Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-12-18 (Wednesday)

On 12/20/2024 5:29 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:

Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:

On 12/19/2024 7:50 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote:

Finished grading the final for the first of my two sections, and then
did a little bit of finish up work on the lab class... With that, I got
through:
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soaps: Y&R - Mon's ep. Billy tells Filis[sic!] his Revenge! plot against
Victor; Filis balks at getting involved because of her kids - I wasn't
sure if she agreed to participate or not. Sharon gets hypnotized by
Traci's boyfriend, and remembers that she didn't run Filis off the road.
Ian Ward eavesdrops on a conversation between Claire and Mariah & Tessa,
while Aunt Jordan remembers back to when Ian Ward reeled her in on his
Revenge! plot.
    GH - Tue's ep. Bitch Carly wants Revenge!! on Drew (and Willow), but
Jason tries to talk her down from that. Willow is working some public
charity thing for Jordan, and of course Drew stops by to see her,
witnessed by both a visibly displeased Jordan, and by Felicia. Nina,
with Ava present, discusses Willow's upcoming potential divorce and
custody case with lawyer Martin Gray. Curtis and Michael implement their
plan to eject Drew from Aurora co., but Curtis gets it in writing from
Michael up front. Despondent Josslyn discusses her grief with Trina, who
understands the situation intimately because of Spencer's death.
    DOOL - Tue's ep. Mostly stuff about Cat and her family, or Chad with
Jack and Jennifer, and I really don't care much. NuGabi is already
starting to work on seducing JJ - this girl's libido won't quit!!
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Broken Innocence (Tubi) - This 2024 effort is one of those flicks that
gets you to wonder - if this film had had a budget, a better script, and
better actors and better direction, would it have been a "good film"?

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I think that question applies to just about every bad movie, and the
answer is yes.
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 I’m not so sure about that. I love Batman 1966 but it’s full of cheap shots
that you would think would benefit from a reshoot. But I’ve had discussions
with people and we pretty much agree that if you made Batman 1966 into it
technically better movie, it would probably not be as much fun to watch.
 

But don't forget, "better script."  I'm thinking Plan 9 Outer Space redone as "Ed Wood" or "The Room" redone as "The Disaster Artist."  Two examples of bad movies that mocked because they were so bad, yet given a new *everything* it becomes entertaining.  Not a mock it level, but a good actors with a good script level.
Then there are the straight remakes like "Little Shop of Horrors"or "The Thing." Not that the originals were necessarily bad movies, but between the originals and the remakes, I'll take the remakes.  "A Star is Born" is a movie with multiple versions.  I watched all them and didn't like any version, until the most recent version.
Or you can do it in reverse.  Think of all the great movies that had bad remakes.  I think the criteria still applies regardless as to which movie came first.