|
Post by kolchak92 on Apr 18, 2024 17:50:07 GMT
Any thoughts on this? It’s been pretty much forgotten now, but it was sort of a woke reimagining of Candyman. I liked some elements of it, but I found it too overtly political and preachy. And it was a disappointment to only have Tony Todd show up in the last few seconds.
|
|
|
Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Apr 18, 2024 18:11:49 GMT
4/10 Pretty forgettable. Its on par with Part 2.
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 18, 2024 20:14:11 GMT
"Woke reimagining of Candyman" is like saying Man of Steel is a comic book movie reimagining of Superman. Left wing politics weren't invented in 2016 by Paul Fieg and unearthed only by brave Scottish drunks on YouTube.
And the movie was pretty good. I like the story, the body horror element it added, and how it tied into the 1992 movie. It also has nice cinematography and a foreboding atmosphere. I was disappointed by the lack of Tony Todd, but if I didn't know he was in it it probably would have been a neat cameo on its own.
|
|
|
Post by janntosh on Apr 18, 2024 20:26:25 GMT
"Woke reimagining of Candyman" is like saying Man of Steel is a comic book movie reimagining of Superman. Left wing politics weren't invented in 2016 by Paul Fieg and unearthed only by brave Scottish drunks on YouTube. And the movie was pretty good. I like the story, the body horror element it added, and how it tied into the 1992 movie. It also has nice cinematography and a foreboding atmosphere. I was disappointed by the lack of Tony Todd, but if I didn't know he was in it it probably would have been a neat cameo on its own. Haven’t bothered with the new Candyman but execution is the key. I have no doubt the 2021 probably veers into “all whites are bad/black people victims ” which is the modern day approach .
|
|
|
Post by Prime etc. on Apr 18, 2024 20:59:35 GMT
The original Candyman had a racial justice theme. Black artist is killed for affair with white woman and he get revenge.
Likewise--Night of the Living Dead--all the white people are dysfunctional.
It's not really subtle if you look at it--there are no diverse zombies--they are all white. And the cops aren't a savior.
The 1990 remake went a different way--Barbara turns into a survivalist so they divided the thematic strain between race and gender--and then added the zombie cockfight element in order to drive home the point that normal society was evil.
That is the Marxian message--your society sucks and should be swept away.
As opposed to a monster movie where the monster is neutralized at the end and they hug each other as they stare off at the burning structure.
|
|
|
Post by Cat on Apr 18, 2024 22:36:03 GMT
"Woke reimagining of Candyman" is like saying Man of Steel is a comic book movie reimagining of Superman. Left wing politics weren't invented in 2016 by Paul Fieg and unearthed only by brave Scottish drunks on YouTube. And the movie was pretty good. I like the story, the body horror element it added, and how it tied into the 1992 movie. It also has nice cinematography and a foreboding atmosphere. I was disappointed by the lack of Tony Todd, but if I didn't know he was in it it probably would have been a neat cameo on its own. Haven’t bothered with the new Candyman but execution is the key. I have no doubt the 2021 probably veers into “all whites are bad/black people victims ” which is the modern day approach . Have you seen the first one? The guy's whole story was he was a slave's artistic son who was killed for dating a white woman.
I guess it was done well enough that the race themes were beyond notice?
|
|
|
Post by jcush on Apr 19, 2024 0:40:25 GMT
I thought it was okay. Had its moments, but never fully came together for me. Tony Todd barely being in it was one of the things that hurt it, because the other Candymen just weren't as memorable as him.
|
|
|
Post by moviebuffbrad on Apr 19, 2024 0:52:27 GMT
"Woke reimagining of Candyman" is like saying Man of Steel is a comic book movie reimagining of Superman. Left wing politics weren't invented in 2016 by Paul Fieg and unearthed only by brave Scottish drunks on YouTube. And the movie was pretty good. I like the story, the body horror element it added, and how it tied into the 1992 movie. It also has nice cinematography and a foreboding atmosphere. I was disappointed by the lack of Tony Todd, but if I didn't know he was in it it probably would have been a neat cameo on its own. Haven’t bothered with the new Candyman but execution is the key. I have no doubt the 2021 probably veers into “all whites are bad/black people victims ” which is the modern day approach . It is? Seems like no one can define what the word even means at this point. Black Panther had a black villain and Martin Freeman was a good guy, pretty sure the right weren't rushing to claim that.
|
|