Soapbox? Maybe. or Ranty McRant-rant.
So, I forgot how much I loved "The Crow" until my cousin & I watched it last night. It was one of those 90s movies where no matter how dark your main character is you fall in love with him instantly and the villain scares the shit outta you no matter how many times you watch it. (Highlander being another, The Kurgan is one scary mofo!!)
Now I find out there are plans to reboot not only "The Crow" but "Highlander" as well. OK really? You have to take TWO of my favorite movies and attempt to make 'em better? Question, what was wrong with them in the first place? I mean, they were brilliantly acted, and memorable. AND they both have a pretty big fan base. I mean, most of their fans went to see their crappy sequels in theaters. (I was too young and I didn't get to go.) (But I have seen all of the sequels now and uh, Highlander: The Source? Worst two hours of my life and I want them back please.) [[No, really. I LOVE Adrian Paul but I would rather watch "The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake" a billion times than to EVER watch "The Source" again. THAT'S how bad it was.]]
I mean if you absolutely HAVE to "fix" a Highlander movie pick "The Source" or "Highlander II" because all of Christopher Lambert & Adrian Paul's preformances are good. Or at least tolerable.
You can't make another movie as good as "The Crow" for the same reason that you can't make another movie as good as "The Dark Knight". They were such iconic preformances that they probably couldn't have been duplicated if Brandon Lee & Heath Ledger were still alive. And since they're dead there's REALLY nothing you can do about it. Anything less than Brandon Lee as the Crow is going to feel like a cheap imitation. (IF and only IF they could find someone who gives as much to the preformance of The Joker as Heath THEN and only THEN would it be ok to make another Batman movie with the Joker.)
Connor Macleod and Duncan Macleod are the only Highlanders I will accept. And Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul ARE those characters. Nobody else will EVER play Connor and Duncan they way that they did. So stop trying to replace them.
Same thing goes for Brandon Lee. He WAS the crow, he DIED making that movie. It will always be HIS movie.
Give it up.
And I'm off the soapbox. Sorry about that.
I seem to be having a Ray Park obsession at the moment. No really, ask me how many times I've watched GI JOE recently and he doesn't even talk in that movie. I've watched just about every movie, and rewatched Heroes episodes over and over. The only thing I haven't watched is "Episode One" and that's mostly because I can't find it. =)
But Speaking of Star Wars, Jonny and I are doing a secret Star Wars project. It's pretty spectacular. And I'm very excited...yeah, I'm such a geek.
Going to the Christmas parade in town tonight. It's gonna be like 22 degrees.
I'm gonna have to wear like seventeen layers. Not so excited about that.
That's been this week so far. (Minus some ranty stuff about Skyla & her bf but I'll spare you that particular rant.)
Cheers,
Bri.
Now I find out there are plans to reboot not only "The Crow" but "Highlander" as well. OK really? You have to take TWO of my favorite movies and attempt to make 'em better? Question, what was wrong with them in the first place? I mean, they were brilliantly acted, and memorable. AND they both have a pretty big fan base. I mean, most of their fans went to see their crappy sequels in theaters. (I was too young and I didn't get to go.) (But I have seen all of the sequels now and uh, Highlander: The Source? Worst two hours of my life and I want them back please.) [[No, really. I LOVE Adrian Paul but I would rather watch "The Immortal Voyage of Captain Drake" a billion times than to EVER watch "The Source" again. THAT'S how bad it was.]]
I mean if you absolutely HAVE to "fix" a Highlander movie pick "The Source" or "Highlander II" because all of Christopher Lambert & Adrian Paul's preformances are good. Or at least tolerable.
You can't make another movie as good as "The Crow" for the same reason that you can't make another movie as good as "The Dark Knight". They were such iconic preformances that they probably couldn't have been duplicated if Brandon Lee & Heath Ledger were still alive. And since they're dead there's REALLY nothing you can do about it. Anything less than Brandon Lee as the Crow is going to feel like a cheap imitation. (IF and only IF they could find someone who gives as much to the preformance of The Joker as Heath THEN and only THEN would it be ok to make another Batman movie with the Joker.)
Connor Macleod and Duncan Macleod are the only Highlanders I will accept. And Christopher Lambert and Adrian Paul ARE those characters. Nobody else will EVER play Connor and Duncan they way that they did. So stop trying to replace them.
Same thing goes for Brandon Lee. He WAS the crow, he DIED making that movie. It will always be HIS movie.
Give it up.
And I'm off the soapbox. Sorry about that.
I seem to be having a Ray Park obsession at the moment. No really, ask me how many times I've watched GI JOE recently and he doesn't even talk in that movie. I've watched just about every movie, and rewatched Heroes episodes over and over. The only thing I haven't watched is "Episode One" and that's mostly because I can't find it. =)
But Speaking of Star Wars, Jonny and I are doing a secret Star Wars project. It's pretty spectacular. And I'm very excited...yeah, I'm such a geek.
Going to the Christmas parade in town tonight. It's gonna be like 22 degrees.
I'm gonna have to wear like seventeen layers. Not so excited about that.
That's been this week so far. (Minus some ranty stuff about Skyla & her bf but I'll spare you that particular rant.)
Cheers,
Bri.