Again, to me, it speaks of a collective lack of creativity. Too many times, in too many of my groups, I've heard the cry, "How does this piece of sh*t get made?" The answer -- everytime a remake or a sequel succeeds, it's a message to H'Wood, that the audience will basically pay for a retread every time. Next thing we know, the tire industry will catch on.
On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > Chris Rock, who is one of the producers of "Death in a Funeral," has > discovered something I have known for years: the best way to upgrade the > quality of black films is to remake white ones. His "I Think I Love My Wife" > (the thinking man's "Why Did I Get Married") is loosely based on Eric > Rohmer's obscure "Chloe in the Afternoon." > > What remaking little known white movies (especially foreign ones) offers > the black filmmaker is usually a sturdy chassis on which to construct a reel > black world populated with doctors, lawyers or, in this case, a tax > accountant and a best-selling author. > > It allows the black filmmaker the opportunity to mine comedy from universal > themes instead of from primarily African-American antecedents - which, this > being America, often aren't very savory. > > When you remake a white film with black actors, you don't have to explain > anything. It just is. Just like it was in the white original. > > ~rave! > > --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com>, Martin > Baxter <martinbaxt...@...> wrote: > > > > I can offer nothing in regard to "Kick-A$$"'s box performance, but I can > say > > that I see no need whatsoever to have remade "Death at a Funeral". > > > > On Sun, Apr 18, 2010 at 8:09 AM, Kelwyn <ravena...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.imdb.com/news/ni2121050/ > > > > > > Perhaps the fanboy audience that was panting for Matthew Vaughn's > > > reinvention of the superhero movie Kick-Ass was just too young to get > in. > > > The R-rated movie has been well-received by critics, but grossed less > than > > > $8 million Friday night, putting its weekend gross closer to the $20 > million > > > territory, rather than the $25-$30 million that many were predicting. > The > > > similarly R-rated Death at a Funeral, also struggled to lure an > audience, > > > even though Roger Ebert, calling it the "funniest comedy since The > > > Hangover." The film may have grossed less than $6 million on Friday, > putting > > > its three-day gross at a likely $17 million. > > > > > > The above supports my view that audiences will not support anything > > > spoofing (or exposing the lunacy) of people fighting crime in their > > > underwear. > > > > > > Below is my review of "Death at a Funeral." > > > > > > http://blackplush.blogspot.com/2010/04/death-becomes-them.html > > > > > > ~rave! > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
