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I like the gender switch, that the remake at least tries a new approach. I also like that they pushed the level with the fantasy situations (foreign languages, different times) - especially the drug lord episode. I missed the seven deadly sins in the remake. Probably it was difficult as the female devil already impersonates lust, but at least it would have been interesting if in each sequence she impersonates onther sin herself. There are unnecessary religious annd moral undertones in the 2000 version (as often in american mainstream movies) and quite some cruel special effects. I definately didn't need her to transform in a cliché devil.
The original is much more true to itself, homogeneous and the devil has much a wider scope of actions. The movie has deeper jokes and a critical social undertones, in a comical way without trying to establish certain morals. Margeret gets a real character - Allison in the 2000 version hardly has one, she hardly appears outside the fantasy episodes.
What I missed a bit in the original: a better rythm or a stronger climax. I like the wish episodes, I like the multiple subplots with Margeret or the sins, the multiple endings - the god ending and the back to shitty normal ending. But alltogether the flow of the movie could be better especially towards the end.
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Otter (24464)
6 years ago
The remake did have some clever ideas, as you mention, and some nice twists and updates of the original ideas.
But it wasn't funny! Hardly a laugh in the whole thing! A comedy that's not funny isn't worth the pixels it takes to broadcast it, no matter how many clever ideas it includes.
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