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Post by moviemouth on Mar 22, 2024 1:20:36 GMT
The movie just can't capture the wonderful '80s cheese that the original is known for. Instead it just takes everything even more over the top and to an even dumber level. The first half is decent when it is more grounded, but then the movie turns into some Fast and Furious level nonsense. Okay, not quite that ridiculous, but the remake has more of a Michael Bay type feel to it but minus the cringe-inducing humor. Jake Gyllenhaal is serviceable, but all he really has to do is be charismatic and bad-ass, to which he mostly succeeds. The love story here feels like an afterthought and the villains are forgettable. What is also missing here is the presence of a Sam Elliott type character. I was going to rate it a bit lower due to just being irritated with the laziness, but I did have some fun while watching it.
5/10
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Mar 22, 2024 1:44:43 GMT
I’s not terrible but It really feels pointless; will likely leave my mind in a couple of days.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Mar 23, 2024 14:11:26 GMT
The movie just can't capture the wonderful '80s cheese that the original is known for. Instead it just takes everything even more over the top and to an even dumber level. The first half is decent when it is more grounded, but then the movie turns into some Fast and Furious level nonsense. Okay, not quite that ridiculous, but the remake has more of a Michael Bay type feel to it but minus the cringe-inducing humor. Jake Gyllenhaal is serviceable, but all he really has to do is be charismatic and bad-ass, to which he mostly succeeds. The love story here feels like an afterthought and the villains are forgettable. What is also missing here is the presence of a Sam Elliott type character. I was going to rate it a bit lower due to just being irritated with the laziness, but I did have some fun while watching it. 5/10I finally succumbed to temptation and watched it. I agree with much of your critiquing. It does lack that cheesy charm of the original and it's dumbed down even more. Gyllenhaal is nicely buffed for the part and he can put his fists to good use, so there's plenty of machismo to spare. And yes, it would have been great if there was a Sam Elliot-mentor character. In fact, I'd say Elliot was one of the best things in the original and he stole a lot of scenes. The remake isn't particularly well written either. Much of the dialogue is either awkward or downright lame. Like when Dalton was briefly chatting with Laura the bartender, making it seem as if he doesn't know how to talk to women. Then he looks around the roadhouse and says "Yeah I think I''m going to like it here." Lazy writing! The villains aren't nearly as good as the ones in the original. Head honcho Brandt is an irritating, snivelling little twerp and Dalton's arch rival Knox seems to spend much of the time grinning like a simpleton. 5/10 would be my rating as well. |
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Post by Cat on Mar 23, 2024 22:11:22 GMT
I liked it enough. I enjoyed the experience of watching it. Things picked up when Connor McGreggor entered the picture. I've never liked him, but I actually thought he was hilarious and worked well in this. He was more believably threatening than I've ever seen him. It got better and easier to follow after the first conversation between the main baddie at the bar and Dalton. I liked some turns it took to the end and it got nicely violent. I didn't mind it.
I also watched the original Road House for the first time right after. So, back to back Road Houses, both first-time viewings and with the new before the old. The 1989 one I loved. I was never interested for the longest time, but it absolutely (imo) lives up to its reputation. I loved it; thought it was great. Actually possibly even underrated despite its legacy.
I had fun with both, but I can see why the original is a stone cold classic. I spent both movies being awestruck at the level of violence that could just occur at bars. Brutal.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 23, 2024 23:01:31 GMT
I liked it enough. I enjoyed the experience of watching it. Things picked up when Connor McGreggor entered the picture. I've never liked him, but I actually thought he was hilarious and worked well in this. He was more believably threatening than I've ever seen him. It got better and easier to follow after the first conversation between the main baddie at the bar and Dalton. I liked some turns it took to the end and it got nicely violent. I didn't mind it.
I also watched the original Road House for the first time right after. So, back to back Road Houses, both first-time viewings and with the new before the old. The 1989 one I loved. I was never interested for the longest time, but it absolutely (imo) lives up to its reputation. I loved it; thought it was great. Actually possibly even underrated despite its legacy.
I had fun with both, but I can see why the original is a stone cold classic. I spent both movies being awestruck at the level of violence that could just occur at bars. Brutal.
