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Why this is a bad movie

posted 13 years ago by oneerror
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Why is Fright Night (2011) a bad movie? is it because it had poor acting? no, the actors did good enough jobs I never felt taken out of the movie or noticed any 4th wall breaks. So was the movie score bad? no, though not the most memorable score I ever heard it kept the movie going and added tension where it was needed. So was it the director? was he terrible? no, the direction was fine nothing to win any awards but standard for todays horror films. So what is it? I'll tell you, it's because it's a remake of a classic well loved movie.
If this was Fright Night 3 and the characters all had different names this would have been a very well accepted addition to the Fright Night cannon, but no it's a remake and a blasphemy to characters that I have watched over and over again since I was a teenager. Charlie wasn't the "cool kid" from school, Amy wasn't the "hot girl" and Ed wasn't the "class geek". Charlie wasn't trying to ditch Ed they were good friends and hung out all the time, and wtf did they do to Peter Vincent? a stage magician who's parents were killed by vampires and now collects vampire paraphernalia? Did they even watch the movie they were re-making?
The problem is Hollywood keeps taking classic good movies that everyone loves and re-making them for nothing more than to get fans of the classic to spend money to see what they have done to them, but it's never good. I would have been thrilled with Fright Night 3 and would have gladly gone and spent money to see it and this movie would have satisfied my Fright Night craving but instead all it did was piss me off to see characters that I know and love turned into something they're not.
So please Hollywood leave the classics alone there are tons of movies out there that could have been great if only they had better effects or better actors or a different ending, re-make one of those and leave the beloved classics that are fine just the way they are alone!

[–] sagerbj 13 years ago

So you didn't like it because it wasn't a shot for shot remake? Who would want to watch that? At least they tried something different with it. Granted, this movie blew, but those were not it's problems. I actually commend them for keeping the concept and themes, and trying something different.

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[–] ave_roma2004 12 years ago

But see, it wasn't a bad movie, so your rant is whatever.

Fright Night was a cheesy 80s film. We all like it. This is a much improved version. It's that simple. Better acting, better effects, better everything. It's just a good movie. Hating remakes (which I do as well) isn't a valid reason for thinking a movie is "bad".

[–] eolloe 12 years ago

Runnin low on yer meds, are ya?

[–] Mattfinbell 9 years ago

well you cant mess with classics

Hello

No not really

Everything has to work and it didnt in this crappy version of Fright Night thank god it never got the sequel

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It's not like the original was that great to begin with

WTF are you talking about!

it was better then this turd

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[–] koala_t_98 9 years ago

It's YOUR opinion that this version is an improvement over the original. Which is fine, you're entitled to an opinion. But don't try forcing it down everyone else's throats. We're entitled to our opinions too. If someone's opinion doesn't agree with yours, that doesn't make them wrong!

[–] oneerror 12 years ago

Wow a lot of people missed what I was saying about this movie by a long shot. Never once in my rant did I say I didn't like the movie, in fact I said is was o.k. not great but not the worst I've seen. My point of saying it was a "bad" movie was because they said it was a re-make of the original and it's not. The only similarity of this movie and the original is the names of the characters. They changed the relationship between Charlie and Ed, and between Charlie and Amy they changed the background story of Vincent and his career and his relation ship with Charlie and added a relationship with Jerry that wasn't there. They eliminated the role of Jerry's protector and added a background to Jerry that didn't mesh well (in my opinion) with the original. If this movie contained 51% of the original story and added 49% new content and background I would have been fine with this being called a re-make but this movie (again my opinion) had less than 15% of the original story in tact. I felt cheated because I was going in thinking I was going to see Fright Night with modern visuals and maybe a few new scenes or slight alterations and what I saw was Fright Night 3 with all the characters named the same as the original.

[–] ceroki225 12 years ago

Oh just shut up. It's your opinion I understand and you can have it but it is seriously getting annoying "It's a remake so it's bad" bs that everyone seems to base their argument on.

[–] Duncan_Idaho02 12 years ago

Oneerror, you are spot on. The movie itself was ok. Standing along it was fine. But as a remake it totally sucked. If we knew nothing of the original it would be an average run of the mill horror film. However, it was never marked as such. It was marketed a the remake of a classic cult film. You would never remake the rocky horror picture show and make brad a well built football star and janet some cheerleader. So why remake fright night and completely change who these characters are? the only similarities in the two films is that a vampire moved in next to the main character who is named charlie. The rest was changed to the point that it was beyond disappointing. Again, enjoy the film for what it was on its own. But it was nothing compared to the original, to which it was compared in the marketing.

[–] RustyNail72486 12 years ago

Um... Ed WAS the class geek in the original... way to make an argument.

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[–] Doc110894 12 years ago

I actually liked the changes they made to Charley and Ed. I just wish they did more. Flesh them out more early on, before the horror really hits.

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