Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

[enjoy]

im going next saturday. I think the movie looks pretty good to me and there isnt really any other good movies out so heck why not.

[Maerj]

If I do, I will post about it here...

[Just Myself]

Doesn't come out here until July 9 sadly. Hey, we get Potter first, you get Eighty first... but yes I will see it.

[Mr. Toad]

I like the original and I like Jackie Chan - so it will be a DVD purchase for sure.

[Disney Guru]

Disney has done it again and made a stuped movie that is a pile of garbage. The origional with David Niven and Shirley MacLaine is so much better than this pile of garbage![/b]

[Mr. Toad]

OK Guru on what do you base this?

I thought maybe you knew something I did not like bad advanced reviews but I checked some of the best internet review sites like rotten tomatoes, IMDB and Jo Blo. Not a single review.

I became so concerned I found a friend who worked on the film as an extra. Luckily, he had seen an advanced screening.

He said the movie was quite good with two big flaws. Arnold Swartenhagger gave perhaps his worst performance ever(and we all know that is saying something) and even more concerning the CGI effects in the beginning were the worst he had ever seen.

This is most concerning since Disney made them.

But on the whole the movie was good. Not up to the original(but hey that won the Academy Award didnt it) and certainly not a classic, but an above average movie none the less.

So Guru, how do you know this movie is so bad?

[Disney Guru]

The Previews I have seen are stuped!

[Mr. Toad]

Guru if you would like your posts to be taken more seriously you should check the spelling first. You can cut and paste to Word or Wordperfect and check there.

I think if you really judge a movie you should wait to see some reviews from reviewers you trust. Maybe Ebert or Maltin. Or you may find another one that suits your taste. You should also try word of mouth including this board. I have seen trailers I thought stunk and then viewed it based on comments on this board and found the movie to be very good. Trailers can be a very indicator of the movie. For instance, Treasure Planet trailers were terrible yet the movie was okay. Not great but not nearly as bad as the trailers made it seem.

[DreamerQ18]

I am totaly going to go and check this movie out when it come sout in the theaters. I dont know what everyone is tlaking about the trailers I have seen are hysterical to me jackie Chan is so funny" Stop helping me lol " That part cracks me up. So I'll defintley be posting about it .

[2099net]

And it's not really a remake of the original film. Neither film are that close to the original story, but take it as inspiration (for example the iconic hot air baloon which is the most remembered bit of the original film does not appear in the original novel, but was taken from a completely different Verne novel). The Disney version is obviously being played for laughs. In other words, it's supposed to look stupid.

And surely no one things that one of the greatest, influential and most remembered works of fiction from the 1880's is full of the main character making pratfalls and a fool of himself all the time. Of course it's different from the source text.

You shouldn't really compare this version to the other film version: it's like comparing all three Disney Treasure Islands to each other. The live action film, the Muppet film and Treasure Planet. Each take the original text as inspiration (personally, I think Treasure Planet is the closest in spirit) but tells a completely different take on the same basic story.

[Jens]

I'm not sure if I will go see it, I haven't been convinced yet... There aren't much ads for this movie out there no? I hadn't heard from it since this month...

[Swiss]

I can't wait to see it. I am looking forward to it. It looks like a decent movie. I like the storyline, never saw the original. Then again I am more of the type to enjoy the remakes over the original in many cases

[Luke]

I think a Best Picture Oscar like the David Niven film wouldn't be out of character for this sassy-looking remake.

But let's please be nice to our fellow members. You may disagree with their statements or opinions, but there is no need to attack them personally. Thanks.

[Loomis]

Disney + Jackie Chan + Steve Coogan + Gov. Arnie in a black wig = all the makings of a classic film.

Mind you, it could go either way.

I'm not a huge fan of Disney live action, but the last few years have seen some more high-profile ones (such as Pirates etc). Hopefully Disney will continue the high-camp, high-fun action adventure tradition (jesus, I could get a PR job with a line like that).

[Chernabog]

Disney has done it again and made a stuped movie that is a pile of garbage. The origional with David Niven and Shirley MacLaine is so much better than this pile of garbage![/b]

Here we go again!

[Leonia]

Nope, not seeing it.

My sister already spoiled the fun for me. (She is a major Jackie Chan fan.)

[MickeyMousePal]

I'm not planning to watch Around the world in 80 days in the theater but I might buy it when it's on DVD. I'm a big Jackie Chan fan!!!
I love to watch Rush Hour 1 and 2 and since Jackie Chan is making Rush Hour 3 that's even better.

[Mr. Toad]

Luke - original comments withdrawn and edited.

While my comments last night may have been factually correct, there are more positive ways to deal with people than I did. I apologize Guru.

Sean

[AwallaceUNC]

I didn't see your original comments before they were edited, but the spelling thing isn't exactly kind, either. Everyone on here has made spelling typos at some point, and I don't think posting here should require running Word at all times. If it's unrecognizable or misleading, then a change needs to be made, but I think we all know what it meant. Spelling isn't everyone's thing. I could pick apart the grammar in your post, but I think we all need to be kind and let a few minor things slide, save for the occasional comment made in jest.

But yes, DG, you should see it before judging it, as I (and everyone else) have stated many times.

As for me... I'll probably watch it when it makes its way to digital cable. Until then, Stepford Wives, Saved, and Spider-Man 2 look like the only remaining box office visits for me this summer. Oh, and maybe Catwoman.

-Aaron

[2099net]

Reviews of the latest remake of Around the World in 80 Days are decidedly mixed. On the one hand, Roger Ebert in the Chicago Sun-Times is calling it "a jolly comedy made from the wheezy high concept." Stephen Holden in the New York Times calls it "a deliriously silly caper that goes out of its way to thumb its nose at logic." And Manohla Dargis in the Los Angeles Times writes glowingly that the movie "sails along on a slipstream of pleasant scenery, amusing incident and the boundless charms of its appealing leading men, Jackie Chan and Steve Coogan: It's an unexpectedly buoyant spectacular." On the other hand, Chris Kaltenbach writes in the Baltimore Sun: "Heaven knows what the suits at Disney were thinking, for what they ended up with was a bland Jackie Chan movie and a lifeless travelogue." Similarly Lou Lumenick writes in the New York Post that the film amounts to "an exceedingly lame vehicle for an increasingly tired-looking Jackie Chan. [It] might as well be called Around the World in 80 Yawns." Noting that the film reportedly cost $110 million to make, Stephen Hunter asks in the Washington Post: "How could they spend so much money and end up with something that looks so Orlando?" Liam Lacey in the Toronto Globe and Mail notes dolefully that while Disney bought the film and didn't produce it itself, it nevertheless "resonates with the Magic Kingdom experience." And Jack Mathews in the New York Post grumbles that the movie "is one of the lamest remakes of a classic film I've ever seen."

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It's not a remake!
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