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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA Moderator |
BackFire's TCM Remake Review
As is well known throughout this site, I have not been an avid supporter of the remake of my favorite horror movie. I thought from the beginning it would serve no purpose other then tarnishing and spitting on the greatness that was the original. Sadly, after seeing it tonight, my fears and predetermined feelings were realized.
I'm not going to bother with a synopsis of the story, it's so incoherent that it obviously doesn't care about the story, but rather trying to gather as many cheap scares and 'thrills' as possible over the course of 90 minutes. This includes crappy gore, crappy scare tactics (you know the type, a shadow walking across the screen accompanied by a big noise created for an easy scare) and some of the most redundant and unflowing story I've ever seen. Trust me when i say that there is not one quality scare in this movie. They are all cheap jump scares that basically only affected dumb girls who were just itching to scream for any reason, simply because it was a horror movie. They would scream at the most basic and predictable moments, a cat scurrying across the gross acompanied by a loud noise would create some of the loudest and obviously false screams I have ever heard. It was very annoying.
Now to LeatherFace, the greatest character ever to grace a horror movie, but in this one, the most generic and typical villian you could imagine. He is more like Jason then LeatherFace. He is nearly super human in strength and in his ability to take pain. He was messed up pretty bad during the movie, but he just kept going as if he didn't care that much, this was made glaringly obvious by his overdone and over the top look, which was a far cry from his simple and believable look of the original. Also he was lacking his childlike and innocent mentality that made him so creepy yet likeable in the original. Also they showed his face at one point in the movie, at which point i said louder then i meant too "Unacceptable". That word basically sums up the whole movie. It was just unacceptable. It couldn't be accepted as realistic, psychological, gory or any other adverbs that could be used to describe a horror movie. The only word i can think of to describe it, was bad.
Now to the only plus i could give it. R. Lee Ermy (also known as the drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket) is the movies only savior. He pretty much stole the show as the comic relief. His character was demented, funny, and just downright awesome. He kicked ass as usual. That is the only plus side, the rest was a study and meditation on cliche's.
In a genre that has already had so many bad and repetitive movies, i can't help but ask myself, was this one really necessary. The answer to this question is simple. No, it was not.
Go watch the original, you won't find anything new or improved in the remake. Complete waste. Luckily I snuck into the movie after paying to see Runaway Jury, which was actually good, go see that one instead.
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Last edited by BackFire on Oct 18th, 2003 at 09:06 AM
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:04 AM |
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xblanex
Reanimated Corpse
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I didnt think it was that bad. But i respect your opinion as a fellow TCM fan  . There was quite a bunch of things that dissapointed me, but i dont think its ruined, it will always be a classic.
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Oct 18th, 2003 03:12 PM |
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Dr. Leg Kick
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ok i haven't seen the remake yet...but on a scale of 1-10 whats the scare factor and the overall grade for the movie? i hope it has a high scare factor.
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Oct 18th, 2003 03:33 PM |
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xblanex
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I couldnt tell you the scare factor, because movies seldomly scare me, if ever. Plus I dont know what your scared of. But as Backfire mentioned there all shock scares. Most the people jumped and screamed, etc.. So if your one of those type, then it would be pretty scary. I rate it an 8. It wasnt dissapointing like I had thought, but I'm sure, everyone else has different opinions, certainly backfire does, lets see what he says, he always has something interesting to say.
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Oct 18th, 2003 03:54 PM |
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im going to see a movie tonight should i see tcm? i want to, but im not sure if i should see the original first?
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Oct 18th, 2003 04:52 PM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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the original is essential viewing if you are a horror fan.
The scare factor is like 2 for the remake.
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Oct 18th, 2003 08:39 PM |
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Dr. Leg Kick
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crap so its just shock scares. thats not scary. was their alot of gore?
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:24 PM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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a bit
more then the original, which is funny since they were advertising it as "a less gory and more psychological take on the 1974 classic". it was like the oposite
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:26 PM |
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Dr. Leg Kick
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lol damn i wanna watch it but i dont want to be dissapointed
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:35 PM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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Just don't go in expecting anything and you won't be disapointed.
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Oct 18th, 2003 09:44 PM |
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DeNiro
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i might see it tonighte ill tell u what i think from a comperrison view of the oiganil to the remake and also i am renting the old one no matter what tonighte
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Oct 18th, 2003 10:11 PM |
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I'm downloading it from Kazaar.
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Oct 18th, 2003 11:07 PM |
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Dr. Leg Kick
Aesculapius
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well i did something better than watching the new one...i rented the original one lol great movie.
and has anyone seen brain dead? that movie is soo messed up.
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Oct 19th, 2003 02:14 AM |
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grymlock
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well i better watch it for my self satisfaction...
cheers mate!!
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Oct 19th, 2003 04:02 AM |
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DeNiro
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i have been trying to rent it for the past 3 weeks and it has been out everytime everyone is watching it just becasue the remake just came out
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Oct 19th, 2003 04:14 AM |
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J-Sin.VS.Fred-D
Junsui Tsukurigoto
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Okay, the remake totally ruins the character leatherface. when they show his real face he looks like a F*ing retard, which makes him less scary. In the movie, he is smart enough to dissect his victims and 'operate' on them without flaw, but is childish around his mom. Also, he is like Jason, he gets hurt many times and keeps coming back. I'd say the remake totally ruins the fame of Leatherface and the first movie.
Finally, Jessica Beil has big **** only good part   
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Oct 19th, 2003 06:12 PM |
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DeNiro
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was there ne nudity in the movie i hope
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Oct 19th, 2003 06:41 PM |
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BackFire
Blood. It's nature's lube
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Location: Huntington Beach, CA Moderator |
No.
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Oct 19th, 2003 07:04 PM |
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I'm gonna give it a chance!
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Oct 19th, 2003 08:11 PM |
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xblanex
Reanimated Corpse
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IT WAS GOOD!
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