The Crow Reboot

[Gothamsknight]

People walked out of the free screening of this turd.

ooh I didn't know that. Well that's a horrible sign indeed.

Well, in any event, at least we have the original film coming to 4k in May!

 

[Deck Rickard]

The Florida Joker is demanding to be compensated because this movie stole his look.

In all seriousness, what an idiot. HE stole his own look (and name!) from a comic book character and now he thinks he is the Joker. Screw that guy.

 

[DarkKnight]

People walked out of the free screening of this turd.

Well, that's definitely not a good sign.

I went from initial excitement, to worry and concern, back to a renewed level of optimism (I actually liked the trailer) and now back to concern due to the news of people walking out.

I'm still going to give it a chance and make up my own mind. But in all honesty, even if good, I don't necessarily think it would have fully succeeded regardless.

 

[Hunter Rider]

It looks horrible and skeezy.

 

[JoshB1980]

I saw the trailer, and was not impressed in the least. In fact, I was completely disgusted. This looks like 100% desperate, greedy, studio-controlled trash. The fact that James O'Barr divorced himself from it should be a huge red flag for any fan.

 

[TheVileOne]

I don't know who expected this to be any good. I'm surprised studios are still giving money for such projects with such creative teams. It's not even going to make its money.

Hollywood and even other filmmakers are obsessed with The Crow and have been trying to do it again for years. Even Bradley Cooper was attached at one point.

Also, it's because this is an existing established IP and gets name recognition. That's the name of the game. That's why The First Omen is easier to make and get a theatrical release than Monkey Man which almost went straight to Netflix.

 

[TheVileOne]

I saw the trailer, and was not impressed in the least. In fact, I was completely disgusted. This looks like 100% desperate, greedy, studio-controlled trash. The fact that James O'Barr divorced himself from it should be a huge red flag for any fan.

What's impressive is that the original movie was a relatively faithful adaptation of his comic and a good representation of a comic adaptation at a time when such things were few and far between.

 

[Filmfreak]

Hollywood and even other filmmakers are obsessed with The Crow and have been trying to do it again for years. Even Bradley Cooper was attached at one point.

Also, it's because this is an existing established IP and gets name recognition. That's the name of the game. That's why The First Omen is easier to make and get a theatrical release than Monkey Man which almost went straight to Netflix.

I understand the reasoning but its' still dumb and it almost never works out for them. They take once-upon-a-time-semi-popular characters that had a movie that was never a huge moneymaker but did well enough and gained a cult audience, and give them to extremely mediocre or bad creatives, while spending an amount of money where it is very far from a guarantee that the movie is going to break even.

This new Crow remake cost them 50 million to make and they give it to Rupert Sanders, who made two more movies, that both had mixed reception at best and one of which was a big box office bomb. I don't know how they expect this to go.

 

[Pennywise]

 

[Filmfreak]

Makes sense since it moved there before Bad Boys took that place. The previous film was kind of huge.

 

[Kane52630]

Funny because it looks like an August release.

 

[samsnee]

Might need to go see this. It will definitely be better than the reboot

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Babillygunn]

Might need to go see this. It will definitely be better than the reboot

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This should be in the Wanna Feel Old thread in the Community Forum.

I saw this in theaters first run. I think I was a freshman in college.

 

[Pennywise]

Bill Skarsgård Likes It Darker

He transformed himself into a terrifying clown in It and a ruthless villain in John Wick. But he goes deeper for The Crow this summer and Nosferatu in December. Is the thirty-three-year-old actor—who doesn’t even enjoy seeing scary movies—Hollywood’s new dark prince?

www.esquire.com

Back in Central Park, Skarsgård opens up about the fact that now, two years after filming wrapped, he feels a certain distance from the work. As with most topics, he is refreshingly candid. That includes when discussing the ending of The Crow. I won’t spoil what happens, but I will tell you that Skarsgård would have voted for a different conclusion. Why film it the way they did? It made the path for a sequel easier, his answer suggests. “I personally preferred something more definitive.”

 

[Pennywise]

https://**************.com/the-crow...oming-reboot-as-unwatchable-a211372#gs.a0hary

 

[Kane52630]

I saw a new-ish trailer today and it still looks like ass, respectfully.

 

[Da-Scribe]

I feel like the fact they went into this with cinematic universe type ambition set them up for failure. Still gotta judge for myself, but seems like even Bill is distancing himself a bit.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I saw a new-ish trailer today and it still looks like ass, respectfully.

Two words bro bro: nipple tattoo.

 

[Filmfreak]

I just saw the original in full for the first time ever and Draven's look is obviously iconic and unmatched by this new Letoker style version but I have to admit it kind of bothered me that it was makeup and lipstick and stayed in his face for the entirety of the film even though it was raining from beginning to end.

 

[The Shape]

I just saw the original in full for the first time ever and Draven's look is obviously iconic and unmatched by this new Letoker style version but I have to admit it kind of bothered me that it was makeup and lipstick and stayed in his face for the entirety of the film even though it was raining from beginning to end.

His makeup is almost completely washed away by the end after his fight with Top Dollar. At the least the black lines from the eyes and lips are pretty much gone at that point.

Spoiler

 

[Filmfreak]

His makeup is almost completely washed away by the end after his fight with Top Dollar. At the least the black lines from the eyes and lips are pretty much gone at that point.

Spoiler

Yeah but it wasn't gradual, it only happened in the final act. I didn't think about it at the moment but it probably occurred because he became mortal, because that's when it started.

Still, I'm mostly kidding. Mostly.

 

[Deck Rickard]

Eddie Furlong is rolling over in his grave.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I knew it.

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

I'm going to try and judge the movie on its own merits. But yeah this doesn't sound great.