I feel like this era of remakes will lead to a new generation of directors who don’t want to create remakes and we’ll have new content eventually
@damboulton
Жыл бұрын
A hopeful vision for the future, I hope you're right
@Alverant
Жыл бұрын
Maybe. OTOH maybe the niche market for new content will grow but so will the market for remakes. It's like the craft beer boom. There were more people joining the market so the pool of customers expanded allowing the niche and mainstream numbers to grow.
@ironiceire
Жыл бұрын
You always have to look for the silver lining in the smog
@peterpop-off
Жыл бұрын
That's a very positive mindset friend 👍
@PrimerCinePodcast
Жыл бұрын
Hope you happen to be very very right
@dylankontra7392
Жыл бұрын
It's exhausting enough that it's another modern adaptation of a story, but more so that's it's a prequel. An origin story. Dahl never wrote one for WW. His past is as enigmatic and indeterminable as everything else about him. If anything, I'm more afraid Hollywood's going to rob the character of those qualities than anything.
@RobMacQ
Жыл бұрын
Prequels are the lamest way to extend IP for exactly the reasons you give
@ikmor
Жыл бұрын
Oh, you don't have to be afraid. It's a certainty they will.
@MERCHIODOS
Жыл бұрын
A lot of the origin stuff like how Wonka found the Oompa Loompas and the creation of the Chocolate Factory is already in 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' book, so making a prequel makes no sense. The Wonka backstory of his father being a dentist was make up for the Tim Burton version, so maybe the prequel would add that to fill in run time
@jackglinsky4305
Жыл бұрын
Just wait until they announce 5+ spin off shows, creating the Wonka Cinematic Universe
@JRRob3wn
Жыл бұрын
I’m sick of remakes and comic book movies, I used to see nearly every new movie that came out, now I see maybe 5 new movies a year total.
@ShagunSuvarna2006
Жыл бұрын
"Fear of failure is the death of imagination." - George Lucas
@jordanholloman5907
Жыл бұрын
Oh. How true that is.
@releasemindssecondlast1802
Жыл бұрын
These days they dont even try its like hey remember barbie lets make it slightly depressed and woke , or hey the car crashing still sells lets made more
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@JWX94
Жыл бұрын
@@releasemindssecondlast1802THIS. I'm so tired of seeing woke everything. Ugh
@PandoraGeoform
Жыл бұрын
@Jaegar19Ultima can you provide one example of this happening?
@frankoconnell6745
Жыл бұрын
Movie studios are so terrified of losing money that they just keep rehashing the same stuff. 😩
@zxcytdfxy256
Жыл бұрын
and losing money
@blackguyofthesouth2161
Жыл бұрын
Instead of blaming movie studios support more original content
@damiantirado9616
Жыл бұрын
That’s capitalism in a nutshell
@IdentifiantE.S
Жыл бұрын
@@damiantirado9616Fr 💀
@ddsjgvk
Жыл бұрын
And still lose money cough Disney cough
@mr_mx3
Жыл бұрын
You think of the '90s when studios were willing to take a risk on an unknown IP and promote a movie on star quality... Times have definitely changed.
@harborwolf22
Жыл бұрын
Fifth Element is an example of a movie that would NEVER get made today.
@Comicbroe405
Жыл бұрын
@@harborwolf22 True but also have had very different, original I.P movies come out in the last few years but either they don't make much buzz or flop cuz of how today's market is. Like Babylon flopping despite the star power it had was crazy.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
People idolize the 90s way too much. Look at how many Batman movies, sequels horror movies, and tv to movie adaptations we got in the 90s. Garbage.
@Tay_Sports
Жыл бұрын
@@AHall818 Every decade has its trash. But when I review look at at each decade, there are a lot of original iconic movies in the 80s/90s. Today’s cinema definitely lacks a bit of the soul that made those older films possible. But I do agree with you, there were a bunch of sequels and unoriginal movies back then too.
@Tay_Sports
Жыл бұрын
@@Comicbroe405 Yeah we live in an interesting time period. I’m wondering if it’s the over saturation of movies and accessibility to movies/television that’s hurting some of the original IPs today.
@michellecrocker2485
Жыл бұрын
My big question about this movie is : who was asking for it? Who was sitting in a waiting room when they overheard conversations about the need to know Wonka’s backstory. I feel with iconic characters, to know their backgrounds has the potential to ruin them because it can either add to the mythos or completely throw it in the trash
@httohot
Жыл бұрын
I was waiting for it Like a wonka prequel is about the only reboot i would care about assuming it had the same wuality as the original. Since its 2023 and creativity is dying this will be design by committee pig slop. Just a mod movie for the pigs to consume. Tim burtons version had at least the burton charm and aesthetic which matched the paradoxically dark world of wonka. Burton moved the needle at least a little in the artistic direction but had nothing else to say. This new one looks to add nothing and may squander the good will i had towards thr frqnchise and world
@alexandru5369
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely no one except the studio exec's
@onemorechris
Жыл бұрын
not many: but it’s not about making a good film, it’s about if all the technical and financial pieces fit together in a spreadsheet
@michellecrocker2485
Жыл бұрын
@@alexandru5369 no doubt about that. They don’t want to please an audience. They want to capitalize on a known money maker
@bugsmith9751
Жыл бұрын
No one asked for it, and many are likely very skeptical about it... But you have to realize that literally any unique and new story that comes out can also be met with "who asked for this?" and the answer will always be no one, even if it does very well. This is the very reason i hate when people take an unironic approach to "who asked".
@kateelson991
Жыл бұрын
They should do something totally different and make an adaptation of Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
@NeoConnor1
Жыл бұрын
They aren't able to. I read that Roald Dahl, the writer of the original book, was so upset with how Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory turned out, he denied the studios from turning that book into a movie.
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
@@NeoConnor1 how long does that power of control over what a studio is allowed to do last though? as long as a member of his family says no? or is it indefinite?
@edwardrhoads7283
Жыл бұрын
OMG yes. That book was so good.
@kateelson991
Жыл бұрын
@@NeoConnor1 Well, I guess that explains it. It’s too bad because I have been looking forward to seeing an adaptation of that one since I read it in elementary school. I always figured it just wasn’t popular enough. More characterization for the grandparents outside of Grandpa Joe would’ve been so much fun on screen!
@NeoConnor1
Жыл бұрын
Not sure. That's just what I read.
