Masayuki Suo's Shall We ƒ_ƒ“ƒX is an endearing little gem of a comedy, one of my favorites to come out of Japan in the last few years. I've waited impatiently for it to be released on DVD in America. Instead, the screenplay has been exported to Hollywood and in a few months we will be getting the Americanized version, starring Richard Gere as the salaryman who wants to put a little jazz in his step and Jennifer Lopez as the master in the way of ballroom dancing.
After I recovered from the absolute horror of the idea, I thought, "Well, maybe a remake will encourage people to seek out the original--the way it did with 'The Ring'." Maybe not, but at least Suo shares the screenwriting credit; hope he makes some bucks out of the deal. The trailer looks almost shot-for-shot. At least the story is better than most of the pap coming out of Hollywood. Wait, let me shudder one more time.
Posted by M Sinclair Stevens
June 03, 2004
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UH!!! Thank you!!! I realize this was posted a million days ago, but i wanted ONE more person at least to share this opinion with! I saw the original a long time ago, and I loved it. When i heard it was coming out as a "J-lo" movie, and the trailors give NO credit to anyone (just like with 'the ring' and 'ju-on') I was sooo upset!! The original movie was great- why does the american public need american actors to digest it?! Why can't they just release the original with subtitles? Now they've started releasing movies using phrases like "from the author of the ring', when they know they don't mean the original author of ringu -they're talking about the person who simply adapted someone elses story to english. That's such garbage! Ok...I vented...now i'm happy.
Comment by: Tyree G. Posted February 10, 2005 01:45 PM.
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