Post by Hurdy Gurdy Man on Jun 29, 2021 8:45:52 GMT
What I wrote on a similar thread on FG Reddit sometime back:
The original is a masterfully crafted exercise in slow burning psycho-terror.
The remake is overblown, crass and skullfucks to catatonia any semblance of logic as applied on planet earth. Most people praise it only because a) Martin Scorsese is considered an untouchable god among mortals and if you love some of his films, then you have got to pretend that you love all of them, lest the others stare you down till you melt in a puddle, and b) there's also the risk of word getting back to him, especially if you are in America or Sicily. Then he sends the local capo to massacre your family in the street.
The original is a masterfully crafted exercise in slow burning psycho-terror.
The remake is overblown, crass and skullfucks to catatonia any semblance of logic as applied on planet earth. Most people praise it only because a) Martin Scorsese is considered an untouchable god among mortals and if you love some of his films, then you have got to pretend that you love all of them, lest the others stare you down till you melt in a puddle, and b) there's also the risk of word getting back to him, especially if you are in America or Sicily. Then he sends the local capo to massacre your family in the street.