@trinaq
Жыл бұрын
If I had a penny for every original movie that Hollywood has had in the last decade or so, it would probably come around to 25 cents' worth.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
You would be a millionaire. Because they do them. People don't watch them. There's literally a movie coming out about a killer sloth.
@GuineaPigEveryday
Жыл бұрын
i get ur point but seriously, thats only the mainstream blockbusters, god knows how many original artists and movies have been releasing that nobody ends up watching cuz the studios don't promote them to shit and all of us keep being so cynical about movies being doomed.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
@@GuineaPigEveryday They do promote them though, general public aren't interested. At the end of the day, studios need to lower their budgets, and expect less people to show up at movies. It's not the major thing people want to do.
@bobg9922
Жыл бұрын
@@AHall818 do you work for a movie studio or something? You seem to be defending their position with a passion here. I mean nothing wrong with that. Just curious that’s all.
@fuzzlemacfuzz
Жыл бұрын
@@bobg9922they've only existed for an hour, so either a bot or a sock puppet
@RedBlackFilms
Жыл бұрын
"Been brought to the big screen multiple times..." Twice. You CAN say Twice.
@tau-5794
Жыл бұрын
There was a Tom and Jerry version too. But that was probably just direct to video.
@TheHandsomeMatt
Жыл бұрын
The fact that Dahl, a children’s author, hated the adaptation that is the most child friendly speaks volumes.
@mackfarlainethebarenakedau5113
Жыл бұрын
That might have had more to do with his involvement in the writing of the script.
@OG_Agrivar
Жыл бұрын
Let's be honest with ourselves: Dahl was not a good person.
@TulpechaidoplaysMC
Жыл бұрын
They backstabbed him, butchered the script, missed the point of the book, added a bunch of pointless shit, and made it all into a glorified comercial, he was right to be angry
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
@@OG_Agrivar alot of famous author's who are well known today for classic beloved stories were at least kinda sus, as far as i'm aware
@snoozlewoozle
Жыл бұрын
@@TulpechaidoplaysMCto be fair when writing the screenplay, Dahl just wrote the book again, they had to take out a lot of antisemitic parts and rewrote the part where the Oompa Loompas were literally black slaves from Africa. The movie turned out amazing no matter what Dahl said
@MrGirmillionair
Жыл бұрын
I'm hoping with Everything Everywhere All at Once sweeping all the awards it'll show the movie industry that audience are craving new and original stories.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
Sweeping all the awards, but didn't make a lot of money. What EEEAO will inspire is making movies with smaller budgets. You make money easier that way.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
Rye Lane, Joyland, The Beasts, Full Time, Anatomy of a Fall, Aloners, Past Lives, Return to Seoul, A Thousand and One, Earth Mama, Talk to Me, Amanda, Attachment, Sisu, How to Blow up a Pipeline, Saint Omer, They Cloned Tyrone, Birth/Rebirth, Joy Ride, Polite Society, so many...
@GuineaPigEveryday
Жыл бұрын
@@AHall818 personally I just think Indie movies coming back is a positive trend that i'm not gonna attribute to EEAO being a hit, no offense but that barely felt like a film, the ones you do mention are all of them are nothing like EEAO nor successors to that experiment, and many are really great films, EEAO was a hit sure but lets not act like its the one thing that changed the industry, indie films have been a long time coming and the SAG strike is whats giving them even more prominence.
@MrGirmillionair
Жыл бұрын
@@AHall818 it actually made a lot of money and is the highest grossing movie for the studio A24. Sure it didn't make a billion dollars but that's from big studios that have the funds for marketing. Hopefully now big studios will risk more on original IPs instead of comics and remakes and sequels.
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
@@MrGirmillionair For an independent studio, that's a lot of money. For a corporate studio, doesn't even pay the executives. And that's the problem.
@MiguelNdiweni
Жыл бұрын
Original ideas don't always work but it's better than remakes and reboots
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
its all about effort really, and that includes budget, casting, promotion etc. an unknown or seemingly riskier i.p. may have more passion and creativity behind it, but if it doesn't get the required components to succeed, people would rather go see the new Ryan Reynolds film or whatever
@onemorechris
Жыл бұрын
the thing missing from Hollywood’s spreadsheets is that boring redos don’t always work either. i think original ideas get too much of a negative vote compared to ‘that thing that we did before which kind of worked so let’s do it again’ when everyone involved is trying to mitigate risk
@texanarchy666
Жыл бұрын
Remakes aren't always bad. The 2005 Charlie in the chocolate factory was better than the original
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
@@texanarchy666 hot take
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
@@onemorechris i think so too
@Locadel2003
Жыл бұрын
The Planet of the Apes trilogy was a case of making a really fucking awesome reboot and not cheesy like the 70s series or bad like the 2001 version
@MERCHIODOS
Жыл бұрын
Well the thing is that the Planet of the Apes prequels were adaption of the novels. Wonka prequel has no book and the film is made up.
@amicaaranearum
Жыл бұрын
@ImAKangwithnokingdom A character can only be as smart as the person writing him.
@FNHot
Жыл бұрын
Overlooked point, is how expensive movies are now. When you have 300 million invested in a film you want it to be a sure thing, so you re-hash things you know people will see. What they need to do, is start making 6 50 million dollar movies instead, one is bound to be a winner, so then not only do the movie companies win, but so do we with new original stories, actors and directors telling them.
@garyfierro
Жыл бұрын
Exactly. They have to start looking at new voices and independents, or else this old cookie-cutter approach is going to leave empty seats in the long run, and less undiscovered talent that could potentially earn them millions in the future.
@NJGuy1973
Жыл бұрын
It's been said that a screenplay is not actually a story, but rather a business plan for a startup which requires at least $100 million in initial capital.
@darania1
Жыл бұрын
Jurassic Park cost $50m to make but you got much more bang for your buck back in 93...😏
@b0zz1380y
Жыл бұрын
“Rehash things people will see” Thing is these movies tank. So these aren’t sure things. Biggest movies lately have been two sequels of massive movies and a girls play doll. Not these remakes or “adaptations”
@FNHot
Жыл бұрын
@@b0zz1380y They've only recently started tanking, not because they are remaking films, but because they are forcing messages and agendas into the films, instead of trying to make good movies. There was no reason to make Ariel black, or Rey a mary sue, or any of the other ham handed changes they've made. THAT is why the films are tanking now, not because they are making Indiana Jones 5, but because they make Indy a side character to push an agenda. We dont want to see that.
