True, it's exceedingly uneven, maddening even. The things it gets right, it gets so right that you can feel the potential the movie had, and then something clun

True, it's exceedingly uneven, maddening even. The things it gets right, it gets so right that you can feel the potential the movie had, and then something clunky or poorly written shows up to ruin the moment. Similarly, the idea of remake both excites and frightens me because I have doubts that the high points would be matched by a modern version. Probably something mostly bland and generic, with some rapidly dated contemporary political themes thrown in the mix.