OT Jake Gyllenhaal to headline Road House remake in Patrick Swayze's iconic role

The original isn't even that good ... bad ass performance from Sam Elliott but the villain and story are a big dud. I think so many people confuse a movie being good and a movie being rewatchable, the original was the latter and not the former. Not even sure I'll fire up this new one, maybe if I'm really that bored smoking the brisket this weekend.

 

I have a house full of ladies who like pretty much everything Jake Gyllenhaal... I'm sure I'll watch it regardless of how well done it is.

 

I like some of his work as well, though I'm guessing for much different reasons than the ladies in your house do!

 

See this is like the win prediction threads…..why on earth would you expect the original or the new one to be good? The first one is ATROCIOUS…..that’s why it’s an absolute CLASSIC! If you know it’s going to be shit, I’m sure you’ll enjoy it.

 

Go back and watch old movies, a lot of classics are classics for sentimental reasons not because of the quality of the movie itself. Poorly written, poorly shot….didn’t matter.

 

My expectations for the new one are to be horrible, and it still probably wouldn't live up to those expectations. I agree with you that sentimentality plays a HUGE role in things we like and don't like but there is also a difference in being Bad/Good and just being Bad/Bad. Whataburger is crazy popular down in Texas and I tell people that it's a fine fast food burger but that they love it not for so much the quality of the food, but the memories and all the other things that come along with it. Movies, music, food etc is all the same.