The truth is that worldwide
audiences see original, good movies.
Not exact matches
Those who wrote them, being believers, theologians, and preachers themselves, were seeking to make God and godliness known to their
original envisaged
audience, and the first question to be asked about each book has to do with what its writer
saw it as saying and showing about God himself.
With sequels and spin - offs suddenly featuring so prominently in the schedule of a company built on
original storytelling, it's refreshing to
see Unkrich, co-director Adrian Molina, and their two fellow credited writers introducing all - new characters instead of recycling and revisiting ones already embraced by
audiences.
They forget that the
original film version of «The Haunting» (based on Shirley Jackson's truly terrifying «The Haunting of Hill House») worked so well because of what the
audience didn't
see.
Perhaps to make up for a perceived dearth of strip - club scenes in the
original among
audiences who came to
see a celebrity Chippendales act but got a character - driven dramedy instead, this installment promises a raucous road - trip movie as Mike and his pectorally blessed friends travel to Myrtle Beach to perform in an all - male revue.
(It's worth noting this is a relatively straight adaptation of the 2006 Japanese teen drama Taiyo No Uta, not that the target
audience will have
seen the
original.)
Instead, the more «out - there» character work is given to Kate McKinnon in a role so daffy that she will likely be
seen as stealing the movie for a sizeable percentage of the viewing
audience, as well as for Leslie Jones, who isn't as hilarious in a more earthy character, but I do think she offers more to the comedy than Ernie Hudson had been afforded in his stint as the non-scientist member of the quartet, Winston, in the first two
original movies.
Without
seeing the
original version, it's unclear whether that material was superfluous or whether it was plot and exposition that might have helped the
audience put two and two together.
While there's plenty of exotic colour in the
original One Thousand and One Nights folk tale, it's hard to
see how the genie himself is all that fascinating without a human foil to bounce his cosmic skills off, let alone how
audiences will be expected to main interest in an entire tribe of spirits.
I'd wager that a poll of exiting
audience members unfamiliar with the
original work would yield a much higher percentage of viewers who might regard what they've just
seen as a drama with moments of comedy, rather than the ribald farce most who are familiar with the play know it to be.
As for a Cloverfield 2, success wouldn't be a sure thing, even with a small budget, as the
original film's reception was far loss positive amongst
audiences than a similarly Internet - buzzing and viral marketed movie like
Saw.
Carrie»13 is a good example of a remake that nobody asked for - the
original Carrie, like The Exorcist, was a product of its time and its unique ability (then) to surprise an
audience seeing it for the first time.
It'll be interesting to
see if
audiences embrace the movie as much as others did at Sundance, but it also looks to be probably the most
original film debuting this summer.
Producer Jamie Adams added: «Dolly Wells is an incredible story teller, she has created a brilliant ensemble of
original characters for Good Posture that are being brought to life by such inspirational collaboration with her genius cast and crew, this is a movie we're all very excited for
audiences to
see next year!»
The aim is no doubt to find a new
audience, plus recapture lapsed fans who were drawn into the
original by flashy CG - only TV commercials and cocky magazine ads suggesting that «the guys who make cartridge games» would want to shuffle off this mortal coil after
seeing FF7 action.
The reason that the
original Pitch Perfect film did so well in 2012 (making $ 115.4 million on a $ 17 million budget) is fairly simple: it gave
audiences something that they hadn't really
seen before.
The first release from his multi-film Netflix deal, Western farce The Ridiculous 6 is part of his attempt to
see if an
original serving of his broad comedy stylings will work for the streaming service's
audience, and the first trailer is now online.
Update: Here's the full performance:
Original Story: We've all
seen how amazing Labo's piano is, but the sheer brilliance of this setup is going to get a wider
audience thanks to NBC's The Tonight Show.
Not everyone will like it (many in the
audience I
saw it with were legitimately angered by the film) but definitely one of the most
original and unforgettable experiments in recent years.
Jordan Peele's crafty horror - comedy is a true
original, and it was gratifying to
see something different that also connected with an
audience.
After Dumb and Dumber To was released it was easy to
see why — most critics and
audiences thought it was too much of a repeat of the
original film.
I can't pretend that I haven't
seen the
original Korean version of OLD BOY, the one that blew away an international
audience and earned cult status.
Why would
audiences go
see this movie that's nothing more than an obvious retread when the
original — starring Arnold Schwarzenegger — is so readily available?
