The Magnificent Seven (Remake)

[VivaChiba]

I loved Seven Samurai and the Yul Brynner version, and with great performers like Denzyl Washington and Ethan Hawke in the cast, this has piqued my interest.

So, the ad': a black man, an Indian and an Oriental, along with some bloke who likes to blow sh*t up. I can see everyone on this site turning the film into an argument about "diversity" so I'm throwing it out there now - would, historically, these people have all gotten along?
WHO CARES?
For modern audiences, this looks like it ticks a lot of boxes and I, for one, will be buying a ticket.
Okay, so I'm not sure if there's supposed to be a pseudo-ninja in one of the two above mentioned characters, but a group of heroes standing up to ridiculous odds just to do the right thing...?

LEGENDARY.

This is a timeless kind of story that I only hope succeeds. I'll come back in September or October when we get the film to say whether or not it did its heritage justice.

[Arfguy]

I love western. I hate to say it, but there's been a bit of a resurgence with the number of westerns being made these days. We got movies like The Lone Ranger, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight. Not all of them have been huge successes financial, but there have been some good ones made recently.

Now comes a very action-oriented remake of The Magnificent Seven. I've never seen the original, but I am psyched about this one. It's got a pretty awesome cast, with the likes of Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke, Vincent D'Onofrio, Byung-Hun Lee.

I really love Antoine Fuqua's direction when it comes to action. I look forward to whatever he works on, because I know the action will be great. I don't think all his movies are great, but I've really enjoyed quite a few of his movies.

The trailer has dropped and it looks like a lot of fun. Are you excited?

[brettc1]

No.

You can't do better than the original. It's simply not possible.

[CliffHanger2]

Shit look cray I'm there!

[Gray Lensman]

No.

You can't do better than the original. It's simply not possible.

Well, technically The Magnificent Seven was a remake to begin with - even though I mostly agree. If you want to remake it change the genre. That's what Roger Corman did.

[Midvillian1322]

It looks like it should be pretty good. And with Denzel in the lead it wont suck

[brettc1]

Well, technically The Magnificent Seven was a remake to begin with - even though I mostly agree. If you want to remake it change the genre. That's what Roger Corman did.

Yes indeed, that is a given. But as for changing the genre, this story has been adapted so many times now I guess there is no point even trying to hide it LOL

[WestPhillyPunisher]

No.

You can't do better than the original. It's simply not possible.

The Magnificent Seven is not the original. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, starring the legendary Toshiro Mifune came first, and, to be honest, I liked it more. As for the Mag 7 remake, hmm, interesting. I might watch it. Might.

[JCAll]

The Magnificent Seven is not the original. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, starring the legendary Toshiro Mifune came first, and, to be honest, I liked it more. As for the Mag 7 remake, hmm, interesting. I might watch it. Might.

I always preferred The Magnificent Seven to Seven Samurai. I felt the pacing was better. But I guess Seven Samurai has the advantage of having fewer terrible sequels and spin-offs. The only Seven Samurai spin-off I know of is Samurai 7, which was pretty awesome. But since I'm probably the only person that bought the Magnificent Seven TV series on DVD, I'm pretty likely to see this. No one will ever top Yul Brynner though, that's just a fact. Even Lee Van Cleef couldn't do it, and he actually tried.

[Angilasman]

The plot looks even further removed from The Seven Samurai, where unemployed warriors are hired to defend a town from pillaging, and more like (to mention another samurai flick) 13 Assassins, in which they're hired to take out a sadistic bad guy.

Still, Denzel in the Yul Brenner role and Chris Pratt in the Steve McQueen role? That seems like a fun flick.

[Gray Lensman]

The Magnificent Seven is not the original. Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai, starring the legendary Toshiro Mifune came first, and, to be honest, I liked it more. As for the Mag 7 remake, hmm, interesting. I might watch it. Might.

IIRC Kurosawa refused to say which one was better - to do so would be to diminish both of them.