Grandfathers time to retire, why it is not necessary to remove the continuation of old movies
Cinema / / December 19, 2019
It is no secret that we live in an era of sequels and remakes. Virtually all the major studios are trying to shoot than a single stand-alone tape and run a long-term franchise.
But beyond that, in recent years, the big and small screens back tens of restarts and sequels of movies and TV shows from the distant childhood. It concerns a completely different projects and genres.
"The Terminator," "Blade Runner", "Halloween", "Star Wars", "Rambo" - if you look at the posters, it seems like a time machine back viewers in the eighties.
And on the home screen again "Twin Peaks," "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Charmed"" Dynasty "and" private detective Magnum ".
However, many critics have been arguing about the tightness of these franchises and the need to somehow change the approach. However, Sylvester Stallone comes back in the form of a steep, but the aged military in the movie "Rambo: Last Blood".
The plot is simple and may sound very familiar: John Rambo is living on a secluded farm, and to train horses. But once he finds out that his daughter was lost a close friend. Now the hero must travel to Mexico and to deal with the criminal gang selling human beings.
And this film can be regarded as the quintessence of all that is not worth doing with familiar stories. Aged hero is already causing no enthusiasm, and compassion, the confrontation with the wicked if it's from the eighties, and the shooting so really has not improved. Yet these pictures produced regularly.
Why old movies endlessly continue
It's simple. Because of their look. In an era of strong competition in the movie it is much easier to attract the viewer a familiar name than to advertise something completely new. That is why producers are increasingly pulling out old stories and take off again "Texas Chainsaw Massacre"And" Predator. "
In some of them play new actors and stories restart from the beginning. Other returning characters grown old child and then try to get into the classic images.
With seemingly the first all is clear: the writers and directors are rewriting the script in a modern way, invite the audience favorites and show the familiar story in an updated cover.
This is partly true - another generation might not be as interesting to watch old movies, especially if we are talking about fiction or militants: Changed and shooting and special effects. But the audience familiar with the classics, it can only cause irritation once every 10 years show the same thing.
But with a direct continuation of the paintings everything is much more complicated and often worse.
Why in the sequel all the time pulling the old actors
In a strange way the matter again in popularity. Indeed, in some franchises honestly trying to create a continuation with other heroes and invent something new. But viewers criticized these tapes, and sometimes simply ignored.
For example, "Terminator: Salvation" - the only part that does not starred Arnold Schwarzenegger. And the picture, in contrast to all others, even not fully paid for the cost of production and advertising. And this despite the fact that the main role played Christian Bale.
The "Star Wars" with collections everything is much better due to the huge fan base. But it is possible to compare ratings prequel "Episode 1: The Phantom Menace" in 1999 and the sequel to the classic pieces "Episode 7: Awakening forces" of 2015. The first assessment IMDb 6,5, the second - 8.0.
In many ways, the whole point is that in "The Phantom Menace" George Lucas I decided to move away from a few familiar ideas, introduced new characters and even explained the existence of forces from the scientific point of view.
But the audience is much more pleased with the return of Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill in the seventh part. Even despite the fact that the classic story of the destruction of another dangerous weapon was repeated for the third time.
But in the "Star Wars" rescues at least that the basic dynamics of the plot laid to new actors. And already the fifth "Rambo" in the center of the plot is the same old soldier, who once again confronted with violent criminals and single-handedly trying to get justice.
Since the time of release of the fourth part has been more than 10 years, and since the end of the famous trilogy and did more than 20. Stallone and in good years was not a great actor: he was able to play only tough guys with a stone-faced or, conversely, frank klutz in comedies.
Now we add to this and more advanced age. And if it can be Han Solo well-to-face, then John Rambo sometimes causes a pity, as it pumped up muscles - a relic of the past, as well as the plot of the picture. And because even the fans will most likely sad to see the next part.
What new movies worse if the old ones were good
To begin with, many of these pictures are outdated. For example, in the eighties and early nineties militants or slasher about maniacs We were at the peak of popularity. Writers came up with unexpected plots and excellent directors worked on these paintings.
Now, however, the continuation of often removed not the most well-known authors - "Rambo: Last Blood" and does entrusted newcomer Adrian Grünberg. And the hype that the new "Terminator", which will be released in October, has been personally Cameron was just a hoax. Later, the director admitted that only the rules of the script, and on set and did not appear.
In addition, these tapes have nothing to surprise the viewer. Once the special effects in "Terminator" and "Predator" hit. And the first "Rambo" was a brilliant representative of the fashion genre, it combined the grotesque violence and political statement.
Now movies from Marvel in terms of graphics bypass the new "Terminator": they invest more money, and the best the studio working on the special effects. Well, in terms of action the same "John Wick" looks much more interesting and dynamic than the next exit Stallone. If only because the latter was too slow and difficult to move. As a result, "Rambo" is trying to win the audience extremely violent and bloody scenes, forgetting that even in an action movie should be at least some aesthetics.
But more importantly, some of the stories of extensions become a samopovtor and even self-parody. "Star Wars" over and over again retell the same stories. And the Terminator in the third and fifth of the demands to give him points.
And gradually the authors show the same scene all the more comic, probably already aware that the serious supply the viewer is not already hooked.
But the most telling example of senseless continuation occurred recently on television. In the next restart of the famous series "Beverly Hills, 90210" gathered the actors of classical composition. But instead to somehow continue the story or come up with something original, they play themselves. That is, the cast of the series "Beverly Hills, 90210," who had gathered to remove a restart.
Is it true classics continue - it is always bad
Not really. Return of old franchises can be a great. Just do not play on nostalgia and its former popularity, and come up with something interesting.
For example, "Mad Max: Road Rage"I was very bright and dynamic film. And it may look not only fans of the classics, but also a new audience: the picture is separate from the previous parts and removed very modern.
In the movie "Blade Runner 2049" Harrison Ford's character only appears closer to the finale. It serves as a link between the two pictures. Yet at the heart of a new plot and the stunning beauty of the picture.
And even Stallone gangbusters returned to the screen another of its legendary character - Rocky Balboa. In the film series "Creed" you can complain about his acting talent, but the first part of an attempt to not look only to awaken nostalgia.
It is hoped that over time, the classic franchise will go into retirement, replaced by new subjects, and aging actors cease repeatedly appearing in the same images. The nostalgia is not bad, but now look at Rambo, once seemed a model of coolness, - a complete disappointment.
In the meantime, viewers are waiting for the continuation of "The Terminator," "Top Gun," "Indiana Jones," "Halloween" and many other films from our childhood.
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