I agree with Juri that the original "Get Carter" is not a
movie that would likely get made today by a major studio.
Why? Because executives are in a constant state of "musical
chairs". Everyone is afraid of losing their jobs and sticking
your neck out is a great way to lose it if your gamble
doesn't pay off. Throw in the escalating cost of bringing a
movie to the theatre and most execs will opt to play it safe
and revert to formula. Two of the biggest rules: have a
sympathetic hero and have an upbeat ending. The original "Get
Carter" has neither. Although I agree with Kevin that the
below films are good or great, all have sympathetic (if
marginal) heros and in the end, the good guys always win.
Even Payback, as I recall reading here, supposedly went back
for reshoots because Gibson and/or the studio felt that
Porter/Parker wasn't likable enough.
Brad
> >The original is a great film, something the big
studios just couldn't do
> >nowadays.
>
> with all due respect, I beg to differ, Juri. I think
a lot depends on
> how you define "big" studios, and "nowadays." Recent
HB-ish films,
> say, post-Pulp fiction, worth watching include, just
off the top of
> my head, Twilight, Payback, Jackie Brown, The Zero
Effect, Copland,
> L.A. Confidential, and the Coen Bros. one about the
bowling doofus
> turned temporary private dick with Jeff
Bridges.
>
> Yeah, not everyone here likes all of 'em, and some
of them (arguably)
> suffer in comparison to the source material or the
original film
> version, or fail to re-invent the wheel, but
generally, I'd contend
> that they're all relatively well-done, honest,
non-stupid films that
> demand a little intelligence on the part of the
viewer. And they were
> all done by relatively big studios, as far as I
know.
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