Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Foreign Remakes
Watching movies nowadays, we often get a slew of remakes every year. Many of them are old horror films that studios reproduce to milk the franchise or name for a few more dollars, but some are remakes that were formly "foreign films". Films like The Departed, The Grudge, The Ring, and Quarantine are all examples of this. Though some of these films are good, you wonder why they bothered at all. Isn't a remake supposed to improve on the formula or bring it in a different direction than it was already shown? Have we become so lazy in America that we find it easier to watch Americans to act rather then watch a film with subtitles? Hollywood has been doing this more and more, with films like Edge of Darkness and State of Play being some of the most recent examples (and these films were originally produced in England.
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Its crazy/sad about the current state of Hollywood and the lack of creativity that exists. It seems that there is no such thing as an original movie anymore. I used to think that Ocean's 11 was original until I found out it was a popular movie from the 60s. Hey but at least Ocean's 12 and Ocean's 13 were original right? It seems like the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay will soon nominate not the best 5 but rather the only 5 original screenplays.
ReplyDeleteI AGREE. the japanese (korean?) versions of the ring and the grudge were so much better, whats wrong with people? did we really need buffy the vampire slayer to run around all scared and shit because our american brains can't understand terror in another language? theyre playing us for fools, sir!
ReplyDeleteThe lack of appreciation for foreign films is disappointing and the appropriation of foreign films is even worse.
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