble to search out the foreign version.
There are a couple of instances where I saw the American remake and enjoyed it enough that I searched out the foreign original to make my comparison. Only in one case did I actually prefer the foreign version. But if I hadn't seen the American version I probably would have never gone to the trouble to search out the foreign version.
Filmjunkie677
Master of Horror
chromeboy007 said:
Um, they did.
Miramax (The Weinstein company) had the rights and released it last year in a limited theatrical release. If you go to your local dvd shop and look around you'll see it with a ridiculous cover with a girl on it who's not even in the film.
Hey, I'm all for foreign films, I love em, but unfortunately the truth is most American audiences don't like them (for one reason or another) and no matter how hard a studio "pushes" the film, people aren't going to see it.
Look at Hero. Even with Tarantino's name above the title, it still didn't make any money.
In the end, who really cares?
I love Infernal Affairs and I'm all for the"reimagining" by scorsese. Bring em' all on.
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J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
It'll Gross over 150 Million.
Why complain about it ? Who cares ? If anything, it'll turn some onto the source material.
This looks badass; looks better than the other one.
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
chromeboy007
Are you high on something ?
Are you high on something ?