@blackguyofthesouth2161
Жыл бұрын
At least Wonka is a prequel. Only mentioning it because it's in the thumbnail. 3 is nothing compared to the 10s of other IP that have been frequently adapted The most adaptations I can think of are Pinocchio A Christmas Carol The Wizard of Oz Snow White Tarzan Cinderella
@smaugthefiredrake7840
Жыл бұрын
This is what I was thinking. It's strange for them to say the book has been adapted 'multiple times' when it's actually only twice in sixty years, which isn't that crazy compared to the others you listed (and many more besides). And as you say, the new film is a prequel - it's a new story with an existing character, it's not an adaptation of the book, so even after this one it'll still only be twice in sixty years, plus a prequel. I get what they're trying to say, and fresh new ideas would still be super appreciated, but this felt like an odd example to use to prove that point. But then I'm also super biased because it was one of my favourite books as a child and the idea of learning about Wonka's past is super exciting to me even as an adult, so maybe I'm being blinded by that!
@tamarleahh.2150
Жыл бұрын
Batman
@11more40
Жыл бұрын
@@tamarleahh.2150don't you dare
@11more40
Жыл бұрын
Pinocchio LMAO they made like 3 things about this guy in the same freaking year out of nowhere
@SlapstickGenius23
Жыл бұрын
@@11more40 I’ve seen a ton of Tarzan mockbusters from Bollywood. One of them is Adventures of Tarzan ‘85.
@d_c_C
Жыл бұрын
There’s more than enough money and more than enough creativity out there to launch new stories. As long as heart and passion make their way into the story telling, audiences will take note and embrace it.
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@Peleski
Жыл бұрын
I'm a big believer in the "only 7 basic plots" idea. I've never seen any sensical movie which didn't use them. So what we have now is pretty much the same movies, hopefully with quality direction and acting. People don't mind reliving stuff. Christopher Lee for example, said he read LoTR ever year. Also it's an easier sell to investors to pitch a remake of something they know, than a new story they don't.
@Ripplin
Жыл бұрын
I just wonder why they've never adapted Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator!
@Mazou-tj4ne
Жыл бұрын
Apparently, Roald Dahl (the original author) disliked the 71s' movie "Willie Wonka and the chocolate factory" so much that he explicitly stated to never adapt the sequel.
@Ripplin
Жыл бұрын
@@Mazou-tj4ne I could see them doing it anyway if the current iteration-or some future one-of the original story does well. Other people have ignored the creator's wishes before. (the anime "Metropolis" comes to mind) Well, as long as the estate doesn't get involved.
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
@@RipplinYeah. Charles Schultz specifically directed that the Peanuts were to dies with him. Disneyland was supposed to be affordable.
@zbr76
Жыл бұрын
@@Mazou-tj4ne You say that, but some of Wilder's quips like "a little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men" are given to Wonka in Great Glass Elevator. Perhaps Dahl wasn't as critical as believed.
@linzzz519
Жыл бұрын
The rotten, vermicious knids ate the script.
@ShyRonnie13
Жыл бұрын
If there's one thing we don't need to know it's why Willy Wonka is a weirdo . It's part of the character's mystery . I was already upset when Burton came with this story about Wonka's dad being a dentist.
@tiablue9106
Жыл бұрын
I agree, but I think the movie could work if it just expands on the backstory tidbits from the book / wonka's rise to fame rather than "this is why he's like this", y'know? they can keep him as his familiar self. the book already gives some background on the factory so a prequel isn't totally unprecedented
@informeducateself
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was an unnecessary filling.
@KingdomHeartsBrawler
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact - the subplot with Wonka's dad was something Felicity Dahl herself suggested.
@19Rena96
Жыл бұрын
@ImAKangwithnokingdom And yet she would know better than all of you.
@earthwalkereloc9096
Жыл бұрын
To be fair, the dentist backstory doesn't really explain why Wonka is weird. It only explains how his obsession with candy began.
@StephenLeGresley
Жыл бұрын
The pandemic decimated Hollywood, we're going to see more of these because now more than ever studios are going to be racing towards the safe bets. What I'd like to see is adaptions of some of Shakespeare's lesser known works into a different format. Imagine Othello as a modern day political thriller, or King Lear as a Succession style power struggle. West Side Story is Romeo and Juliet incase people don't get that. As much as I love "Mary Reilly" I would still like to see a version of Dr Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as a horror/crime movie more in line with the novel. I remember watching David Cronenberg's "The Fly" and thinking to myself "This is a retailing of the Jekyll/Hyde story in the modern day and look how amazing it is." If we have truly reached a point where there is no original stories left to tell, then we need to start re-imagining the ones we have in creative ways.
@Ougerosity598
Жыл бұрын
💯
@caronstout354
Жыл бұрын
How about the Zombie Apocalypse adaptation of Romeo & Juliet-"Warm Bodies"...
@MsJubjubbird
Жыл бұрын
Then Thing I Hate About You was a great film, as is Clueless. Even though they were teen movies, the Cinderella Story series worked well for their target audience because they were modern spins on a new story. As we're into diversity casting what bout movies covering historical events and cultural stories in non western cultures?
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
Original like animated lions doing Hamlet?
@mysticalkeyblade759
Жыл бұрын
I grew up with the Tim Burton version and it’s weirdly more faithful to the source material. The lyrics in the Oompa Loompa songs are straight from the book!
@Tillyard86
Жыл бұрын
Lose that back story with Wonka’s dad and you basically have a perfect adaptation.
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
Amazingly, it just makes me glad I never read the book. And I had actually wanted to.
@bchristian85
Жыл бұрын
Most 70s/80s movie adaptations took a lot of liberties with the books they were based on. 'The Shining' is another example. Hardcore fans of the King novel like the '90s remake more than the Stanley Kubrick film because it was more faithful to the book, but I like the story as it was presented in the Kubrick film better. It left a lot more open to interpretation.
@Acidhair
Жыл бұрын
True but I always found the color scheme off putting
@Sam-ey1nn
Жыл бұрын
Show me the part in the book where it describes Wonka as a feminine looking and sounding man?
@covagotnextgaming
Жыл бұрын
Without Gene's take on Wonka, we never would have gotten "Good day Sir!" 😂😂
@christopherdriesenga4156
Жыл бұрын
Another reason they continue to remake movies is to retain their license for the characters. Many character licenses expire and become public use after a certain time if not used. This means the studio needs to make a movie again to retain control of the license.
