smooth_op_85
Of course the original can't be improved upon and many ask why did they decide to touch a classic film...and why just do a "black version"? That aside, I decided to look at the film as its own instead of comparing it to the original while keeping tabs about it more as a companion film So, most of us know the characters from the original we loved so much. Six wonderful women and their lives. Casting here is amazing and Queen Latifah is an amazing M'Lynn. She plays the strong woman who has that moment of realness later in the movie and this one for me is great. I think she pulls it off well Phylicia Rashad's Clairee is just stellar, and Alfre Woodard's Ouisie is very funny...the two together are just great Rounding out the cast with Jill Scott, Adepero Oduye and Condola Rashad the latter 2 being young ladies they really did a great job as their respective characters. I liked Jill Scott as the very sweet woman who just wants her man's attentionAll in all, while it's nearly a spot for spot of the original I enjoyed it because they had women that I related to that could have been my sister, Mom or Grandma 8 out of 10 stars all its own
anotherweasley
I'm such a huge fan of the original film-so many strong actresses and it was SO funny...I was excited to see the remake. Less than 20 minutes into it, I was already disappointed. That's an under-statement. Not only were the choices for the lead actresses terrible, but some of the dialogue was VERBATIM from the original film! If you're trying to match it that closely, you'd better make sure that you SURPASS the original film. It just didn't happen. Not to mention that some of my favorite characters were not only not as funny as the original actresses, but they weren't funny AT ALL! The dialogue/lines may have been the same, but the delivery was an epic fail (Ouiser, for instance...originally played by Shirley Mclain-hilarious-in the remake-not even remotely funny, even though many of the lines were exactly the same.)I would say the ONLY scene that made the movie a little good/worth watching was the scene between M'Lynn and Shelby just before the transplant operation. It added something deeper to that whole part of the film to have M'Lynn say she was glad she could give life to Shelby more than once-that was a good addition.Other than that, don't bother. Watch the original twice instead.
BigWhiskers
Why can't people leave things alone ? . I just don't get the playwright who based it on his own experiences within his own family wanting to redo it again using a black cast? . This movie is terrible on so many levels , from the painful awful acting , the ruining of classic scenes and lines ,the bad background music , the sets . I could go on and on.I don't get why people feel the need to redo wonderful movies with TV movie of the week crap featuring terrible awful actors. Most of the people in this movie couldn't act if their lives depended on it . Watching Condola Rashad was beyond painful , she cannot act worth a sh** and I'm sorry but her mom is equally as awful and of course that explains why her daughter is in this , I hate it when actors put their kids in front of the camera simply because they can when their kids cant act and i stress cant. She ruins the character of Shelby and makes me sick , This movie is just so bad , so bad ,so bad. I wish it had never been made . I'd give it a minus -100 //
ladyfalcon001
There are not many movie remakes that I like. There are some I really enjoyed such as Total Recall. They spent a lot of money and brought in great actors and kept the movie close to the orig. To take a very loved movie like Steel Magnolias and turn it on it's head, taking away some of the classic scenes that made the movie what it is and what kept it in our minds years later is just revolting. I have absolutely no issue with the movie being made with all black actors, but I do take issue with the movie being torn into pieces and becoming something other then what it is. I love Queen Latisha, she's a wonderful actress. The Bone collector is one of my favourite movies. Denzel Washington, well I just adore him. Queen Latisha did a wonderful job in The bone collector. But I just did not like this version of Steel Magnolias. Possibly if I had never seen the orig. I may have liked it...but....well I can not help comparing the two.
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