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Because Hollywood is completely devoid of new ideas, they're going to try this again.

Watching this, I don't think they understand why the original was so good.

It's been out for a week and has made $6,331,351 against a production budget of $50M.

Ouch.

The director, Rupert Sanders, is blaming the fans and throwing insults at them, like "I'm not recording over your VHS" and "go outside and live". Ha!

Dude, you tried to remake a cult classic who lead died on set. Additionally, by all accounts, you boggled it badly and show a complete lack of understanding of the core material, developing characters, etc. What did you think was going to happen?

Is it a "reboot?" All they had to do is devote 3 seconds to explaining how 30 years ago the last Crow appeared as Eric Draven. The Crow returns again now, to set something else right. This was how the original was set up.

But they went for the clean slate, didn't they. WHich would make peeps angry.

Yep, clean slate.

The reviews have not been nice. I guess 30 minutes of the film is devoted to the young couple's love and every single review I've seen, which is 4 or more at this point discuss how unlikeable both of them are.

I didn't really care much for the original at the time.

thibodeaux wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:11 am I didn't really care much for the original at the time.

I went back to it last year, for the first time in a long time.

I was struck by the stylistic.... style. It was almost Burton's Batman, in the set choices. And I'd forgotten The Crow actually was damaged, he wasn't just irked and on a Quest for Vengeance. I mean yes, but no. I think I'd gotten used to John Wick killing the same 6 stuntmen, masked (and motorcycle helmeted), in the dark, all anonymous, existing for nothing more than to show up on camera, do 3 moves, and get shot in the head. All the kills in The Crow felt personal.

"Devil's Night" was a real, local event 40 miles away in Toledo, so there as a fun nostalgia element to that.

Soundtrack is A+.

And the villain and his sister were charismatic, and felt dangerous. Not just another boss fight.

I liked the old movie. And I can see why a remake, made by people who didn't understand anything about why the original was good, would piss off old fans and not manage to snag any new ones.

I almost wonder that if in order to achieve the level of mojo the movie ended up having, the universe required the sacrifice of the lead actor.

GORDON wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:59 am Soundtrack is A+.

Or better.