Sentences with phrase «than remaking as»

Kaprow described all subsequent manifestations as «reinventions», with an emphasis on reinterpreting the original idea rather than remaking as a direct copy.

Not exact matches

The way of distinction, therefore, puts a positive valuation on the time - space continuum and, though it sees divine redemption as the remaking of history into something new, it can not conceive of divine - human interaction in other than historical terms which preserve the qualitative difference between God and man.

That first ATM has been remade in gold in commemoration of its historic accomplishment, and the ATM showing your balance as being much lower than you thought it was.

These scientist, and doctors, can not remake skin, bone, eyes, brains, oval eggs, sperm, none of the sort, so they have no real answer to create a life other than how procreation works, where again what, and how is the very first man, or woman, animal, other creatures, either in the sea, or creeping on this earth was originally created from, as where did they first come from?

Dr. Sears is noted by TIME as «The Man Who Remade Motherhood» and author of many parenting books, including The Baby Book: «First published in 1992, The Baby Bookis now in print in 18 languages, with more than 1.5 million copies sold.»

There is undoubtedly a strand within the conservative tradition that is essentially pragmatic, seeing the job of the ruler as being to guide the ship of state wisely through whatever waters it may pass, rather than setting about, as Cameron himself put it «great schemes to remake the world».

Rather than make themselves a vessel through which Cuomo can position himself as a national progressive leader, community groups are backing candidates like Nixon, lieutenant governor candidate Jumaane Williams, and a slate of IDC challengers in September's primary in order to help remake the party in their image.

While Madolyn's dissimilar relationships with each mark their differences, her part is more plot - pointy than convincing: her sympathies tend to stand in for yours, as the movie doesn't trust in the ethical and political ambiguities of the movie it remakes, Andrew Lau and Andy Mak's brilliant Infernal Affairs (2002).

A touch on the short and easy side, but other than that you're looking at a remake of a wonderful classic made far better by incredible graphics and presentation, as well as numerous extras and multiplayer features.

Still, as Chelsom notes more than once in his commentary, the reason to remake is not to appropriate or even do better.

In fact, the first half of «Mississippi Grind» almost plays out as an unofficial remake of the 1974 film, sharing more than a few character traits and story beats in common.

It also probably gets a little more attention than it deserves, but until Hollywood shapes up and delivers more quality adaptations, the film is sure to receive credit as the one exception to the case against producing remakes.

As a movie, Cry Freedom is little more than an uninspired remake of Attenborough's earlier success.

Naturally, remaking such a revered film is bound to lead to criticism, and the director has acknowledged that in an interview with The Guardian, describing his take as a homage to the horror masterpiece, rather than a commercially - driven decision.

As an owner of a PS3 I'm more than familiour with HD remakes and this game seems to be a decent effort.

As always, there are far too many sequels, spin - offs, remakes and reboots clogging the cinemas, but hopefully they'll be better than 2016's lacklustre batch.

And perhaps improve on the weaknesses they had in order to make sure that a remake can be just as good, or even better than the original.

Race to Witch Mountain proves that some remakes can be just as entertaining if not more so, than the original,

With a fistful of Oscars (including Best Picture and Best Actor), a couple of sequels and a twenty - years - later remake and spin - off TV series, this adaptation of John Ball's lean thriller obviously qualifies as more than just another small town murder mystery.

Race to Witch Mountain proves that some remakes can be just as entertaining if not more so, than the original, but it helps to have one of the rising stars in Hollywood as your leading man too.

As expected, this provided a richer experience than Carpenter's and quite a bit more than a remake - type prequel.

The second remake, produced by D. D. Laurentiss in 1984 and starring Anthony Hopkins as Captain Bligh and Mel Gibson as Christian Fletcher, is reportedly more accurate to the source material than its two predecessors, but lacks epic scale or excitement.

Even though I'd love to see this sci - fi classic remade, I'd now just as soon let it be rather than have Levy butcher it.

While Nintendo's latest revisiting to Samus» story, Metroid: Samus Returns, has been touted as a fun remake of 1991's Metroid II: Return of Samus, in actuality its much more than a simple redo for the Nintendo 3DS.

That it was a remake (of Lina Wertmüller's squirm - inducing Swept Away... by an Unusual Destiny in the Blue Sea of August) was strike one; that it starred Madonna, a lousy film actress considered box - office poison, strike two; that Ritchie is married to Madonna, marking Swept Away as the kind of vanity project that power couples make to spend more time together than their private life allows, strike three.

Only God Forgives is almost more of a remake of Walter Hill's The Driver than was Drive, with its cool - as - a-cucumber «hero», unswayable villain cop and seedy manipulative sexpot.

