06-21-2009, 03:49 PM
That's true, I just wish more was released to theater. One of the things that bug me about remakes is that the general public doesn't always realize it's a remake. When they remade prom night, I was not a happy camper.
I get what you mean by "from outside the studio" I'm trying to think back to the last 2-3 years, what I've actually seen in theater that was worth seeing. Pan's Labyrinth was definitely one of them. I did like Rob Zombie's Halloween, even though I know people are really split on that one. I moved to Michigan about a year and a half ago and well of course there isn't as many opportunities to see good movies as there was in Montreal.
The last movies I bought on dvd were Poultrygeist, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Only one was a recent release.
They even remade the Dunwich Horror, now that one really bugged me. I saw it on on demand and I was like huh, why. I read a couple of reviews and decided I wouldn't even watch it, regardless of the fact I'm a huge HP lovecraft fan. The original was merely ok, and still the remake bothered me.
I used to think if I had the chance to remake anything, I'd remake some of the old creature features, but at the same time, part of their charm was the basic effects, theatrical acting etc, you would not get that with a remake. Unless they can bring Bela Lugosi back from the grave, I don't want to see another Dracula remake.
I get what you mean by "from outside the studio" I'm trying to think back to the last 2-3 years, what I've actually seen in theater that was worth seeing. Pan's Labyrinth was definitely one of them. I did like Rob Zombie's Halloween, even though I know people are really split on that one. I moved to Michigan about a year and a half ago and well of course there isn't as many opportunities to see good movies as there was in Montreal.
The last movies I bought on dvd were Poultrygeist, Children Shouldn't Play with Dead Things and Let Sleeping Corpses Lie. Only one was a recent release.
They even remade the Dunwich Horror, now that one really bugged me. I saw it on on demand and I was like huh, why. I read a couple of reviews and decided I wouldn't even watch it, regardless of the fact I'm a huge HP lovecraft fan. The original was merely ok, and still the remake bothered me.
I used to think if I had the chance to remake anything, I'd remake some of the old creature features, but at the same time, part of their charm was the basic effects, theatrical acting etc, you would not get that with a remake. Unless they can bring Bela Lugosi back from the grave, I don't want to see another Dracula remake.
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