'The Crow' reboot was 16 years in the making. It's finally out, and critics say it's 'tedious' and 'unfathomably awful.'
'The Crow' reboot was 16 years in the making. It's finally out, and critics say it's 'tedious' and 'unfathomably awful.'
"The Crow" reboot took 16 years to make, but critics aren't impressed with the comic book movie, which stars Bill Skarsgård as Eric Draven.
The soulless cash grab wasn't good?
A film that was routinely asked not to be made by fans is shit, suprise.
The Crow worked due to Brandon Lee, his father's legacy, and being the 90s. It was a collection of events that made an instant cult classic film.
Fans routinely asked that no one make a Blade Runner sequel too. Sometimes fans don’t know what they’re talking about.
I enjoyed the new Blade Runner, but it wasn't anywhere nearly as good as the original. Also, big difference between a sequel and a reboot
Brandon Lee was also a good actor, and had most of the good lines in the film.
"And I say, 'I am dead, and I move.'"
Between this and Borderlands, movies being in production hell forever seems to usually be a bad sign. Now I'm getting worried about Blade...
Some productions are always trying to ice skate uphill.
Arcane was in production hell for like 6 years and according to the documentary on its making the story got scraped and rewritten at least once. Sometimes it works. Arcane is so good.
I mean yeah, they've already gone through 2 directors and it's in limbo again. Not a good sign
And The Hobbit (respect to Del Toro for giving up before it was too late). And Justice League (even if, after Dawn of the Dead and 300, Snyder never did a good one again).
I watched the trailer for this earlier, mostly in surprise that the remake actually happened. I had no idea it was finished and ready for release.
Anyway, while you shouldn’t really judge a movie purely by its trailer, what I will say is that a crucial element that makes The Crow (comic and original movie) work so well is that Eric and Shelley are just normal people trying to live normal lives in shitty circumstances. We can see ourselves in them, falling (no pun intended) into a bad situation through no fault of our own.
From what I can tell, in this they’ve made them angsty, drug taking edgelords, because that’s…edgier, I guess. Why should we really give a shit about Eric Wick’s revenge tour when we can’t relate to him in the slightest?
That's too bad.
I haven't seen the original since I saw it too young as a kid. Anyone here think it's held up enough to be worth a rewatch?
It’s not a cinematic masterpiece but it had a distinctive look and vibe with a cool soundtrack, interestingly strange plot. I saw it again a few years ago and remembered why I liked it as an angsty teen.
Fantastic soundtrack. I still listen to it.
The original was a time and a place thing imo. It was a vibe that had a lot to do with the music, a lot to do with the awful circumstances surrounding Brandon’s death. You know at the time there were conspiracies a surrounding those circumstances tying into the death of Bruce Lee too so the movie had this lore to it from the start. The other thing worth mentioning is that at the time goth/industrial (dare I say it…) emo were an actual thing. I personally saw the first film in 16 up docs, my girlfriends skinny jeans and yes a touch of the old eyeliner. What I’m saying is it was relevant to a subset of the youth market. Not sure that’s true today.
Absolutely.
It wasn’t good when it came out, why would it be good now? I understand this is an unpopular opinion, but it always wasn’t good.
I loved the Crow, I thought it was awesome, but I was also a kid when I saw it. Nonetheless, differences of opinions are all good.
That being said, I'm not sure it stands the test of time
My friend loved the Crow 2 over the original and that blew my mind because I thought the sequel wasn't great ...
It’s a great installment in the grimdark genre. It won’t blow your socks off but it does the dark, brooding genre well.
I think it's absolute trash. But I don't even remember if i ever liked it. I used to hang out with some goth kids who based their personality around that movie so i always remembered it as "cool".
I wouldn't say it is trash, but it does not hold up well imo. The best thing it has going for it is its soundtrack
I've rewatched it and still enjoyed it. This was probably a couple years ago.
Keeping the legacy of terrible Crow movies alive.
What a surprise!
I can't imagine there would be a remake except for the incident.
I already watched Suicide Squad once, I don't wanna see this Joker again