lol I was thinking to answer this one too, and yeah, always assuming everyone in the internezz is American XD
Anyway ... Totoro is amazing, and agree, it would be impossible to remake any of Miyazaki's movie, imo. Hope no one ever tries!! :P Personally, some of my fav. non-american movies have to be Japanese horror, but many already have remakes (not always with the best results, tho.)
Remakes of Miyazaki's films would make me infinitely sad! The American version of Ponyo's song already makes me feel a bit ill. :P It's all Cool! and Hip! and Disneychannel-fied!
Some remakes of Japanese horror films are good (The Ring... but not the sequel, ugh), but most of them lose the WTF factor of the original, which is part of what makes them scary. I'm really, really, really picky about horror films in general, though.
I did have a good time! But my legs and one of my arms got sunburned... :( Proof of why pale computer nerds shouldn't sit in the sun for too long, or think things like 'nah, I don't need sunblock on my legs, they need a tan!' Funny how white people insist on cooking their skin in the sun, isn't it?
lol! I couldn't resist! Ju-on just has to be my fav j-horror movie ever (And Suicide club/circle, maybe). The remake Grudge however was so-so, but The Ring was good. Dark Water was awful, pity, because the original is actually really interesting.
I like horror movies in general, but not gore/torture movie like Saw, for example. *shivers*
And lol, be careful! These days everyone need a bit of sunblock, specially with very light skin, you'd get tan anyways (maybe just less red rofl)
For this one I would guess that there's the assumption that Hollywood has universal reach/appeal. Possibly an American is coming up with the questions? Either way, as an American myself I'm baffled by the desire to translate everything. It is wonderful to have that extra layer of the unexpected plot that occurs when you're watching something made outside your own cultural knowledge base. But I grew up watching silent and subtitled films so what do I know.
I was pretty horrified when I heard about the Akira remake that's in the works. I just don't envision there being much point to doing so.
So far as a favorite I'm not sure. At the moment all I can conjure up are anime and City of Lost Children.
Well, they did use the word "foreign", so I'm assuming they're American. But yeah, I agree. Films are just better in their original language, and that goes for animated films too (though I understand needing to dub them for the kids). I'm Scandinavian, and only "children's films" are dubbed here, so I've grown up with subtitles on almost everything anyway.
Remaking everything to make it be in English is silly, and usually ends up with an inferior product, losing the cultural nuances that you might actually, y'know, learn something from.
Akira is being remade for real?? I read a rumor a looog time ago, but didn't read anything else after that. Until just now. *facepalm* I can only hope they, at least, do an awesome super action-packed blockbuster movie out of it. XD (wonder if it would be animated or life action? Must find out...)
From what I read it was live action and George Takei had commented about this because they weren't casting any asian actors. That plus hearing that Leo Dicaprio had some involvement made me pretty emo. I think it was as backing not necessarily as an actor.
Mostly, I don't understand the idea of doing a remake that may be more bad homage due to losing the essence of the original while sticking to a Hollywood formula. Seems it would be as effective to simply do a homage.
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Anyway ... Totoro is amazing, and agree, it would be impossible to remake any of Miyazaki's movie, imo. Hope no one ever tries!! :P
Personally, some of my fav. non-american movies have to be Japanese horror, but many already have remakes (not always with the best results, tho.)
And YAY! Hope you had a great time! :D
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Remakes of Miyazaki's films would make me infinitely sad! The American version of Ponyo's song already makes me feel a bit ill. :P It's all Cool! and Hip! and Disneychannel-fied!
Some remakes of Japanese horror films are good (The Ring... but not the sequel, ugh), but most of them lose the WTF factor of the original, which is part of what makes them scary. I'm really, really, really picky about horror films in general, though.
I did have a good time! But my legs and one of my arms got sunburned... :( Proof of why pale computer nerds shouldn't sit in the sun for too long, or think things like 'nah, I don't need sunblock on my legs, they need a tan!' Funny how white people insist on cooking their skin in the sun, isn't it?
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I like horror movies in general, but not gore/torture movie like Saw, for example. *shivers*
And lol, be careful! These days everyone need a bit of sunblock, specially with very light skin, you'd get tan anyways (maybe just less red rofl)
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I was pretty horrified when I heard about the Akira remake that's in the works. I just don't envision there being much point to doing so.
So far as a favorite I'm not sure. At the moment all I can conjure up are anime and City of Lost Children.
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Remaking everything to make it be in English is silly, and usually ends up with an inferior product, losing the cultural nuances that you might actually, y'know, learn something from.
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*facepalm*
I can only hope they, at least, do an awesome super action-packed blockbuster movie out of it. XD (wonder if it would be animated or life action? Must find out...)
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Mostly, I don't understand the idea of doing a remake that may be more bad homage due to losing the essence of the original while sticking to a Hollywood formula. Seems it would be as effective to simply do a homage.
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