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Re: The Omen - Remake
As a big NON fan of the recent remakes that have invaded the theaters... I must say I was surprised to find this wasn't bad at all. It wasn't particularly revolutionary nor did it do much to try to improve on the original. Richard Roeper pretty much sums it up..."It’s like hearing a great cover version of a classic rock song. They do such a great job. The art direction is gorgeous in this in its own haunting way."
I haven't seen the original in years, and while it's certainly a better film, they could have done much worse with this remake.
I agree, there really aren't any new classics for this generation... but think about past decades and the number of good original horror films from those ones... I'm sure we can all agree that those decades were riddled with countless imitations and pathetic rip-offs. The biggest difference with this current trend is that the rip-offs are flat-out remakes... even the post-Halloween runoff of slasher films tried to have an original concept...
I guess what I'm really trying to say is that THE OMEN is one of the few decent remakes to come out in recent years. Although I'm not a fan of the "loud booming music with a scary flash to scare the audience" technique, I'm happy to report that it happens very little in this one as well.
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