Comments on: Stephen Norrington to Remake ‘The Crow’ Documentary-Style

By: romeo

romeo — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 11:24:52 +0000

don’t fix it if it ain’t broke, remakes only work with movies like the ring and the departed, those movies really were set apart from the originals but that Alex Proyas film is a masterpiece, hollywood should keep its fucking hands off of it. Norrington was just fantastic with his work in Blade, he could make another Crow sequel but a Crow remake? no fucking way

By: lesia

lesia — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 21:50:58 +0000

ok the crow remake umm let me see NOOOOO F***ING WAY WHAT A DUMBASS THING 2 DO i liked the crow 1-3 but BRANDON LEE WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY CROW leve it alone stupid hollywood is runing out of ideas seriously just leve the classic crow alone

By: vvt

vvt — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 10:38:55 +0000

leave the crow alone!! or write a different plot and not like the last three which were a total abomination. no remakes for me,please.

By: John

John — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:24:44 +0000

Unless this was a SinCity-like movie based on “The Crow Author’s Edition” (see http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/thecrow/ ) I would hate a remake was made

By: NeverWanderer

NeverWanderer — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:15:28 +0000

I do love that in the context of the article, Brandon Lee looks more annoyed than anything in that picture. ^_^

By: NeverWanderer

NeverWanderer — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 09:50:31 +0000

@Dave3

No, I definitely get what you’re saying!

I think I’d probly be a lot less tolerant of this idea if I hadn’t seen pretty much the EXACT same thing done with the Eric Draven Crow comic back in the 90s.

McFarlane put out a full color series retelling the Eric Draven story as more of a dark, dingy detective story, and with some of the same character moments as the movie. Basically a marriage of the original comic and the Proyas flick.

Now, as someone who swears by the original James O’Barr masterpiece, I was EXTREMELY skeptical… but then I read the comic and was amazed by how well done it was.

Do I like that they’re retelling Eric’s story? No. Do I like that Hollywood is doing nothing new and original with their genre films? No.

But on the other hand, I don’t think any of those factors will decide whether or not this movie turns out good or not.

As for Norrington, he’s about broken even with me. I loved Blade, hated LXG. Even stevens. Plus, I’ve heard plenty of places that his experience on LXG was miserable because of issues with the studio and with the actors. Considering it was a 20th Century Fox production, I’m more inclined to believe they were being their typical domineering selves and didn’t let him make the movie he wanted to make. That puts a little more favor on his side for me.

Either way, I’m just not willing to call foul yet. The actual factors that will decide the quality of the film haven’t been established yet. And, again, I LOVE the idea of a “found footage” style Crow film.

By: Dragon72

Dragon72 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:16:54 +0000

WTF!!!WTF!!! Can’t friggin hollywood come up with some original ideas of their own for crying out loud. The original Crow with Brandon Lee is an iconic classic. I couldn’t imagine anyone else playing the role of Eric Draven. This is a load of crap and quite shocking to hear about a remake. This is completely disrespectful to the entire original crew and cast!!!!!!

By: JoJo

JoJo — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 20:47:44 +0000

(Insert Cheesy Hate Comment) ^_^

By: Handgun Jesus

Handgun Jesus — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:08:38 +0000

@ The Rub First off, The Crow is 15 years old. Learn to count homeboy.

Secondly: Yes, just… fuck.

This is the biggest load of crap I’ve ever heard. It’s like attempting to remake Bram Stokers Dracula and re-casting Oldmen with Carrot Top. You just don’t do it. We’ll never see a remake of the source material like that again in our lifes for one simple reason: It was perfect the first time.

By: zero1

zero1 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:44:31 +0000

Dear Hollywood go ahead and make a new Crow movie but leave the Eric Draven storyline alone.

Not every movie needs to be made in a realistic manner!!!!

By: The Rub

The Rub — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:28:45 +0000

Ah for the love of fuck! Really? Not only is the original a classic, why are we remaking movies that are barely ten years old? That were great the first time around. With all the stuff that made it so great stripped away from it?

Just… fuck.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:17:25 +0000

The original Crow film is a classic.
The sequels have been mediocre and a remake is insulting to everyone involved in the original.

By: necrophantomasphixiation

necrophantomasphixiation — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:12:07 +0000

NO….. JUST NO.

By: TechGOnzo

TechGOnzo — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:40:44 +0000

uhhsmmmeella….Ohh sorry, I just suddenly got that vomit taste in my mouth. umm, yeah…a crow doc…awesomeeeella. gahh happened again.

By: slayerboy

slayerboy — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:56:59 +0000

The original Crow was and will always be my favorite movie of all time. The other Crow movies didn’t make sense and just kind of killed the story. Brandon Lee will always be Eric Draven in my mind. This remake will have to be nothing short of gold, similar to how The Dark Knight was compared to the original Batman movie. The problem is that the original Batman movie was more “comic-esque” style with over-the-top characters and story, while The Dark Knight was gritty, real, and nothing short of amazing. The Crow original was gritty, real, and…nothing short of amazing.

You could literally see these two movies actually happening in real-life, and the acting was phenomenal. I really find it hard to believe how this remake will be anything more than a rehash of the original with horrible acting and over-produced.