Post by moviemouth on Jun 29, 2021 10:04:44 GMT
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.
When I first watched the 1991 movie I didn't even know who Scorsese was.
I prefer the remake because of how OTT it is. That is why I liked it a lot when I first watched it and that is why I like it a lot now. Also, I haven't come across that many huge Scorsese fans who love Cape Fear. Most people just like it and consider it one of his lesser works, because it is. Your assumptions have no place here.
I didn't become of Scorsese super fan until the 2000s and Cape Fear is one of the reasons I became a Scorsese fan in the first place.