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Ok. Stop it. All of you. Stop remaking movies. Stop remaking good foreign films to suit lame American audiences who refuse to read subtitles. Stop remaking classic American films because the youth doesn’t understand why there is no color or nudity.
Now, the picture above creates a new issue. DO NOT REMAKE A THREE YEAR OLD FILM, THAT IS ALREADY IN ENGLISH. Sure, it was technically a British film; and yeah, it was played mostly at art house theaters and didn’t make money. But you know what? Sometimes the best films out there aren’t seen, or don’t make money. They are the ones I still try to call art versus just being a product.
Death at a Funeral (2007) was art. Death At a Funeral (2010) will be a shitty, knock-off product.
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by me on ohnopleasedont(tipped off by seriouslythough & dangermania)
OOF
The original will stand on its own regardless of how this does. I’m willing to give it a shot… the cast is a mixed bag, but maybe it works. I think Chris Rock took the shot on this one after loving the original and wanting to make it for an American audience. Hopefully it’s the audience that likes good movies, but we’ll see.
BTW, this reminded me to put the original on my queue because I’ve been meaning to see it. That’s a good thing, right? And the creators of the original are gonna get paid, and that’s a good thing, right?
