All the week's new movie releases in 7 words
Who Do You Love - King me! Hah- oh wait that's checkers.
The Secret in Their Eyes (limited) - It looks interesting, just not in theater.
The Perfect Game (limited) - Louis Gosset Jr., Cheech Marin... Case closed.
The Jonses (limited) - Though I hate Demi, should be great.
The City of Your Final Destination (limited) - Perhaps, if I'm in a boring mood.
Exit Through the Gift Shop (limited) - Your mom was wrong, vandalism is cool.
Handsome Harry (limited) - Indie road trip movie. Need more? Buscemi.
Death at a Funeral - Déjà vu, from French, literally 'already seen.'
Kick-Ass - I only need two words, hells yeah.
Remember when I said a while back that I'm not really bothered by remakes since they can't destroy the original? I lied stand by it. When I heard about the remake of Death at a Funeral, a movie that came out just a few years ago, I was pretty boggled. I have seen the original and while parts of it are quite nasty, it's a very funny and dark movie. Seeing the fresh 'American' treatment advertised, I have no interest in watching it. I'll admit, I was a little upset at first, but after thinking about it I had a change of heart.
Really, remaking a film within a few years has been standard practice since the very beginning of cinema. Heck, last decade Hollywood remade every horror movie that Japan put out. It's a rich tradition. The real complaint I see is that more people have seen the original Death at a Funeral, so they're able to complain. When Ringu was remade as The Ring, I heard horror fans whining, but that was it. Evidently, in this instance I actually side on the remake's side, since I thought the original sucked hard.
As I said, I have no intention of watching the new one. I think it looks completely pointless (though casting Peter Dinklage does lead me to wonder if the whole thing is a bit of metahumor) and absurd. But no reason for anyone to get upset about it. Well except for the British, but then they already think we're all a bunch of wankers anyway.
I made some mistakes this past week. I watched two films I knew couldn't possibly be good.
This week I was kind of lax on the posting, as I was under the weather. Hopefully I should be back up to steam next week. For now I leave you with my favorite Muppet song of all time.
Oh and you should look into Exit Through the Gift Shop, cause it sounds really good.
See I always get confused between a remake and a redux. BTW...thanks for giving me all of these films to ponder. Though I am really depressed that the Larry David one was a let down.
ReplyDeleteI was disappointed as well. I'm a big fan of Larry David.
ReplyDeleteI was a little bit giddy - another post-apocalyptic movie and I haven't seen it? - but now... perfiffle, guess I'll skip it.
ReplyDeleteThank you sir! You did say one word that excited me...Buscemi! I love that guy.
ReplyDeleteWow, you always surprise me by how many sucky movies you can find. I know you can't swing a dead octopus without hitting one (that one's for Cal), but still, you save me a lot wasted time by having to see those myself. So thanks, TS. I can now use that extra time to create a super virus.
ReplyDeleteHey, thanks for leaving me a comment!
ReplyDeleteYeah, some re-makes really sucks, but I can remember John Carpenter saying any film over 15 years old is good enough to be re-made.
Don't know if that applies everywhere though, but that was his opinion of the movie industry!
I'm following you along for a while...any friend of Pat's is a friend of mine!
That is one kick A Muppets song. I'd forgotten about it.
ReplyDeleteTotally want to see The Jonses and Handsome Harry. You know I went to the same high school as Buscemi, right? He filmed Trees Lounge in my town. I'm friendly with his sister-in-law because of my hometown fan page I created on FB. Ha ha!
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I've seen 'Dear Zachary'.... It absolutely broke my heart.... Very well done...
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