Thursday, May 11, 2006
Life Is Pretty Grand When You're a Witch
Bewitched - Out of this realm.
Okay, so I know my generation isn't always aware of the original singers of that sample, or the original actors of that movie ... but that doesn't mean we can't appreciate them.
Why? Why do movie studios insist on remakes or altering good things?
There's a reason for calling them classics.
Nora Ephron's Bewitched, is an adapatation and upgrade you might say of the popular 1960s television show Bewitched (starred Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York, Dick Sargent). Set in the year 2005 and in California's San Fernando Valley we are first introduced to Isabel (Nicole Kidman), who just happens to be a witch. But hopefully not for much longer. She is tired of not leading a normal life. Her main want is to experience love, to "have a guy who is a complete, mess need her." So in order to do so, Isabel has decided to give up her supernatural problems. Kidman plays Isabel with a naive, innocent, sweetness to her and without the ditiziness. It is refreshing to see Kidman in a role that requires a range of facial expressions, a colorful wardrobe and a lighthearted attitude.
Jack Wyatt, (Will Ferrell) is a struggling TV actor who is trying to not only get his life but his career back on the "Hot & Popular" track. Starring as Darin in an updated version of the TV show "Bewitched" is the first step for Jack. But he must first find his Samantha. After discovering Isabel's "twitching" nose and falling for it and her, Jack declares she should play the witch, Samantha on the TV show. Little does he and everyone else know how similar Isabel and Samantha really are. Things get even more complicated when Isabel starts to fall for Jack.
Will the two of them be lucky in love...together? Or will Isabel's being a witch get in the way?
Now that we got that out of the way, I'd liked to give you a rundown on the classics (TV and Movies included)I hope Movie Companies never touch:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Casablanca
- Pretty in Pink
- Breakfast Club
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Happy Days
- Dick Van Dyke Show
- Mary Tyler Moore Show
- The Cosby Show
- The Wonder Years
- Seinfeld
// posted by singleinthecity @ 11:45 PM 
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okay, i must confess that i really enjoyed watching this movie. there's something about flaky movies in the summer that i love (also possibly because the theater is pumped with serious air conditioning thus making western mass. summers tolerable).
okay, but on to things that should never be remade...i can only think of one sacred piece of tv making and that is...saved by the bell. luckily, i have a feeling that it will never occur to someone because most people don't recognize it for the cultural goldmine that it is.
okay, but on to things that should never be remade...i can only think of one sacred piece of tv making and that is...saved by the bell. luckily, i have a feeling that it will never occur to someone because most people don't recognize it for the cultural goldmine that it is.
I totally agree with you Rekha! Saved by the bell is a classic and from example of the horrid that was Saved By the Bell: The New Class - stick to the original.
The same of course can be said for Veronica Mars!
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The same of course can be said for Veronica Mars!
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