stephen norrington, go fuck yourself.
/film, care of variety, reported this week that stephen norrington is planning to direct a remake of 1994 cult-classic the crow. stephen norrington, go fuck yourself.
seriously, this is the auteur that brought us not only blade (the first one, not the cool one directed by del toro) but also THE LEAGUE OF FUCKING EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. if i have to spell out for you why this is a terrible idea, then you clearly never saw that cinematic abortion. consider yourself lucky.
look, the crow is barely 15 years old. that is way too new to garner a remake, especially considering the original still holds up (i’m a recovering emo kid, i have to watch it once a year). plus, PLUS, the dude wants to take away the gothic stylings of the original in favor of something “realistic, hard-edged and mysterious, almost documentary-style.” the art direction of the original is large part of what makes the film work, especially the way detroit is depicted as near post-apocalyptic, which is actually fairly accurate. the one upside, as pointed out by the guys at the /filmcast, is maybe he’ll cast robert pattinson as the lead which will result in a repeat fatal on-set accident. one can hope.
in summation: stephen norrington, go fuck yourself.
-srd