My friends and I had some fun guessing as to what the
original ending was, and while I'm pretty sure we nailed it, I can
see where the studio, hoping this movie finds as wide an
audience as possible through word of mouth, wanted the ending they did in order to appeal to the more mainstream horror fan.
We'll have to wait and
see if
audiences flock to this follow - up like they did with the
original Neighbors, which earned $ 270.6 million worldwide from a $ 28 million budget.
And though it may not differ as markedly from the
original as Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux did, it nevertheless remains an unqualified triumph, the kind of cinematic experience that reminds
audiences why they fell in love with Wong in the first place, whether they're rediscovering the film or
seeing it for the first time.
This is yet to be
seen, the score heard in the trailer is Johansson's but sounds daringly close to the
original score, as an
audience, we haven't heard any of the new material just yet.
Set 13 years after the events of the
original, Rings promises to take
audiences further into the dark mystery of Samara by revealing «a movie within the movie that no one has ever
seen before.»
Perhaps we'll
see how a broader
audience handles the material, as Broadway will
see an new production this spring, with Jeff Daniels (reprising his role from the
original off - Broadway production) and Michelle Williams.
Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted
Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the
original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in
audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.
Though
audiences will sadly have to wait a little longer to
see Martin Scorsese's «The Wolf of Wall Street» after the director failed to meet the
original date, there are still plenty of great movies on tap, including a few award hopefuls, a pair of blockbuster sequels and more.
Given the number of great films under its belt, sequels are understandable, as both
audiences and the filmmakers get the opportunity to
see memorable characters again, while also likely creating a project that will be more successful at the box office than
original films.
Nancy, the classic master teen mystery - cracker, will be shown in a way you've never
seen before, by a creative team with a huge respect for the
original tales, and what she could mean for a modern
audience.
It's a way to introduce the heroes and villains of that
original trilogy to a new
audience that might not be as familiar as the
audience that went and
saw the films when they first came out.»
«I'm looking for great storytelling that teaches readers to
see things differently — whether it exposes a story of modern corruption, tells the backstory of a historic scientific breakthrough, recasts
original research for a popular
audience, or in the case of biography and memoir, holds up a mirror to a specific experience and shows what is universal in it.
One builds a trustworthiness out there in the world «over time» whether in person or online; that's the beauty of being genuine and consistently so because readers and site owners come to
see what their reading
audience has to share and they, the
original essayists, can look mighty good too because we all know time is important and a good marketer will pick his or her spots!
Since the
original Kindle Fire made its debut, Amazon's devices have
seen numerous upgrades, with the HD coming in various sizes and offering content for numerous different
audiences.
Update: Here's the full performance:
Original Story: We've all
seen how amazing Labo's piano is, but the sheer brilliance of this setup is going to get a wider
audience thanks to NBC's The Tonight Show.
We've
seen Bungie struggling to keep providing a large and hungry
audience with new and exciting content up to the same groundbreaking standard as the
original game, and we've
seen it in the whole industry time and time again.
It is exciting that there is still much love for this old franchise and hopefully we
see more remasters, reboots and remakes of older experiences, both to please
original fans and to share some early video games with a younger
audience.
It's been a while since we've last
seen Atlus's Devil Survivor series, as the last Nintendo 3DS version came out back in 2011 and its successor hit western
audiences the following year on the
original Nintendo DS platform.
Seeing how the
original was an undermined gem on the extremely underrated Wii U, Splatoon 2, in a lot of ways, feels like a re-imagining of the
original — a fine example as to what the
original Splatoon was supposed to embody in the first place, exposing this fine shooter to a wider
audience.
Following on from the
original cult classics there's bound to be some overlap, though we've yet to
see the extent to which Shenmue has been modernised for both fans and new
audiences.
The title was the subject of very brief controversy, due to Gunvolt's character design, and how western
audiences may perceive him; Gunvolt's
original design included twin braids and an exposed midriff, which is often
seen as an effeminate fashion style.
The hope must be that visitors
see Bathers at Asnières (2010), his interpretation of Seurat's painting of the same name, and feel a welcome connection (the copy's cloistered simplicity is a way of reminding his
audience that until Sasnal was 17, when Solidarity was re-legalised, travel to London, where Seurat's
original hangs, would have been all but impossible).
The Amazon
Originals are at the heart of this - fed by a hugely entertaining pilots week where a handful of shows are let into the wild to
see which ones attract an
audience.