I stopped caring about movies for a while now, i don't know why. Maybe Internet comedy, television and video games are just better in my eyes.
Escape to the Movies: A Look Ahead
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I'm watching Mission Impossible based solely on the fact that Bird is attached to it - his movies are just /so/ good! I want to see him achieve great things in the live-action setting.
The Thing is a remake of a 1958 movie called The Thing from Another World. I really don't think you want people to go see the first one.
He made a blog post about it a few months back. I'm too lazy to go back and find it, so I'll just try to reiterate what I can remember.coldfrog said:I do wish he'd said a tiny bit more about some of the other films, especially Straw Dogs, because I always get antsy when something like that, especially something starring one of my favorite actors, gets remade... Does he have some insight I don't? I don't know... he wouldn't tell meWe'll see.
Here's the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc2WepwFcWE
Looks pretty shit when compared to the original.
It's being directed by Rod Lurie. I've never seen any of his films, but Bob says he tends to lack subtlety. Case in point with this film, as the setting and premise have changed from changed from an American Mathematician moving to the English countryside and fighting some locals to a liberal, atheist Hollywood screenwriter moving to the Southern American countryside and fighting some religious, conservative country bumpkins. I believe Bob also complained how it's got that flashy Hollywood look to it and seems to have things dumbed things down a lot. For example, with the original, the reasons for the locals attacking in the first place were some what justified, or at the very least, understandable and they were also really drunk, whereas with the remake it looks (and mind you, trailers can be decieving) as though the locals attack for shits and giggles, because Hollywood believes that moral ambiguity of any nature confuses and upsets audiences.
Just gotta say it. I've really enjoyed all the Underworld flicks. They certainly aren't sophisticated viewing, but for fun comic book stylized violence with a strong "creatures" vibe, I don't see how they could make them much better.
Plus Kate Beckensail in a cat suit. I mean c'mon! I am a mere human male after all.
Plus Kate Beckensail in a cat suit. I mean c'mon! I am a mere human male after all.
Well, I'm excited for the "The Thing" prequel, I'm a huge fan of the 1982 movie, it's one of my top 10 movies. And so far the trailer and the few interviews I read didn't changed my opinion on the prequel.
And for the rest of the year, I was kinda disappointed by the summer-blockbusters so far, I have higher hopes for the fall and winter season.
And for the rest of the year, I was kinda disappointed by the summer-blockbusters so far, I have higher hopes for the fall and winter season.
Not exactly the most thrilling lineup but at least David Fincher. Then again the only movie I'm looking forward to wasn't even mentioned -- Saving Private Perez.
Ben Hur 1907, 1925, 1959, 2003, 2010 miniseries.SFR said:
Cleopatra 1934, 1963, 1999, 2003, 2005.
I could go on, but the point is that remakes are as old as hollywood itself, but you only seem to care now because its is somehow affecting your childhood.
Not that great of a fall, unfortunately. And as a Swede, I will argue that the original Girl with the Dragon Tattoo was awesome, and that a new one is completely unnecessary. However, the director is awesome and it will almost certainly do better than the original in the US, giving more people a chance to see it.
Also, I would have loved to hear you rage on Conan.
Also, I would have loved to hear you rage on Conan.
Iron Lady? About Margret Thatcher?
Hmmm... If it's a positive portrayal, a good portion of the country would rather burn down their cinema than have it on there.
I however will wait and see.
Hmmm... If it's a positive portrayal, a good portion of the country would rather burn down their cinema than have it on there.
I however will wait and see.
Yeah, very, very, very much looking forward to the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
When I first heard that there'd be ANOTHER Hollywood remake of a supposedly good foreign film I was kinda annoyed, but I had not read the books or seen the movie at that point.
Then I read the books and absolutely fell in love with them, they're fantastic.
Then I watched the movies ..... and was not impressed. I know everyone says how awesome the original movies are but personally I didn't fall in love with them. They're ok, some aspects are good but ... they're just way too rushed, way too much, even important stuff, gets dropped and personally I don't think Noomi Rapace is all that great as Lisbeth Salander. Good, definitely, great, maybe sometimes, but not overall imo.
