Escape to the Movies: Straw Dogs
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The ending getting changed was what I was most concerned about when I heard they would remake Straw Dogs, although I've never seen either movie I did know the synopsis of this one.
After all, the ending is what made the movie so unique in the first place.
Well I guess I can watch the original and skip the remake at least.
After all, the ending is what made the movie so unique in the first place.
Well I guess I can watch the original and skip the remake at least.
They're remaking Point Break? You have my sympathies...
By the way, how's your inde film career going?
By the way, how's your inde film career going?
Ah, juvenile message-mongering, one of the biggest reasons as to why my generation has become (sadly) apathetic towards social issues that are still a problem.
Also, Tony Scott is eying a remake of The Wild Bunch.
Also, Tony Scott is eying a remake of The Wild Bunch.
Damn, I was hoping you'd cover 'Drive'... I could tell from the trailers that they were going to ruin 'Straw Dogs'-- this society today doesn't seem willing or capable of staring harsh situations and ambiguous scenarios in the face: God forbid anyone is ever made to 'feel bad'. I'll file this under the same category as soccer (or Futbol, for our foreign correspondents) games where they don't keep score, and 'contests' where everyone gets a prize.
Oh dear, I seem to have gotten a bit worked up. I suppose I should cut this off now before I spend the next hour producing a manifesto or something.
Oh dear, I seem to have gotten a bit worked up. I suppose I should cut this off now before I spend the next hour producing a manifesto or something.
I saw the original a couple weeks ago. It was really, really boring. I was hoping the narrative would be more streamlined and the point of the film made clearer earlier. It sounds from Bob's review that that is what has been done.
It's funny, we get angry when people remake films, and then we get aangrier when those remakes DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT than the originals. Why? Shuoldn't that be the best way to remake a movie? I'd rather see a movie about very similar subject matter as "Straw Dogs" CALLED "Straw Dogs" (y'know, as a remake) than to see a different film that looks and feels exactly like Straw Dogs but with one or two differences.
To sum up: the original was slow and didn't make sense (they kill your cat. Fire them.) and the entire third act felt completely shoehorned in. It sounds like this one fixes those problems (except, apparently, for the cat). Good.
It's funny, we get angry when people remake films, and then we get aangrier when those remakes DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT than the originals. Why? Shuoldn't that be the best way to remake a movie? I'd rather see a movie about very similar subject matter as "Straw Dogs" CALLED "Straw Dogs" (y'know, as a remake) than to see a different film that looks and feels exactly like Straw Dogs but with one or two differences.
To sum up: the original was slow and didn't make sense (they kill your cat. Fire them.) and the entire third act felt completely shoehorned in. It sounds like this one fixes those problems (except, apparently, for the cat). Good.
I can't help but feel like Hot Fuzz had a hand in getting the Point Break remake greenlit.
It's the only thing that's really made it relevant again as of late.
It's the only thing that's really made it relevant again as of late.
Okay. Why do movies always make Southern people out to be aggressive, ignorant, bible thumping red necks? They aren't.
Anyway, good to know I can skip a move that I had no interest in. Why change the ambiguous tone about the assault, though? It sounds like that was a really interesting and compelling twist. God forbid a movie challenge people.
Anyway, good to know I can skip a move that I had no interest in. Why change the ambiguous tone about the assault, though? It sounds like that was a really interesting and compelling twist. God forbid a movie challenge people.
Ambiguity? That would never do. How can we split everything into black and white and all arbitrarily choose sides if it isn't simplified enough? Apparently that's how things work, whether in entertainment or the news. Besides, if it were more complex than that, you'd never be able to discuss it over Twitter...solidstatemind said:
How about a review of Contagion? (hint, its a very good movie without cliches about smart people doing smart things) Reviews of crap like this are not worthwhile.
Legitimate question, but if you're changing many elements, at what point does it cease to be a remake and become it's own movie, merely using the same title to generate additional revenue? There is a huge difference between 'inspired by' and 'a remake of'.mrblakemiller said:
I can see where the original wouldn't be everyone's cup of tea, particularly given the pacing and the plot. And it's fine that the new one steps away from that in favor of more action-- something which should be friendlier to today's audiences... but I think what Bob was lamenting is that, in doing so, he kinda left out the entire point of the original.
A middling Patrick Swayze/Keanu Reeves action film, where Reeves is an FBI agent who goes undercover to try and capture a band of surfers who pay for their round-the-globe surfing trips by robbing banks. It was watchable, in the same sort of way 'Speed' was watchable.RJ Dalton said:
It wasn't exactly a shocker that a remake of a genuinely good movie was genuinely bad. Can anyone think of any remake that actually improved, in any way, the original? And I don't mean prequels and sequels, etc. but a straight up remake by some modern director who simply doesn't get the source material.
I know there have been some defenders of remake in the past on the MB comments, but it would have been a lot cheaper and more satisfying for them to re-release the original than go through a painful remake.
I know there have been some defenders of remake in the past on the MB comments, but it would have been a lot cheaper and more satisfying for them to re-release the original than go through a painful remake.
Would it kill Hollywood to make a Bible-literate character? Would it literally cause some director/actor/writer to die?
I'm sorry Hollywood you have become what you claim to hate. You are as close-minded and intolerant as the "bible-thumpers" (who in a case of supreme irony prove they NEVER read the book). Do some homework, READ THE ACTUAL BIBLE! I don't care if it converts you or not I want ACCURACY!
I'm sorry Hollywood you have become what you claim to hate. You are as close-minded and intolerant as the "bible-thumpers" (who in a case of supreme irony prove they NEVER read the book). Do some homework, READ THE ACTUAL BIBLE! I don't care if it converts you or not I want ACCURACY!