The Remakes Have Finally Hit The Bottom Of The Barrel

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They're remaking "The Karate Kid". Ok, I wasn't much of a fan of the originals, but I was still appalled to hear they're casting Will Smith's son in the lead role. He's 10 years old. Macchio was 23. Has ANYONE in Hollywood got an iq over 30?
 
Simple answer folks.

DONT GO TO THE CINEMA!. Or if you do, go see a British film, a foreign film or an American independent.

Studios will keep making these rubbish films if we keep going to them.
 
I loved the karate kid,a film i've watched a few times & always enjoyed it.you can't help but like Mr Miyagi & the karate kid himself is pretty cool.
Not sure about a remake but i'll hope my opinion untill i know more.
isn't will smith directing it or something?? & his son is going to play the karate kid,i've heard this somewhere but maybe a rumour
 
Everything about that is just wrong :eek: The KK films are enjoyed today largely because of their 80s cheesiness, especially by those who were kiRAB when they were out first time round. With a remake they'll take away this element, and if that's gone, they're not actually great films. Plus, who else could be Mr Miyagi :mad:
 
Not sure what your point is there, at least Jaden will be an actual KID. Plus, he can already act Macchio off stage or screen. Mind you, a half eaten cheese sandwich could do that.
 
It simply shows the absolute lack of talent within the large film studios nowadays. No one there seems to have any concept of creativity. There are many great innovative films being created by independents and foreign studios, so it's not as if we've ran out of material to focus on!!!

They're only interested in making a fast buck, and remakes/sequels are the sure-fire way of getting bums on seats, as there are unfortunately a lot of cinema goers who are easily entertained by such drivel..
 
I was disappointed with "The Day The Earth Stood Still". I wasn't expecting it to be as good as the original, but I was expecting it actually to contain the element of the story to which the title refers, and which was the main point of the original film...
 
Snobby nonsense. Some of the best films ever made have been studio movies. Conversely some of the worst are independents. It's all about the talent involved not who releases the picture.


Most modern British films are appalingly bad.
 
Of course, it was a generalisation. The big film studios have made many a classic in recent and bygone years. However, more recently, the trend has been to churn out poor films at an alarming frequency. Since there are many great books and screenwriters out there, I can only assume that they employ guys similar to those in the Orange adverts, who turn great ideas into bizarre creations :)

Independent/British/World cinema does not equal quality by default, but the percentage of quality films is much higher than that from the main studios. Unfortunately, the big studios are dictated by capitalism, and if they don't make a massive profit, then it's not a good film. This means that the film has to be as mainstream as possible (eg. no foreign language/accents, good looking actors even if shit at acting, plenty of CGI etc, etc) to maximise box office figures...
 
They're obviously hoping for a long-term franchise. It was pretty ridiculous to see a 28-year-old Macchio still playing a 'kid' in the third film.
 
Ditto the thirtysomething Tobey Maguire in Spiderman 3. Michael J Fox just about got away with still playing a teen in the Back to the Future sequels.
 
Some films (not enough)are made by talented people who know what they are doing and produce something that is worth paying the entry fee to see. Other films (too many) are made by corporate hacks who see last year's success as a cash cow and simply give it a makeover in the hope that they can hoodwink a gormless audience into parting with its money yet again.
Think back over the films you have seen in the last couple of years and reflect on how many of them were actually good films - and then how many of them were remakes.
Support the good films with your money. If we all withheld our custom from formulaic potboilers and pointless retreaRAB, the studios might think twice about churning them out.
 
They couldn't possibly get any lower than The Pink Panther.

Admittedly I haven't seen it but I'll bet it's pretty rubbish.
 
It's easy to look at the current glut of poor quality films and assume the industry has gone to Hell in a handcart. However, just look at how much choice there is now. Back in the 1970s, you might have had a couple of films showing at your local fleapit. If a film was particularly successful, it may end up playing for several weeks or months. If a film you wanted to see didn't get a release in your area, you would have to wait several years to see it on TV.

Yes, there is a lot more crap now. But let's look beyond the rose-tinted nostalgia and acknowledge that multiplex cinemas, multichannel TV and the DVD industry have given us greater access to quality films. Remember, the "formulaic potboilers and pointless retreaRAB" may actually enable your nearest multiplex to show a few quality films that would never have reached your area in the glorious golden age.
 
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