@lollersaqwescfgvh
Жыл бұрын
That makes sense
@strangestparticle
Жыл бұрын
I think the reason we keep on getting the same stories is because most people actually like the repetition. Most blockbusters have the same plots. I remember watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2014 and telling my friends the movie had the exact same plot as 2012's The Amazing Spider-Man and they just couldn't see it. I like studying story structure so I spot it right away. I've noticed that the general audiences like the comfort of the already known structures. Anything too different and too challenging just won't make the cut; these types of stories are pretty much reserved to indie movies and such. So I gather that in order to have successful "new" stories on the mainstream, they must strike an adequate balance between elements that are popular and elements that are rare. However, that also depends on a lot of other variables like timing and how it is executed. But in general I think that in the last 10 years or so the industry became saturated with too much productions being made. So hopefully this huge remake/reboot/revival wave is just a phase until things are adjusted.
@melodybaoin1425
Жыл бұрын
It really is. The goal is to make something new out of an old idea. The problem is movie studios just coat old movies with a new coat of paint instead of expanding it , improving it or creating something a new spin on it. I will prefer movie remakes with poor box offices like : Atlantis or Treasure Planet. Compared to before, a lot of people are now open to genres like steampunk or alternative history.Instead they chose the classic ones because it is much easier to sell.
@benamisai-kham5892
Жыл бұрын
This. Challenging movies don't market well. For instance: knives out; a wonderful film, really fun and felt refreshing for once- but on the other hand my mom hated it because it wasn't an obvious story, and you had to think about the story connections. It made me realize that the movies getting big, and the ones people praise, are usually ones that spell everything out and make them feel satisfied for it being complete. Meanwhile, what I prefer, are movies that make you think about them for days after they end, making you question different parts of the movie and feel unanswered. I like solving the movie and deciding how it should feel to myself, rather than a director outright telling me how to feel and how to interpret the story.
@davidfernandez8515
Жыл бұрын
Spot on. If you understand story structure you know it's almost sacred. It doesn't mean that you can't step out of it, but if you do you better know why you do it because the audience sure as hell is going to ask
@captcrouton
Жыл бұрын
The Hallmark Channel comes to mind.
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
there was a study that showed people prefer a story if they already know how it ends, and spoilers actually make it more enjoyable. i think that's happening here a bit, since we already know the gist an adaptation, we're more willing to give it a chance, whereas something new is unknown and might not grab our attention
@STho205
Жыл бұрын
Roald Dahl severely rewrote Ian Flemming's "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" to turn it into a Sherman Brothers commercial musical...so Dahl himself got rewritten to turn Charlie into an enjoyable commercial musical in 1970. What goes around comes around.
@mew10521
Жыл бұрын
Love that song
@exiletopoppeyland
Жыл бұрын
We watch it for the same reason people get stuck in toxic relationships. It's the same person (characters), so we have a glimmer of hope.
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@phillipshrader5726
Жыл бұрын
I think the better question would be is, "Why do they think changing something that was loved for what it was is gonna be as successful?"
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@slawck9635
Жыл бұрын
The 72 Gene Wilder Wonka movie is so many miles beyond classic it's impossible not to watch whenever it's on. The tim Burton remake was forgotten by me after the first time I watched it. Just like Steven King being too proud to admit Kubrick turned his good novel into the best and most studied horror movie of all time there is no comparison. Watch the novel adaptation remake of the shining if you don't believe me 😂
@pedroxqui
Жыл бұрын
A big point i don't think you mentioned was, we as an audience, like to see our favorites over and over again... and when we have seen them a lot, we like to see new versions of the same thing, even if just out of curiosity to see someone else interpretation or how could they achieve X scene, specially as new technologies emerge and suddenly that thing that wasn't able to be adapted properly due to technical impossibilities, now can!
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@pyrosplicer85
Жыл бұрын
Wonka does not appear to be a rehash, remake or adaptation of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It look to be a story of just HOW Willy Wonka built his chocolate factory. The book/movies was essentially about Wonka looking for a successor to the factory.
@BamBam_PDX
Жыл бұрын
My theory on this: it’s because of social media. During the first year of the pandemic I deleted all my social media accounts. I was AMAZED at how many great creative ideas I had during that time. I think social media has a way of turning off that part of our brain, or at least exhausting it so that it doesn’t function as well. Maybe a neuroscientist can chime in here, but that is my philosophy. Every since the popularization of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, it seems like it’s been bad remake after bad remake.
@Gabe-z8o
Жыл бұрын
I mean there’s the fact it’s a cash grab but also I think we like retellings for the same reason kids like being told their favorite bedtime stories over and over. It’s comfort watches
@professorbaxtercarelessdre1075
Жыл бұрын
very likely
@adde9506
Жыл бұрын
It's to see how hard they fail.
@shockcat5988
Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of the reason is that for a long time theater arts were basically a non-recordable event. The actors who played them would be in the community or be traveling to other communities, or the people that wanted to see them would have to travel far. Eventually there would have to be replacement for the actors and and if the stories were were popular, they would evolve or change over time. Now with the advent of recording, digital plays, basically were running into a conundrum where we’ve done almost everything we can do.
@nikolatesla5553
Жыл бұрын
There is nothing wrong with doing a remake. We have been redoing Shakespeare for centuries. Different actors, different directors, different productions all can contribute to another enjoyable and even better viewer experience. The 1939 classic The Wizard of Oz was a remake as was the 1950s Charlton Heston Ben Hur. So was Kurt Russell's The Thing, Little Shop of Horror, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Fly and Sabrina. I would argue that every one of those remakes were superior. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks' You’ve got Mail was the third iteration of The Shop Around the Corner, all of which were good movies.
@Quirderph
Жыл бұрын
Heck, even most of Shakespeare's plays were remakes or "biopics."
@concienda
Жыл бұрын
The difference is a play is written to be adapted. That's why it's mostly dialogue and often deliberetly vague in description of characters, costumes, surroundings and other elements. It is designed to offer many artistic choises. If you write a novel or direct a movie you have to make most of this choices. The possibiities of adaption become smaller. There are good remakes and remaking or readapting something is totally fine but i wouldn't compare theatre as an art with the remake of an existing movie property.
@ExNihiloComesNothing
Жыл бұрын
The 90's Sabrina was definitely NOT superior.
