My rant: The trend of remaking good foreign movies like REC, The Ring and others rather than releasing the original is frustrating.
The other trend of buying the rights and burying a good foreign movie so the American remake will have more impact is just as bad. A movie like Oldboy should have been seen by more people but the American remake ensured that it was dumped directly to dvd. The sad thing is that the original has been referenced so many times by lesser film makers that the when people see the original it lessens the impact. The sad thing is that the American remake is in development hell and will probably never be made. The other alternative seems to be going with a smaller distributor and being confined to the art house ghetto. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "B. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Let The Right One In is supposed to be great. > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "Martin Baxter" > <Truthseeker013@> wrote: > > > > "Rec" was my first recommend. (No pun intended, please forgive me.) As > > soon as I can find some time, I'm going to chase down the > > less-than-legal sites to see if it's available. I'll let you know if it > > pops up. > > > > > > <-----Original Message-----> > > >From: KeithBJohnson@ > > >Sent: 10/17/2008 3:16:21 PM > > >To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > >Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Spanish Movie "Rec" A Superiour Original to > > >"Quarantine"? > > > > > >that seems to be the consensus from what I've read. "Quarantine" is > > okay if you > > >have nothing better to watch, but "Rec" is way better. > > > > > >I don't watch a lot of horror movies, for two reasons. One, many of > > them > > >nowadays focus too much on gore and overt cruelty (like the Saw > > movies), and > > >two, my wife can't take any kind of scary film, so we don't pay for > > those. so, > > >since i'm way behind on horror and monster flicks I wonder: have there > > been good > > >horror or monster films that are American made recently? In the monster > > genre, I > > >know "Cloverfield" got good reviews, but it seems most horror flicks > > that catch > > >my eye are remakes of better foreign fare, junk like "Resident Evil", > > or those > > >torture porn abominations like "Saw". > > > > > >Any recommendations? > > > > > >-------------- Original message -------------- > > >From: "Martin Baxter" > > > > > >No, Keith, I ahven't. A friend of mine, who lives in Japan at the > > moment, had > > >almost the same reaction to the movie as this one. Another person in > > the same > > >group said this. > > > > > >"Watch the Spanish version. Ignore this." > > > > > ><-----Original Message-----> > > > > > > > > > From: KeithBJohnson@ > > >Sent: 10/14/2008 10:37:17 PM > > >To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com > > >Subject: [scifinoir2] Spanish Movie "Rec" A Superiour Original to > > "Quarantine"? > > > > > > > > >I was listening to a call-in portion of the "Slice of SciFi" podcast, > > and a > > >caller discussed the new movie "Quarantine" that Tracey posted on > > yesterday. > > >This caller said "Quarantine" wasn't that good, then went on to blast > > America > > >for remaking so many Asian and European movies, which he stated were > > usually > > >superiour. As an example, he submitted the Spanish film "Rec", which he > > says is > > >the model for the new film "Quarantine". Looking at "Rec" synopsis > > below, I see > > >that it does indeed seem to be the case that "Quarantine" is a remake. > > Like > > >"The Grudge" and some others, the more I look around, the more feedback > > I see > > >out there saying the original is indeed superiour. Anyone here seen the > > >original Spanish film? > > > > > >********************************** > > > > > >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REC_(film) > > > > > >Synopsis > > >REC revolves around a television reporter, Ángela Vidal, and her > > cameraman, > > >Pablo, who cover the night shift in one of Barcelona's local fire > > stations for > > >the fictional documentary television series 'While You Sleep'. The > > firehouse > > >receives a call from an apartment building about a woman who is > > trapped. When > > >they arrive, the police break down the door, with Ángela and Pablo > > recording > > >their actions. The woman becomes extraordinarily aggressive and bites > > one of the > > >policemen. Meanwhile, the terrified residents gather in the entrance > > hall, and > > >look on as the police and military seal off the building. The camera > > crew remain > > >trapped inside the building with the residents, and continu e recording > > in spite > > >of police pressure. Ángela interviews a little girl named Jennifer who > > lives > > >with her parents and dog in the building. Jennifer is ill with what her > > mother > > >claims is tonsilitis. She says her dog, Max, is at the veterinarian > > because he > > >appeared to be sick as well. > > >A health inspector wearing a hazmat suit arrives and attempts to treat > > the > > >injured, who become fiercely violent despite their critical injuries. > > The health > > >inspector explains that the time the disease takes to cause sickness > > depends on > > >blood type. The health inspector also reveals that, sometime during the > > previous > > >day, a dog with the illness was taken to the veterinarian; the dog > > became > > >violent and attacked and killed other pets at the clinic. The dog was > > >euthanized, and was traced back to the apartment building. Jennifer, > > the girl > > >who owned the dog, then suddenly attacks her mother. The inspector > > tells the > > >distraught residents that this unknown but virulent disease is > > infecting people, > > >causing them to turn into bloodthirsty savages. More and more people in > > the > > >building become infected, and Ángela and Pablo are f orced to fight > > them off. > > >Eventually they learn that there is a key to a door in the apartment > > building > > >workshop, which leads to an exit via the sewer system. However, the key > > is > > >located on the third floor in a resident's apartment. > > >After finding the key, Ángela and Pablo appear to be the only human > > survivors, > > >everyone else being dead or infected. Rather than making their way to > > the > > >workshop, they are forced upstairs to the penthouse by the remaining > > infected. > > >They then search the penthouse, and discover that its former owner was > > an agent > > >of the Vatican who was charged with researching and isolating a > > suspected virus > > >believed to be the biological cause of demonic possession, which was > > later > > >confirmed to exist in a young girl who was supposedly possessed. The > > agent > > >kidnapped and brought the girl to the penthouse to conduct his research > > and to > > >possibly cure her, unfortunately during the work the virus managed to > > mutate and > > >become contagious. A door to the attic opens, and Pablo uses his camera > > to look > > >inside. Something jumps at the camera and breaks its light. Pablo turns > > on the > > >night vision to see in the dark and discovers the sealed do or refe r > > enced > > >earlier by the agent on an audio tape. The agent abandoned his efforts > > to cure > > >the girl after failing to engineer a vaccine and sealed her in the room > > before > > >leaving. The girl, now a ghoulishly emaciated figure, begins searching > > the > > >kitchen area, unaware of Ángela and Pablo's presence. Pablo tries to > > escape, but > > >trips and is viciously attacked by the girl, making Pablo drop the > > camera. > > >Ángela picks it up and runs, only to trip and drop the camera as well. > > She > > >searches for it but is unable to find it. 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