2019 Directed by Dennis Widmyer, Kevin Kölsch
Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, move from Boston to Ludlow, in rural Maine, with their two young children. Hidden in the woods near the new family home, Ellie, their eldest daughter, discovers a mysterious cemetery where the pets of community members are buried.
Is it weird that when a person got brutally stabbed to death I thought "I wish we could see this in more graphic detail"
A crappy remake rather than an actual adaptation, this absolutely guts King's novel, but even setting that aside it also just squanders all that melancholy rumination and filial anxiety in favor of magnifying or arbitrarily twisting the clunkiest and/or most literal scary gags from the old (imperfect but still much better) movie. Big missed opportunity.
I really expected to hate it; in fact, I was making funny faces for the first 10-15 minutes. Something wasn’t right—and I don’t know what my initial dismissal was. Expectation? Over produced? Changes that felt forced for modern pacing/audiences?
However, though diverging from original novel and film, it works. There are some really chilling moments (Louis giving daughter a bath is one). I also really appreciate the fan service—if we’re going to make a remake, let’s mess with audience expectation. Sure, a remake is about money, so minor changes need to happen to make the viewer engaged with the already familiar form. So, this film sets up the familiar, but changes it at the last moment which adds another layer…
Went in expecting a shot for shot remake of the original, was pleasantly surprised.
With the huge success of IT, we are inevitably going to get an avalanche of Stephen King movies, just like in the '80s. A lot of the ones from back then were not so great, so revisiting these titles is not such a bad idea. 1989's PET SEMATARY had its moments, but was definitely not canon and, alas, neither is this new version. There are some atmospheric sequences in the 2019 film, though much of it seems pretty rote. This one does offer more talented leads, but the two most notable changes in the narrative don't really have much more impact than anything else and seem a bit desperate. If you haven't run the first one or read the novel, this adaptation might be worth considering, however, PET SEMATARY 2019 is mostly another King movie misstep.
Aunque resulta difícil de creer peor que la versión de 1989.
No entiendo que necesidad de:
1) Hacer Adaptaciones de los libros de King si el objetivo es alejarse del libro.
2) Hacer un remake de una película mala.
3) Hacer una película tan mala.
Demasiadas libertadas con respecto de la obra original, que además no funcionan.
2/10
I thought there was gonna be more people in masks and interesting themes and not just the exorcist lectures a family for 20 minutes
Schade, zum Ende wird’s leider ziemlich doof - warum muss das letzte Drittel des Films so mit der Brechstange anders sein?
Anders als im Buch/Originalverfilmung sind die Untoten hier durchtiebener, schneller, vordergründig mordlustiger... Das nimmt den Schrecken der Geschichte. Gerade die Erzählungen über die lebenden Toten sind im Buch so gruselig: sie schauen mit trüben Augen ins nichts, wandeln „doof“ umher, wirken irgendwie leer... Man weiß nie, was sie als nächstes tun.
this is not good. there really is no point to this. very boring, weak plot. a waste of your time.
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