And as stupid as this will sound concerning a beautiful attractive woman - she's too .... solid to be Salander. Lisbeth is constantly described as having a very small chest, being rather small, thin, kinda boyish. Rapace is just too attractive, too big, too ... well fed?
Yeah, translating a book into a movie will always be rushed, but few adaptions made me feel it as much as these movies.
Some stuff that bothered me:
- the whole Mikael/Erika 20 year "relationship" completeley dropped
- much of the plot about Harriet Vanger, the resolution, Australia etc. - dropped
- the whole plot about ... crap, forgot the names, the journalist looking into the sex trade in book 2 and his girlfriend - completely dropped. Even though book 2 and 3 revolve very heavily around them and their murders and Salander being blamed for them
- much of the secret police stuff in book 2 and 3, the conspiracy, the cover-up, the secret investigation into the traitors etc. also dropped
- other subtle stuff, e.g. Lisbeth appearing as super-punk to the trial, which was meant to be ... ironic? a slap in the face of all the negative press about her etc. In the movies she does appear dressed this way but all context is completely missing, it just doesn't mean anything.
And Michael Nyqvist isn't that impressive as Mikael Bloomkvist.
The movies are serviceable but definitely not perfect.
Going simply by optics so far I'm impressed at the casting, many of the actors fit their characters really well, especially Stellan Skarsgård and Rooney Mara. Mara looks great as Salander, she fits the description way better imo. Other than the stupid eyebrows, I'll never get used to that, why the hell did they do that?
Only a few actors I'm not sure about, e.g. Goran Visnjic, he's just not how I imagined Dragan but we'll see how it plays out.
And like MovieBob I trust in David Fincher. The theme of the books really fits him I think and if anyone can make this into an awesome movie it's probably him.
When I first heard that there'd be ANOTHER Hollywood remake of a supposedly good foreign film I was kinda annoyed, but I had not read the books or seen the movie at that point.
Then I read the books and absolutely fell in love with them, they're fantastic.
Then I watched the movies ..... and was not impressed. I know everyone says how awesome the original movies are but personally I didn't fall in love with them. They're ok, some aspects are good but ... they're just way too rushed, way too much, even important stuff, gets dropped and personally I don't think Noomi Rapace is all that great as Lisbeth Salander. Good, definitely, great, maybe sometimes, but not overall imo.
And as stupid as this will sound concerning a beautiful attractive woman - she's too .... solid to be Salander. Lisbeth is constantly described as having a very small chest, being rather small, thin, kinda boyish. Rapace is just too attractive, too big, too ... well fed?
Yeah, translating a book into a movie will always be rushed, but few adaptions made me feel it as much as these movies.
Some stuff that bothered me:
- the whole Mikael/Erika 20 year "relationship" completeley dropped
- much of the plot about Harriet Vanger, the resolution, Australia etc. - dropped
- the whole plot about ... crap, forgot the names, the journalist looking into the sex trade in book 2 and his girlfriend - completely dropped. Even though book 2 and 3 revolve very heavily around them and their murders and Salander being blamed for them
- much of the secret police stuff in book 2 and 3, the conspiracy, the cover-up, the secret investigation into the traitors etc. also dropped
- other subtle stuff, e.g. Lisbeth appearing as super-punk to the trial, which was meant to be ... ironic? a slap in the face of all the negative press about her etc. In the movies she does appear dressed this way but all context is completely missing, it just doesn't mean anything.
And Michael Nyqvist isn't that impressive as Mikael Bloomkvist.
The movies are serviceable but definitely not perfect.
Going simply by optics so far I'm impressed at the casting, many of the actors fit their characters really well, especially Stellan Skarsgård and Rooney Mara. Mara looks great as Salander, she fits the description way better imo. Other than the stupid eyebrows, I'll never get used to that, why the hell did they do that?
Only a few actors I'm not sure about, e.g. Goran Visnjic, he's just not how I imagined Dragan but we'll see how it plays out.
And like MovieBob I trust in David Fincher. The theme of the books really fits him I think and if anyone can make this into an awesome movie it's probably him.
I think I'm going to have to go see Girl With a Dragon Tattoo (although I really should see the original and/or read the books first). Meh. But I must know if I show up on screen or not! Here's hoping NOT.
Please PLEASE NOT. >.<
Please PLEASE NOT. >.<
