I can't believe I did another one of these

[breakattiffanys]

So yeah, I promised myself that I wouldn't do another picspam for this challenge but for some reason, this idea wouldn't leave me alone. GTWT is like the most iconic movie ever so a recasting picspam might be a little controversial.

Comments

[katherine_lupin]

Love this post, though you are right rebooting GWTW and the recasting would be a really challenging and risky thing

[breakattiffanys]

Yeah, I just don't see any actress today who can match Vivien. But then again, she was a complete unknown before she was cast so maybe that would be a better option for today as well.

I think Ellen is suppposed to be rather young and pretty. She's only like 36 at the beginning and she dies before she even hits Nicole's real age right now. Plus, I think Nicole is a little past her prime to be playing 'sexy' roles. Maybe if she still looked like she did in Moulin Rouge!, she would be a great Belle but she's waayy too skin and bones these days that I can't see her playing that part.

I mostly chose Romola cause she does well in period pieces and she has a very nice girl quality to her. She can dye her hair darker to look more the part I guess.

[breakattiffanys]

I know! Will was one of my favorite characters from the book but it's understandable they had to cut something. The movie's already 4 hours. That's why I think if they ever try to remake it, they should do a miniseries with like 12 hours or something.

[spiderorchid81]

That was interesting... I'm not a big fan of remakes of 'classics' like GWTW either, but it's fun to play with the roles. ^_^

I think you're right, the problem with a remake would be the racism (and perhaps even the way women are portrait in general). But if you leave that out, an important - and at the time very realistic - part of the story is missing and I'm not sure that would work...

Anyway, you left me with a dream: Vivien Leigh and Johnny Depp - if they'd lived at the same time to make a movie together, now that would have been double-genius at work. ^_^

[breakattiffanys]

I hate remakes too but I guess it's fun to imagine who would play these parts if the movie were made today.

I think the racism can be portrayed on screen but as long as it's not like in support of it (which let's be honest, the movie and the book are both pretty racist). The book pretty much endorses the KKK. All the male protagonists partake in that and are portrayed as heroic for defending the white woman. And while that's part of the mindset of the 1930s when it was written, that's not going to fly these days. I'd say focus more on the love story and the effects of the war, and you can leave all that behind without losing much of the story.

[spiderorchid81]

Agreed.
I think remakes can be good if they're trying to do something different, not just being a copy of the movie their based on - the 70s remake of "The Front Page" was a good variation of both the first movie and "His Girl Friday" and I've always liked "What's up, Doc?" which was somewhat based on "Bringing up Baby".

Yes, the book and the movie are racist - it's sad that most people at the time still thought it was okay to portrait coloured people that way.
But you're right, the love story is pretty intense and should carry a movie - I've always liked the dynamic Scarlet - Rhett - Melanie, the interaction between these characters and the way everything goes to pieces when Melanie dies is very well constructed.

[breakattiffanys]

Yeah, I mean it's not surprising for a movie made in 1939 to be that way. There are way worse movies from that era when it comes to racism but if you update for today's times, you can actually pretty easily cut out all the 'controversial' parts and the story would still be just as good.

[sakuraberries]

Ah, I wish this were real! Especially love Emily Blunt and Johnny Depp!

[breakattiffanys]

I want them to make a movie together!

[shutterbug_12]

Oh, wow. This is really cool and interesting. Not only did you do an excellent job with the picspam itself, but I am very intrigued by your choices. Very cool. You should do more of these. ;)

[breakattiffanys]

Thanks!