Unfortunately, the film hasn’t exactly been accepted with open arms, with some members of the original movie even speaking out against it, which came as a surprise to producer Molly Hassell.
“It should make people proud,” Hassell told THR. “I’m surprised it hasn’t made the original filmmakers more proud, because it’s a step in a different direction, but it’s a necessary step to deal with the age-old themes of love and loss.“
This is the only bit of new news. The article then digs up older comments from the original film’s director Alex Proyas and another screenwriter both being critical of this new version.
I’m willing to give the new version a chance but the way these articles are worded, it feels like they’re willing the new version to fail regardless. I have a gut feeling this film won’t do very well and then hit streaming services quite quickly.
uhg just no. the chance this movie has anything to say, and a good way to say it is practically zero. numerous writers and directors, years in the making. no one has vision of something interesting here… this is a cash grab using the original as a springboard.
gross, and not in a good way.
ill watch it, and i will be very critical. the original is an iconic piece of artwork oozing its source material. i cant imagine this will be worth the download.
I was 100% unaware this was days from launching. I’ve seen no advertisements or trailers. The fact that they aren’t marketing this should say enough.
I’m kinda confused. Why do so many people (including this article) treat this as a reboot of the first movie, when the creatives have said that it’s another adaptation of the original graphic novel? And why is everyone suddenly so protective of the legacy of Brandon Lee, when there’s already been a direct sequel to his movie and a separate TV series?
i think largely because it’s called ‘the crow’ rather than ‘the crow: straight to video’ or similar colon title. none of the sequels or spinoffs or whatever they were affected the cult following of the original film/books because nobody gave a shit if they’d even heard of them in the first place, curiosities at best. this one has some real money/clout behind it and is consequentially more disruptive
I guess you’re right. Although I’ve never heard the TV series to be referred by its full title, it has decent reviews (and it was my first introduction to the character).
if you remade a clockwork orange with alex as a fan of my chemical romance instead of beethoven nobody would be convinced by your ‘it’s a new interpretation of the book’ defence either
that said i read somewhere that the trailer music isn’t the same as the actual soundtrack. so maybe it mightn’t be that bad. but he still looks like an emo twink joker
So Jared Leto’s joker
brand-new reboot
Wait… was there a previous reboot? Outside of the “The Crow: The TV Series” that I stopped watching after a few episodes… I thought I had seen all the movies. Was there a previous reboot that I missed?
seek merciless revenge… to put the wrong things right
You get one or the other, you don’t get both in a, The Crow, movie.
A suggested article linked on the page that the OP links to…
Bill Skarsgård not happy with The Crow’s ending
Bill Skarsgård has expressed unhappiness with how The Crow ends, suggesting it may be leaving the opportunity for a sequel.
There we go…
We’ve had:
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The Crow
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The Crow: City of Angels
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The Crow: Salvation
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The Crow: Wicked Prayer
All separate stories with the same premise. Wicked Prayer is truly awful. I watched it once, lent it to a friend and never asked for it back!
And yes, you’re right, there was also one season (22 episodes) of The Crow: Stairway to Heaven. Which was Eric Draven’s story expanded into a television series.
Which leads us to this new film which is Eric Draven once again.
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His haircut bugs me
Well guys, as this article states, it looks like Borderlands all over again. It’ll probably be on streaming by the end of the week! 😜
