Sentences with phrase «less than a remake»

BLUES BROTHERS 2000 is nothing less than a remake of the first, with the same plot, same characters they meet, identical situations, and even some of the same songs.

Not exact matches

So Gawker is remaking comments from the ground up, Denton told GigaOM in an interview in his SoHo office on Wednesday — and the vision behind the changes that will be rolling out soon is nothing less than a reinvention of what the company is about, and also an attempt to literally flip the world of online content on its head.

In truth, there are times when the film feels less like an addition to the franchise than it does a remake of the original movie.

In Kingdom Hearts HD Remix 1.5 the only substantial component is the remake of the first chapter: yet magical, dreamy, although obviously less outstanding than at the time of its release.

It's pretty good, and interestingly enough, less hokey and polished than the remake.

I'm not hating on Nintendo but they are known for remaking games I will agree that super smash bros for Wii u is a fun game but its definately a remake just like GTA 5 and Last of Us both GTA 5 and Last of Us are games that have an actual story and have open worlds and are not just straight up fighting games they have more going on with them than super smash bros and I don't see how super smash bros beat out dark souls 2 I'm sorry but dark souls should be higher due to the mechanics of the game and how well it is designed but I will agree that super smash bros for Wii u was one of the better games of the year but it is not in the top 3 or in metacritics opinion the best I would put it more of top 5 of top 6 game never the less super smash bros for Wii u is not a new game and is the 4th remake of the series

It comes out less like a spoof than a smart - aleck remake of «Meatballs,» minus the energy of Bill Murray.

By remaking a film that won the Grand Prix at Cannes less than a decade earlier, Lee has undertaken a serious challenge.

So the thought of an American remake with «Cloverfield» director Matt Reeves at the helm has been, well, less than appealing.

A remake was produced less than three years later, the first of a neverending string of screen revivals of the enduring classic.

Director José Padilha took the stage after that footage to discuss his new movie, including some talk about the future threat of drones and robotics technology used in war and law enforcement, as he described a remake that may have much less to do with the original than we had expected.

While this film could benefit from a remake with todays technology it seems less thought has gone into it than many horror fans would have liked.

Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga's remake is coming out in less than a month and while I don't exactly dig its visual style (miss those GBA sprites...) the revival of the game looks like plenty of good fun and laughs all the same.

THE DVDs Less cross-promoting than riding the wave, so to speak, of the release of Wolfgang Petersen's already - forgotten remake of The Poseidon Adventure for Warner Bros., Fox has reissued both The Poseidon Adventure and The Towering Inferno in sterling two - disc Special Editions.

Many have feared that it will be a less - than - thrilling sort of remake of «The Empire Strikes Back» — but it is not.

Don Siegel's The Killers (1964) is less remake than re-imagined tribute, with John Cassavetes in the Lancaster role (this time he's a reckless race - car driver), Angie Dickinson as the seductive femme fatale, and Ronald Reagan as the crime boss pulling their strings, but this time the focus is on the killers themselves.

The most repetitive of horror franchises is back again: each new episode brings so few twists to the ghoulish formula that it's less of a sequel than a remake of the first one.

I struggle, however, to remember a less convincing professor of literature and creative writing than Mark Wahlberg in The Gambler, a remake of Karel Reisz's 1974 cult hit which starred James Caan.

The new version isn't even so much a remake as it is a completely different story with the same title, and though the talented cast helps make the film feel less moronic than it really is, «Prom Night» will still bore you to death.

It all looks pretty, and the battle sequences are coherently assembled (though it angers me when filmmakers treat the Chicago skyline so disrespectfully), but «Jupiter Ascending» is only slightly less absurd than «Moon Quake Lake,» the fake movie within the recent remake of «Annie» (which, no joke, is better than you think).

Technically, True Grit is less a movie remake than a second try at filming the wonderful Charles Portis source novel, but the irony here is that the Coens» Ladykillers is a more ambitious, clever concept for a film than their admittedly beautiful western.

Cameron's beef seems to be less with superhero films in general though and more about Hollywood's obsession with sequels, remakes and branding — which is strange coming from a filmmaker who is prepping a new series of «Terminator» movies (the sixth, seventh and eighth in that franchise), four new «Avatar» movies (sequels to a film many consider more a showreel for today's effects than a truly enjoyable bit of filmmaking), and a TV series based on his»90s film «True Lies».

9:30 am — TCM — Love Affair (1939) This film is not as well known as its remake, 1957's An Affair to Remember, which has the advantage of having the more famous Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr rather than Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer — who were both huge stars at the time, but are less known now.

«Ocean's Eleven», Steven Soderbergh's remake of the 1960 Rat Pack vanity project of the same name, is less about the art of the heist — or the heist itself, for that matter — than it is about convincing us all how cool it is.

