I’m sure this will insense the religious right but I think she’s a pretty good choice. I think it fits her sense of humor, she’s done God jokes in her stand-up act, and over all it’s the kind of thing she’s good at, sort of standing aloof and being quirky and wry which worked well for her Finding Nemo character. Material based around relationships and romance has not been successful at all for her, but I think an Oh, God remake will be a really good way to showcase her talent, which she does have.
Hasn’t she already played God, or at least someone who thinks they’re God-like? I’m refering to her role as the producer in EdTV. I don’t think it’ll be much of a stretch for her, and I think she’ll be relatively good. But I generally hate remakes, so I’m not looking forward to it. Besides, they’ve don’t have a script yet.
Stand-up comics should stick to what they know. There is no reason on earth to do a remake of this shtick other than the fact that most movie producers are bereft of original ideas. This will be another clunker that gets shit on by the critics and makes a bunch of money because people are just that stupid.
I think that she’s a pretty good choice precisely because she’ll insense the religious right. Even if the movie itself is garbage, it should be fun to watch the fundies go into conniptions.
And you apparently consider his deadpan one-liner delivery in the movies to be great acting? He was lucky to be able to parlay his age and lovable manner into a second career, but as an actor he was…well…George Burns.
According to the article, they have yet to hire either a director or screenwriter, so it’s still a mystery as to whether or not the movie will be worthwhile.
But yeah, frothing fundamentalists will be entertaining, if nothing else.
You’re all forgetting that the only reason this idea has seen the light of day is that The Pash was such a moneymaker: they’ll be courting the religious right, not thumbing their noses at them. I predict it’ll be pretty tame and lame.
I just hope this time, God has some message more profound and/or more useful than, “You’ve got everything you need to make it work!”
BTW, as far as religious-themed comedy goes, Oh God was far, far outshone by In God We Tru$t (1980), with Marty Feldman as Brother Ambrose, Andy Kaufman as Armageddon T. Thunderbird, and Richard Pryor as G.O.D.! (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080917/)
Of COURSE that’s as profound as the message will get! Hollywood’s God doesn’t want us to do anything we don’t want to do, or refrain from doing anything we DO want to do. Hollywood’s God just wants us to be nice and non-judgmental and do our own thing.
