Il Mare remake (The Lake House)

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 10:47 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I saw the trailer for The Lake House a couple days ago too. It actually looked pretty good, although as we all know, remakes generally are a disappointment compared to the original movie/book. It seems interesting enough to watch - you gotta love keanu reeves and sandra bullock! And it does seem like there has been lots of american remakes of japanese/korean movies these last couple of years...

Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 11:22 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

We all know Hollywood seems to be continuing the trend of copying/remaking asian movies that was started possibly from the horror genre copies.
But, we shouldn't get too disappointed yet guys! No one has seen The Lakehouse yet - it may be worth it. Of course it can never ever possibly be better than the original! Can it?!

Just to let you know: If anyone knows their HONG KONG movies they'll know about the amazing "Infernal Affairs" movies starring Andy Lau, the first of which was released in 2002.

AND guess what...........?

That's right! Hollywood is making a remake of the first movie, and it will be called 'The Departed'.

The originals were amazing and even i loved them all.So can the Western versions do any better? Hollywood seems to have an ace up its sleeve as it is directed by Martin Scorsese and stars Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon. Its in post--prodution at the moment so who knows when it will be released - is supposed to be 2006.

BTW we shouldn't forget that the trend works both ways, as Hollywood movies are remade/copied by Asian filmakers too!!

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i just saw the trailer and it looks pretty similar... and even the house is , u know has alomost the same structure... anyways, the characters are both good and my favs so im gonna watch it even though ive seen Il Mare...

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:08 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i liked the original as well. I don't know where i should place my expectations for lake house though =x i'm not fond of sandra bullock because of Crash, haha. and keanu reeves.. all he reminds me of is neo-esque chars. oh well, we'll see how it comes out. btw aren't they remaking my sassy girl as well?

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:15 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Thu May 18, 2006 4:38 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

yea, i also saw the tailer out today. i might go and watch it

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 2:39 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I just saw the trailer for The Lakehouse. I don't know, Hollywood remakes don't really appeal to me. I'll just watch it when it comes on satellite/cable. Smile

Hollywood can't really capture the "Asian" flavor, don't really know how to explain it. Big Smile

I guess certain movies can be copied but I don't think My Sassy Girl can be copied because the culture's just too different. JJH beat the crap out of that guy in the movie. In the U.S. that type of beating might land JJH a restraining order! Laugh

superlarki...I know what u mean about the Infernal Affairs series, I watched all 3 and they were all good.

as for other remakes, money talks. as long there's money to be made, more movies will be re-made.

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:14 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

kali4niaguy: hello there! just saw your name in the index... so it seems youve seen Il Mare already....

anyways, i still would like to see the movie The Lake House... one bad trait of mine, am quite a movie addict espcially if i like the castings.... i agree bout some korean movies, too much beatings and all... ive assumed that its against the law in some countries but bout the culture, it could be adjusted in some ways...i suppose... havent seen infernal affairs, was it good?

Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:59 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

I'll probably end up watching it just cause it's a remake of one of my favorite movie, but after seeing the previews, I'm a little disappointed. The script didn't give me the same sort of appeal--too "American"? The acting is the same way. When I watched Il Mare it had a melancholic feel to it (which made me unwilling to watch it for a while), but with this... it starts off too strong and evidently continues like that throughtout. Altogether, I might say they lost the entire feel of Il Mare. Somehow images of the movie "You Got Mail" enter my mind when they were reading and writing the letters... probably end up only as an okay movie to decent movie.

Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: Post Rating: 0

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:31 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

i've already seen the lake house.. i should say that i like il mare's ending more..the lake house's ending is somewhat cheesy. lakehouse is more fast-paced and is more specific to some details though.

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: Post Rating: 0

lakehouse was blahhh.. the plot wasn`t as appealing. hey killed it in the beginning. ending was too "out there". no suspense.. il mare was way better. =)

Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 12:31 pm Post subject: Its coming out!! Post Rating: 0

Yeh Its soon comign out in Australian Cinemas im excited to make a comparison..personally i don't think it will be as good as Korean ver. But They chose really good actors who match!! Wub