I agree. I don't see why people have to keep remaking stuff that's already been done. Indeed, when I first heard this was a remake, i thought it was a remake of that funeral-themed movie where Whoopi Goldberg's husband had just died. But either way, why not write original works?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Martin Baxter" <martinbaxt...@gmail.com> To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 18, 2010 12:25:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [scifinoir2] Re: "Kick Ass" lightly taps butt 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 , 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! > > > > > > >
