Mar 5, 2008, 04:03 PM | by Gary Susman
Categories: Deals, Film, Things That Make Me Die Inside
Another day, another horrible idea for a movie remake. The Guardian blogger Daniel Martin persuasively makes the case why we don't need an updated Breakfast Club, especially one that's set in an airport lounge instead of a high school, but still, you have to wonder: what are these filmmakers (and the execs backing their project) thinking?
Llama Wed, May 7, 2008 at 06:38 PM EST
I think they should wait another twenty years before thinking about that. Why would they remake a movie that's still new enough for people to remember it?
chosha Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 08:14 PM EST
I think it's a great idea, IF they don't try to recreate the original with updated dialogue and that's it. I'd like to see the concept remade, where five teenagers who would never normally even talk to each other are forced to spend a day and end up connecting and realising that they have more in common than they think. Don't you think the Columbine generation could benefit from a well made Breakfast Club of their own?
But it shouldn't try to be the original. That will end up lamer than lame.
Rob Grizzly Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 05:17 PM EST
The funny part is, everyone here will still go see it.
I remember the Dawson's Creep episode that did a take on this. Wasn't that bad enough?
vw Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 04:55 PM EST
Hollywood producers need to go back to the early days of film no later than 1960 and remake some of the lesser known films like what they're doing with The Women which was a good movie but could definitely be redone without the wrath of the masses.
Winona Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 01:54 PM EST
To quote (or paraphrase, perhaps; it's been a while since I've seen it on USA) the "sanitized" version of TBC:
"Flip you, you fuzzy nerd."
There are things that just don't get remade... classics that cannot be touched. Otherwise, we end up with dreck like Everclear's version of "Brown-Eyed Girl".
Stephanie T. Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 01:50 PM EST
I think that a Sociology course based on the John Hughes teen movies would be an awesome college course.
davkat Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 12:25 PM EST
Re-making the Breakfast Club is like making Cassablanca in COLOR!! BAD IDEA!!! This was a well written and well acted movie. I turned my teen-age kids on to this movie (uncut of course) and they simply LOVE it. (It's my daughter's fav and my son's second fav; he LOVES the Blues Brothers)LEAVE THE BC ALONE!!
Emily Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 10:51 AM EST
Why don't they just re-release it instead? I would pay 12 bucks to see the Breakfast Club on the big screen. And Sixteen Candles. And Pretty in Pink. And Heathers.
Elizabeth Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 08:03 AM EST
Dumbest. Idea. Ever. I can't believe that in all of the "creative" "artistic" people in the movie industry that we have to keep doing remakes.
MD Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:02 PM EST
OH HELL NO!!!
Please leave all my '80s teenage agnst movies alone
Coach's Mistress Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 10:22 PM EST
Although the idea of a BC remake is absolutely disgusting, I have to concede that the idea of "Bumped" is just based loosely on some ideas of BC but will not be a remake. I hope I'm right about this. We have to believe!
JennyP Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 08:34 PM EST
NOOOO! Hollywood stop with the remakes already! This is an awesome movie, perfect as is. Leave it and other classic flicks alone. Go find some books to adapt instead.
Ellipsian Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 07:30 PM EST
"The Breakfast Club" is my favorite movie. Ever. That said, this "Bumped" movie--as pathetic sounding as it may be--is NOT a remake of "TBC", has nothing to do with it whatsoever, and so my mind is at ease. Ultimately, there are only so many ideas; it comes down to whether or not the idea can be spun in a way that makes it fresh.
Besides, the whole "Breakfast Club"-ian "teens trapped in a _____" thing has been rehashed (on "Dawson's Creek" for one, and recently on "One Tree Hill" I believe, for another) multiple times, but no one called them remakes. Of course, no one called them "good" either...
Houstonian Jen in DC Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 06:15 PM EST
I don't see the point of remaking the Breakfast Club. I can understand remakes more when they are for some long, long ago movie that most people now don't know about--and the ones who are familiar with it are either really old, dead, or film students. But, a film that is 20 years old, comes on cable just about every week, so it is probably still in the minds of alot of people,and therefore ripe for comparison...what's the point?
