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Lizard Combatant posted:Remakes of non English films don't normally annoy me quite this much. I can't explain why, but good luck winning me over on this one Spike. It's an adaptation of the manga so it should be different in a number of key ways so it'll at least be interesting for a viewer familiar with the Korean movie.
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Apr 16, 2013 02:04
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Mister Chief posted:It's an adaptation of the manga so it should be different in a number of key ways so it'll at least be interesting for a viewer familiar with the Korean movie. No, it's not. Just like it never is, even though that's always parroted during remakes. From a test screening: quote:There are only minor changes, with stuff like the prison sequence being longer and some tweaks to the ending. It’s not shot for shot by any means either, so if you see it, you should definitely expect things to be different and to cringe all over again…Much like the original, acts two and three are very sadistic and “wrong.”
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Apr 16, 2013 02:07
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Spike Lee is a better filmmaker than Park Chan Wook so at the very least the odds are with it.
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Apr 16, 2013 02:14
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feedmyleg posted:No, it's not. Just like it never is, even though that's always parroted during remakes. From a test screening: Huh. I remember the rights to remake the Korean film being the primary reason why the Spielberg version never got made and I thought that the way they were getting around that was to adapt the manga again. I specifically remember someone saying that the twist wouldn't be there or that it would be different but I guess not if that quote is to be believed.
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Apr 16, 2013 02:18
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feedmyleg posted:No, it's not. Just like it never is, even though that's always parroted during remakes. Yep. Let Me In was identical to Let the Right One In, David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was basically identical to the Swedish adaptation. Neither of those films felt like anything more than a remake of the first movie adaptation, they weren't "interpretations based on the original books". That aside, Let Me In and Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo were both as good as the other adaptations. There's a chance Spike Lee's version won't suck, since Spike Lee has a pretty good track record.
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Apr 16, 2013 02:21
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Tewratomeh posted:Yep. Let Me In was identical to Let the Right One In, David Fincher's The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo was basically identical to the Swedish adaptation. Neither of those films felt like anything more than a remake of the first movie adaptation, they weren't "interpretations based on the original books". I can't speak for "Let Me In," but I honestly can't believe it when people say this about TGWTDT. Fincher's version was aggressively stylish (in his typical Fincher-y way), whereas I thought the original was really bland and flat by comparison. I can't fathom that people think of Fincher's version as an unnecessary remake.
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Apr 16, 2013 03:11
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I am a bad artist who rightfully dropped out of art school and I'm pretty sure I can do a better job than those "comic book covers." Jesus Christ those are ugly. If I were going to do "comic book covers" of movies, I'd try to get people to make movie covers that would envision how Jack Kirby would have done it. Oh, wait. That's actually an approach that requires understanding the art they're borrowing from.
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Apr 16, 2013 03:12
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Can't wait to watch him shoot emotionally-wretched scenes by showing us the back of the actors. I've never understood the hate for this scene, especially when the film is more focused on how Berkowitz's actions affected the city rather than the man himself.
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Apr 16, 2013 03:14
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tvb posted:I can't speak for "Let Me In," but I honestly can't believe it when people say this about TGWTDT. Fincher's version was aggressively stylish (in his typical Fincher-y way), whereas I thought the original was really bland and flat by comparison. I can't fathom that people think of Fincher's version as an unnecessary remake. Because it was. Maybe if the original wasn't so recent and high profile to begin with it wouldn't have felt so arrogant. Not that Fincher didn't do a nice job (the cinematography and character design was leagues better) but it was probably the most unnecessary remake of all time. Again, this isn't a criticism of the film itself, just the cynical process that led to its development. Lizard Combatant fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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tvb posted:I can't speak for "Let Me In," but I honestly can't believe it when people say this about TGWTDT. Fincher's version was aggressively stylish (in his typical Fincher-y way), whereas I thought the original was really bland and flat by comparison. I can't fathom that people think of Fincher's version as an unnecessary remake. Let Me In is identical to Let the Right One In if you consider a movie to consist of a vague plot summary, and not: cinematography, editing, performance, production design, sound design, pacing and mood and atmosphere -- you know, all the things that a film cast and crew does and creates. Also it has this sequence.
