Back (Vol. XII)
"We all go a little mad sometimes. Haven't you?"
So I've decided to get back to posting.. just a small one to get back in the flow, talkin' movies.
I watched the remake of Psycho tonight, the one with Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche. It's certainly not the original, but at the same time, it's not terribly done. I enjoyed it, and maybe I'm a soft critic, but it did spark a thought.
I watched The Da Vinci Code with my great-aunt Judy today (happy birthday, Judy) and she's a prime example of these criticisms. Everyone comes down so hard on movie remakes--Psycho, King Kong, Poseidon/The Poseidon Adventure all come to mind recently--for being a lack of original ideas, not as good as the first, etc. But then someone like my aunt will go to the theatre and see something like "West Side Story" or "Man of La Mancha" for the Nth time, performed by the understudies of the second-tier traveling company and love it. That strikes me as a brutal double-standard.
Myself, having said I enjoy cinematic straight remakes, keep it consistent when I say I'm probably going to enjoy "Spamalot" when it comes to Pittsburgh this fall, even though it won't star Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce. But how can someone who never likes movie remakes enjoy the traveling production of some Broadway play? It's just a theatric remake!
So that's my rant for the day, and with that I give my assessments of the movies I've seen this week:
The Da Vinci Code: 8/10 -- I really liked it, despite some fun parts of the book being trimmed/altered to fit the 150-minute time and speed up the movie. It's an entertaining murder mystery.
The Incredibles: 9/10 -- Yes, I finally saw it. Sure, it's a kids movie, but it's a fun ride, lots of layered jokes and gags and a star-studded cast... The Pixar people really can do no wrong.
Psycho (1998): 7/10 -- If Hitchcock's wasn't easily one of the 50 best movies of all time, this would've been recieved much better. Silly people with their hang-ups described above. Hard to take Vince Vaughn seriously after Old School and Dodgeball or take Anne Heche seriously... well, period. Seriously, I saw her starring in a movie called "Psycho" and I thought it would be an autobiographical feature.
A combined 24/30... I am too soft on movies... need to bring out the Russian judge in me.
That's it for me tonight, enjoy T'pau.
So I've decided to get back to posting.. just a small one to get back in the flow, talkin' movies.
I watched the remake of Psycho tonight, the one with Vince Vaughn and Anne Heche. It's certainly not the original, but at the same time, it's not terribly done. I enjoyed it, and maybe I'm a soft critic, but it did spark a thought.
I watched The Da Vinci Code with my great-aunt Judy today (happy birthday, Judy) and she's a prime example of these criticisms. Everyone comes down so hard on movie remakes--Psycho, King Kong, Poseidon/The Poseidon Adventure all come to mind recently--for being a lack of original ideas, not as good as the first, etc. But then someone like my aunt will go to the theatre and see something like "West Side Story" or "Man of La Mancha" for the Nth time, performed by the understudies of the second-tier traveling company and love it. That strikes me as a brutal double-standard.
Myself, having said I enjoy cinematic straight remakes, keep it consistent when I say I'm probably going to enjoy "Spamalot" when it comes to Pittsburgh this fall, even though it won't star Tim Curry, Hank Azaria and David Hyde Pierce. But how can someone who never likes movie remakes enjoy the traveling production of some Broadway play? It's just a theatric remake!
So that's my rant for the day, and with that I give my assessments of the movies I've seen this week:
The Da Vinci Code: 8/10 -- I really liked it, despite some fun parts of the book being trimmed/altered to fit the 150-minute time and speed up the movie. It's an entertaining murder mystery.
The Incredibles: 9/10 -- Yes, I finally saw it. Sure, it's a kids movie, but it's a fun ride, lots of layered jokes and gags and a star-studded cast... The Pixar people really can do no wrong.
Psycho (1998): 7/10 -- If Hitchcock's wasn't easily one of the 50 best movies of all time, this would've been recieved much better. Silly people with their hang-ups described above. Hard to take Vince Vaughn seriously after Old School and Dodgeball or take Anne Heche seriously... well, period. Seriously, I saw her starring in a movie called "Psycho" and I thought it would be an autobiographical feature.
A combined 24/30... I am too soft on movies... need to bring out the Russian judge in me.
That's it for me tonight, enjoy T'pau.
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