They had to do it...
There is a 'gentleman's code' out there right?...You know like a hand-shake deal, or you don't screw your boy's girl. That type of thing...right?
Well, that code should stretch over to movies, and unfortunately Hollywood and Adam Sandler have created the greatest sacrilege with their re-make of "The Longest Yard." This is atrocious, and is just a plain, flat-out travesty. This is a movie that you shouldn't even give a glance at on a late re-run on the USA Network. What a shame...How dare you screw with the legacy of Paul Krewe!
I'm right on by saying that the "The Longest Yard" in 1969 is the greatest football movie made...Period. Bill Simmons from ESPN Page 2 agrees....Check out his review from Page2 here...What's good to see is that I share the same passions for the originial movie as much as he does.
How can you top the original. So, why the hell would you try to re-make it?...Hell, re-release the movie, but don't make it a slapstick hoax. Hell, Burt Reynolds was in top shape, and he was an ex-Florida State football player, and you try to replace him with the baby-talking, Sandler, who is still trying to burn off his late-night stoner meals from five years ago.
C'mon Adam, I expect better from you...Burt will do any thing for attention and loot, but christ, you really think you take on a classic role like that...Geez, you spent way too much time playing Nerf ball in the basement...You're not even close, and you want me to buy a ticket for this crap.
Straight from the get-go, they open the movie with a twelve car pile-up that tries to replace the Paul Krewe, slap-down hangover tirade that combines a roadie cocktail-to-go, a Southern backwoods car chase with Skynard's "Saturday Night Special" in the background. Hell, every time I here that song, I still want a smoke.
Simmons is definitely a guy that I would love to watch ESPN Classic with for a day. Simmons puts forth that the original was "introspective, dramatic, and realistic." And I'll agree, but what makes this a great movie is the timing of it in American history. Think about when the movie was dropped.
You're telling me that the original wasn't making a statement about racial problems between black and white, VietNam, and the bull-horse police tactics of the day. Hell, it doesn't take P.H.D. to theorize that director Robert Aldrich was making more than just a sports movie. Didn't you have the same feeling that Albert represented LBJ and big government?
So, the producers of today can't think of another storyline, and they desecrate a classic with Nelly, Chris Rock, and an Ultimate Fighting Champ in Ray Nitschke/Joe Kapp role. And to top it off, instead of a Willie Hall, we get Michael Irvin for chrissake.
I'm here with Simmons. Please stop devouring our American pop culture classics. What's next a slapstick comedy of "The Natural." Hey how about Rob Schnieder as Roy Hobbs?
Mean Machine, Mean Machine...
IronDog
Well, that code should stretch over to movies, and unfortunately Hollywood and Adam Sandler have created the greatest sacrilege with their re-make of "The Longest Yard." This is atrocious, and is just a plain, flat-out travesty. This is a movie that you shouldn't even give a glance at on a late re-run on the USA Network. What a shame...How dare you screw with the legacy of Paul Krewe!
I'm right on by saying that the "The Longest Yard" in 1969 is the greatest football movie made...Period. Bill Simmons from ESPN Page 2 agrees....Check out his review from Page2 here...What's good to see is that I share the same passions for the originial movie as much as he does.
How can you top the original. So, why the hell would you try to re-make it?...Hell, re-release the movie, but don't make it a slapstick hoax. Hell, Burt Reynolds was in top shape, and he was an ex-Florida State football player, and you try to replace him with the baby-talking, Sandler, who is still trying to burn off his late-night stoner meals from five years ago.
C'mon Adam, I expect better from you...Burt will do any thing for attention and loot, but christ, you really think you take on a classic role like that...Geez, you spent way too much time playing Nerf ball in the basement...You're not even close, and you want me to buy a ticket for this crap.
Straight from the get-go, they open the movie with a twelve car pile-up that tries to replace the Paul Krewe, slap-down hangover tirade that combines a roadie cocktail-to-go, a Southern backwoods car chase with Skynard's "Saturday Night Special" in the background. Hell, every time I here that song, I still want a smoke.
Simmons is definitely a guy that I would love to watch ESPN Classic with for a day. Simmons puts forth that the original was "introspective, dramatic, and realistic." And I'll agree, but what makes this a great movie is the timing of it in American history. Think about when the movie was dropped.
You're telling me that the original wasn't making a statement about racial problems between black and white, VietNam, and the bull-horse police tactics of the day. Hell, it doesn't take P.H.D. to theorize that director Robert Aldrich was making more than just a sports movie. Didn't you have the same feeling that Albert represented LBJ and big government?
So, the producers of today can't think of another storyline, and they desecrate a classic with Nelly, Chris Rock, and an Ultimate Fighting Champ in Ray Nitschke/Joe Kapp role. And to top it off, instead of a Willie Hall, we get Michael Irvin for chrissake.
I'm here with Simmons. Please stop devouring our American pop culture classics. What's next a slapstick comedy of "The Natural." Hey how about Rob Schnieder as Roy Hobbs?
Mean Machine, Mean Machine...
IronDog
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