@newagain9964
Жыл бұрын
Your cherry picking. 90% of remakes are 💩
@Yetaxa
Жыл бұрын
calling the Wizard of Oz a 'remake' implies that it remade a previous film. While there had been many previous adaptations, they had all been *very* loose with the source material The 1939 film was an attempt to rectify that. It doesn't adapt any previous film
@gregorykeithmorris3970
Жыл бұрын
What a good video. With respect, I do prefer the '71 film to its book and Burton's movie. It captured the whimsy, timelessness, wonder, pacing and dark undertones of Dahl's writing. Giving the Oompa Loompas orange faces and green hair was a step above the original book's rewritten portrayal (sorry, but the illustrations looked like something from a dated 30s cartoon). It's nice that little people were employed. Having Slugworth test the children was a clever way of determining who'd be a good successor. I like the idea of Wonka planting the tickets in particular places and sending his spy to them. The film's vignettes are better than the book's one of a woman having their filling ripped out. Charlie was an active, realistic character. Though Charlie made a mistake, he was a nice child at heart and atoned. The 1971 picture actually had a wonderful portrayal of a single, working mother. That's admirable. Cutting down the amount of bad parents made each character shine, the bratty kids were more natural in their executions. Having the lucky five golden ticket winners essentially sign a liability waiver was hilarious. Though he didn't appear until 45 minutes in, Gene's smart acting choices and the script resulted in a layered, impactful performance. Classic songs, legible lighting, lush color, mostly efficient, practical sets, a more than adequate ending and German location footage were bonuses, too. I can understand why Roald didn't enjoy it, but I don't want to take the word of a man who cheated on Patricia Neal and made horrible remarks about Jewish people. I can separate the artist from their work, most of Roald's writing holds up, but he wasn't a perfect person. As for the upcoming movie, I honestly don't know what to think of it as a whole.
@edwardrhoads7283
Жыл бұрын
Johnny Depp was a terrible and very creepy Wonka. No... The rapping umpa loompas was just awful. Terrible remake.
@lisaroper421
Жыл бұрын
Yes, to me it is totally plausible that Dhal himself couldn't tell which part of his writing was the part the rest of us liked. So if he didn't like the movie-- oh well!
@texanarchy666
Жыл бұрын
@@edwardrhoads7283willy Wonka is supposed to be creepy. He's evil. The original oompa loompas were literally African slaves
@amicaaranearum
Жыл бұрын
@@edwardrhoads7283 Honestly, I’ve never been able to sit through the entire 2005 film; Depp is just too off-putting. But from what I have seen, it seems like the dialogue much less clever in the 2005 film, the jokes being low-hanging fruit. (“Don’t touch that squirrel’s nuts!”) The 1971 film - despite being a kids’ movie - has more to offer adults.
@ShakaCthulu
Жыл бұрын
For sure. The book Oompa Loompas looked like cartoon Sambos & Gollywogs. Wolper chose wisely & created something future studios wouldn’t hide in a vault or try to re-edit, though I’m sure the terminally offended will find something about it to tear down. At its heart it’s a story about a cynical inventor who seems to be permanently on a dark path, is jaded with the hyper-capitalist system, and his search for a successor is as much about getting his own soul back as it is preserving legacy. Quaker wanted to sell candy through it, but good filmmakers find a way to slip things in. Breadtube youtubers like to brand Wonka as some demented billionaire tycoon who has slaves, who threw the town into poverty by firing the townsfolk. They ignore that he did that because his employees kept betraying him & harming the company to profit from industry espionage. And when Wonka's explaining why he tested Charlie Bucket, his primary concern is his pact with the Oompa Loompas and who'll protect them when he's gone.
@WarhawkBeyond2040
Жыл бұрын
I think a lot of the truth is that filmmakers have completely run out of original ideas and stories hence why they recycling the same things all the time. No studio wants to take risks or try new ideas, some remakes can be very good but for the most part, nothing can ever come close to an original because it's the first one. Times are changing but sadly not for the better
@yourmajesty3569
Жыл бұрын
For thousands of years folks passed down stories orally, and often retold variations of those stories over and over and over. Sometimes a good story is a good story and wants to be retold and expanded on BECAUSE IT'S A GOOD STORY. That's why we remake great movies. Because we want them to live on.
@Augustus087
Жыл бұрын
You can TRY but you will never replicate the magic that was and is the real Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder.
@traviscushing2973
Жыл бұрын
It's astounding how effortlessly he became Wonka, how every line he says can be interpreted two or more ways, one of my absolute favorite performances. Rest in peace Gene
@masterknife8423
Жыл бұрын
Real Willy wonka? That would be Dahl's own original version of the character. Honestly too many people ride that film to death
@Augustus087
Жыл бұрын
@@masterknife8423 I saw it as a child in 1971 and therefore, it will always be the Real Willy Wonka to me.
@welfare_king
Жыл бұрын
@@Augustus087Well I watched the VeggieTales "Lord of the Beans" before I ever read/watched the actual Lord of the Rings but that doesn't mean it's the real fcking Lord of the Rings 💀
@SweatyTurban34
Жыл бұрын
@@masterknife8423wdym “ride that film to death” lmao. i’m only in my 20s, saw it as a kid, and once again recently with an unbiased lens. and it still holds up to be one of the most influential films ever. great writing, cinematography, music, acting, set design, and clever jokes. it is a great move. depp’s was pretty good too tho
@FantasticBeasts2024
Жыл бұрын
I think with the Harry Potter tv series reboot - we’re gonna get a Willy/Charlie situation - both different, one more faithful to the source material, but both have merit and are technically in different mediums.
@RidireOiche
Жыл бұрын
The "kid gets a chocolate factory" story loses a lot of its magic after Charlie takes over and his factory gets sued for numerous counts of recklessly endangering a minor and human trafficking/slavery. And when the food and drink standard boards find out what is going on he'll be bankrupt by the health vode violation fines.
@dentistrider3874
Жыл бұрын
Too much Film Theory?
@hollowheaded9319
Жыл бұрын
He'll just reopen his factory in China, he'll be fine.
@tiablue9106
Жыл бұрын
in the 1971 movie everyone signed a contract saying wonka can't be held responsible for anything that happened to them, esp since they ignored all his warnings
@dylansylvester4719
Жыл бұрын
Human trafficking laws only apply to humans
@Sorcerers_Apprentice
Жыл бұрын
@@dentistrider3874 You mean Legal Eagle, right?
@trevorthompson572
Жыл бұрын
At its most pure, every generation deserves its own adaptation. You’d never have gotten Keaton or Bale’s or Pattison’s Batman if someone didn’t retell the story. No Joker. No Mummy (with Brendan Fraser). It isn’t inherently bad, it’s just often poorly done.
