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Haveityourwaybaybeee -> Can't rain all the time. Pissing down now though isn't it (23/6/2011 11:13:48 AM)
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This is a mistake. I loved the first film, I was 13 when it came out so it was perfect timing. "Will I be perceived of as cool, hunky, bruised and deep by all and sundry if I grow my hair long and 'clown up' my mush?" said the young I to nobody in particular. No, as it turns out, though I did win first prize at a Halloween party for my efforts.
However! The sequels were poor. Bound to be really, I mean it's a singular storyline; Man and shapely squeeze get bumped off in diabolical fashion. Man lies in grave and thinks 'that was bang out of order!’ Man rises from grave and gives perpetrators a ruddy good hiding. Feels a bit better about it all and finally wanders off with his angelic lady friend for the rest of eternity.
Now, I'm not totally against re-makes because there have been good ones, Cape Fear comes to mind, and I promise I won't rise from my own future grave to exact revenge on the descendents of Relativity Media, but this film does not need to be made.
What prompted me to comment on this was the statement released by Relativity and transcribed in the article above. Particularly the following: "The original film is known for its breakthrough visual style… its unique production design and cinematography".
Is it? That may be what Relativity know it for, but me? I think not. Yes, it was visually exciting and yes, it was groundbreaking in the sense that they finished the film after the death of the brilliant Brandon Lee using all that clever face mapping technology.
Still, it will forever be known to me for its uncompromising sense of righteousness; He's killing people in horrific ways but, they killed him first so it's fair enough. It's gloomy, and very 90's, soundtrack. Its ability to appeal to a now laughably angsty teenager in a way that no Batman film of the time could. Finally, it will be known to me as the first film to be released after the death of its brightening star which, rightly or wrongly, lent it a sense of poignancy which can never be replicated. Like Nirvana's Unplugged in New York around the same time, and Heath Ledgers The Dark Knight years later, the original has a sad but true melancholy magic and THAT, Relativity Media, is what it is known for.
Love to you all.
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