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Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#1: May 13th 2011 at 4:58:50 PM

I just watched the trailer for the remake and I am convinced that the filmmakers completely missed the point. No more even balances of horror and comedy (the whole thing is now taken completely seriously), the vampire being gay (he has a thing for Charlie's mother) or anything approaching imaginative (it looks a Twilight movie in places). And Peter Vincent barely shows up in the trailer. Instead, it is basically Disturbia with vampires (with random shots of Las Vegas thrown in).

I can't believe that Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette and David Tennant got suckered into this.

edited 13th May '11 5:00:10 PM by Buscemi

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#2: May 13th 2011 at 5:02:58 PM

Got a link?

I have a soft spot for the original, myself. Didn't know a remake was in the works. Don't care, for that matter. Would still be curious to see a trailer though.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#4: May 14th 2011 at 9:20:12 AM

Yeah, that looks pretty disappointing. What really made the original stand out to me was Roddy McDowell's character. A shame to see that the remake doesn't appear to have anyone in a similar role.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#5: May 14th 2011 at 2:54:23 PM

David Tennant is playing the Mc Dowall character...as a Criss Angel-based magician. And he's barely in the trailer.

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SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#6: May 14th 2011 at 3:03:18 PM

Like I said, what made the original stand out to me was McDowell's character, which is not [up] above (which doesn't even appear to make much sense).

Though, I guess, this production is deserving of some meager credit for keeping some kind of TV-show host character in the story. It certainly would've helped to have done more to reveal the character in the trailer; that way, I wouldn't feel alienated as a fan of the original and completely uninterested as a modern-day cinephile.

edited 14th May '11 3:04:41 PM by SeanMurrayI

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#7: May 14th 2011 at 10:00:59 PM

I was underwhelmed by the screenplay(sporadically funny, with a lame ending). The trailer, moreso.

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#8: May 15th 2011 at 1:28:35 AM

Isn't Fright Night supposed to be funny?

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Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#9: May 15th 2011 at 1:34:21 AM

Yes, it is. Apparently the writer (the same writer blamed by many for Buffy jumping the shark) never saw Fright Night and instead thought it was a good idea to combine the more serious elements of that with Twilight (she was also one of the writers of the Twilight clone I Am Number Four).

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#10: May 15th 2011 at 8:31:02 AM

It's not Twilight-esque. It also has a big Take That! at Twilight in there near the beginning.

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#11: May 15th 2011 at 9:37:10 AM

Apparently the writer never saw Fright Night...

Really? Where are you hearing this?

It's not that I don't believe you; it's just that the thought sounds so incredibly preposterous to imagine a writer having no clue about the work that they have been hired to adapt that I just don't want to believe you if I could.

edited 15th May '11 10:40:16 AM by SeanMurrayI

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#12: May 15th 2011 at 10:04:39 AM

I'm just guessing. I meant "apparently" as in just speculation.

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KnownUnknown Since: Jan, 2001
#13: May 15th 2011 at 11:03:08 AM

Never Trust a Trailer. They could always be trying to cash in on the recent trend and misrepresenting the film as a result.

Bridge To Terabithia had the same problem.

edited 15th May '11 11:04:29 AM by KnownUnknown

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#14: May 15th 2011 at 11:05:56 AM

[up][up] Judging by what Marti Nixon said and by the script itself, she's definitely seen the original.

You shouldn't take potshots this far in advance just going by that trailer.

Jumpingzombie Since: Jan, 2001
#15: May 15th 2011 at 1:08:34 PM

[up][up]I was also thinking that it was probably a trailer to get the Twilight crowd even though it would be completely different. But, you never know.

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Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
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#17: May 18th 2011 at 11:46:22 PM

The trailer was shown before Priest and got a very negative reaction from the audience. Some people were even laughing at it.

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#18: Aug 20th 2011 at 2:12:16 PM

Never Trust a Trailer indeed.

Still wasn't very impressed.

NowhereMan Since: Sep, 2009
#19: Aug 20th 2011 at 9:40:37 PM

WOW. None of you were remotely optimistic for this.

I thought it was fun. A bloody horror flick with a good sense of humor with good performances on the part of main cast.

Incidentally, I am now convinced that there is not a single thing that cannot be made better with the addition of David Tennant.

HerrKman Fantastic! from New New York Since: Jun, 2010
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#20: Aug 21st 2011 at 10:09:50 PM

Saw it. I thought it was a fun little film that wasn't afraid to go back to the original-strain of Vampirism mythology in film and touted some excellent performances by Farrell and Tennant.

Oh, and I shouted 'I don't want to go!' as Vincent was being gnawed on by those vampires near the end. grin

edited 21st Aug '11 10:11:02 PM by HerrKman

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#21: Aug 24th 2011 at 5:37:53 PM

Wow. David Tennant really does make everything better.

I ended up loving this little movie. It was clever and witty, with some great acting, especially by David Tennant. And yet it never got too big for its britches, it always kept its 80's B-movie roots in mind. It kept it simple, and kept it fun. And really, a stake-shotgun. Nothing could possibly be lame with a stake-shotgun. Wielded by David Tennant.

Did I forget to mention David Tennant?

edited 24th Aug '11 5:38:15 PM by KSPAM

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#22: Aug 24th 2011 at 7:08:29 PM

Well, he was no Roddy McDowall.

Peter Vincent was actually one of my biggest problems with the remake. The character and his backstory seemed so half-assed.

Another problem I had with the film is that Tom Holland's love of vampire films and Hammer shined through and gave the original Fright Night pizzazz. This didn't even didn't even seem to have respect for that film...though I had no problem with changing Peter from a washed-up actor to a Vegas magician.

And Christopher Mintz-Plasse was wasted. Evil Ed spends so much time out of the picture, and it's a shame because I thought he had the few great scenes in the movie.

edited 24th Aug '11 7:14:45 PM by Prowler

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#23: Aug 24th 2011 at 10:49:13 PM

I did love "Bone's a motherfucker, ain't it Charlie?"

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#24: Aug 29th 2011 at 11:08:00 AM

Haven't seen the original, so judging it on its own, I quite liked it. David Tennant stole his scenes and kept running around half undressed, so something for the ladies. It struck a fun balance between comedy and proper scary stuff. Colin Farrel's performance as Jerry always had a creepy undertone where he was always *trying* to be charming, but was just a little off.

Would have liked more Ed myself - I too thought he was wasted.

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#25: Aug 29th 2011 at 10:56:44 PM

Ed was a whiny bitch. Fuck Ed. Fuck that guy.

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