If They Did A Remake of Slap Shot
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Jumptheshark
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LUONGO as the French goalie--that would be fun
Kale Hulls
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I watched the movie once and it was terrible. I hope they never remake it.
Jumptheshark
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you are talking about the Paul Newman movie right? Not the Baldwin shit show, right?
If you are talking about the Newman movie--I have to ask-how are you a hockey fan?
The movie is a riot
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the4thlinegrinder
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This is objectively false.
TheGroceryStick
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mm11
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I have to agree, although I guess if I was born in that generation I might have liked it.
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Now imagine if they did a remake of the Godfather...
Don Vito - Sidney Crosby
Michael - Connor McDavid
Sonny - Jack Eichel
Fredo - Mark Borowiecki
Tom Hagen - Allan Walsh
Don Vito - Sidney Crosby
Michael - Connor McDavid
Sonny - Jack Eichel
Fredo - Mark Borowiecki
Tom Hagen - Allan Walsh
LemurFromTheId
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Isn't that the perfect reason to remake it?
I don't get why remakes are almost always made of movies that already got it right the first time. They should remake movies that had good potential but bad execution.
I understand it's a cult classic and its portrayal of hockey culture in the 70s was executed perfectly, but as a 20 something year old it felt dated.
I also obviously couldn't relate with a lot of the old clichés which didn't help.
I also obviously couldn't relate with a lot of the old clichés which didn't help.
GKG18
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Not just a good hockey movie- a good film done by movie people. It may be dated in style, but the idea of a failing franchise tanking to move to a better city is as relevant as ever. So are:
Aging veteran trying to hang on
Aloof star player who's wife hates him
Cheap and utterly incompetent GM (who is a cross dresser)
French Canadians with cultural difficulties
The list could go on and I'm not even including the Hansons, which is what resonated the most with moviegoers. I was around when it came out. It's not a cult film. It was Directed by George Roy Hill and starred possibly the biggest celebrity in Hollywood at the time, along with several character actors of note (Strother Martin? Are you kidding me?) Also worth mentioning is the fact that today you would have to soften up the dialog quite a bit (When Newman tells off the owner, that is a brutal takedown. Also the daughter of the reporter complaining that her brother called her a "p**sy").
IMO doesn't need a remake, was and still is the best sports movie of all time.
Aging veteran trying to hang on
Aloof star player who's wife hates him
Cheap and utterly incompetent GM (who is a cross dresser)
French Canadians with cultural difficulties
The list could go on and I'm not even including the Hansons, which is what resonated the most with moviegoers. I was around when it came out. It's not a cult film. It was Directed by George Roy Hill and starred possibly the biggest celebrity in Hollywood at the time, along with several character actors of note (Strother Martin? Are you kidding me?) Also worth mentioning is the fact that today you would have to soften up the dialog quite a bit (When Newman tells off the owner, that is a brutal takedown. Also the daughter of the reporter complaining that her brother called her a "p**sy").
IMO doesn't need a remake, was and still is the best sports movie of all time.
Do Make Say Think
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More than fair.
That being said, odds are good that if you re-watch it in a few years you'll appreciate it more.
kladorf2005
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So Bruce Boudreau who was in the original movie would play a new character in the remake.
JohnCarlsaurus
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Assuming it was intended, good job by the OP to include Bruce Boudreau in the remake. For those of you who don't know, he was an extra in the original movie (I believe #7 on the opposing team in the beginning).
Edit: damn beaten to it
Edit: damn beaten to it
HockeyGuy1964
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So, you're saying he should play the same small, insignificant character as he did in the original?
Butch 19
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who gets Keanu Reeves spot as a goalie?? He didn't get too many lines - if any.
edit: Doh!! this is Youngblood
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orby
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The original Slap Shot is a classic not just because it's a great and funny sports movie, but because of the subtext about the demise of the American Rust Belt in the 1970s and its effect on the psyche of people who lived there. It's a sort of "time capsule" type of movie. Remove that context and the movie is just an okay comedy. I think "Goon" is as close as we're ever going to get to a remake of Slap Shot that's worth watching.
That being said...as far as personality goes, Fleury is a dead ringer for Lemieux.
That being said...as far as personality goes, Fleury is a dead ringer for Lemieux.
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Would be worth it just to see Eichel, I mean, Sonny get shot up at the toll booth again.
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