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8 pages in length. To analyze both versions of The Bad News Bears, it is clear to see how the most significant modification between the two is that neither Walter Matthau nor Tatum O'Neal is in the lead roles. Some films fall flat when they have been remade from a classic original; while Billy Bob Thornton embraces the part of Buttermaker to a high enough degree makes this character just a little less adorably loathsome than his doddering, snarky predecessor. For the rest of it, the 2005 version follows closely in the path of the 1976 original, embellishing but a few plot details that do not alter the film's overall composition. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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is in the lead roles. Some films fall flat when they have been remade from a classic original; while Billy Bob Thornton embraces the part of Buttermaker to a
high enough degree makes this character just a little less adorably loathsome than his doddering, snarky predecessor. For the rest of it, the 2005 version follows closely in the
path of the 1976 original, embellishing but a few plot details that do not alter the films overall composition. [The] obvious difference between the two films is Buttermaker, who
as played by Walter Matthau was a vision of perfectly articulated decrepitude...What was particularly striking about Matthaus interpretation wasnt a lack of heat, but an absence of cool. Mr.
Thorntons Buttermaker is an altogether different kind of cat (Dargis). The tendency toward Capraesque populism is equally apparent in both films, inasmuch
as the fundamental message - other than the quest to win at all costs has detrimentally influenced youth about the importance of self-respect - is how the underdog can come
out on top if just a bit of effort and positive attitude is put forth. Rooting for the underdogs on a team stereotypically comprised of virtually every ethnic minority
plus an added physically handicapped wheelchair player in the latter film, audiences spoon-fed anticipation builds to a mock crescendo by the end of the second version inasmuch as it simply
lacks the intrinsic appeal that was Matthaus Buttermaker. Indeed, the feel good nature of the original film still lives on in the remake, however, the sense of character cohesion
that spurred viewer appeal in 1976 was just not recaptured in the one made nearly three decades later. Each films connection with the
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