tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post4893016443182200023..comments2024-03-05T21:05:36.848-05:00Comments on CommentaramaFilms: Film Friday: Pete’s Dragon (2016)AndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-70240246113635105512016-11-19T21:57:43.557-05:002016-11-19T21:57:43.557-05:00I liked the original...I saw it at 5 at the movie ...I liked the original...I saw it at 5 at the movie theatre, and it was perfect to me as a seventies' kid...I liked the bond of Pete and Elliot..."Candle on the Water" was a decent heart-felt tune. Yes, it was weird and cheesy, but that was part of the charm. The remake is horrid...Bryce Dallas Howard is a terrible actress who seems to have to star with dragons and dinosaurs and other terrible actors. As said, it tried too hard to be sentimental and environmental, and my kids and I could not connect with any of the characters. Not to mention, the dragon was FURRY and not appealing at all. What a disappointment! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17332606194897995951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-47827295470372867292016-09-07T11:44:24.249-04:002016-09-07T11:44:24.249-04:00Andrew: Yeah I've said it before about my near...Andrew: Yeah I've said it before about my near total enui about films currently: Hard not find something that is NOT...super hero...action franchise...CGI spectacular...romantic comedy...lame remake (see above)....fart joke level comedy (or the rare Judd Apatow cutting edge, two actors ad libbing and improvving about farts for ten minutes...oh boy), preachy liberal screed drama, or animation. (I am not averse to animated films, but I don't have children and my foreign born wife just has that traditional mentality that cartoons = silly and childish...oh well). Have I missed anything?PikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-16117131314454370922016-09-06T08:56:31.107-04:002016-09-06T08:56:31.107-04:00tryanmax, That was me too. I enjoyed the original...tryanmax, That was me too. I enjoyed the original, but never saw it as iconic or a treasure or anything, and I have no problem with remakes. This was just a lousy movie. It lost all the charm, all the heart, and all the humor. In its place, you got heavy-handed manipulation and a plot that defined "cliche."AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-15763139955236695872016-09-06T08:54:09.792-04:002016-09-06T08:54:09.792-04:00PikeBishop, This is a hard time for films. I'...PikeBishop, This is a hard time for films. I'm seriously having a hard time finding anything worth talking about. Almost everything they put out these days falls in the "meh" category. Movies have become like fast food.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-65971449853173022532016-09-06T01:41:21.526-04:002016-09-06T01:41:21.526-04:00I'm fond of the original Pete's Dragon, th...I'm fond of the original Pete's Dragon, though I recognize how cheap and cheesy it is, and I'm not at all philosophically opposed to remakes. Still, when I saw the first promo for this remake, I thought "dear lord, why?" Maybe if they'd kept it a musical...tryanmaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09881154741574720094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7059293386881623259.post-45558792620983307942016-09-05T17:30:24.508-04:002016-09-05T17:30:24.508-04:00Wow, such a mediocre Disney effort that no one tho...Wow, such a mediocre Disney effort that no one thought to even comment. Says something doesn't it? ;-)PikeBishophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05761380937971970762noreply@blogger.com