For the love of Peter Sellers, Hollywood, be creative!
Stephanie T. Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 05:26 PM EST
Assault on Precinct 13 made no sense, this is true. Famous teen movies should not be remade, period. However it is possible to "update" some famous teen flicks as sequels to focus on modern day subjects that todays teens face. Fast Times can be done a sequel. It would not be original (Degrassi TNG), but it could work. The Breakfast Club can only be remade as a Broadway play (not musical, play). The monologues were really deep, especially Emilo Estevez'es buns taping confession.
Chels Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 05:13 PM EST
OMG...There really are some great books out there that could be good movies...don't mess with the classics!
Eric Friedmann Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 05:11 PM EST
I'll be the first to admit, not all remakes are bad. Sometimes (and only sometimes) they even top the original. Here's some examples (in my opinion):
- The Maltese Falcon (1941)
- House of Wax (1953)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- Ben-Hur (1959)
- King Kong (1976 & 2005)
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
- Dracula (1979 & 1992)
- The Bounty (1981)
- The Fly (1986)
- Always (1989)
- Ransom (1996)
- The Italian Job (2003)
Judd Nelson Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:44 PM EST
A Breakfast Club remake? What can I say? I'm THRILLED. I want to be just like you movie making guys. I figure all I need is a lobotomy and some tights. Eat. My. Shorts. The idea of a remake is demented and sad and really pumps my nads. You remake my doobage, I'll make you watch Cabin By The Lake and Return to Cabin By the Lake!!!
Ames Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:42 PM EST
If they are so out of ideas, why don't they head on over to their local library and pull a book off the shelf. I read lots of books I think would be good movies. Maybe not blockbusters, but still, it's an idea.
Ep Sato Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:39 PM EST
Wow. I bet soon they'll remake Heathers(this time set in a train station in Moscow) and Pretty in Pink (remade as a period piece that takes place in Santiago, Chile in the late 1800's with the war with Peru as a backdrop).
My ideas are awful, but some of the stuff that's been remade has been equally bad. When remakes are done well, it's usually because something really creative's been done with them. For example, the Warriors was remade as a video game. The Italian Job paid enough homage to the original without being a stinker.
On the other hand, we don't need a remake of a movie that makes no sense in a modern context. Assault on Precinct 13 stands as a good example of this.
Kathleen Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:36 PM EST
Studio execs? Hey! HEY! Stu-HEY! NO! NO. Bad! Bad studio execs! *rubs their noses in the steaming pile of "idea" they left on the floor*
birdgirl39@yahoo.com Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:30 PM EST
Only a "Super-Max-Zoom-Dweebie" would pay real money to go see this. Let's look to Canada for good movies, eh?
Eric Friedmann Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:20 PM EST
Here's what they're thinking:
Well, let's see...I spent all those years in college and/or film school and apparently learned NOTHING about originality and creativity and how to use film as an intelligent medium. But golly, gee whiz, I have all this money laying around and would just hate to have to waste it on something that hasn't been done on screen before. I guess the only real logical thing to do now is remake a movie that people have already seen before. Yeah, that's it! Brilliant! Now all I need is Michael Bay!"
Hollywood is dead!
Ceballos Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:14 PM EST
It's been said before, but it should be mentioned again: instead of remaking older/beloved classics, Hollywood really should focus its creative energy on coming up with good ideas.
...but since that's not gonna happen, why not remake newer misfires, instead of older/better fare that no one wants to see remade. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: I'd probably plop down $7 for a remake of The DaVinci Code that's, you know, exciting. (I'd pay only $7 because I still use my college ID despite the fact that I graduated from UF three years ago.)
furry_tom Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:12 PM EST
So... is their pilot making them write a paper before they can board the plane?
Snarf Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 04:05 PM EST
BOO! Probably thinking they have to come up with something fast to continue to be on the (very lucritive) payroll.
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