Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Gacivory

In a crazy move, not as insufferable as his son.

But you can see where he gets it from.

[Gacivory]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

But you can see where he gets it from.

Oh for sure!

[dvining]

Jean-Pierre Melville:

13. Un Flic
12. Two Men in Manhattan
11. Le Deuxieme Souffle
10. Magnet of Doom
9. Les Enfants Terribles
8. Le Silence de la Mer
7. Le Cercle Rouge
6. Bob le Flambeur
5. Leon Morin, Priest
4. Quand Tu Liras Cette Lettres…
3. Le Doulos
2. Le Samourai
1. Army of Shadows

[Jay H.]

There are quite a few remakes that I find to be better than the original. There are a lot of bad remakes... but there are a lot of bad movies, period. I guess what I'm saying is, remakes don't always suck.

[wonderer99]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

There are quite a few remakes that I find to be better than the original. There are a lot of bad remakes... but there are a lot of bad movies, period. I guess what I'm saying is, remakes don't always suck.

Agreed. Even more of an unpopular opinion, remakes do not need to been compared to the originals. Just because a film has been made before a new iteration should stand on its own and therefore should be reviewed as such. A lot of good stuff gets dismissed these days just because its "not as good as the original" when judged on its own merits its perfectly decent.

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

There are quite a few remakes that I find to be better than the original. There are a lot of bad remakes... but there are a lot of bad movies, period. I guess what I'm saying is, remakes don't always suck.

Really I think the idea of the bad remake is more of modern thing. I think whats shifted is that back in the 70's and 80's films like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Thing or The Fly were driven by the creative side who saw something in old material they liked. More recently remakes have tended to be driven by studios, made to order with far less talented people involved in them.

[Gizz]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

There are quite a few remakes that I find to be better than the original. There are a lot of bad remakes... but there are a lot of bad movies, period. I guess what I'm saying is, remakes don't always suck.

True I will never understand why people get all upset when a remake comes out . I see it as another film that yes I might not like or will like. And as for the original well I still have that. One remake that I really enjoyed was the Friday the 13th remake from 2009 I hated the original one but enjoyed that remake.

[moreorless]

I actually think that horror as a genre is probably held back by the fact directors/writers can't just decide to use an old property they way they could in the past as the rights are now much more jealously guarded.

[Doc Samson]

Originally Posted by Gizz

One remake that I really enjoyed was the Friday the 13th remake from 2009

Honestly never understood the dislike for this. It's a great remake and fits in perfectly as a modern Friday The 13th film. It's far better than a lot of the sequels that came later in the series.

[HipsterTrash]

I don't hate the idea of some remakes. Depends on what you do with the material.

I love the Warriors but if someone wanted to do a modern remake of it I wouldn't hate that.

[Guy87]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I don't hate the idea of some remakes. Depends on what you do with the material.

I love the Warriors but if someone wanted to do a modern remake of it I wouldn't hate that.

The Warriors needs a TV series.

[Guy87]

Originally Posted by Doc Samson

Honestly never understood the dislike for this. It's a great remake and fits in perfectly as a modern Friday The 13th film. It's far better than a lot of the sequels that came later in the series.

Unnecessarily hated.

A guy in a hockey mask creatively butchers kids at camp. Done.

I didn't need a full story reboot, just picking up at a camp with the "legend" of Jason filling in the backstory for us would've been fine, but it's acceptable, I get why they did it..

Nightmare on Elm Street was charmless though.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I don't hate the idea of some remakes. Depends on what you do with the material.

I love the Warriors but if someone wanted to do a modern remake of it I wouldn't hate that.

Would you want modern NYC teenage gangs assembling in Van Cortland Park to take over the city in 2023?
Teens dont hangout like that anymore in NYC. Unless you just fantasize they do for the sake of the story.

Or do u want modern West Side Story type actors and actresses to dress up like the Warriors gangs, put them in a Joker-esque NYC ('78) and have the same sorta story?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_mlODjKKQA&feature=emb_imp_woyt

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

Would you want modern NYC teenage gangs assembling in Van Cortland Park to take over the city in 2023?
Teens dont hangout like that anymore in NYC. Unless you just fantasize they do for the sake of the story.

Or do u want modern West Side Story type actors and actresses to dress up like the Warriors gangs, put them in a Joker-esque NYC ('78) and have the same sorta story?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_ml...e=emb_imp_woyt

You could do something modern by saying a breakdown of economic disparity in an unnamed city with NYC as the stand in for it. Or make it more near future, which Hill has stated that the original was just that.

[jess1581]

Star Trek : TMP is more visually appealing than Star Wars: ANH....

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

You could do something modern by saying a breakdown of economic disparity in an unnamed city with NYC as the stand in for it. Or make it more near future, which Hill has stated that the original was just that.

I dont think a modern version would translate these days.

I rather see them try to do a cosplay version and find old parts of NYC to convey the era the original was in....kinda like Joker. Go retro. Like the Showtime Lakers show.

Hill tried to retcon his schitt by making in "near future" and all the historical bullcrapp and comic book visual referencing. Its not the classic that became cult.

Its inherently kinda stupid and over the top. There's a certain dumb magic that it captured and I'm not confident it can be duplicated.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf0QKmFrAGo&feature=emb_imp_woyt

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I don't hate the idea of some remakes. Depends on what you do with the material.

I love the Warriors but if someone wanted to do a modern remake of it I wouldn't hate that.

I'm supprised that Refn hasnt given it a try given it follows a lot of the style of The Driver.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I don't hate the idea of some remakes. Depends on what you do with the material.

I love the Warriors but if someone wanted to do a modern remake of it I wouldn't hate that.

Tony Scott got very close to doing it before his passing. It was going to be set among the gangs of Los Angeles.


Speaking of remakes, I want someone give Firefox another go. The spy stuff & Gant's PTSD in the first half still holds up quite well, but most of the flying effects in the second half were dated before they reached cinema screens in 1982. All I ask is they keep the awesome plane design the same.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by moreorless

I'm supprised that Refn hasnt given it a try given it follows a lot of the style of The Driver.

I dont put The Driver in the same boat as The Warriors at all.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

There are quite a few remakes that I find to be better than the original. There are a lot of bad remakes... but there are a lot of bad movies, period. I guess what I'm saying is, remakes don't always suck.

The Fly
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Brilliant remakes