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Post by moviemouth on Jun 23, 2021 3:01:53 GMT
I'm thinking of doing a series of these comparisons.   |
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Post by kolchak92 on Jun 23, 2021 3:03:42 GMT
I feel like a fucking moron, but I wasn't aware that Craven's film had been remade, at least I didn't remember.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 23, 2021 3:06:50 GMT
I like the remake better. Most horror remakes are pretty bad but this is an exception. It really dialed up the violence/gore and disturbing factor.
Sorry Wes.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 23, 2021 3:11:11 GMT
I quite liked the 2006 version.
The problem is, after seeing the original, I realized most of the best lines of dialogue is from the original movie and hardly changed.
They added a nerdy son-in-law as a central character and add a mutant girl as an additional one.
I am not sure it's a good remake if they follow the story so closely.
The Fly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the Blob--the story is changed a lot with those.
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 23, 2021 3:17:37 GMT
I like the remake better. Most horror remakes are pretty bad but this is an exception. It really dialed up the violence/gore and disturbing factor.
Sorry Wes. I think it is far more suspenseful and far more visceral too.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jun 23, 2021 3:21:55 GMT
I like the remake better. Most horror remakes are pretty bad but this is an exception. It really dialed up the violence/gore and disturbing factor.
Sorry Wes. I think it is far more suspenseful and far more visceral too. Yup. I agree.
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Post by jcush on Jun 23, 2021 3:22:31 GMT
Honestly the original was pretty dull to me. The remake is more intense and disturbing, plus I actually cared about what was happening.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jun 23, 2021 9:53:13 GMT
I'm a fan of the classics, so gonna go with 1977.
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Post by Vits on Jun 23, 2021 20:29:47 GMT
THE HILLS HAVE EYES 1977 4/10 THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART II 1984 1/10 THE HILLS HAVE EYES 1977 (about a family named CARTER who's being terrorized by cannibals in the Nevada desert) wasn't as scary as it could've been due to its low budget; THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2006 (about a family named CARTER who's being terrorized by mutants in the Nevada desert) squanders its big budget by not even trying to be scary. At least not in the traditional sense. The cinematography doesn't generate the right atmosphere and the gore is excessive. Luckily, this remake has better actors and, unlike the original, it has likeable characters (this version of BOBBY CARTER explains why he didn't tell his parents that he found their dog dead, and it makes sense) and a real ending (finishing on a cliffhanger isn't the same as finishing the moment the climax ends). 4/10 THE HILLS HAVE EYES PART II 2007 0/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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Post by spooner5020 on Jun 23, 2021 22:43:04 GMT
Never seen the original so I’m gonna choose the remake. Truthfully the remake wasn’t anything special in my eyes.
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Post by movielover on Jun 28, 2021 20:42:13 GMT
1977, by a small margin.
But it may just be because I watched the 1977 version before I watched the 2006 version.
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Post by Prime etc. on Jun 28, 2021 21:02:59 GMT
It is kind of perverse they had to go to Morocco to make it.
It's cheaper to make it Morocco than find an isolated gas station in some US state?
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 28, 2021 21:04:55 GMT
It is kind of perverse they had to go to Morocco to make it. It's cheaper to make it Morocco than find an isolated gas station in some US state?
Yeah, that seems strange. Though did they film every scene in Morocco? Maybe the gas station scenes were filmed in the U.S.
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Post by movielover on Jun 28, 2021 22:29:28 GMT
From IMDb trivia:
Wes Craven and producer Peter Locke originally wanted to film the new version in the exact same desert location as the 1977 film, but when they went out to scout the locations they found a number of condominium developments had been built.
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Post by moviemouth on Jun 28, 2021 22:34:40 GMT
From IMDb trivia: Wes Craven and producer Peter Locke originally wanted to film the new version in the exact same desert location as the 1977 film, but when they went out to scout the locations they found a number of condominium developments had been built.Interesting.
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Post by mgmarshall on Jun 29, 2021 7:04:51 GMT
I prefer the original.
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Post by Xcalatë on Jun 29, 2021 8:15:28 GMT
The 2006 remake is better, very tense.
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Post by James on Jun 30, 2021 18:20:53 GMT
They're both very good, but at the moment I might pick the remake. The updated factor helps the movie quite a bit.
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