| T.R | Title | User | Personal
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| 691.1 | You will believe... | DECWET::HAYNES | | Fri Nov 11 1994 21:55 | 4 |
| Starts November 18th... same day as Star Trek : Generations.
Michael
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| 691.2 | I'll take the first miracle, thank you! | SWAM2::SMITH_MA | | Mon Nov 14 1994 11:19 | 6 |
| I don't know about anyone else, but I absolutley _refuse_ to see this
movie. I am such a loyal fan of the original that I can not see the
point of a remake ( and this is the 2nd one they made! ) when the
orignal translates so well into present time. Anyone agree?
MJ
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| 691.3 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Mon Nov 14 1994 12:57 | 11 |
| Agree (mostly): my daughter and I saw "The Santa Clause" last night and
during the preview for "Miracle on 34th Street" I made a deal with her
that we would ONLY go see the new one if we watched the OLD one first.
I only hope that she'll be duly impressed with Natalie Wood (she's seen
"West Side Story" and "Gypsy", so...).
As for the "Mrs. Doubtfire" child, I *hope* that she's a wonderful
actress; I think she has an unremarkable face. The preview for the new
MO34S is uninspired... we'll go to the cheap seats (1st matinee).
Leslie
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| 691.4 | Can't touch the original | SWAM1::MILLS_MA | To Thine own self be True | Mon Nov 14 1994 14:25 | 9 |
| From what I can see, the only thing they've done is possibly make it
"politically correct" by having the little girl be deaf and/or dumb.
One of the trailers has Kris Kringle signing to her.
How 90's.......
Marilyn
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| 691.5 | | USCTR1::WOOLNER | Your dinner is in the supermarket | Mon Nov 14 1994 15:17 | 11 |
| Right, but it's not the Natalie Wood character (the lead child). I
think that was just a vignette - one child in the department store line
to sit on Santa's lap - *not* the character we follow through the film.
And as usual in a trailer, they give away much too much of the plot.
And (personal gripe) I don't approve of planting the idea (in a trailer
seen by "G" audiences) that there *might not* be a Santa! Of course
there *is*.... but do 4-year-olds need to know there are grinches out
there who DON'T believe? :-}
Leslie
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| 691.6 | Not bad, could have done LOTS better. | DECWET::HAYNES | | Tue Nov 15 1994 13:57 | 8 |
| I saw the sneak preview. It was OK. I didn't dislike it, but like most
of the posters here I enjoyed the first verion the best. There were
several points of the movie I found myself laughing out loud inspite of
myself... a lot of the acting however seems forced...
** 1/2 out of ****
Michael
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| 691.7 | Mara Wilson | QUARRY::reeves | Jon Reeves, UNIX compiler group | Tue Nov 15 1994 18:18 | 3 |
| ... is the little girl, who steals the show (well, Richard Attenborough
shares it with her); unfortunately, it's too similar to what she did in
Mrs. Doubtfire (but Robin wouldn't let her steal that one).
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| 691.8 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Wed Nov 16 1994 09:18 | 10 |
| What does this movie offer that the original or the first remake didn't?
(The first remake added color, which has been supplanted when the original
was colorized.)
I've only seen the trailers, but the visuals and the casting seem so much
like the original that I can't see any added value.
(Hmmmm... do we already have a topic that addresses the general remake
question: "What does this movie offer that the original didn't?")
- tom]
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| 691.9 | Aaaggghhhh! | SWAM2::SMITH_MA | | Wed Nov 16 1994 12:25 | 3 |
| I wholeheartedly agree! Why can't we share the classics with our
children? How 'bout re-releasing the orginial on the theatres? I'd
go...twice!
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| 691.10 | | BUSY::FISED::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Mon Nov 21 1994 08:04 | 6 |
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Siskel and Ebert both liked it, even though they agreed it
wasn't as good as the original.
GTI
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| 691.11 | I liked it. | WMOIS::LYONS_S | | Mon Nov 21 1994 12:45 | 18 |
|
I saw this over the weekend. I liked it. I have never seen the
original and maybe that why I enjoyed this, because I had nothing to
compare it to.
I also happen to enjoy Mara Wilson unlike a few replies in here. I
happen to think the fact that she isn't a "doll" and exceptionally
beautiful, gives her all the more credibility. I think her smile is
genuine and her big bright eyes are very communicative.
I was surprised to see the gentleman playing Brian, since the last
thing I saw him in he was a real dirtbag (Cowboy Way).
I enjoyed it, and felt the holiday spirit when I left. It's worth at
least a matinee.
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| 691.12 | Why tamper with perfection? | USDEV::HERRING | | Mon Dec 05 1994 13:13 | 20 |
| I am a fan of the original Miracle, having seen it many times in both
black and white and colorized forms, and can say that it is in no
danger of being superseded as a holiday classic by the 1994 version.
The new Miracle is a beautifully photographed film, with many lush
scenes making full use of the colors of the season. It is a fine,
one-time holiday entertainment best appreciated in a theatre. But it
lacks many essential elements that have made the original the perennial
family favorite, the most obvious of which is its lack of a sense of
humor. I missed Mrs. Shellhammer, Mr. Sawyer, Alfred, and the William
Frawley politico of the court room. When Kris admits that he
deliberatly flunked the mental competency test, the opportunity is not
taken for a funny line (Edmund Gwen said in the original, "I told them
the first president was Calvin Coolidge!"). Instead of that warm humorous
undertone, we get real villains, and a darker scenario, which make the
resolutions of the story seem all the more contrived and out of place.
No, the 1947 original is still champ, and always will be.
Steve H.
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| 691.13 | Set Mode Cynical (I prefer the original, too.) | STRATA::RUDMAN | Always the Black Knight | Wed Dec 07 1994 14:10 | 5 |
| I figure Calvin Coolidge jokes were funnier & more topical in 1934.
And probably more people knew he wasn't the first president 60 years
ago than do today.
Don
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| 691.14 | | RANGER::LINDT::bence | Unsticking my myths. | Wed Dec 07 1994 15:41 | 4 |
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Gee, I watched the original the other night, and I don't remember a
reference to Coolidge. I distinctly heard him answer "George Washington"
during the mental competency test.
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| 691.15 | | BUSY::BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Thailboat!! | Wed Dec 07 1994 15:51 | 7 |
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Maybe they also touched up the dialogue when they colorized it?
8^)
GTI
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| 691.16 | Let's get really topical | SWAM1::MILLS_MA | To Thine own self be True | Wed Dec 07 1994 16:08 | 5 |
| Maybe they could touch it up even more for the nineties by having him
say Hillary Clinton ;^)
Marilyn
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| 691.17 | | QETOO::BASQUE | | Fri Dec 09 1994 09:48 | 14 |
| I just saw this new version of a very fine film. I don't very often go
into a movie theater to see a movie, however, i'm on one of the few
business trips I've taken over the last couple of years and it is
showing at the local theater.
I agree totally with .12. This is by no means in the class of the
original. It lacks a sort of reality if fantisy. That's the only way
I can explain it. It was OK, but I do not believe it will ever become
close to a tradition in the way the original movie has.
Just my opion.
Ray
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