@Vaquix000
Жыл бұрын
Batman isn't a great example - it's been Painfully overdone. They could have stopped at Keaton, there was no need for other versions of batman. As for the Joker, he's just an evil criminal clown - not the most original or interesting idea at all and certainly don't see why we get multiple actors playing him.
@kuromiLayfe
Жыл бұрын
Personally i find prequalizing and Sequalizing an existing property much more interesting than rehashing the same story over and over again just for a new generation.. as lots of stories lose their charm fast due to changes for appealing the current gens.
@jordanholloman5907
Жыл бұрын
As long as the sequel or prequel connects right, I'm down for that as well. Also as long as it feels necessary. One example as an unnecessary sequel being Toy Story 4.
@TomWDW1
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping with the smashing success of Everything Everywhere that we might get some new, creative, inventive, and wholly original films coming out. I have disappointed when watching trailers at the cinema to see that 95% are still remakes, sequels, prequels, or based on an existing IP.
@racookster
Жыл бұрын
As a teenager in the 1970s, I wanted to see Robert Heinlein's Glory Road adapted as an adult animated film. Now I realize it probably wouldn't have worked. The best parts of that book were the long, rambling conversations between the hero and heroine. Nobody wants to see two people riding along on eight-legged horses, talking, and audiences wouldn't have liked the ending.
@caronstout354
5 ай бұрын
I'm a life-long fan of Heinlein, and hope that someone or some network adapts "Stranger in a Strange Land" as a movie or mini-series...
@covagotnextgaming
Жыл бұрын
I love both Willy Wonka and Charlie in the chocolate factory movies. I think both actors, Depp & Wilder, did great in their roles and in bringing their own take on the character. A young me has always wanted to visit both chocolate factories 😂 I still rewatch these movies, to this day. I've never read the book, but maybe I wouldn't like it, because of how much I like the movies 😂
@ShakaCthulu
Жыл бұрын
Good take. Depp’s effete, foppish Willy Wonka was an interesting approach.
@dubwub4667
Жыл бұрын
It’s like the world is just living on groundhog day making the same stuff over and over
@masterknife8423
Жыл бұрын
The director of the Paddington films is making Wonka. It's in good hands if you ask me
@travis5732
Жыл бұрын
This applies to all forms of telling a story: we've been telling dealing with the same topics, the same base stories for millennia. But repeated adaptations usually get to a point in which talentless people who despise past adaptations try to completely destroy the characters and the whole story.
@thisguy1413
Жыл бұрын
I get what you're saying but the jungle book live action remake is arguably the one live-action remake that told the story just as well as the animated movie, kept all of the heart, and even has some elements that the animated movie was not able to capture. That kid did an amazing job considering the fact that he spent his entire time on a green screen sound stage.
@zainabjilani3701
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I enjoyed it as it had a positive, different ending from the book and from the animated Disney one. Apparently in the book, Mowgli did go to the village but was rejected as he struggled to adjust and adapt to human ways and was kicked out. Disney had him leave his animal friends/ family to take to the human life whereas the live action Disney one saw to the methods that made him stand out to the animals actually got used to show how well he can coexist with his humans-like ways but still be contributing part of the jungle community.
@sollywoods7554
Жыл бұрын
The jungle book remake was so much better than the animated version. The Cinderella live action was also very well done and better then the original animated. The others though... range from alright to ughhh
@VoiceNerd
Жыл бұрын
Nothing will replace the 71 version. Nothing.
@ilikestuff9250
Жыл бұрын
The book can and did Wilder is better in anything but that role.
@zettkusanagi6322
Жыл бұрын
Original ideas do not have to be crazy ideas, we just want a Good Story. The problem with Rehashed stories/movies is that they always limit the project to include elements you cant do without from a consistency view according to the material, but not consistent according to the story. I really thought this new WW movie would be like Finding Neverland + Walter Mitty, an author trying to get his ideas out there writing the original book. Nah...
@G-rz8sz
Жыл бұрын
All this while creative shows and movies get canceled for no reason or never even get to see the light of day.
@markel693
Жыл бұрын
I think it depends on how the storys told and how its shown. Jean's and Johnny's movies while come from the same source material has different feelings to them. Jeans feels like a horror show and Johnnys feels like a sad manchild with daddy issues. The same can be said about Alfred Hitchcock psycho and then the 1998 remake which almost works as a scene for scene remake.
@markel693
Жыл бұрын
Not to mention so many tv shows and movies in America are remakes of foreign films
@lesteryaytrippy7282
Жыл бұрын
I'll be a bit of a contrarian. I don't mind remakes, adaptations, reboots, etc. I think that if they're going to do that, screenwriters AND especially higher ups have to take into consideration that just because they have the source material, doesn't mean it's not ground zero. Writing a story, fresh or rehash, is pretty much a beginning to it! Utilize all the tools of writing and cinema! Studios should know that they shouldn't hurry a masterpiece. And for goodness sake, PAY these writers!!
@NottyGurlStyle
Жыл бұрын
I don’t care how old I get I always love watching Willy Wonka with Gene Wilder..that movie will always be my favorite. As much as love Depp, I hated his version of Wonka. This new one.. I’m on the fence but I will give it a chance. I just don’t think it will have the same affect on me as the first one but I have been watching it over and over as a kid to adulthood.. I already have a bias.
@nick.100
Жыл бұрын
I feel the second one was fine because it just modernized the same story but third one is them taking someone else’s story and changing it
@bexyPTX
Жыл бұрын
I’d like to believe that the success of Barbie is moving us towards an era of creativity and originality (though I’m sure the studios will learn the wrong lesson and create more movies based on some sort of existing IP)
@josendrado
Жыл бұрын
barbie creativity and originality? Barbie had the Mattel logo 😂
@ploppill34
Жыл бұрын
The Johnny Depp version was an abomination. Instead of a chocolate river, it was a diarrhea river.
@grapeshot
Жыл бұрын
Originality died a slow painful death a long time ago🤷🏿♂️
@ilikestuff9250
Жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as originality. Hollywood has been corporate from day 1. Good movies are made in spite of it, not because of it.
@xaviconde
Жыл бұрын
Spielberg's West side story was a worthy remake. It wasn't very successful though in the box office. After the box office failure of Babylon it was predicted that audiences would not embrace 3 hour movies unless it's from a franchise. Then Oppenheimer came and changed that perception. The problem with original movies is most people will wait to stream a movie if they are not sure about its value, or if there's no advantage in watching it in a cinema. I think Oppenheimer seemed like it was going to be a big epic like Interstellar while it's actually people talking for 3 hours and a nuclear explosion. Not blockbuster material but still made people interested in watching it.
