On the surface of it, Brett Ratner negotiating to direct a sequel to Midnight Run makes some kind of sense: the clash of personalities in Rush Hour was of a similar shade to the De Niro/Grodin pairing in Midnight Run, only in a far less memorable, if more commercially viable way. His talent, such as it is, is for immensely slick and commercial films that instantly leave your consciousness the moment you step out of a theater.
But hey, let's just go ahead and admit that there is absolutely no need for a Midnight Run sequel, especially not 25 years after the fact, even if Robert De Niro seems intent on punishing us with the idea of a 70-year-old bounty hunter. (He's attached to come back as Jack Walsh; I guess his great-granddaughter needs a new Maybach or something.) What's even worse is that Universal apparently hired some of the writers behind G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra to craft the script. Charles Grodin, for his part, is now retired, but says he's open to returning to the screen if something interesting comes along.
Hey, look: I really hope that a sequel to Midnight Run would be good, if it must exist, but I think we all know that it'd be a PG-13 travesty with Eddie Murphy or Chris Tucker being all wacky and loud in the ear of an increasingly miffed De Niro. I would much rather see Huck And Tom come into being than a Midnight Run sequel, honestly. I think maybe Hollywood should have some kind of veto system, where they give a ballot to everyone who buys a movie ticket in December and we get to vote on which movie from the next year we wish to erase from existence. This would be pretty far up there in terms of nope-ability from me.
But hey, at least it gave me an excuse to bust out that Midnight Run Besties again.
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Brett Ratner is really one of the worst directors in hollywood.
@Atary77 said:
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@teh_destroyer said:
Worse than Micheal Bay?
@Atary77 said:
Yes.
@teh_destroyer: OUCH!
@teh_destroyer said:
This doesn't mean that Rush Hour 1 and Bad Boys 1 and 2 aren't pretty awesome, however.
Ratner heard what Bay was doing with TMNT and all he could think was "I'll show that amateur how to fuck something up!"
Fucking Ratner.
Nope. I can see no way to make this viable. There's only one option: Brett Ratner must die.
@Ferros said:
Love it.
Though I've posted this before (on the Besties; Midnight Run page), it is once again appropriate and still hilarious. Grodin is totally under rated for his deadpan comedy skills.
Even if it wasn't Ratner, there's just no need for a sequel. How much extra cash would a bounty hunter / crook buddy comedy bring with the Midnight Run name attached to it?
But Rorie, people are dumb and kinda misinformed. If we were to incorporate your voting system, everyone would probably just vote for Huck and Tom cause they've at least heard of it and know the idea is stupid, so even then you still wouldn't get your wish.
@heatDrive88 said:
If you watch Bad Boys II in the mindset that Will Smith and Martin Laurence are actually the bad guys, then the film becomes a witty satire of police corruption and brutality and how it is exploited by Hollywood.
I don't like Brett Ratner that much as a person but you are a fucking snob and an idiot if you thought Rush Hour 1 and 2 were not really really fun movies. Rush Hour 3 was a travesty and there's not much else that he made that resembled anything of quality. But you are a fucking snob and an idiot if you didn't think Rush Hour 1 or 2 weren't good.
Hmm, I see.... hold on one second *picks up a chair and throws it out the window*
This sounds GREAT! Brett Ratner is our greatest living director - everyone knows that.
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Brett Ratner is an annoying person and a middling director, but he's not completely terrible. I mean, sure, there are a lot of better directors, but there are even more worse ones. Why this site seems bent on destroying him, I'm not entirely sure.
More importantly, when someone makes a sequel to a movie you like, you don't have to see it. Theoretically, Major League had two sequels, but I never watched them. As far as I'm concerned, they don't really exist.