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Hey, has n e 1 seen the new movie, Fever Pitch? If u have, what did u think abt it?
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Numenor said:
Pretty much...the movie industry seems to have no originality left. No one is interested in making a movie unless it's a sequel, a remake, or based on a popular book/comicbook.
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Wroth
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Numenor said:
You're telling me you'd go watch a American Football or Baseball movie? I mean if you had a choice of seeing a few other comedies as well?
It seems normal to adapt certain things to match the market it's being sold in. Most americans (and Canadians too) don't really care much for soccer, so not a ton of people would really want to see it. It makes sense that if they change the sport to one of the more popular sports, more people would go see it. More people seeing it = more money.
I for one though, would have enjoyed it as Arsenal - I like soccer more than baseball and it's steroids. I play both in mens leagues, by the way, so don't jump on me for being biased or something. I also happened to like the original "Mean Machine" that's being remade into "The Longest Yard". I'll prolly go see TLY, but I suspect that MM will be better anyways.
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Wroth said:
I've seen Any Given Sunday, Remember the Titans, Bill Durham and many more. I would obviously make my choice based on reviews, who starred and who directed the film.
Soccer is apparently the biggest participation sport in America for children. Don't moviemakers think that that these kids are growing up yet still retaining their interest in soccer? I can understand them tweaking the jokes since a lot of british humour is quite deadpan and frankly goes over the heads of most of your 'Friends' audiences who need to be smacked in the face with a joke to find it funny. But hey, I just have a bee in my bonnet about remakes etc
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Numenor said:
Well, granted, those are great films. But I'm just talking about comedies - American humour is vastly inferior to British humour for the most part and if *I* had the choice, I wouldn't bother watching an American comedy if a British one was also showing.
Soccer is apparently the biggest participation sport in America for children. Don't moviemakers think that that these kids are growing up yet still retaining their interest in soccer? I can understand them tweaking the jokes since a lot of british humour is quite deadpan and frankly goes over the heads of most of your 'Friends' audiences who need to be smacked in the face with a joke to find it funny. But hey, I just have a bee in my bonnet about remakes etc
A lot of those kids play it for the activity levels. Most have no clue about the English Premier League, the Bundisliga (sp), etc... Soccer is an extremely cheap sport to play, so for parents looking to get their kids active, that's what they sign them up for.
Valid point on the Friends comment
I can't stand the show for the most part because of the stupid humour (though Joey makes me crack up most of the time) - one of my favorite comedies on TV is "My Family", a decidedly British comedy And one of my favorite movies is "Shaun of the Dead". I love the deadpan humour and subtle jokes slipped in for attentive viewers.
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