Post by drystyx on Sept 22, 2018 14:07:06 GMT
ATTACK OF THE GIANT LEECHES, the cheese classic, with the ultimate still scene of the muscle bound hero holding a pistol in one hand and a scantily clad babe in the other.
This was Yvette Vickers's movie. It belonged to her. There has been a remake, and fundamentally, it was much better than the original, but that's where it lost the magic. The original was filmed in a dark swamp, and had atmospheric murk. The remake was much too clear. On the technical level, the purist would say the remake was "better", but the femme fatale was washed out in the sunlight. Yvette was hot in the original, because the dark lighting was perfect contrast to the fair blond. In the remake, the lady was totally washed out and pale, and just lacked any sexiness. The other girls looked ten times hotter than her in the bright light.
Today's purists want to make everything to a tee, perfectly lucid, whereas a good film doesn't put too much clutter in to desensitize the viewer. It's much like the appeal of seeing an old time grocery with a few items vs. the new grocery that has five thousand different flavors and colors of the same thing in a one square foot area.
We've already seen why this movie, as well as WAR OF THE WORLDS, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, CLASH OF THE TITANS, PLANET OF THE APES, and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL should not have been remade. The main problem is that today's movie moguls, the decision makers, completely lack any creativity, imagination, inspiration, and also are horribly out of touch with the people outside their clique.
So, looking at these films, one sees the common thread of "action" as opposed to "theater" and "drama". I believe the more drama based movies would be okay in remakes, because they would be done on the basis of the play itself.
So, I'll say the action movies would be worse in remakes, particularly ones that involve theatrics. I agree with Quartermas and the Pit being one that would be doomed in a remake. The worse remake would be of the sci fi classics THEM! and FIRST SPACESHIP TO VENUS. The modern neo Nazi of Hollywood would insist on killing the female leads since they have dark hair.
The three things that would ruin the remakes are the neo Nazi Hollywood preaching, the insane desire to make the audience dizzy with the arcade game look, and the clutter.
This was Yvette Vickers's movie. It belonged to her. There has been a remake, and fundamentally, it was much better than the original, but that's where it lost the magic. The original was filmed in a dark swamp, and had atmospheric murk. The remake was much too clear. On the technical level, the purist would say the remake was "better", but the femme fatale was washed out in the sunlight. Yvette was hot in the original, because the dark lighting was perfect contrast to the fair blond. In the remake, the lady was totally washed out and pale, and just lacked any sexiness. The other girls looked ten times hotter than her in the bright light.
Today's purists want to make everything to a tee, perfectly lucid, whereas a good film doesn't put too much clutter in to desensitize the viewer. It's much like the appeal of seeing an old time grocery with a few items vs. the new grocery that has five thousand different flavors and colors of the same thing in a one square foot area.
We've already seen why this movie, as well as WAR OF THE WORLDS, FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, CLASH OF THE TITANS, PLANET OF THE APES, and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL should not have been remade. The main problem is that today's movie moguls, the decision makers, completely lack any creativity, imagination, inspiration, and also are horribly out of touch with the people outside their clique.
So, looking at these films, one sees the common thread of "action" as opposed to "theater" and "drama". I believe the more drama based movies would be okay in remakes, because they would be done on the basis of the play itself.
So, I'll say the action movies would be worse in remakes, particularly ones that involve theatrics. I agree with Quartermas and the Pit being one that would be doomed in a remake. The worse remake would be of the sci fi classics THEM! and FIRST SPACESHIP TO VENUS. The modern neo Nazi of Hollywood would insist on killing the female leads since they have dark hair.
The three things that would ruin the remakes are the neo Nazi Hollywood preaching, the insane desire to make the audience dizzy with the arcade game look, and the clutter.