It's Denzel vs. Travolta in the 'Pelham 123' Trailer
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It's not far to assume that all remakes will disappoint by default. I've come to learn that we get one Dawn of the Dead '04 for every ten of Prom Night '08, but more importantly, I've learned to be a bit more grateful for those that do work, because they are no less ours to enjoy. However, judging by the new trailer over at Yahoo! Movies for Tony Scott's take on The Taking of Pelham 123, that approach cannot eliminate skepticism entirely, which is what this trailer filled me with, entirely.Hiring the more spastic Scott sibling to helm a movie that mostly takes place on a subway car held hostage doesn't seem right, which is why this piece is filled with roaming cameras as a truck crashes into a car, Denzel Washington clashes with John Travolta, a motorcycle crashes into a car, Denzel's facial hair clashes with Travolta's facial hair, so on, so forth...
And the original (Walter Matthau vs. Robert Shaw! And that theme!) and its dry wit appear to have instead been reduced to that one line about milk and a climax likely more comparable to Speed than Pelham '74. But hey, I can't say for sure until I actually see more than two minutes of the thing, and having been surprised by how much I enjoyed Scott and Washington's Deja Vu after sitting through its trailers, I'll try and bite my tongue until June 12th.
(On the flip side: if you have 105 minutes to spare, I may be able to help you see things my way...)
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2-12-2009 @ 10:12PM
Scott Weinberg said...
Dunno. The original had a team of baddies. And Walter Matthau.
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2-13-2009 @ 11:25AM
NP said...
I'll probably see this, but I'm not optimistic. Really like the original.
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2-13-2009 @ 11:25AM
colby said...
Tony Scott + Denzel + Harry Gregson Williams = absolute gold. LOVED Dejå Vu ... LOVED Crimson Tide. LOVED Man on Fire.
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2-13-2009 @ 3:22PM
David said...
How could anything in this movie's pedigree top one of the best final closeups in movie history?
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2-13-2009 @ 3:21PM
Dan said...
Far as I'm concerned, Tony Scott is pretty damn good (Last Boyscout, True Romance, Enemy of The State) and as far as working with Denzel, Deja Vu and Man On Fire were both awesome, though I lean a little more towards Deja. In any case, Denzel is usually consisently awesome and Travolta-well, when he's good, he's real good. But I dunno if I'm sold on this movie just based on the trailer...it just looks kinda eh, but I'll keep an eye out.
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2-15-2009 @ 9:10PM
Guy said...
"I've come to learn that we get one Dawn of the Dead '04 for every ten of Prom Night '08"
Except that the Dawn of the Dead remake was not very good, either. It is more like 30 sh!tty remakes to every passable one.
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2-16-2009 @ 11:27AM
Brett said...
I just recently saw the original... maybe 2 months ago and never knew what the name was. I'm 23... in college, so these older movies tend to pass by me. I caught it on AMC one night, been watching that channel like crazy lately, also saw original 3:10 to Yuma, but I thought the original was great and easily one of my favorite movies. Matthau is great. But I honestly feel this movie could be a good one. Maybe not as good as the original, but I think it will be thrilling, suspenseful, and have some sweet action to go along with it. I'm not a fan of the wife getting involved there with the milk and all but we'll see how that turns out. Denzel is great and rarely does a bad flick. We'll have to wait and see.
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