I'm not sure how I feel about another Creepshow movie. Wait a minute, I know exactly how I feel. Kind of the way you feel when you keep touching your canker sore. You know it's going to hurt but for unknown reasons you keep jamming your tongue in there.
"Yet his undoing may not be his bad actions but his crush for Eva, a prostitute."
And THAT wins my bad grammar award of the day, sheesh.
I read the Creepshow comic adaptation before I ever saw the movie, and the twisted Bernie Wrightson art was soooo so so much scarier than the stupid zig-zag backgrounds they dropped into the movie. I expect disappointment from this franchise.
The coolest thing about the original film was the poster. The attempt to make the film look like a comic book by adding weird angles/colorful backgrounds utterly failed. It's just an ugly film to look at. The second film was even weaker, although I've always loved that story, "The Raft" with the black goo in the water. Cat's Eye could've been a Creepshow flick.
I use this movie, and Hulk, as examples of bad comic-book adaptations. That's BECAUSE, not despite of, all the clever tricks to make panel divides and freeze frames and "meanwhiles" and all that crap. It's boneheaded to think that's what the kinetic energy of reading comics is about. People want movies that thrill them like a comic book, they don't want to be reminded that c-books have panels and pages and stuff. Duh.
Right on. I like the way Marvel opens each film with it's flipping Marvel logo, but otherwise I don't need to be reminded that I'm watching a comic book adaptation (unless it's Sin City of course).
February 21, 2006 9:14 AM
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That's right, you guys like Sin City. It's odd from my perspective because I can't see the difference between that movie's "faux-comics" decorative elements and the ones in Creepshow, Dick Tracy, etc. To me, Sin City is doing exactly the same thing. (Octo and I have already had an argument about this; we both lost.)
For me, the reason I was so into the Sin City comic book was because of its unique look. The story was okay, but I loved the art. For me the film wouldn't work if that particular "look" hadn't been achieved (i.e., it would be just another action flick). For other comic book movies, capturing the comic book feel isn't nearly as important to me. In fact, I prefer that they don't try to capture the comic book feel (think Batman Begins vs. Batman). I like the idea of my superheros functioning in the real world (e.g., the original Donner Superman).
"...because I can't see the difference between that movie's "faux-comics" decorative elements and the ones in Creepshow, Dick Tracy, etc."
Hulk and Creepshow do stuff with panels and splash pages and such, whereas Sin City and Dick Tracy are importing the visual style off the page without those annoying tricks*. I'm assuming that you CAN see the difference, but the detrimental effect on the movie is the same, for you. Right?
*I haven't seen DT since the first time, so I can't recall if they do that stuff or not. I just remember the makeup and the color scheme.
Dick Tracy is more like Sin City in its attempt/need? to capture the overall look of its source material. I wasn't into the Dick Tracy look. All those yellows are dizzying. Also the story sucked.
I, on the other hand, liked the four-color palette. I recall liking the idea of recreating the odd-looking hoods, too, but that was treated like a gimmick. Granted, that whole movie wound up being gimmick. Failed gimmick, at that.
Remember all that footage of Al Pacino dancing with the practicing chorus line? Beatty must've been on his third bottle of Capt. Morgan's when he approved that one.
February 22, 2006 9:41 AM
[Image] From Moviesonline, "The first real Trailer for the upcoming "Creepshow 3" is online. It is for the epsiode called "Alice" and you can watch a Quicktime and Flash version on the official site's Media section. The third installment to the George Romero/Stephen King original, this time directed by James Dudelson and Ana Clavell ("Day of the Dead 2: Contagium"). To watch the trailer for "Alice" just go here (http://www.creepshow3.com/).
Alice is a snotty sixteen year old with an attitude problem,particularly towards her oddball neighbor Professor Dayton, an inventor and, quite possibly, a mad scientist. Then her Dad buys a strange remote control that seems to affect time and space. Everytime her Dad presses a button the real world changes, and so does she, all for the worse… Is Alice getting her just rewards or is it just her perception of things?
The film is based on the format of the orginal, featuring five new creepy and campy stories to add to the already classic anthology. Besides "Alice" the movie includes the storys;
"Rachel the Callgirl" - Rachel is a sexy, savvy, serial killer with a taste for men looking for paid sex. Victor is a sexy, savvy vampire with a taste for call girls. A match of titans?"
"Professor Dayton's Wife" - A lifelong bachelor, Professor Dayton announces he’s going to get married. He’s such a prankster nobody believes him at first, including his two favorite students, John and Charles. Then they meet his fiancée Kathy – a perfect young blonde with a sexy accent- and they have no doubt that he’s pulling their leg –again. They decide it’s their turn to pull a fast one on the joke-seeking professor, and they set out to dismantle Kathy.
