Reboots, Remakes, Prequels, & Sequels

There seems to be a long list of “NEW” movies coming out, that look and feel vaguely familiar. First up that caught my attention is the Prequel to Blade Runner, nothing is set in stone yet, but it looks like something may just be on it’s way since the franchise rights were just bought up by Warner Bros based Alcon Entertainment (Insomnia, The Book Of Eli). Let’s just hope they can get Ridley Scott, the original visionary for Blade Runner, back for this one.

Next up is another personal favorite of mine and that is Scream 4 coming to us in theatres on April 15th. Yes another horror sequel but, I am actually excited to see this one. The 4th installment in the Scream franchise should prove to be pretty interesting seeing as how a lot of the original cast will be back in full force with Wes Craven in the Directors Chair along with Kevin Williamson doing the writing. I can’t wait to see what they have in store for us. Also it is going to be R-rated so that is a definite plus in and of itself.

There are so many of these movies that are coming out that I can’t even begin to scratch the surface on them. Here is a short list of films coming our way and probably isn’t even half of all of them. I know there are more, and if you know of any movies that are set to be regurgitated then drop me a comment and let me know.

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Alien Prequel
Bill And Ted 3
The Bourne Legacy
The Dark Knight Rises
Fast & Furious 5
Ghostbusters 3
Ghost Rider: Spirit Of Vengeance
The Hangover 2
Harry Potter
The Hobbit
James Bond 23
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Twilight: Breaking Dawn
Paranormal Activity 3
Pineapple Express 2
Pirates Of The Caribbean 4
The Ring 3D
Scream 4
Sherlock Holmes 2
Spider-Man 4 (Reboot)
Star Trek 2
The Thing
Transformers 3
Underworld 4
Wrath Of The Titans
Wolverine 2
xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Akira
An American Werewolf In London
The Blob
Child’s Play
Cleopatra
Death Note
Dune
Excalibur
Fantastic 4 Reborn
Frankenstein
Fright Night
Godzilla
Ghost In The Shell
Judge Dredd
The Lone Ranger
Short Circuit
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Timecrimes
The Three Musketeers
The Warriors
Footloose
Total Recall
American Pie
Cliffhanger
The Crow
Death Wish
Red Dawn
Robocop

Let The Right One In / Let Me In

Todays review is a dual review of “Let the Right One In” & “Let Me In.”  If you haven’t heard of them, “Let the Right One in” is a Swedish film based on a book of the same title and “Let Me In” is the American remake. I saw “Let the Right One In” a long time ago and I just now got to see it’s remake, which I have to say really surprised me.

 

Being such a fan of the original film, I was really disappointed when I heard there was going to be an American remake. Nothing against America, ( I live there) just remakes are usually a huge disappointment. This movie is the exception. I have to say that I enjoyed this film almost as much as the original.

The storyline for both is the same; “Oscar / Owen, an overlooked and bullied boy, finds love and revenge through Eli / Abby, a beautiful but peculiar girl who turns out to be a vampire.” The only real difference there is the names (Swedish / American).  There are of course other differences but for the most part the films are very similar.

I was really surprised with the ability of the young actors in both films, they really are talented at what they do.  That being said I really only saw one difference in the remake that I really didn’t like, and that is the CGI. The visual effects were something terrible, they were too obvious and too cartoonish for me. The last time I saw effects like that was in Exorcist 4, and those effects killed the movie for me. Luckily this movie was good enough that these awful effects didn’t kill it out for me.

If you are looking for a “Real” Vampire movie and not another “Twilight” piece of $h**, then this is your movie(s). Both are amazing films and if you like one then you should like the other. They definitely bring back vampires after Twilight ruined them. Vampires should explode in flames when sunlight hits them, not sparkle. These films are true vampire flicks.

So for your movie night I highly recommend either film, you will not be disappointed.

Let The Right One In

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Let Me In

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I only give “Let Me In” 4 stars because of the CGI. If it wasn’t for that it also would received 5 stars.


Let The Right One In


Let Me In