Unpopular Movie Opinions: Part III

[Brutalizer79]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

The Fly
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Brilliant remakes

The Blob and The Hills Have Eyes from 2006 are both solid horror remakes as well.

[DR Herbert West]

Night of the Living Dead (1990) is another good one.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by DR Herbert West

Night of the Living Dead (1990) is another good one.

I'd say the 1990 remake blows the original out of the water.

[DR Herbert West]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

I'd say the 1990 remake blows the original out of the water.

I like them about equal.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Batmon77

I dont think a modern version would translate these days.

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.

[Show spoiler]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rf0Q...e=emb_imp_woyt

I think that's the reason I want a new one. Over the top. And violent. But with purpose. A film that could say how times have changed but for the worse. To say there isn't gangs out there with zoomers is silly to say cause I'm sure there is. Sure they're not wearing Kiss make-up and ready for the next pitch, but then try to lean into that.

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.

Agreed. Refn kind of fell off the rails with Neon Demon, imo (and I never saw his show on Amazon). But I would love to see him combine his new visual sense of Drive & Only God Forgives with his gritty sense of the Pusher films.
God, I just want a new Refn film.

Originally Posted by BudBaxter

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

And I would have loved that too considering this was Tony Scott in the new part of his career.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

The Fly
The Thing
Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Brilliant remakes

Agree with The Thing but I feel like The Fly is overrated. It's good but definitely Cronenberg's weaker films.
I'm split on Invasion of the Body Snatchers since I like the Kaufman one but I really like Siegel's early career and what he did with that.

Originally Posted by Brutalizer79

The Blob and The Hills Have Eyes from 2006 are both solid horror remakes as well.

Hands down some of the best remakes out there. The Blob needs to get a lot of love for how good it is. The Hills Haves Eyes is also highly underrated.
I'd even go as far as to say that the Friday the 13th remake is also stellar.

[Jay H.]

I'll add to the list of what remakes I like (you may not agree, and probably won't):

True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
Pet Sematary
Salem's Lot
House on Haunted Hill
Maniac
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
War of the Worlds

[moreorless]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Agreed. Refn kind of fell off the rails with Neon Demon, imo (and I never saw his show on Amazon). But I would love to see him combine his new visual sense of Drive & Only God Forgives with his gritty sense of the Pusher films.
God, I just want a new Refn film.

It probably wouldnt be very close to the original just as Drive wasnt to The Driver but I can imagine how it might go, basically lots of scenes moving though a weirdly lit arthouse fantasy after dark NYC.

You could argue I spose its not really something you can directly update as easily when a lot of the locations have been gentrified since, our heroes fighting a vicious gang of Harlem marketing execs in Starbucks isnt going to work. You'd argubly either need to do it as a period film or as mentioned with the Scott film move the location.

[BudBaxter]

Originally Posted by moreorless

It probably wouldnt be very close to the original just as Drive wasnt to The Driver but I can imagine how it might go, basically lots of scenes moving though a weirdly lit arthouse fantasy after dark NYC.

You realise Drive wasn't a remake of The Driver, right?

The only thing they have in common is the leads are both professional getaway drivers.

[HipsterTrash]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

I'll add to the list of what remakes I like (you may not agree, and probably won't):

True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
Pet Sematary
Salem's Lot
House on Haunted Hill
Maniac
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
War of the Worlds

I love the sequel to the original AND the remake. And I'm looking forward to this prequel to the remake that's coming out soon. Really dig the world building.

I also think the grimy world of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake and it's prequel is pretty spot on.

[Guy87]

The new Streets of Rage movie that's in production shouldn't feel a million miles from The Warriors come to think of it.

..bit more neon.

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

Agree with The Thing but I feel like The Fly is overrated. It's good but definitely Cronenberg's weaker films.
I'm split on Invasion of the Body Snatchers since I like the Kaufman one but I really like Siegel's early career and what he did with that.