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Apr 16, 2013 03:31
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I'll speak for Let Me In and say that while it obviously was a remake of the original film, the way the material and story was presented led me to completely different conclusions/interpretation of said story. The cinematography was much better and I felt was easier to get into. My girlfriend recently watched both and she HATED the original but liked the remake. Seeing how they put that shot together was amazing. Happy Noodle Boy fucked around with this message at 03:36 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Apr 16, 2013 03:34
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Let Me In was a movie that was obviously very aware of the original and took alot of influence from the original but it rather than being the same movie is used the original as a starting point to be it's own thing. The original is a story about a boy that meets a little girl that happens to be a vampire. The remake is a story of a boy that meets a vampire that looks like a little girl.
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Apr 16, 2013 03:53
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Agreed. I think Let Me In is the exception here. It excelled in that while it kept so much of the original film in tact, it used the elements in vastly different ways so at the end of the film you were left with the exact opposite feeling of the original. In the first film you're left warm and hopeful when they leave on the train together, whereas in the remake you're left horrified. It's extremely effective, and it's pretty masterfully done, but for the purposes of the core story that was being told I think the original was more of a success in that regard. Though axleblaze's way of putting it is very elegant.
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penismightier posted:Spike Lee is a better filmmaker than Park Chan Wook so at the very least the odds are with it. I will always check out a Spike Lee movie, and I even enjoy stuff people hate that he did (thought "Red Hook Summer", for example, was one of the top 10 of last year). I don't agree with this at all though. I think Oldboy is by far the weakest of the "trilogy", but even that is an achievement. Sadly after his peak with "Lady Vengeance" he hasn't been able to come close (though I haven't seen "Stoker" yet, so maybe that's a return to form). What would you say Lee has done that is as good as even "Mr Vengeance"? Just to add something about the remake: I actually can't wait to see it. I think Brolin is a great choice, I think Lee is a good enough director, and I think it could be pretty entertaining. zandert33 fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Apr 16, 2013 05:10
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zandert33 posted:I will always check out a Spike Lee movie, and I even enjoy stuff people hate that he did (thought "Red Hook Summer", for example, was one of the top 10 of last year). I don't agree with this at all though. I think Oldboy is by far the weakest of the "trilogy", but even that is an achievement. Sadly after his peak with "Lady Vengeance" he hasn't been able to come close (though I haven't seen "Stoker" yet, so maybe that's a return to form). Malcolm X alone is worth more than Chan Wook's entire career output (and I like Chan Wook). Do the Right Thing is an absolute top shelf masterpiece, Crooklyn and Jungle Fever are exceptional. More recently, The 25th Hour and Inside Man are very good and tense in a way that would suit Old Boy.
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Apr 16, 2013 05:20
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You'd think with all the apocalyptic Earth movies being released around the same time, the Star Trek posters would try to differentiate themselves by looking like... I don't know, Star Trek?   The Spock image is somewhat evocative, at least.
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Apr 16, 2013 05:32
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But showing space would indicate that this is nerd stuff and scare away all the non-nerds 
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Generic. Somewhat interesting. poo poo. Holy gently caress, that is terrible. mind the walrus posted:But showing space would indicate that this is nerd stuff and scare away all the non-nerds Which is weird, considering how many potential ways you could show "scorched, ruined earth" from space. But I guess marketing skipped over that one.
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Apr 16, 2013 05:44
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:You'd think with all the apocalyptic Earth movies being released around the same time, the Star Trek posters would try to differentiate themselves by looking like... I don't know, Star Trek? Space movies don't sell well over seas, gotta hide that Star Trek takes place in space.
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Apr 16, 2013 05:49
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:
Benedict looks like Tom Cruise with a smaller nose in the thumbnail to me
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boom boom boom posted:I had the exact opposite impression of the original from y'all. I assumed that the kid was gonna end up like the dude at the beginning, that the girl had been doing the same thing for centuries; getting a little boy to fall in love with her and then using him for a few decade before moving on. That's what I took from it as well, but I'm a pessimist.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:
Yeah, I'm getting both Wrath of Khan and Sunshine vibes with this one.
