I saw this Thai movie, 13 Beloved. JAW Fan (on vacation and computerless this week) and Mr. Anonymous also saw it. A few things that should be taken into consideration for the American remake, which I think is in the works.
1. Rename it 10 Beloved. The movie is too long and it will be enough if the guy has to meet only 10 challenges to win the game.
2. Speed up the end. We don’t need to be told that entertainment in general and reality shows are evil. We know that.
3. Get rid of the girl. Focus more on the cop. Let him be the one that discovers life is evil by having him drop his investigation because…well, just because the entertainment industry is evil (See No. 2)
4. If the idea is that each challenge is more extreme than the previous one, how on earth can No. 5 not be No. 9 or 10. Eating a plate full of ….poo…. is far worse that killing a dog. An aside, while the audience was busy groaning and gagging, I thought it was a great touch that the plate include garnishes of (I think) red pepper and other veggies. It was a classy restaurant!
5. Keep the old dead guy in the well. That was a good scene. I don’t know how you’re going to explain someone having a well inside their house in America, but probably somewhere in the USA there’s an eccentric old guy with a well dug in his house.
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Speaking of scary movies, I fell upon Red Dragon last night and had to keep watching it. I don’t remember finding it scary when I saw it in the theatre, but last night Rafe creeped me out. Anthony Hopkins is just a big ham bone, and Ed Norton was bland, but Rafe was really disturbing.
4 comments:
I don't know what the other movie you're talking about is, but Red Dragon was awesome. I love Emily Watson, and the scene where the house is burning around her was my favorite.
Haven't seen either of these yet, but seriously, when have you ever seen a Hollywood remake be anywhere near as good as the original of any movie? The worst example being a French (I think) movie called The Vanishing - the ending still creeps me out even though I saw it about 10 years ago. The remake (Kiefer Sutherland I think?) was woeful and missed the point entirely - plus they changed the ending to a happy Hollywood ending.
And, in every Hollywood movie, there has to be a girl.....
I think the original was dutch and yes, super creepy!
Dutch is probably right (or one of those European co-productions). Definately the creepiest movie ending of all time.
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