We’re going to start a new section on
the Cine-Men blog. A trailer review
called B.O.T.T. (Based On The Trailer).
Where we will look at new trailers for up-coming movies and give our take
on what we’re shown.
The first
trailer is for “Robocop”, the remake of the 1987 Paul Verhoeven classic. When it was announced that this was going to
be the next in a long line of remakes there was an internet wide groan. Now that this trailer has been released, the
groans are confirmed, this looks terrible.
Okay, maybe a little harsh, it looks more ‘meh’. I mean they have the cast, Gary Oldman,
Michael Keaton, Samuel L. Jackson, and Jackie Earle Haley. And it’s still a good story that can be
retold. But nothing here shows that they
are using any of those strengths. Also
missing, is hints at the ultra-violent feel of the original, and the off-kilter
humor that Verhoeven did so well. The
only x-factor, is director Jose Padilha a Brazilian director with a few
critical hits under his belt. But if Hollywood
history has shown us anything, it’s that sometimes a good foreign director can
have their creativity gutted by studios, ‘cough’ John Woo ‘cough’. Now the final film may be different, but if
the next trailer shows us more of the same, we may be in-store for a lame
version of a great film.
So based on
the trailer, I say: If you’re not gonna
use what made the original work, why bother.
Speaking of
the original, now this is a trailer.
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