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joedevola posted:That's what I took from it as well, but I'm a pessimist. That is the only interpretation of the ending I have ever heard.
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You could change the title to Oblivion and I'd think it was a badly photoshopped Tom Cruise. squarerandom posted:Benedict looks like Tom Cruise with a smaller nose in the thumbnail to me This guy knows/nose
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boom boom boom posted:I had the exact opposite impression of the original from y'all. I assumed that the kid was gonna end up like the dude at the beginning, that the girl had been doing the same thing for centuries; getting a little boy to fall in love with her and then using him for a few decade before moving on. It's easy to get this from the original but it wasn't intentional. The original doesn't really show that much against them being together. Alot of the darker aspects can be inferred by following things through but are still not shown. In general the relationship isn't shown as being as bleak in the original. The remake goes out of it's way to assure you that this is bad. The author of the book and the original movie didn't even really consider that there was anything bad about the relationship between the two main characters. He thought the ending was a happy one. In the book it's even made clear that her caretaker is a creepy pedophile and the things with Oskar is different. I mean death of the author and all that but that was the original intention.
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I've read the book and the ending definitely comes of as more sinister in the original movie. When I read the book I thought the ending was pretty sweet (in a horrible, depressing way), but when I saw the movie I was pretty much "oh no don't do it".
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In my humble opinion, this one would be even better with smaller text. It's a pretty unique image for a poster but I feel the text is just crowding the crap out of it. If I were in a theater and I saw that image, I would come closer to it to see it better.
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CharlieFoxtrot posted:Trek Posters Sci-Fi has made some really odd turns over the last decade. Space dramas have become taboo to happen... in space. I blame Lost In Space, despite being genuinely terrible it seems like every Sci-Fi movie since has adopted the horrible color palette and passion for action where it doesn't need to exist.
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Spaceman Future! posted:Sci-Fi has made some really odd turns over the last decade. Space dramas have become taboo to happen... in space. I blame Lost In Space, despite being genuinely terrible it seems like every Sci-Fi movie since has adopted the horrible color palette and passion for action where it doesn't need to exist. Sci-fi has always spectacle and action, that is partly why it is different from science fiction. And Lost in Space has only one scene with action in it besides the opening.
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Volume 7: What I asked for VS. what Mum brought back from the video rental place Sean Astin VS. Tim Robbins (this second one is horrendously terrible)  VS.  Alright Mum, I'll give you this one.  VS.  All my favourites VS. I don't know who any of these people are  VS.  and they say honey doesn't go bad  VS.  Guttenberg for the win  VS.  I can't believe there's one movie called "W", let alone 2 unrelated ones.  VS.  Also, I'm sorry to anyone who watched DeathSpa because of me. I never meant to hurt anybody. ShufflerZero fucked around with this message at 10:51 on Apr 16, 2013 |
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Apr 16, 2013 10:46
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Let The Right One In was fantastic and Let Me In was also pretty good. They hit on a few different tones so they're both worth watching. A vampire movie done right 
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ShufflerZero posted:I can't believe there's one movie called "W", let alone 2 unrelated ones.
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ShufflerZero posted:Volume 7: What I asked for VS. what Mum brought back from the video rental place ShufflerZero posted:
The second one looks like the WWE logo.
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Zzulu posted:Let The Right One In was fantastic and Let Me In was also pretty good. They hit on a few different tones so they're both worth watching. A vampire movie done right I've been staying away from remakes since for a while,and because I loved Let the Right one In I've been staying away from that remake. Is it really good? Really,really good? I won't come back here to scream at you guys?
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CopywrightMMXI posted:Death Ship looks pretty awesome. And the first one looks like the old WWF logo!
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If you haven't seen this movie please do so immediately. I saw it at the theater when I was around 10 and it cemented my love for gritty movies. I miss Roy Scheider.
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Mondo sale today for the Criterion Repo Man posters, one of them is glow in the dark.  (this one has the glow in the dark variant)
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