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Post by moviemouth on Jun 30, 2021 23:38:40 GMT
Meet Joe Black (1998) has a higher rating on IMDB than Death Takes a Holiday (1934).
I don't have a big complaint about that, but I am very surprised.
For those unfamiliar, Meet Joe Black and Death Takes a Holiday are based on the same play and follow the same basic story, but Meet Joe Black has much more to it than Death Takes a Holiday. It is almost 2 hours longer.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 1, 2021 1:06:39 GMT
The Thing has a higher rating than Thing from Another World.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 1, 2021 1:17:49 GMT
Meet Joe Black was a good picture, it just needed to be an hour shorter. Never saw the original.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 1, 2021 1:33:50 GMT
The Thing has a higher rating than Thing from Another World. That wasn't my point. Meet Joe Black does not have The Thing status. I guess I just assumed the 1934 movie was more liked than it actually is. It would be like me finding out that Body Snatchers (1993) has a higher rating than the 1956 movie.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 1, 2021 1:35:50 GMT
Meet Joe Black was a good picture, it just needed to be an hour shorter. Never saw the original.It is worth watching just for Fredric March's performance. I like them about the same, but Fredric March is much more effective as the character than Brad Pitt. Meet Joe Black is more of a cutesy movie than the original.
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Post by Dirty Santa PaulsLaugh on Jul 1, 2021 2:02:22 GMT
I hated Meet Joe Black.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 1, 2021 2:02:44 GMT
Meet Joe Black was a good picture, it just needed to be an hour shorter. Never saw the original.It is worth watching just for Fredric March's performance. I like them about the same, but Fredric March is much more effective as the character than Brad Pitt. Meet Joe Black is more of a cutesy movie than the original. Pretty much anything with Fredric March was worth watching for his performance.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 1, 2021 2:04:33 GMT
It is worth watching just for Fredric March's performance. I like them about the same, but Fredric March is much more effective as the character than Brad Pitt. Meet Joe Black is more of a cutesy movie than the original. Pretty much anything with Fredric March was worth watching for his performance. Of the movies I have seen him in I agree.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jul 1, 2021 2:51:52 GMT
The Thing has a higher rating than Thing from Another World. That wasn't my point. Meet Joe Black does not have The Thing status. I guess I just assumed the 1934 movie was more liked than it actually is. It would be like me finding out that Body Snatchers (1993) has a higher rating than the 1956 movie. I apologize. I’ve actually never seen either. Been meaning to, but just never got around to it. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 1, 2021 2:56:59 GMT
That wasn't my point. Meet Joe Black does not have The Thing status. I guess I just assumed the 1934 movie was more liked than it actually is. It would be like me finding out that Body Snatchers (1993) has a higher rating than the 1956 movie. I apologize. I’ve actually never seen either. Been meaning to, but just never got around to it. No problem. Both are worth watching and the 1934 movie is only 77 minutes. Meet Joe Black on the other hand is 3 hrs.
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Post by movielover on Jul 1, 2021 3:09:41 GMT
Meet Joe Black was a good picture, it just needed to be an hour shorter. My thoughts exactly.
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Post by mgmarshall on Jul 1, 2021 3:17:15 GMT
Meet Joe Black is worth seeing for the following 26 seconds:
That is all.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 1, 2021 3:28:09 GMT
Meet Joe Black is worth seeing for the following 26 seconds: That is all. I actually find that scene somewhat intense, not funny the way many people do. This was back when random stuff was cgi just for the sake of it in movies that it doesn't belong in. Remember Fight Club? It is brilliant cgi in the case of Fight Club and it was experimental, but a lot of it is so unnecessary regardless.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jul 1, 2021 17:56:44 GMT
Meet Joe Black was awful. That movie had literally ONLY two things going for it.
1) Brad Pitt looks like a young god in that movie.
2) The trailer for Star Wars: the Phantom Menace played ahead of it.
