Thread:Shinigami of the North/@comment-27586321-20141122063842/@comment-27586321-20141123214247

Ok! Well I have come to enjoy James Rolfe's movie reviews, when it comes down to reviewing like remakes, he is not objective at all. Like he would complain about the Nolan series retelling Batman's origin story when we've already seen it in the first one. First of all, the original got it wrong, second of all it's a reboot, and third of all it has much more emphases on his character and why he does what he does than the first one did. He also says Jack is better than Heath as the Joker without even explaining why. I'm not saying he hates remakes, but he's very unfair at times. And he never gives reasons, or he will and they'll be weak reasons. I looked at his channel to see if he review a certain remake (well other adaption but remake is shorter). And he did, Bram Stoker's Dracula. Get ready for a long rant:  He complains about the backstory they gave Dracula and says they better stay close to the source material. And this is when he comes off as a bit of a hypocrite. In his John Carpenter's The Thing review, he complained about it being gory and pointed out that the original "Thing" was better because it didn't need gore. Now the new "Thing" was gory because it was more faithful to the book. And he is aware of this, yet he's bashing the film for it. NOW, he's bashing the new Draula for not being very faithful to the book. If it didn't matter beforehand, why does it matter to him here? Did he not read the book The Thing was based on? Did he not care for it? Either way, it came off as unfair to me. And he says they shouldn't call it Bram Stoker's Dracula because of the differences, but he acknowledges that it is the most faithful adaption. Then why is he having a fit then? Now in terms of Dracula's backstory, I'm not a HUGE fan of throwing tragic backstories at evil characters. And I'll admit I had mixed feelings about it at first. But I was impressed with how they kept Dracula as menacing as he was while still having it, and they didn't shove it down our throats TOO much imo. And to be honest, I thought that it was actually an interesting idea, making Mina his late wife. Also on a side note, I haven't read the book, so I'm going off of research. And, now what I'm about to say confirms that he merely goes with the older just because it's older, he says he doesn't like seeing films he grew up with get remade. Then he says he almost gave the film a chance, but then he saw Dracula's weird hairstyle and lost hope. He doesn't even talk about Gary Oldman's terrific performace. First of all, his hair is in the shape of a heart, the one place where he can be killed. Make of that what you will. Second, even if he was joking, that was still a stupid little nitpick that didn't need to be made as a legitimate reason to hate the film. And so he complains about it being told through narratives, but acknowledges it is closer to the book so he guesses it works. THEN WHY ARE YOU COMPLAINING?!! Also, he summs it up by saying that the old one, even though it has it's flaws, it's better because it's a timeless classic. And he just leaves it at that, which REALLY confirms my points. Care to explain it's flaws James and why you think it's better just because it's old? Objectively speaking and subjectively speaking, I think the new one is VASTLY superior to the original. I'm sorry but I'm not that big on the original. I understand why it was big for it's time, but I just don't think it's aged well. The acting is very hammy and over the top, and the pacing isn't that good in my opinion. The new may have taken liberties, but it's storyline is better, it tries to be the most faithful from what I've heard, and Gary Oldman is, imo, much scarier then Bela Lugosi. Bela wasn't bad but he tried too hard be frightening, while Oldman just naturally was to me. Sorry for the length, but it just pissed me off. He will bring to light remakes that he doesn't think are as bad as everyone says (Halloween) but if it's one that is really popular like the Dark Knight, he bashes it, says it's overrated. Sucks for him that he's too wrapped up in his inner child to see the possible good in something new.