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Are you sure?
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Okay, okay....I'll stop....I have made my opinion on this very clear I guess...:p |
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Remake by definition is to make anew or in a different form, especially a new version of an earlier movie. Going further, a remake might well be an adaptation (Something that is changed so as to become suitable to a new or special application/situation.) of an older film, by the looks of so-called remakes these days.
While many remakes are mere rip-offs from lazy screenwriters, trying to cash in on the old classic, this conclusion cannot apply to many creative and skillful directors who decide to do remakes for purely artistic reasons. If John Carpenter's The Thing doesn't say anything to you, I don't know what will. I think that inspite of the seemingly teens-getting-hacked premise of House of Wax, the director had some inspiration and has injected new ideas into the story. A breath of fresh air, if you will. I don't agree that this movie has merely ripped off the title. I can certainly understand how frustrating and irritating it is to see <i>another</i> teen slasher film. There has been too much of this sort of crap lately, the latest of which is Texas Chainsaw Massacre. But let's not get jaded and just assume that the next new remake is going to be crap. Hey, it might very well be, but at least keep your mind open. That's what I would call a rip-off. Including (although not a horror film) Assault on Precinct 13! Lamoreux, I didn't realize there's that many teens-on-the-road films. But Texas Chain Saw Massacre is the grandfather of all these flicks. And therein lies the "nod" idea. You're being too literal with it anyway. EVIL DEAD and CABIN FEVER are in no way similar to TCM. I haven't seen ALIEN DEAD and WRONG TURN. |
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i was dissapinted when i saw the film and it WASNT about girls maintaining their bikini lines as i had hoped...
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My point is simply that HOUSE OF WAX (2005) is NOT a remake. It is not a NEW VERSION of an earlier movie. It has not injected NEW IDEAS into a story. It borrowed (read that, stoled) the title of a classic horror film, said, "Hey, let's actually make a house out of wax! Get it!" and wrapped a completely average much-older-actors-pretending-they're-teens slasher film around their, eh hem, idea. I didn't say squat about Carpenter's THE THING. Had I, it would have gone something like this: Fantastic picture that took the time and trouble to go back to the original source material and make a terrific new film. A great REMAKE. And my opinion has little to do with the fact I didn't like the new HOUSE OF WAX. I hated the remake of THE FLY. Nevertheless, they went to the effort to retell the same story. Therefore it is a true remake and a valiant effort. Whether or not I like it is completely beside the point. Lastly, I was not comparing EVIL DEAD and CABIN FEVER to TCM. I was listing films featuring teens (or, more to the point, protagonists) stuck in the middle of bumbf--k Arkansas who run into things that say, "Rah! I'm a monsta!" There are many, many, MANY. And I won't bore either you or myself by listing any more. A carload of... whoever... on their way to... wherever... when they run into trouble is a standard movie device for launching a picture. See MY COUSIN VINNEY for heaven's sake. It is servicable and it gets the picture going, but probably wasn't an ephiphany striking the writer in the shower that required his jumping out and scratching the idea in the collected steam on the medicine cabinet mirror. That said, I'm glad you enjoyed HOUSE OF WAX. Outside of the interesting visuals at the climax, I did not.
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Okay, now I'm starting to understand the idea of what qualifies a movie as a remake...keeping in line with the basic premises outlined within the source material. If that is the case, then I recant my earlier post about House of Wax being a remake.
Visited the movie site and was surprised that they coined it as a re-imagining...what does that mean? |
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