Friday, May 20, 2011

Movies: part two

Remakes are all the rage now in Hollywood. Some would even say Hollywood forgot how to make original films. If I were to remake a film, I would definitely pick something that people have forgotten.  Something like... this:

The Gnome Mobile was made in 1967 by Disney. The plot is basically: eccentric rich dude is ostracized and labeled a crazy person for believing in gnomes. His grandchildren, with the help of the actual existing gnomes, help clear his name and save the gnome community at the same time.

This could be remade as a family film with a Fern Gully-like environmental moral... or it could just borrow the title of the movie and book that its adapted from and completely change the entire premise. I'd watch a movie about 50s style greaser gnome gearheads who are persecuted by grumpy old people and rival gangs of gremlins. Either way, it ought to stay a musical.

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