It's a shame that the re-makes are embraced by such big names as it gives them an added legitimacy. I can stomach the idea of adaptations of other media into film, be it comics, novels or even video games, but making a film based on something that is already a film just megaphones the lack of originality.
Remakes can work, but for every War of the Worlds and Dawn of the Dead there is a Stepford Wives or Omen (or Poseidon... :roll: ).
If theses remake nuts must recycle rather than innovate, why can't they remake bad films? The ones that showed potential but came out wrong or never became commercial hits.
If Oldboy gained all that critical acclaim and commercial success, surely it's an indicator that it is already great, the story has been told and told well, and in remaking it you have little room to produce something other than a lesser work?
Gah.
It's almost like they're grabbing fruit that has demonstrated that it produces juice, and trying to wring every last drop from from it rather than going to the effort of picking new fruit.
In any case, Battle Royale, USA:
the kids will be universally pretty, even the meaner or geekier characters. There will be jocks who get off on killing, but ultimately they will be killed off by a nerd or outsider, who finds strength and courage he didn't know he had. There will be the bitch character who is the queen of the high school and sadistic, but who gets her comeuppance from the plucky girl who isn't as cool but is beautiful at heart, yadda yadda yadda. Lots of lesser developed characters will be killed along the way, it will probably be a 15 rating here and not the least bit 'gritty'.
Remakes can work, but for every War of the Worlds and Dawn of the Dead there is a Stepford Wives or Omen (or Poseidon... :roll: ).
If theses remake nuts must recycle rather than innovate, why can't they remake bad films? The ones that showed potential but came out wrong or never became commercial hits.
If Oldboy gained all that critical acclaim and commercial success, surely it's an indicator that it is already great, the story has been told and told well, and in remaking it you have little room to produce something other than a lesser work?
Gah.
It's almost like they're grabbing fruit that has demonstrated that it produces juice, and trying to wring every last drop from from it rather than going to the effort of picking new fruit.
In any case, Battle Royale, USA:
the kids will be universally pretty, even the meaner or geekier characters. There will be jocks who get off on killing, but ultimately they will be killed off by a nerd or outsider, who finds strength and courage he didn't know he had. There will be the bitch character who is the queen of the high school and sadistic, but who gets her comeuppance from the plucky girl who isn't as cool but is beautiful at heart, yadda yadda yadda. Lots of lesser developed characters will be killed along the way, it will probably be a 15 rating here and not the least bit 'gritty'.