Sunshine is more of a purist sci - fi film than has come out in recent years, perhaps just a shade less esoteric than another notable entry, Soderbergh's remake of Solaris, less philosophical than Aronofsky's The Fountain, less menacing than Alien, less action - oriented than Armageddon or The Core, and definitely far less jocular than Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, although it shares many story elements and themes from all of them.

Sluggish and even less fun than the head - scratching, unintentionally funny 2006 remake with Nicolas Cage, «The Wicker Tree» only succeeds as amateurish and just plain curious hogwash.

With less than a month to go until the release of Death Wish, a new Grindhouse red band trailer has arrived online for Eli Roth's upcoming remake of the 1974 revenge thriller, which stars Bruce Willis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Elisabeth Shue, Camila Morrone, Dean Norris, and Kimberly Elise; watch it below...

Yes, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is releasing on November 17th, but it's highly doubtful it will have as strong an impact on sales as Pokémon Sun and Moon did... and that's not even taking into account that the former is bound to sell (significantly) less than the latter, since it's not a brand new entry or even a remake.

After Rob Zombie's remakes which introduced a new less - than - watchable Laurie, and Halloween: H20 and Halloween: Resurrection which seemed to...

It's unreasonable to expect this highly - awaited, big - budget, effects - heavy musical fairy tale to earn any less than the lucrative remakes that have come before it.

«Project RED is nothing less than a blueprint for remaking American education — second - order change — not through more or better testing, charter schools, longer school days, more or even better teachers, but through fundamentally altering how we do education, the first real change in the process of education itself in a thousand years.»

We didn't expect Dodge / Fiat would be on our short list, but it drove much better than a Toyota LE, the 2011 update almost remakes the car (we drove a 2010 rental, and wouldn't have bought that), and we could get a Crew GC equipped exactly as we wanted for $ 3 - 9K less than less well - equipped competitors during the May minivan sale.

It's always good to have input from the younger generation of Nintendo rather than just the seasoned professionals, I mean even Shigeru is losing his touch (see: less story - oriented, more gimmick focused Paper Mario like Sticker Star / Color Splash, Star Fox Zero's control wonkiness along with it essentially being Star Fox 64 Remake # 120029, single analog stick for original 3DS, etc) even though he has helped make many of my favorite games throughout his time at Nintendo.

We're slightly less than three months away from the launch date for Square Enix's Secret of Mana remake.

My friend Tim W. pointed out Great Kung Fu G on his blog — less a remake than a reinvention of Irem's Jackie Chan title Kung Fu Master.

I'm not hating on Nintendo but they are known for remaking games I will agree that super smash bros for Wii u is a fun game but its definately a remake just like GTA 5 and Last of Us both GTA 5 and Last of Us are games that have an actual story and have open worlds and are not just straight up fighting games they have more going on with them than super smash bros and I don't see how super smash bros beat out dark souls 2 I'm sorry but dark souls should be higher due to the mechanics of the game and how well it is designed but I will agree that super smash bros for Wii u was one of the better games of the year but it is not in the top 3 or in metacritics opinion the best I would put it more of top 5 of top 6 game never the less super smash bros for Wii u is not a new game and is the 4th remake of the series

This remaster seems a bit out of place considering the remake that should be releasing in less than a year.

Less than a year later, the commercial for the 16 - bit remake in Super Mario Collection (Super Mario All - Stars abroad) would also feature Birdo, here sporting a boa, evening gown, and pearls as the companion of Wart, the Big Boss of the game whose own legacy would not extend nearly as far:

The US sales are less than half of the Dragon Quest DS remakes, and nearly 5 % of DQ 8 and 9's sales.

It'd take less effort on Nintendo's part than trying to remake a much older game that'd need the new models made from scratch and the new content added in the same way.

Due to the huge reaction, we are aiming at nothing less than a «new creation» not limited to a simple remake.

Link Between Worlds, despite being both heavily publicised and the first original Zelda on the popular 3DS console, has only sold 1.8 million units to date, significantly less than the 3DS Ocarina of Time remake (at a more healthy 3.28 million).

Square Enix's 3D remake of magical RPG Secret of Mana is now available on Steam, but the reception has been less than ideal.

Alemani even invited novelist Rick Moody to pen a short story set on the island; and, in a nod to the site's history as a locale for hospitals and asylums in the 19th century, Israeli artist Uri Aran will remake an abandoned office into a fictional examination room with doctors, patients, and strange «procedures» broadcast live — a piece of performance that is sure to be less Treasure Island than Shutter Island.

For example, any fan production must be less than 15 minutes long for a self - contained story, be no more than two segments / episodes not to exceed 30 minutes in total and have no seasons, parts, sequels or remakes.