Horror Speak No Evil remake (James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Aisling Franciosi, Scoot McNairy)

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[Arnold Rimmer]

Glad to hear it's getting good reviews. It's currently at 84% on RT, equal to the original, but the original's average rating is 7.5 against the remake's 6.9. It's early days, though.

This review headline encapsulates every worry I have about this film, but I'm going in with an open mind. I've got my tickets for Sunday!

Wonder if this means

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the family lives in this version?

 

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[scarlet-witch]

I just want to know all of the changes they make. I have no desire to actually watch this, especially after the amount of times I've been subjected to this trailer.

 

[Luigi]

The trailer is finally gone!

 

[Lily Adler]

Glad to hear it's getting good reviews. It's currently at 84% on RT, equal to the original, but the original's average rating is 7.5 against the remake's 6.9. It's early days, though.

This review headline encapsulates every worry I have about this film, but I'm going in with an open mind. I've got my tickets for Sunday!

Is it? All because people didn't want to read subtitles and see James McAvoy instead.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

I just want to know all of the changes they make. I have no desire to actually watch this, especially after the amount of times I've been subjected to this trailer.

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Really, it's mainly in the ending being a much more positive ending. The family fights back and the crazy murder couple's defeated and killed (Ant, the boy the couple was keeping captive, especially finishes McAvoy off by caving his head in with a brick), and the family go off to safety taking the kid with them.

 

[Primal Slayer]

I just watched it and I REALLY enjoyed it.

Definitely kept me in suspense. James/Scoot had some serious chemistry to the point where I was questioning....will they?wont they?

I think the biggest thing

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The family comes away with basically zero injuries. I felt their fear but let them get hit or stabbed or something. The dad did injure his leg jumping from the roof but that was about it.

I enjoyed how they all played a role in ultimately surviving. Especially since I had to laugh and roll my eyes at the daughter putting them in danger because of her bunny. As much as she was annoying, she got brownie points for how smart she was in getting her parents attention.

I also kept wondering....did they wire themselves their money back? lol. Or is that lost? Cause I definitely would've made sure to grab his phone and get me my money!

And what they REALLY should've done...is have some of the OG characters cameo/easteregg in this film as im pretty sure they didnt. Way its set up, could've easily done it.

 

[Kane52630]

My review

Yeah it's got a cheerful ending but the movie itself is still really well made. My only real complaint is the "final showdown" moment is so overdone and obvious.

 

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[Primal Slayer]

Thats a good start. It should easily be able to be profitable with a budget of $15mill

 

[blueharvest]

Thats a good start. It should easily be able to be profitable with a budget of $15mill

Yeah, it's a good sign. They made back, what, 75% of its budget on the opening weekend?

 

[Primal Slayer]

 

[Lily Adler]

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I'm guessing we get to see nude McAvoy in this one?

 

[Primal Slayer]

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I'm guessing we get to see nude McAvoy in this one?

 

[CB Fan]

Yeah this one is good, saw it last night.

 

[Lasirius]

Really enjoyed it. The ending/third act does turn the message of the original movie into something else which I quite enjoyed. Not as grim and brutal as the original, but great suspense and adds additional conversation given its themes after

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family surviving

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I also enjoyed they used different takes for some scenes we had seen in the trailer ad nauseum.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

So apparently the director of the original is whining about the remake over the changed ending.

Original Speak No Evil Director Slams Ending of American Remake

Directed by James Watkins and in theaters now, Speak No Evil is a remake of a 2022 Danish film of the same name from filmmaker Christian Tafdrup and while audience and critical response to Watkins’ film has been largely positive, Tafdrup isn’t among those singing its praises. Speaking with the...

comicbook.com

For the record, I saw the original on Prime Video before going to see the remake and, honestly, the remake's ending was better IMO.

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I'm not against a dark ending. Sinister's is the one of the best examples that gave me a feeling of dread and a moan of "oh fuuuuuuuuuck" because the family getting killed was through no fault of their own and a cruel twist of fate. The original SNE's ending is just mean-spirited for no reason other than a vague "don't trust foreigners" message, which is the kind of BS Hostel got criticized for back in the day. Having the family fight back and win in the remake made more sense to me. Why wouldn't they in the original other than the director wanted a depressing ending? Also, with all those disappearances, sooner or later the police or even Interpol would investigate and the crazy couple would be ****ed. Didn't they ever think of that?

 

[Kane52630]

The original SNE's ending is just mean-spirited for no reason other than a vague "don't trust foreigners" message

Not at all what the original ending and what the original movie is about.

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Typical sanitized americanized remake. Without James McAvoy, this movie has nothing going for it.

 

[Arnold Rimmer]

Not at all what the original ending and what the original movie is about.

Then please enlighten me.

 

[Primal Slayer]

Current BO at $25mill.
Budget $15mill

 

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