0:00 — Intro 1:13 — In House: Greg's Departure 12:08 — Review: The Place Beyond the Pines 46:17 — Review: Trance 1:08:49 — Headlines: Stalker Throws Pubic Hair on Hugh Jackman, 3D Box Office Numbers Expected to Decline, Stallone Hints at Mel Gibson as Director of The Expendables 3, Elysium Trailer 1:30:13 — Other Stuff We Watched: Jurassic Park 3D, The Net, Killing Them Softly, Animal Kingdom, Threads, House of Games, The Hudsucker Proxy, G.I. Joe: The Movie, From Up on Poppy Hill, Video Vigilante, Shallow Grave, Phil Spector 2:24:03 — Junk Mail: Is the Evil Dead Remake a Sequel to Army of Darkness, Is Kid Slapstick Violence Funnier Than Adult Slapstick Violence, Twilight Time Limited Edition Blu Rays, Recommended Blu Ray Distributors, Favourite Non-Criterion Blu Ray Packaging, Awkward Family Movie Viewings, Film Junk «Inside the Podcaster's Studio» Interview Remix 2:51:24 — This Week on DVD and Blu - ray 2:53:52 — Outro 2:55:00 — Film Junk «Inside the Podcaster's Studio» Remix 3:11:54 — Spoiler Discussion: All - Star Celebrity Apprentice

Charlie Hunnam kicks off day one of TIFF with «Papillon», telling ET Canada he loves spending time in Toronto with the city's cinemagoers who he hopes will see his latest film as more than just a remake of the original 1973 movie with Dustin Hoffman and Steve McQueen.

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.

She has written screenplays in the past, including the 2011 «Fright Night» remake, and rather than necessarily seeing the books «Sharp Objects» and «Dietland» as one - off films, she saw the open - ended possibilities for making them into series.

The only real weakness of Insomnia other than the fact that it is a remake, is that the plot isn't very fresh, and it takes quite a few shortcuts to move the plot along without good explanations as to why.

Mark your calendars for April 5 as the FilmDistrict and TriStar Evil Dead remake opens in theaters one week earlier than...

As such, it feels like a true follow - up rather than a thinly - veiled remake.

In the majority of cases, it seems, a remake is either seen as worse than the beloved original (for example, the NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET remake) or is a straight retelling of the same story, doing nothing to make it stand out (such as this year's CARRIE).

It was famously remade in 1978 as the Warren Beatty vehicle «Heaven Can Wait,» a film I actually like better than this original, but «Here Comes Mr. Jordan» was a massive hit when it was released.

As you can see, Metroid: Return of Samus is a must - play for any Metroid fan, but the game itself isn't really what you'd call accessible... a remake was more than needed!

On top of that, anyway, he said that as a fan he sees more useful a remake of the original Metal Gear games and the original Metal Gear Solid title (the ones for MSX and PSone, respectively) rather than some sort of reprisal of the two episodes he mentioned.

But rather than merely update the old formula with new effects, along the lines of last year's Ghostbusters remake, the film instead becomes a cute romance, as Babyjohn accidentally turns a pretty vampire girl almost human.

There are plenty of cheesy TV movies that have cornered that market, and more than a handful of films that feature a meteor shower as the catalyst for disaster: NIGHT OF THE COMET (1984) brings about zombies, THE BLOB (1958, with the remake out in 1988) hitches a ride on a meteorite, THE MONOLITH MONSTERS (1957) delivers killer crystals, and a rogue comet in Stephen King's MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE (1986) prompts machines to come alive and attack us.

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.

I don't think anyone expected «Let Me In,» the remake of the Swedish winter - dark vampire thriller «Let the Right One In,» to show up this year, being both a remake and a horror film, but this perfectly - realized film surely deserves a nod as much as (if not more than) most films that made the cut.

Unfortunately, it's not better than «28 Days Later...,» which is close enough to count as an unofficial remake.

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.

In news that is more eye - rollingly terrible than anything else, another The Omen remake is on the way thanks to Platinum Dunes, the guys behind such classic remakes as The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror, The Hitcher, Friday the 13th and A Nightmare on Elm Street.

As a form of pure escapism, it might be worth a look on a rainy day with nothing else to watch, but for your hard - earned money and valuable time, there must be something better one can do than see this silly, superfluous remake.

Raimi's stock has fluctuated more than the price of an oil barrel over these past few years — what with him directing the god awful Oz the Great and Powerful and producing the divisive (but nonetheless gory as hell) remake of his own horror classic, The Evil Dead — but the man knows horror better than most — as evident not only by his Evil Dead entries but most notably in Drag Me to Hell, easily one of modern horror's most underrated gems.

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.

If Scorsese and Strick had found some way of building on this scene rather than simply using it later as a rigid (and not always convincing) reference point, perhaps this remake would have provided some reason for its existence.

Marcus Nispel's recent remake of 29 - year - old Conan the Barbarian had far greater problems in attracting audiences than the marketing, but the trailer and all subsequent marketing materials came off as nothing more than «been there, done that».

Remakes, by design, carry more baggage than original fare, which can be a hindrance as much as it can be boon at the box office.