Comments on: The Blue Fool’s Into Gold http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-blue-fools-into-gold/ Covering weekly box office grosses in the US and TV ratings. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 10:12:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Skot http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-blue-fools-into-gold/#comment-153931 Skot Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:19:06 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-blue-fools-into-gold/#comment-153931 Actually, FOOL'S GOLD might be the product of a phenomenon you remarked on a few months ago about genre remakes: "My remake policy is never redo a classic - always remake a movie that had a great premise but somehow didn’t quite work. That way the premise gets another chance, and only a handful of people are familiar with the original and probably don’t like it anyway. Everybody wins!" INTO THE BLUE certainly qualifies as a flawed concept. Hot, half-naked young stars and buried treasure are the positives, But overall it was a risible, cliché-ridden caper film that went mostly unseen. Now, Ms. Hudson's and Mr. McConaughey's people thought, if we make it AGAIN as a Romantic Comedy... Katching! Actually, FOOL’S GOLD might be the product of a phenomenon you remarked on a few months ago about genre remakes:

“My remake policy is never redo a classic - always remake a movie that had a great premise but somehow didn’t quite work. That way the premise gets another chance, and only a handful of people are familiar with the original and probably don’t like it anyway. Everybody wins!”

INTO THE BLUE certainly qualifies as a flawed concept. Hot, half-naked young stars and buried treasure are the positives, But overall it was a risible, cliché-ridden caper film that went mostly unseen. Now, Ms. Hudson’s and Mr. McConaughey’s people thought, if we make it AGAIN as a Romantic Comedy… Katching!

]]> By: Daniel http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-blue-fools-into-gold/#comment-153876 Daniel Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:00:11 +0000 http://boxoffice.thepodcastnetwork.com/2008/02/01/the-blue-fools-into-gold/#comment-153876 I see your point - it's like the producers looked at INTO THE BLUE and said "I got it! Depict the couple as TOGETHER! Oh and less blue, more gold! We'll make a fortune! I see your point - it’s like the producers looked at INTO THE BLUE and said “I got it! Depict the couple as TOGETHER! Oh and less blue, more gold! We’ll make a fortune!

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