After attempting and creating two script adaption’s for my books I’ve realized something. I love writing scripts!
But..but…but…my enjoyment of movies have been greatly tested these past years. Why? Well haven’t you seen the mass amount of movie remakes lately?
I mean gosh, I read a ton of books that are wonderful, that would really work as a movie, but all the film industry has to give back to me is a ‘remake’?
Here’s the rundown of some remakes I liked and hated.
LET’S NOT DO THIS AGAIN
DREDD: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1343727/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 ) Sylvester Stallone's 1995 version of "Judge Dredd" is widely considered the low point of his career and led to a decade of flops and cameos. *Totally hated it* to me it wasn’t that great to begin with.
Fright Night (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438176/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) I had high hopes for this one. Sure, it had better acting, but it wasn’t good enough to make this movie great. I guess when it was first done it was ahead of its time, but now vampire movies are so much better. I mean…who can top Underworld or Blade?
SURPRISED and LOVED THEM:
TOTAL RECALL: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1386703/) I really enjoyed the update to this film. I believe that at the time it was way to advance for the limited technology and set design needed. So this was a favorite.
SPIDERMAN: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0948470/?ref_=sr_1) Let’s face it, who can ever get enough of the good old Spiderman. I’d say I enjoyed this remake better than the first movies series um…several years ago. This appears to be the gift that keeps on giving to the movie industry.
CAN’T WAIT TO CHECK OUT THESE:
CARRIE: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1939659/) coming this March, 2013, AND I can’t wait to see this one! I loved the older version but I’m sure they can do some cool things with an update to this.
ROBOCOP: (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1234721/) coming in 2014 and has a lot of potential to be good. In a crime-ridden city, a fatally wounded cop returns to the force as a powerful cyborg with submerged memories haunting him.
SO TELL ME…WHAT DO YOU THINK OF MOVIE REMAKES? Go? No go?
Some I look forward to, some I could care less about. Nothing is ever as good as the original...but I do agree that sometimes the technology makes it pretty cool or updating it to the times makes it better for younger audiences. It's almost a whole new story then.
ReplyDeleteSpiderman--I refuse to watch the re-remake. I did the remake a few years ago. It was good, but come on. It was only six years ago.
ReplyDeleteCarrie--I'm okay with this one, because I think the original came out before I was born. I've seen snippets but never the whole thing.
I'm completely torn. Movie remakes to me are like finding out a book I loved is going to be made into a movie. I'm excited at the prospect of living inside of that world for a couple of hours, but also terrified that that world is going to dilapidated and awful.
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