captainsolo said:

The Ladykillers

There is nothing like classic Ealing. Nothing. A vibrant, warm, inviting, whimsical, charming and morbid gem. Alec Guiness is perfectly cast as the ever-patient gang leader, and it is an odd pleasure to see Herbert Lom and Peter Sellers together 9 years before A Shot in the Dark.

4 balls out of 4. Timeless classic.

SO LET'S REMAKE IT IN THE 00's WITH TOM HANKS, TRANSPORT THE SETTING TO MISSISSIPPI AND DUMB DOWN EVERYTHING...HMM SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA!

Agree on both, saw the original several times and it's always great for me, saw 10 or 15 minutes of the remake and all I could think of was... why? Why did it need a remake, why did it need to be completely rewritten and changed around, why why why why....