I am about to swear so let me make this perfectly clear;
F**K the remake of The Long good friday. That movie is totally perfect as it is. Bob Hoskins is awesome as the mob boss losing his hold and losing his grip on the empire he founded. His measured performance as he sees his life disappear before him is one of British cinemas crowning achievements.
The film that needs a remake is 'Pump up the Volume. Starring Christian Slater as an illegal shock Jock on his own homebrew radio station it still gives me chills, in a good way.
Its talks about the freedom of speech and the right of teenagers to get screwed up and say what they actually mean not what they are expected to say by the rest of society.
In this age when anyone anywhere can publish whatever they want and broadcast whatever they feel on the interweb isn't it time for a net generation version of this movie? A rallying call for saying how you actually feel and how life is actually a lot more sucky than TV would have you belive.
Start the petition today!
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