Hands down some of the best remakes out there. The Blob needs to get a lot of love for how good it is. The Hills Haves Eyes is also highly underrated.
I'd even go as far as to say that the Friday the 13th remake is also stellar.

The Fly is my favorite horror movie of all time. The blend of the love story and horror is so haunting. The only movie to terrify me as a kid and an adult because I am so emotionally invested in the characters. Easily my favorite Croneberg movie.

[Batmon77]

Originally Posted by HipsterTrash

I think that's the reason I want a new one. Over the top. And violent. But with purpose. A film that could say how times have changed but for the worse. To say there isn't gangs out there with zoomers is silly to say cause I'm sure there is. Sure they're not wearing Kiss make-up and ready for the next pitch, but then try to lean into that.

I grew up in NYC and still live here.

I remember when gangs in the same regalia walked the streets in droves in the late 70's and early 80's. That all dissolved when drugs came in.
You still have prison gang culture, but the modern NYC gang culture is more associated to an East coast version of the Bloods and Crips.

You could have various make-believe teens in different colors, but its not the same style.

Or would you be fine placing it in anywhere America and film in Toronto?



1990 Bronx Warriors........?

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by Jay H.

I'll add to the list of what remakes I like (you may not agree, and probably won't):

True Grit
Dawn of the Dead
Pet Sematary
Salem's Lot
House on Haunted Hill
Maniac
King Kong (Peter Jackson)
War of the Worlds

I have to wonder how one thinks the Pet Semetary and WOTW remakes are better, but I do definitely agree with KK2005 and House On Haunted Hill being better so...it cancels out.

Peace.

[Member-244966]

While I wouldn't go as far as King Kong 2005 being better than the original, I respect the hell out of it as a remake. Ideally you want a good remake to expand on the original, and Jackson's version does it almost to a fault - it's a little too long I think, especially the extended version, but it's a damn good movie. And Naomi Watts is terrific.

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

I have to wonder how one thinks the Pet Semetary and WOTW remakes are better, but I do definitely agree with KK2005 and House On Haunted Hill being better so...it cancels out.

Peace.

For me there is a give and take from both Pet Sematary films. 89's horror is more effective than 19's, not saying the 19 film is nor without decent horror, but 89 hits harder. The 19 film however is better acted without the awful melodramatic from the Creed family though Jud and Pascal are tops. I also think the dialogue is worse in the 89 film.

Both are equal when it comes to atmosphere and music.

[Mikezilla3k]

Originally Posted by jess1581

For me there is a give and take from both Pet Sematary films. 89's horror is more effective than 19's, not saying the 19 film is nor without decent horror, but 89 hits harder. The 19 film however is better acted without the awful melodramatic from the Creed family though Jud and Pascal are tops. I also think the dialogue is worse in the 89 film.

Both are equal when it comes to atmosphere and music.

Eh, I though both were pretty mediocre adaptions of the novel. I did actually watch the 1989 adaption fresh off of reading the novel so that probably made it worse.

Fred Gwynne's Jud was easily the best part of both adaptions.

[jess1581]

Originally Posted by Mikezilla3k

Eh, I though both were pretty mediocre adaptions of the novel. I did actually watch the 1989 adaption fresh off of reading the novel so that probably made it worse.

Fred Gwynne's Jud was easily the best part of both adaptions.

Oh totally, he's in a class well above the rest, though I'd never talk ill of John Lithgow.

[jess1581]

There's an alternate scene that I wish they had put in the 2019 film which I thought was WAY better.

https://youtu.be/1rxzLj6OcCU

[Jay H.]

The 1989 version of Pet Sematary was a piece of crap with one redeeming quality: the title song by Ramones. Other than that, I hated it in 1989 and I hated it even more when I watched it a few years ago. The acting was awful and Fred Gwynne's accent is like a caricature on cocaine. Don't even get me started on the painfully obvious skinny man playing the ill sister.

The remake isn't a great movie, but it is a good one. I really liked the twist with the children, and the way that kid looks afterwards gives me chills.