"The Haunted Dog" - Dr. Farwell has no bedside manners. As a matter of fact he doesn’t give a damn about his patients: all he cares about is partying! His uncaring ways get him into supernatural trouble when he unwittingly causes the death of a transient, Cliffie, with a contaminated hot dog. From that moment on he has no peace as Cliffie starts haunting him around the clock. Then again, the good doc may be taking too many self-prescribed medications?
"The Radio" - Jerry is a part-time security guard, full-time loser. He has no goals or dreams other than drink himself senseless and listen to the game on the radio. When his radio breaks down he buys a used one from a street vendor. He soon discovers that this is not ordinary radio. Not only can it have a conversation with him but it can tell him how to get wealthy. Jerry obeys his new “friend”, to the point he does truly terrible things. Yet his undoing may not be his bad actions but his crush for Eva, a prostitute.
"Creepshow 3"
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I'm not sure how I feel about another Creepshow movie. Wait a minute, I know exactly how I feel. Kind of the way you feel when you keep touching your canker sore. You know it's going to hurt but for unknown reasons you keep jamming your tongue in there.
February 21, 2006 6:34 AM
"Yet his undoing may not be his bad actions but his crush for Eva, a prostitute."
And THAT wins my bad grammar award of the day, sheesh.
I read the Creepshow comic adaptation before I ever saw the movie, and the twisted Bernie Wrightson art was soooo so so much scarier than the stupid zig-zag backgrounds they dropped into the movie. I expect disappointment from this franchise.
February 21, 2006 9:07 AM
The coolest thing about the original film was the poster. The attempt to make the film look like a comic book by adding weird angles/colorful backgrounds utterly failed. It's just an ugly film to look at. The second film was even weaker, although I've always loved that story, "The Raft" with the black goo in the water. Cat's Eye could've been a Creepshow flick.
February 21, 2006 9:12 AM
I use this movie, and Hulk, as examples of bad comic-book adaptations. That's BECAUSE, not despite of, all the clever tricks to make panel divides and freeze frames and "meanwhiles" and all that crap. It's boneheaded to think that's what the kinetic energy of reading comics is about. People want movies that thrill them like a comic book, they don't want to be reminded that c-books have panels and pages and stuff. Duh.
February 21, 2006 9:12 AM
Right on. I like the way Marvel opens each film with it's flipping Marvel logo, but otherwise I don't need to be reminded that I'm watching a comic book adaptation (unless it's Sin City of course).
February 21, 2006 9:14 AM
That's right, you guys like Sin City. It's odd from my perspective because I can't see the difference between that movie's "faux-comics" decorative elements and the ones in Creepshow, Dick Tracy, etc. To me, Sin City is doing exactly the same thing. (Octo and I have already had an argument about this; we both lost.)
February 21, 2006 4:03 PM
For me, the reason I was so into the Sin City comic book was because of its unique look. The story was okay, but I loved the art. For me the film wouldn't work if that particular "look" hadn't been achieved (i.e., it would be just another action flick). For other comic book movies, capturing the comic book feel isn't nearly as important to me. In fact, I prefer that they don't try to capture the comic book feel (think Batman Begins vs. Batman). I like the idea of my superheros functioning in the real world (e.g., the original Donner Superman).
February 22, 2006 8:17 AM
"...because I can't see the difference between that movie's "faux-comics" decorative elements and the ones in Creepshow, Dick Tracy, etc."
Hulk and Creepshow do stuff with panels and splash pages and such, whereas Sin City and Dick Tracy are importing the visual style off the page without those annoying tricks*. I'm assuming that you CAN see the difference, but the detrimental effect on the movie is the same, for you. Right?
*I haven't seen DT since the first time, so I can't recall if they do that stuff or not. I just remember the makeup and the color scheme.
February 22, 2006 9:05 AM
Dick Tracy is more like Sin City in its attempt/need? to capture the overall look of its source material. I wasn't into the Dick Tracy look. All those yellows are dizzying. Also the story sucked.
February 22, 2006 9:15 AM
I, on the other hand, liked the four-color palette. I recall liking the idea of recreating the odd-looking hoods, too, but that was treated like a gimmick. Granted, that whole movie wound up being gimmick. Failed gimmick, at that.
Remember all that footage of Al Pacino dancing with the practicing chorus line? Beatty must've been on his third bottle of Capt. Morgan's when he approved that one.
February 22, 2006 9:41 AM