Confession: I like The Bodyguard.
It’s not a really good movie. It’s a B-movie. It just happens to be saddled with a song and a singer that reached critical mass around the film and completely drove what was a decent formula flick into chick flick territory. What’s lost in the shuffle is how good Kevin Costner is in the movie. He’s really solid in the film, delivering a cool bad ass character who just happens to be surrounded by colossal amounts of schmaltz.
The “We’re not going to to talk about this again” sequence with Mike Starr is a good example of how little moments made the character so much more interesting than the material.
I’m certainly not going to defend the movie with my life. But it’s not some dogshit sissafrass movie. It’s a Hollywood B-movie, whatever that means.
The Bodyguard already feels like a remake. It feels like a product, thanks to Whitney Houston’s Dolly Parton remake and the overexposure the film got. To remake it is obvious.
Hell, I’m surprised someone didn’t watch Taken and think about remaking this dumpling. And anyone who’s going to get up in arms about a remake of this is probably someone we’ll need tagged and coded and put on a watchlist anyway.
By “They” I mean the writing duo behind Black List script Family Getaway, Nick Palmer and Jeremiah Friedman. There’s no cast and the only juicy info is that the titular character is now an Iraqi war vet. I would imagine the auditions for this film would be massive unless they just grab a pop star from list A and a scrappy young actor from list B and shove them together like some schmaltzy peanut butter cup. Beyonce/Worthington or Aguilera/Tatum or Cyrus/”Tex” Cobb. Something like that.
So, think about how great this movie will be.
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“Cyrus/”Tex” Cobb”
Thank you.
Why not go with the current “are they a couple”, Rihanna and Ryan Phillippe.
I never watched it because of Whitney Houston. I am willing to believe Costner was great. He is a good actor. I like him. I even like him in Waterworld (the film was silly, but he was good).
But could they make this film different enough (and put on a different title) to be original?
At least they’re not remaking L.A. Story or trying to mount a reboot of Volcano. Also, if Randall “Tex” Cobb and Miley Cyrus were in this I’d be there opening day.
You just know this is going to be picked up as a Rihanna vehicle.
Randall Tex Cobb and Billy Ray Cyrus?!!! They’d have to kick me out of the theater because I’d be laughing so hard.!!!
But seriously. I wouldn’t mind if it’s like Sam Worthington and say…Christina Milian. As long as Milian gets naked.
Cyrus/”Tex” Cobb is an instant must, Especially if its Billy Ray, and not Miley. Shit, you could get David Lynch to direct that.
Also, this you can’t completely dismiss a movie that was originally intended for Steve McQueen. You can see that in Costner’s performance. He’s definitely trying to channel some Bullit era McQueen.
Come on, if they’re going to sit down and actively try to create a horrible film, cast someone like Paris Hilton or Kesha as the bodyguardee.
Reverse it. Lead singer of Sugar Ray and Lily Tomlin.
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