A more or less completely unfair comparison of stills from the original and remake versions of The Hitcher.
By Burbanked on Nov 2, 2006 in Movie Marketing 101, Movies | 1,867 views |
See, here’s the thing: if Hollywood insists on creating unwarranted and needless remakes, I reserve the right to mock them unfairly and in a completely biased way.
A movie still from one of the greatest thrillers ever made: The Hitcher, 1986
At left: Creepy. Unhinged. Confident.
At right: Terrified. Desperate. Miserable.
Overall image: Unsettling. Moody.
And now, from next year’s remake of The Hitcher, a movie still released by the production’s studio, who must have believed that this was one of the very best publicity stills that they had to sell their useless remake to a media- and information-starved fanbase:
At left: Well-groomed. Annoyed. Not all that threatening.
At right: Stoned. Clueless. Possibly lost and studying the traffic signs.
Overall image: Lit like a sitcom. Boring. Lifeless. A pointless waste of Sean Bean.
I’m beginning to think that Hollywood’s remake craze was actually thought up by the DVD distributors, because seeing crap like this only makes me want to watch the original over and over again.
(remake still from RopeofSilicon.com, found via the always-excellent Filmstalker)
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kristen | Nov 8, 2006 | Reply
Oy.
Did you read the L.A. Weekly article about the screenwriter of this movie? It came out earlier this year. How he crashed his car into a pool hall in Santa Monica about 10 years ago. Pretty unsettling.
Burbanked | Nov 8, 2006 | Reply
I’ve had days of writer’s block like that. But I usually just drive my car into, say, an Arby’s or something.
(but seriously, folks. No, I hadn’t seen that article. Got a link?)