[HN Gopher] How the 'queen of thieves' conned French riviera wea...
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       How the 'queen of thieves' conned French riviera wealthy (2021)
        
       Author : Brajeshwar
       Score  : 24 points
       Date   : 2023-11-11 15:54 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | hammock wrote:
       | Inspired a movie called The Hustle with Anne Hathaway and Rebel
       | Wilson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hustle_(film)
        
         | swayvil wrote:
         | Which is a stinky remake of an infinitely better movie : Dirty
         | Rotten Scoundrels (1988). https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095031/
        
           | kikokikokiko wrote:
           | Which is itself a remake of "Bedtime Story", from 1964. I
           | still remember the times when things were remade because
           | people saw potential in it to be a better product.
        
             | swayvil wrote:
             | Notice how the titles get more literal.
        
               | kikokikokiko wrote:
               | Movies today seem to be intended for the average Ruprecht
               | in the audience ;-)
        
             | dylan604 wrote:
             | A lot of times, it's made with a "modern cast" because
             | people think watching movies before they were born are
             | unwatchable.
             | 
             | For example, WTF was up with the remake of Red Dawn using
             | the totally unbelievable premise that the North Koreans
             | were the invading force?!?! I mean, the crazy Nazis on the
             | backside of the moon plot was more believable than that. It
             | is unusual that I have seen a remake that made me think,
             | "yup, that was totally worth it" and improved the story
        
               | sammyo wrote:
               | It was altered from the original to allow a Chinese
               | mainland release.
        
               | dylan604 wrote:
               | Um, the original did not have the Chinese in it either.
               | If the Chinese were okay with the North Koreans being the
               | bad guy, why would they be opposed to the Russians?
        
               | WalterBright wrote:
               | The unbelievable part of Red Dawn was the notion that the
               | US could be taken over by a surprise attack of
               | paratroopers. The largest paratrooper operation was the
               | Allied invasion of Normandy, and the paratroopers' job
               | was to soften things up for the main invasion force.
        
               | dylan604 wrote:
               | Again, the original had them mainly coming over the
               | border with Mexico. Nothing about the remake was any
               | good. Nothing. Even the remade War Games sucked less than
               | Red Dawn
        
           | MrBuddyCasino wrote:
           | Unfortunately Steve Martin ruins the movie by overacting.
        
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