ROTTEN TOMATOES: Anyone Interested in a "Time Bandits" Remake?

Anyone Interested in a "Time Bandits" Remake?

by Scott Weinberg | November 01, 2006

Today's daily remake news? Someone wants an all-new version of Terry Gilliam's "Time Bandits" to get made. I know, I know; I feel the same way you do.

From Moviehole.net: "The insipid trend of remaking earlier, better films continues with Variety announcing a remake of Terry Gilliam’s 80s fave, “Time Bandits”.

The new movie – assumingly being made with Gilliam’s contribution – will mostly likely be the same thing, just with a higher film stock. The original 1981 film, produced and directed by Gilliam (who created animations for Monty Python's Flying Circus) and written by Gilliam and Michael Palin, is one of the most famous of more than 30 theatrical features produced by Handmade Films, the London-based independent company backed in part by former Beatle George Harrison.

HandMade, headed by exec, Antony Rufus Isaacs, has been digging through the company archives looking for properties he can exploit. In addition to a redo of "Bandits," he’ll be making a tardy sequel to "The Long Good Friday."

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donkeytron writes:
on Nov 01 2006 09:46 AM

[b]NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....[/b]
STOP THE MADNESS!!!!!!!!

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Mikeal420 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 10:40 AM

though I'm sick of remakes as everyone else, but Time Bandits was definitly a low-budget film that was meant to be big-budget, and if Gilliam is on board to do the remake, I doubt he'll f**k it up

I just wish he was doing the film version of "The Prisoner" instead of Chistopher Nolan, I love Nolan but Gilliam is by far the better choice for that pic-- anyone who's watched the show would agree

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the-russian writes:
on Nov 01 2006 10:50 AM

sweet, i love remakes...

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FILMCZY writes:
on Nov 01 2006 10:57 AM

Again I ask: Why does a bigger budget make a "better" film? I thought "Time Bandits" was fine as is. Does enhanced CGI make the story any more meaningful? If (when?!!!) they were to remake "Gone With the Wind" would a CGI burning of Atlanta make it better than the original? Gilliam is in a major creative slump right now (have you read the reviews for "Tideland"?"Brothers Grimm" anyone?) and I would be very surprised to see a studio give him a substantial budget to play with right now. Gilliam is a creative filmmaker but this is just beating a dead horse.

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aconline writes:
on Nov 01 2006 11:08 AM

[b]Remake Website[/b]
I think that Rottentomatoes needs to make a whole new website for remakes. That way, we don't have to read the news or see it if we don't want to. I agree with FILMCZY, a bigger budget does not mean a better movie. Look at Posiedon for proof. Remaking this just seems pointless.

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dracus writes:
on Nov 01 2006 11:27 AM

In reply to this comment (#847850)
I second your remarks!

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Mikeal420 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 11:53 AM

I agree that big-budget does not mean better, considering all the best films this year have been either indie or low-budget foreign films, that seems obvious. But when the original director is on board whose "creative slump" has to do more with bad screenwriters than bad directing, I don't think this is the worst idea imaginable- he just needs to get the original BBC writers on board as well

(ofcourse the best idea would be to come up with something truly original, but that only happens now in Hollywood when they steal movies from East-Asia)

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Darkness My Old Friend writes:
on Nov 01 2006 12:08 PM

In reply to this comment (#847849)
Please, never again speak of Gone With The Wind as an example of a small budget film. You sound like a moron when you do so.

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jeremyf1977 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 12:23 PM

[b]NO[/b]
NO

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hard8 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 01:11 PM

[b]what has the world come to?[/b]
first I read anout a prequel to Seven and now a Time Bandits remake?

everyone in Hollywood are morons. How do they continue to breathe?

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Crispy1 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 01:11 PM

No reason to remake this one

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 02:02 PM

i never really saw the first one, but i love terry gilliam and his work in Monty Python, so chances are this is a fucking mistake. so im going with no ( and don't tell mike bay about anymore impending movies)

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erny11 writes:
on Nov 01 2006 02:46 PM

The rules for successfull remakes are:
1) The source film needs to be obscure, old or bad.
and/or
2) There needs to be a fresh perspective on the story.
Diamonds and more lace added to an old prom dress do not make it nicer. The dress needs to be dismantled and resewn in a new fashion.

The Omen is a perfect example of a movie that should not have been made; the original was too good. I am afraid Time Bandits is also too good and should not be redone by Gilliam. Look at the new Dawn if the Dead. It is a fresh look at a older film and worked quite well. Perhaps someone else should do Bandits but not Gilliam.

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sergiosacoto writes:
on Nov 01 2006 05:58 PM

[b]Why???? Money of course!![/b]
There is no reason to remake that film, it is perfect the way it is.....But there's the money issue of course!!!

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Lost in a Jungle writes:
on Nov 01 2006 06:14 PM

I loved the original, why do we need a remake?
It's just stupid.

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CinemaClubSC writes:
on Nov 01 2006 06:32 PM

[b]How Do You Kill a Classic? Just Ask the Fellas Who[/b]
Yeah, Time Bandits was a low budget film, but that's what made it so amazing in the first place. Gilliam faired much better under tight constraints because he was forced to get more creative and more inventive. This is clearly shown with his latest high budget film, the Brothers Grimm, which was very scattered and too heavily focused on CG effects. Please, I beg you, don't go and kill a classic. There really are too few nowadays...

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Paul_Is_Drunk writes:
on Nov 01 2006 07:16 PM

[b]STOP![/b]
Just stop! Start making new movies! NEW~~!!!!!!!!!!

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kungfu_sage writes:
on Nov 01 2006 07:29 PM

hey I'm all for it, I think they should remake all the movies from the 80's with a bigger budget. lets start with goonies, then the rat pack movies, then go for back to the future, and finish it all off with the E.T.. all these would obviously be better if they remade them, cause we've gotten so much better at make movies since they were produced. (I know some people arn't the cleveres of folks so yes I am being sarcastic)

any one heard any more news on the seven samurai remake with george cloony?

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FILMCZY writes:
on Nov 02 2006 07:22 AM

In reply to this comment (#847853)
Um, I was not referring to "Gone With the Wind" as a "low budget film." I was referring to the use of CGI and a larger budget making a movie somehow "better" than the original for those reasons alone. And please don't call me a "moron." I have really low self-esteem and now I'm going to cry...

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SciFiGuy213 writes:
on Nov 02 2006 08:47 AM

[b]MFOTROI[/b]
As a direct quote from the movie, this idea is MFOTROI or...
Mercifully Free Of The Ravages Of Intelligence

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