Modern Remake


what say you?


When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...

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Well, let's see...in modern times, there was the Italian remake of 1960 starring heroic muscleman Steve Reeves, in a story close to Bulwer-Lytton's original novel, which proved to be almost as boring as Bulwer-Lytton's novel was, in spite of it being filmed in Eastmancolor and Totalscope.

Then there was that tired 1985 TV-movie remake which was long on spectacle but short on a good believable realistic story.

I'd say a new 21st-Century remake would have to have depth, scope, passion, colorful sets, props and costumes, historical accuracy (with all the facts straight out of the history books), a great music score, and a damn good story and script performed by first class actors.

Of course, historical epics are now out of fashion in Hollywood and Europe, as evidenced by how poorly a first-class film such as AGORA did at the box office. Now filmmakers want to make junk that kids will like rather than superior entertainment for intelligent adults. Only the Stan Lee-Marvel superhero films, the Superman-Batman franchises, James Bond-007, Star Trek, Star Wars franchises, continue to offer a consistently high level of quality and sophistication.

Dejael

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If nothing else the 2014 remake was focussed more on Pompeii itself, with the volcano itself playing a much more prominent role in story proceedings. This flick tried to have it both ways; biblical epic combined with a very late order disaster flick. For me it didn't work, but the 81 year old film undoubtedly holds curiosity value.🐭

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