The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast

The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast

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  • Season 3 Teaser

    The GBR squad are back!


    After a long break, we got together another list of 10 movies and their remakes, spanning the spectrum of Unmakes, Agreemakes and Remazing and we're here to tell you what's coming up over the next ten weeks.


    As always, let us know your thoughts in these places:

    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - ⁠https://boxd.it/1EHhT⁠

    Ben's profile - ⁠https://boxd.it/1lH3J⁠

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    And thanks for listening. Tell your friends!


    16 min
  • Episode 25 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

    **CONTENT WARNING: In order to discuss the events of both films, we discuss scenes of sexual violence**


    Back for a bonus episode, due to popular demand we've done what none of you should probably attempt and that is watching both adaptations of Stieg Larsson's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - back-to-back.

    The 2009 film from Niels Arden Oplev marked the arrival of Noomi Rapace and Michael Nyqvist, both of whom would go on to fairly successful Hollywood careers. Its a relatively faithful adaptation of the novel, albeit on a budget that only just elevates it above its TV movie roots.

    Just a couple of years later, the same story got the Hollywood treatment under the stewardship of David Fincher. With a budget close to $100m and James Bond in the lead, surely this had to smooth off some of the book's rough edges in order to see a wide release, right?

    Catherine's read the books, Neal and Ben haven't. So how will that affect their opinions of these two films, which share so much in terms of narrative, but are wildly different in style and approach?


    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhTBen's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 24 - LA Takedown & Heat
    It's the season finale, which means two things: it's the last episode for a little while (stay tuned to the very end for more on how long that might be) and we've got to go out with a bang.
    Few people are aware that Heat, Michael Mann's epic crime drama, is itself a remake of an earlier Michael Mann film: LA Takedown, which was originally shot to be a TV pilot and was released as a TV movie. Even fewer have ever seen it and it is this that we are discussing on this episode.
    LA Takedown was made on a fraction of Heat's budget, but with a script that has word-for-word passages that were recycled for the later film. It's probably no secret that it's not up to the quality of the remake, but does it work on its own terms? The answer is not as straightforward as it may seem.
    And then, the big one, the grandaddy: Heat has become one of the most influential crime films of the last few decades, from Den of Thieves to The Town to The Dark Knight, Michael Mann's way with action, dialogue, visuals, sounds and heists is legendary. So strap in, cos we're going deep on this one.
    Thanks as always for following along the last few weeks. Make sure to let us know if you want us to do more and what you'd like to hear us talk about.
    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:
    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT
    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J
    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:
    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/
    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake
    And get in touch here: [email protected]
    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala
    1 hr 16 min
  • Episode 23 - The Vanishing

    Our penultimate episode of this run is the first time we're discussing a director remaking his own film.

    The Vanishing 1988 (AKA Spoorloos) is a meticulously structured, detail-driven psychological thriller, centred around a young couple who come into contact with a fiercely intelligent sociopath. Years after one of them goes missing, the other two meet up and the events that led to the titular vanishing will be revealed in the most twisted way imaginable. A classic foreign-language thriller, this is renowned for its thematic richness and brilliant, tension-inducing editing and excellent performances.


    The remake (1993) teams the same director with Jeff Bridges, Kiefer Sutherland, Nancy Travis and a pre-stardom Sandra Bullock. And... we had some thoughts about it.

    More than probably any film we've discussed yet, the original is a film you need to see before listening to this episode. We've done our best to avoid spoilers until they're clearly marked, but if you want to experience The Vanishing the way it was intended, get the 1988 film watched.


    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 14 min
  • Episode 22 - 3:10 to Yuma

    Two westerns separated by five decades, but connected by a short story from Elmore Leonard and lead actors who are real cutey pies.


    First up, Glenn Ford and Van Heflin are at odds, as the former tries to convince the latter to spare him from the eponymous prison train. It's light on action, heavy on charm and presents a fairly believable vision of the old west in Van Heflin's simple farmer.

    Then, 50 years later, we got the big budget remake from James "Logan" Mangold, with Russell Crowe and Christian Bale stepping into the shoes of Ben Wade and Dan Evans. This time, Mangold adds in half an hour of runtime - mostly in action scenes that are quite spectacular - and he changes the ending.

    So which is going to fare better: the simple, straightforward semi-classic; or the bombastic, big budget update?