I certainly don't love the original, but I enjoy it well-enough. I personally didn't care for the action scenes in the later part of the remake. It didn't even feel like the same movie once Connor McGreggor came into it imo. For you it sounds like in a good way, but for me in a bad way. I knew someone who shot someone in a bar/strip club that I went to. I wasn't there when it happened thankfully. I also know someone who knows someone who killed someone with a pool cue in a bar fight. |
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Post by Prime etc. on Mar 23, 2024 23:29:23 GMT
When one thinks of someone like Patrick Swayze, Jake Gyllenhaal is not the type of person one thinks of.
It's a biological issue--he's not biologically similar to Swayze in male qualities.
You can't go from playing a nerd reporter in Zodiac to being a bouncer type.
It's impossible.
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Post by Cat on Mar 25, 2024 16:18:18 GMT
I liked it enough. I enjoyed the experience of watching it. Things picked up when Connor McGreggor entered the picture. I've never liked him, but I actually thought he was hilarious and worked well in this. He was more believably threatening than I've ever seen him. It got better and easier to follow after the first conversation between the main baddie at the bar and Dalton. I liked some turns it took to the end and it got nicely violent. I didn't mind it.
I also watched the original Road House for the first time right after. So, back to back Road Houses, both first-time viewings and with the new before the old. The 1989 one I loved. I was never interested for the longest time, but it absolutely (imo) lives up to its reputation. I loved it; thought it was great. Actually possibly even underrated despite its legacy.
I had fun with both, but I can see why the original is a stone cold classic. I spent both movies being awestruck at the level of violence that could just occur at bars. Brutal.
I certainly don't love the original, but I enjoy it well-enough. I personally didn't care for the action scenes in the later part of the remake. It didn't even feel like the same movie once Connor McGreggor came into it imo. For you it sounds like in a good way, but for me in a bad way. I knew someone who shot someone in a bar/strip club that I went to. I wasn't there when it happened thankfully. I also know someone who knows someone who killed someone with a pool cue in a bar fight. That degree of violence is nuts.
I actually agree that it didn't feel like the same movie once Connor McGreggor came in. That was about the time I started following. I followed from the beginning but lost focus before long until McGreggor came in. Out of curiosity was the violence just too much, or was it a cinematography issue that took you out? Also, despite the direction the action took, do you think the movie might have worked better had it gone by its own name instead of trying to be a remake of Road House?
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 25, 2024 17:38:04 GMT
I certainly don't love the original, but I enjoy it well-enough. I personally didn't care for the action scenes in the later part of the remake. It didn't even feel like the same movie once Connor McGreggor came into it imo. For you it sounds like in a good way, but for me in a bad way. I knew someone who shot someone in a bar/strip club that I went to. I wasn't there when it happened thankfully. I also know someone who knows someone who killed someone with a pool cue in a bar fight. That degree of violence is nuts.
I actually agree that it didn't feel like the same movie once Connor McGreggor came in. That was about the time I started following. I followed from the beginning but lost focus before long until McGreggor came in. Out of curiosity was the violence just too much, or was it a cinematography issue that took you out? Also, despite the direction the action took, do you think the movie might have worked better had it gone by its own name instead of trying to be a remake of Road House?
I didn't have any issue with the violence. It is a character/acting, writing, choreography and cinematography issue that took me out. So it was a combination of many things. It was that I stopped caring about anything that was happening after a certain point, because I thought it was just really dumb and not in a fun way but in a cynical lazy way. In fact I didn't even find the movie all that violent or was too distracted by the stuff I didn't like to even notice the blood. No, it would have made zero difference if it wasn't a remake. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 25, 2024 21:08:35 GMT
I've heard there's an "overly friendly" henchman in this and that they're the best part of the movie.
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 25, 2024 21:15:50 GMT
I've heard there's an "overly friendly" henchman in this and that they're the best part of the movie. He was one of the few characters who is actually interesting, but the movie doesn't do much with him. |
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Mar 26, 2024 6:16:42 GMT
I've heard there's an "overly friendly" henchman in this and that they're the best part of the movie. He was one of the few characters who is actually interesting, but the movie doesn't do much with him. I'll hold out for a YouTube comp. I couldn't possibly be less interested in the rest of the movie. |
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Post by moviemouth on Mar 26, 2024 6:21:13 GMT
He was one of the few characters who is actually interesting, but the movie doesn't do much with him. I'll hold out for a YouTube comp. I couldn't possibly be less interested in the rest of the movie. The character isn't even in the movie that much anyway. |
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 26, 2024 16:20:03 GMT
It was a poor remake. It fails to capture any of the magic of the original classic. However, on its own it's a decent enough movie to watch on a Saturday afternoon as I did.
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