That's it. Its awful. Even if Anthony Hopkins started eating people that couldn't save it.
And speaking of remakes, Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter reminds me that Michael Mann's Manhunter is superior to Brett Ratners Red Dragon, even though Red Dragon has the superior cast. Sadly, wasted on a hack director.
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Post by phantomparticle on Jul 2, 2021 3:56:43 GMT
There seems to be an increasing preference for Philip Kaufman's 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers over Siegel's original. I like both, but the remake will always be my second choice.
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 2, 2021 4:26:22 GMT
Meet Joe Black (1998) has a higher rating on IMDB than Death Takes a Holiday (1934). I don't have a big complaint about that, but I am very surprised. For those unfamiliar, Meet Joe Black and Death Takes a Holiday are based on the same play and follow the same basic story, but Meet Joe Black has much more to it than Death Takes a Holiday. It is almost 2 hours longer. "Meet Joe Black" is much more recent, has a still popular movie star at the head, and today's raters at the database only know new movies, not classic era. That explains the higher rating of the lesser of the two movies. It also explains the higher rating of Carpenter's "The Thing" over the older but much more accomplished "The Thing From Another World."
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 2, 2021 4:32:46 GMT
Meet Joe Black (1998) has a higher rating on IMDB than Death Takes a Holiday (1934). I don't have a big complaint about that, but I am very surprised. For those unfamiliar, Meet Joe Black and Death Takes a Holiday are based on the same play and follow the same basic story, but Meet Joe Black has much more to it than Death Takes a Holiday. It is almost 2 hours longer. "Meet Joe Black" is much more recent, has a still popular movie star at the head, and today's raters at the database only know new movies, not classic era. That explains the higher rating of the lesser of the two movies. It also explains the higher rating of Carpenter's "The Thing" over the older but much more accomplished "The Thing From Another World." Except these are exceptions, that is why I mention it. The Thing, The Fly, Invasion of the Body Snatchers are the exceptions. Here Comes Mr. Jordan on the other hand has a 7.6/10, while Heaven Can Wait has a 6.9/10. The list of remakes and re-adaptations that have lower ratings on IMDB than their early counterparts are in the vast majority. Not only that, but the rating for the earlier version tends to be significantly higher.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jul 24, 2021 13:09:44 GMT
"Meet Joe Black" is much more recent, has a still popular movie star at the head, and today's raters at the database only know new movies, not classic era. That explains the higher rating of the lesser of the two movies. It also explains the higher rating of Carpenter's "The Thing" over the older but much more accomplished "The Thing From Another World." Agree on Meet Joe Black. TOTALLY disagree on the Thing.
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Post by vegalyra on Jul 24, 2021 14:31:11 GMT
I’ve actually only seen Death Takes a Holiday. When Meet Joe Black came out I’m pretty sure my friends and I dismissed it as a “chick flick”. Although I’ve matured slightly over the years (maybe?) I never bothered to check it out. I will state that I much prefer Brat Pitt as he’s aged. Back to thread I think it’s definitely true that IMDb scores are skewed towards newer films based off of what I think is their typical users nowadays. I know I quit looking at it much once the forums were shut down. I think most folks that watch classic film probably left the same time.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 24, 2021 14:59:12 GMT
I’ve actually only seen Death Takes a Holiday. When Meet Joe Black came out I’m pretty sure my friends and I dismissed it as a “chick flick”. Although I’ve matured slightly over the years (maybe?) I never bothered to check it out. I will state that I much prefer Brat Pitt as he’s aged. Back to thread I think it’s definitely true that IMDb scores are skewed towards newer films based off of what I think is their typical users nowadays. I know I quit looking at it much once the forums were shut down. I think most folks that watch classic film probably left the same time. In the case of most skewed towards newer films, that might be true in some cases, but most remakes have lower (often much lower) than the originals on IMDB. I have all the IMDB ratings listed here. IMDB2.freeforums.net/thread/275439/keeping-track-remake-poll-results
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