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If it's really "better than the original". . .

posted 10 years ago by lazarillo
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why is it rated lower, even on the IMDB, and, moreover, why are the ratings are moving in the WRONG direction?

A lot of modern-day movies start out very overrated (or underrated) on the IMDB because immature fanboys (or in this case, Chloe Moretz stalkers) use a veritable army of sock puppets to rate movies "10" (or "0") often before even seeing them. As more average, casual viewers see them, the ratings tend to normalize. Still, I think a movie bound to be a classic would be able to maintain a rating of at least 7.0 especially on this site full of younger people who seem to know only their own generation.

I also suspect some people would re-apprise their rating now that Chloe Moretz is "legal" because 1. she's now too old for them and 2. they might be able to admit now that the warm feeling in their pants didn't come from a stellar performance in a great movie.

I'm just joking (and being kind of dick) about the last part, but it is really not a reasonable argument to say this is better than the original classic even if you do sincerely like it better than I do. Some opinions are just wrong. "The Transformers" is NOT better than "Citizen Kane", "Sharknado 2" is NOT better than "Jaws". Shakespeare is NOT a talentless hack. Calling this remake "better than the original" does not quite rise to that level of stupidity, but it is getting there.

"Let be be finale of seem/ The only emperor is the Emperor of Ice Cream"

[–] theTRUTH-hurts 10 years ago

It's nowhere near as good as the original and has an appropriately lower score. I actually think the 6.0 rating is a good point higher than it probably deserves. A lot of remake fans will also go around IMDb with their sock accounts voting "1" for the original a bunch of times to try to get the remake rated above it.

[–] KristenStewartForever 9 years ago

It's better than the original.

[–] KingTrump 10 years ago

Yeah, I think she's too old for them now, that's why the board is so slow cause they've moved on to other child stars.

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[–] DimensionsINC 10 years ago

I'd say the original's a 7/10 and the remake's a 5/10.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46dsSv1SzOI (Carrie in 4 Minutes)

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[–] KingTrump 10 years ago

Yeah, you don't plead, you take the wussy route and report them.

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[–] KingTrump 10 years ago

I'm so scared.

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[–] sage2112 9 years ago

I think most would agree that it's not better than the original. I'm in that camp - but I do think this was a pretty good effort with some modern spins. I liked it quite a bit.

[–] ash24m 9 years ago

Original should be rated higher and this should be rated lower.

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[–] KristenStewartForever 9 years ago

That's only because people hate it's a remake. It's BETTER than the original.

[–] KingTrump 9 years ago

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[–] kaydie-fee 9 years ago

It's not supposed to be a remake though, it's supposed to be another adaption of Stephen King's book - but instead of doing that they just ripped off De Palmas iconic 1976 movie - which had better direction, more memorable acting etc. It annoys me that the people behind the 2013 version had a chance to do something completely different with the source material but instead lazily chose to remake the 1976 movie.