@ashtonturner2862
Жыл бұрын
Thank god for A24 studios. Am I right?
@kali3665
Жыл бұрын
Because Hollywood hasn't had any imagination for decades? They HAVE to do the same old thing over and over and over again. What's the old line? William Shakespeare came up with every plot possible, but Americans don't pay attention so they can only repeat those plots ad infinitum and hope no one will notice.
@BrigidsBlest7
Жыл бұрын
Excellent dissection of this issue. Some remakes, re-adaptations are good. A few are better than the original IP. Most are mediocre at best. Generally, I tend to think we don't need more than one adaptation - UNLESS the first adaptation of a book, etc. is absolutely wretched. Then, I suppose, I can understand the desire to try again -- and to try to do better.
@kevinyero7232
Жыл бұрын
I think that the problem is that making money in the past with original movies was easier because people did not have the chance to skip ads, they had to see the trailers on TV, now they just skip it, and that’s why Companies need something to catch people’s attention, plus many people also wait for new movies to go to streaming
@lme4339
Жыл бұрын
Honestly, Timothée Chalamet is my only reason to watch the movie. I have no other reason. In my opinion, he’s an amazing actor and I love his work.
@duinsophie
Жыл бұрын
I completely agree with Roald Dahl's sentiments towards the first film!
@mmmahh9056
Жыл бұрын
I think people just want to see something new but nobody is willing to work hard to make it
@damiantirado9616
Жыл бұрын
There’s tons of new things. You guys just don’t pay for it. It is I deed the consumers fault, not hollywoods or anyone else’s.
@IdentifiantE.S
Жыл бұрын
@@damiantirado9616You’re right !
@AHall818
Жыл бұрын
Rye Lane, Joyland, The Beasts, Full Time, Anatomy of a Fall, Aloners, Past Lives, Return to Seoul, A Thousand and One, Earth Mama, Talk to Me, Amanda, Attachment, Sisu, How to Blow up a Pipeline, Saint Omer, They Cloned Tyrone, Birth/Rebirth, Joy Ride, Polite Society, The ANgry Black Girl and her Monster, Shortcomings, Theater Camp, Infinity Pool, The Blackening, Asteroid City, Elemntal, so many from this year alone. I even liked Plane. Stop watching what the studios tell you to watch.
@trufoosxd
Жыл бұрын
@@damiantirado9616and people have audacity to say they want new ideas and original work but they don't see them because either they the saw the marketing and just didn't care for it, the movie wasn't marketed good, or sometimes they can be mid. At least that's what I think I may be missing a bigger piece to this.
@alexbradley-stocks5109
Жыл бұрын
The 2000s version of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory is my preferred version because it's a much more accurate and Dahl-esque adaptation of the book I grew up with and saw first. I prefer Gene Wilder's interpretation of Wonka to Johnny Depp's weird Michael Jackson parody though. But in all other ways, it's better IMO.
@bugsmith9751
Жыл бұрын
Some remakes are very good, and i liked both willy wonka tellings because they depict the story in opposite ways. The 1971 movie portrayed a light hearted atmosphere, with dark and even grim undertones, while the 2005 version offered a dark atmosphere, with a very happy story and an ending that is far from grim.
@davebaconusa1062
Жыл бұрын
Maybe they'll show grandpa Joe's decent into villiany.
@Magdalena8008s
Жыл бұрын
I'll save everyone some time. It's not complicated and has been shown over and over again. Of course, watch the video and support content. Recognizable IP makes money 9/10. And new IP alot of times doesn't. People always scream about not having original content. There is. Alot of it. More than anytime in history. But nobody shows up. And when it does, it gets sequels. And cycle repeats. We find ourselves back at screaming about not having original IP.
@thecoolbroscoolman4672
Жыл бұрын
We already had the Wonka backstory in Charlie and that was good, we don’t need another
@roqueadeleon
Жыл бұрын
I guess this is only true for mega block buster type films. I feel like most of the movies I have seen recently have been original stories. Funny enough the horror genre (known for it's reboots, remakes, sequels, and re-quels) is also a great place to find new original stuff due to the low budgets. I loved Barbarian and Talk to Me that came out over the last year.
@Novastar.SaberCombat
Жыл бұрын
"Reflect upon the Past. Embrace your Present. Orchestrate our Futures." --Artemis (DD3) 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind’s journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul’s fate revealed. In time, all points converge, hope’s strength re-steeled. But to earn final peace at the universe's endless refrain, We must see all in nothingness... Before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ --Diamond Dragons (series)
@joymcnally6781
Жыл бұрын
That's a very easy question... Because they are timeless classics!
@Numba003
Жыл бұрын
In my opinion, remakes are fine as long as they try to stick to the spirit of the original. However, I wouldn't want them remaking every decent movie every ten years either, no matter how good the quality. Moderation is important lol. That said, I'm generally down for remasters of old stuff on modern tech though regardless. Thank you guys for another thoughtful episode! God be with you out there everybody. ✝️ :)
@Acteaon
Жыл бұрын
Yes exactly. I’m still waiting on a (the) little mermaid turn into sea foam or the beast to die.
@bazzfromthebackground3696
Жыл бұрын
The dilution gets so far from the original, that people begin to forget. I have met people that do not know "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" is a book.
@gowzahr
Жыл бұрын
I find it odd that Dahl's works keep getting adapted to the screen when they often (Matilda and Chocolate Factory) have the message, books good, TV bad.
@Yetaxa
Жыл бұрын
it was always funny to me that Charlie and the Chocolate Factory made such a point about how bad TV was... in 1964, a time when there were 2 channels and it wasn't even shown all day
@arch_caff
Жыл бұрын
I’d prefer we got an adaptation of the Glass Elevator.
@topothelineproductions3624
Жыл бұрын
Snow piercer was a great sequel to the Gene Wilder version and Ed Harris plays a perfect Old Charlie bucket who's since changed his name to Wilfred Wonka when he took over the chocolate factory. If you haven't seen Snow piercer it's a must see sequel.
@sdube001
Жыл бұрын
I grew up with the Gene Wilder version and loved it, but never heard of Snow Piecer. I'll have to look for it.
