Monday, April 24, 2006

Can old TV shows become good movies?

Movie Review: Bewitched (2005)

This nearly made it into my Will Ferrell film festival page. The idea behind this movie is that a real witch (Nicole Kidman), who is trying to lead a normal non-magical life, is cast in the role of Samantha in a remake of the old TV show 'Bewitched'. Ferrell plays a cocky actor who wants to revitalize his career by playing the role of Darrin the new show. Of course they fall in love and Kidman, desite her vows not to, uses magic here and there. The movie is remarkably unfunny and totally unromantic. The funniest moments were clips from the original TV show. This movie probably would have been much better if they had not attempted the post modern makeover and just did an exact remake of the original show. 4/10

Movie Review: Starsky & Hutch (2004)

A remake of the popular 70's action show. Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson take the lead roles and are joined by their usual pack of buddies, Vince Vaughn and Will Ferrell. The story is pretty simple but the cast are good together. There are some funny moments and it's cool to see that Torino racing around (and getting totalled during the end credits). 6/10

Movie Review: The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

A remake of the 80's series that I used to stay up late to watch. This movie has none of the charm of the original. The good old Duke boys here (Johnny Knoxville and Sean William Scott) are just a couple of idiots. The only redeeming scenes in this rehash are the great car racing scenes. The most disturbing part is when the good old Duke boys basically try to kill the police officers chasing them by throwing molotov cocktails at their cruisers. At the end of the movie the governor of the state simply pardons them of all crimes (could he really pardon them of attempted murder of police officers?) just because they are local heroes. 5/10

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