    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 9 min
  • Episode 21 - Cape Fear

    CONTENT WARNING: The films discussed this week contain scenes of sexual assault, which we felt we had to address.


    A brace of violent psychological thrillers this week, starting with the 1962 J. Lee Thompson classic, Cape Fear, starring Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum. Shockingly edgy for when it came out, it was a new experience for 2/3rds of the GBR team, so the big question is, can a film that's pushing 60 still retain the power to genuinely unnerve, or have cinematic boundaries of taste and propriety moved on too far for it still to work?

    Almost 30 years later, Martin Scorsese celebrated one of his highest grossing films with the remake, starring Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Jessica Lange and Juliette Lewis. Given the time in which it was made and coming straight after Goodfellas, the remake is immeasurably more graphic and explicit in its violence and malevolence, but with Scorsese throwing every cinematic trick in the book at it as well, is it just all too much?

    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 20 - Zero Hour! and Airplane!

    This week, something completely different to anything we've done before, as a 1950's B-movie is turned into a comedy for all time, while sticking surprisingly close to the original's story, script and even performances.


    Zero Hour! is a straightforward slice of mid-budget disaster movie, as a former military pilot has to use his long-dormant skills to save a flight beleagured by food poinsoning and a storm, while carrying his estranged wife and son as passengers. None of the team had seen this before, so the question going in was: would it stand a chance of still working on its own terms, or would it become laughable...

    ...because the second film we're discussing needs little introduction. Considered by many to be the funniest film ever made, Airplane! is a Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker classic. It's also more than forty years old now so, returning to it, has the comedy aged, fallen out of favour, or is it still as relentlessly hilarious as we all remember it to be?

    Along the way, we get a bit sidetracked into a discussion of what became of the big budget spoof in the years after AIrplane!, from the Naked Gun and Hot Shots films, through to today.


    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    59 min
  • Episode 19 - The Taking of Pelham 123

    The two films under review today - one from 1974 directed by Joseph Sargent, the other from 2009 and directed by Tony Scott - have something in common, beyond them sharing a plot and title. Both, in very distinct ways, act as monuments to the cinematic styles of the period they come from. Sargent's film is grimy and unglamorous, with an unmistakably '70s score. Scott's film is full of rolling cars, hyperactive editing and John Travolta.

    Which one will come out on top and can Tony Scott enter the rarefied ranks of the Remazing?

    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 18 min
  • Episode 18 - Footloose

    An 80s classic that none of the team had seen this week, the arrival of Mr Kevin Bacon (and his six degrees of separation) in a foot-stomping, illegal dancing, modern musical. Does it still stand on its loose two feet 35 years on, or is it just fondly remembered by the generation that grew up with it?

    Following it up, the 2011 remake from Craig 'Hustle & Flow' Brewer, this time populated with professional dancers instead of scrappy, up-and-coming actors. The wrinkle is that Ben has seen this one (possibly four separate times) and has a real fondness for it. How will this impact on seeing the original for the first time?

    And, inspired by the film's plot, we take a little detour around the world to find some other odd, illegal activities.

    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd: 

    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT

    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 15 min
  • Episode 17 - Dawn of the Dead

    We're dishing up some more horror this week, with George A Romero's seminal 70s classic, Dawn of the Dead ('78) and the big budget feature debut of the sometimes controversial Zack Snyder, Dawn of the Dead ('04).


    They both partly take place in malls and feature gore and the undead. That's pretty much where the comparisons end. So when there's no more room in DVD Hell, which film will walk the Earth?

    If you're interested in the team's views on non-remake properties, you can follow us on Letterboxd:
    Neal's profile - https://boxd.it/1EHhT
    Ben's profile - https://boxd.it/1lH3J

    We want your feedback, 3-word reviews and suggestions for any other films that have been remade, so find us in these places:

    Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Goodbadremake/

    and on Twitter: twitter.com/GoodBadRemake

    And get in touch here: [email protected]

    Music is 'Bring Me the West' by phlaala

    1 hr 16 min

About The Good, The Bad and The Remake: Movie Podcast

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The Good, the Bad, and the Remake: Movie Podcast. Where we watch some classic films, some not so great, and their respective remakes. Will the recreation be an Unmake, an Agreemake, or Re-mazing!