@vanguardianofficial6048
Жыл бұрын
Snowpiercer is not sequel like you are referring to it as. I’ve seen the video that talks about how it could be “considered” one because of certain story elements, but that does not make it an actual sequel by any means. It’s just a fan theory.
@joeherrera8826
Жыл бұрын
There are just some classic movies that don't need a remake like ET and Back To the future they are perfect the way they are. Also sometimes Hollywood just messes them up when they do remakes. My favorite horror movie Jacobs ladder is a good example of that the new remake sucks.
@ikmor
Жыл бұрын
There's a new Jacob's ladder? Dear god
@redbearddan2000
Жыл бұрын
But when an original movies release, people still say that it has familiar tropes. So now it's physically impossible to create something new without any background. Also, there are still original movies, not sequels/remakes which bomb: John Carter, Pixels, Jupiter Ascending. I know they are not the best in quality, but people wouldn't show up anyway, so it's difficult to understand what people want. Maybe something will change after this year's marathon of box office bombs.
@ilikestuff9250
Жыл бұрын
There is nothing new under the sun. Never has been and never will. Once we get that through the thick heads of every human on the planet, than perhaps films can finally be viewed without a stupid nostalgia filter. I prefer older 70's films but that doesn't mean I haven't loved many modern ones. Original IP'S are dangerous, often unproven from an audience viewpoint. I can name never films that aren't based on older proven IP's on a single hand. Watching something new especially in today's world is daunting. Rehashes are safe and artless, but there's a comfort to them. It might be why audiences pack theaters for them. Movies need to sell themselves to an audience better. It's not their duty as consumers to watch good media, they have no obligation to reward good media anymore than bad media. Adaptations have always been the glut of cinema. People just don't consume the media they were adapted from. Looking at films that today are looked at as critical darlings, quite a few were adaptions of books or musicals. Sure, they often deviated from the books, but in today's accuracy obsessed world that would be rightfully torn to shreds. For every Citizen Kane you had Ben Hur. The Ten Commandments [1950] is a remake of a film less than 20 years old at that point.
@chipskylark172
Жыл бұрын
As a huge movie fan I usually watch movies it’s so exhausting seeing movies nowadays and they’re just remakes unless they’re a big superhero movie. For the longest time you could get great original movies I miss that.
@Tacom4ster
Жыл бұрын
I would watch an Eat The Rich movie with the Oompa Loompas overthrowing Wonka
@arturcirilo7601
Жыл бұрын
Nice one!
@caronstout354
Жыл бұрын
I submit that"The Menu" is the "foodie" adult version of Willy Wonka...
@zakuraiyadesu
Жыл бұрын
Love the videos, man. Keep it up!!!
@dylansylvester4719
Жыл бұрын
The Dune franchise needs to adapt the other 4-5 books
@mannyparranda8891
Жыл бұрын
I love watching smaller productions. They try harder. Like American Mary, not for everyone, but still beautiful in many ways. So many good movies are unknown and overshadowed by big productions.
@exbronco
Жыл бұрын
I didn't watch the last minute of this video. 20 years ago, a studio could make money on rentals and dvd sales if a movie did poorly. they can't do that anymore, hence all the sequels and remakes. they're afraid of risk.
@MERCHIODOS
Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention that no studio had adapt Wonka sequel 'Charlie and the Glass Elevator" because Roald Dahl hated the Gene Wilder version so much he band the sequel to ever be made, even after his death.
@chipskylark172
Жыл бұрын
There are so many amazing great original movies that don’t get promoted that are on streaming services like Tubi but people don’t watch them 🤷🏾♂️
@cinnamonbroom
Жыл бұрын
what are some good originals on there you'd recommend?
@ladymary22
Жыл бұрын
Boy I never would have thought Gene Wilder was pretentious, but Johnny Depp isn't? Oh well life can surprise one
@cindilouwho8681
Жыл бұрын
Gene Wilder is unparalleled ❤️
@Tillyard86
Жыл бұрын
The Hugh Grant Oompa-Loompa annoys me because it makes it clear this is a prequel to the 1971 film not the book. There is no mention in the book of them having green hair and orange skin.
@swaggery
Жыл бұрын
Can you do a video on why some actors are known only for a single role they have done half a dozen to a dozen times? I'm talking John Kramer, and John Jonah Jameson. Those are roles where I only know one actor that has played the role, and I don't think anybody can imagine the role being played by somebody else since they play the roles so perfectly.
@JacobDean88
Жыл бұрын
For different versions. Different film.makers giving their point of view. I don't really care how many remakes they make. I watch it or don't. No harm done. It does nothing to hurt the credibility of the original.
@r4nd0mguy99
Жыл бұрын
Here's an unpopular opinion: The remake "Charlie and the chocolate factory" is actually pretty good. Maybe it works mostly because of Johnny Depp, but since I've never watched the original movie or read the book, THAT movie is the original for me!
@Lmaocat
Жыл бұрын
As someone who watched both movies and read the book, the 2005 movie is 1000000000000x better, the songs are memorable, veruca and violet are different from eachother so that you know who is who (i genuinely got confused watching the 1971 movie when they were on screen lmao) its funny, and it doesnt make you EXTREMELY bored when watching
@SerenitySong6
Жыл бұрын
The only thing I disagree with: the live action adaptation of the Jungle Book was fantastic
@ForeverSweetx3
Жыл бұрын
It's too soon to make another modern Willy Wonka. Johnny Depp's adaptation should have been it!
@NeoConnor1
Жыл бұрын
It's a completely different film than Depp's. And it's been almost 20 years since that film.
@GhostSamaritan
Жыл бұрын
I mean historically, folk stories have been retold for generations. There are lessons to be learned from every story. This is just the modern version of that age-old tradition.
@jackcarlos
Жыл бұрын
Is it possible we've peaked as storytellers? Sure there's different twists, styles, and ideas, but it all comes back to the basic bones of a story. And considering the vast quantity of film/TV we now have, the creative margin is basically zero. Avatar is juiced up Pocahontas. Cars is a replica of Doc Hollywood. Even Star Wars "took inspiration" from numerous movies/books.
@ilikestuff9250
Жыл бұрын
The Bible is just a retelling of Judaism. Ditto with any number of other faiths The Ten Commandments [1950] is a remake of a film just 20 years older than it Quite a few critical darlings in movies are book adaptations in name or setting. It was never original. And thus never will be.
@sergiomartinez5946
Жыл бұрын
Despite what people might think of it, the Johnny Depp version is much truer to the book, besides the daddy issues storyline.
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