Every now and then we here at "Always the Last in Line" aspire to be more than a site where CRAIG rambles on about his love of Poker, Taco Bell and Rosario Dawson. We aspire to share meaningful, thought-provoking information with the citizens of cyberspace. Now we (who are "WE" kidding here; we should just say "I" as in "CRAIG" and end the charade that this site is somehow bigger than it really is right now) could insert a joke about how Poker, Taco Bell and a slight obsession with Rosario Dawson is as meaningful and thought-provoking as CRAIG can get but we won't. (Please feel free to insert your own joke though. In fact it'll probably be funnier than anything CRAIG could come up with). Instead we'll (Gordan) jump straight to the point of this post: How to watch a remake.
Now plenty of you are wondering how any one could present instructions on how to watch a remake, but (Yogi) bear with us and by the end of this piece you'll be able to enjoy Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Gus Van Sant's Psycho, and any other remake that you can think of much more than you used to.
The first thing to consider when viewing a remake is understanding why the remake is being made. Accept the fact that like 99.9 percent of everything that is done in this world the remake is being made so that a studio can make money off of it. Accept this and you'll be well on your way to enjoying the flick that you are about to watch. If you'd like to (and by no means is this bit of advice advisable) go ahead and accept the fact that the original film was also made so a studio could make money off of it and in addition to becoming sad and depressed you'll also be able to enjoy junk like Wild Wild West much more than you ever thought possible.
The second thing to do when sitting down to watch a remake is to completely dismiss the original. Now this might be hard to do, especially if a classic movie is being remade, but if you forget that you are watching a remake it is a lot easier to enjoy the movie that is unfolding. You'll always have time to compare the two films later on so why not just sit back and enjoy the ride.
The final thing to do when watching a remake is to approach it with low expectations. This actually works for any movie, but works incredibly well for remakes. If you decide going in that you are most likely going to see a mediocre movie your chance for enjoyment increase.
So there you have it folks, instructions on how to view a remake without feeling like you are cheating on the original.
Tune in next time for a return to the inane and utterly useless chatter that usually occupies this space.
7 comments:
Do you think Rosario looks a bit like Angelina Jolie...cause I do.:)
Now that you mention it I kinda see a resemblance. Yeah, Angelina looks like she could be Rosario's slightly less attractive older sister.
I think we might have a concept for a movie here...
All three of the examples you mentioned were actually all books first so the books could be seen as the original source rather than the first film. I don't mean to defend Burton's Planet of the apes in anyway because it was rotten. However with Charlie and the chocolate factory, Burton said he wanted to concetrate more on the book as his source rather than the previous film.
Bro, I know you have a thing for Rosario, but you really think she's more attractive than Jolie???
I loved this. It was completly dead on!
I'm still picturing you playing poker with Rosario Dawson and eating tacos together. But excellent points before I watch King Kong eventually.
Happy 2006!
Always great to see that you've stopped by, Stella. As much fun as I would have with Rosario, it wouldn't be a proper poker game/taco feast without you.
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