The popular dancing movie, Footloose, was directed by Herbert Ross in 1984. Craig Brewer, produced a remake of Footloose in 2011. Both of the original Footloose and the remake, have multiple differences that split them apart. Although they follow the same theme, the sequence of events that took place happened in different orders and well as some characters were not present in the remake as they were in the original. The acting, dancing, and setting were varied slightly but it followed the same trend as the original. Directors Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer, directed the same film, while Craig Brewer made the film more modern, while keeping the film following the same trend. There are multiple reasons why films are remade. As the most common answer many people would say, would be to make the film …show more content…
more updated. In my era, updated and new released films are more enjoyable to watch then black and white movies with poor editing techniques and filming the movie in general. According to Boggs and Petrie, “Filmmakers have their own ways of explaining what their goal is in updating a film. In their view, they are usually improving the original work by giving it a more contemporary quality or providing a new sensibility for modern audiences. A movie can be updated in a variety of ways” (Boggs and Petrie, 422). By updating films or even producing a new movie, it will give the producers a chance to watch other films and see how they use the camera to find different shots, angles, and color. The movie will also get good reviews if it is shot right. “……he was intuitive enough to retain the crucial element that’s universal in its appeal: teenage rebellion. Sure, the first “Footloose” was a lot of fun and featured a soundtrack of catchy, radio-friendly tunes. Remember that back then, listening to music wasn’t such a splintered, specific activity; you had one Top-40 station in town, and it probably played songs from “Footloose.” More importantly, though, the film tapped into a youthful yearning to be free, to express oneself, and not to let any adults – especially your parents – tell you what you can and cannot do” (Par. 9). This is the reason why Craig Brewer decided to remake the film. When a new era comes around, the interest of the teenagers changes as well. Brewer also mentions, “I want ‘Footloose’ to do this generation what it did to my generation,” said Craig Brewer, the director, speaking by phone from his home in Mephis, “I want it to really shake them up, and I know people will roll their eye, but this ain’t ‘Glee.’ We’ve got a little more danger in this movie. We’ve got more sex and tense moments” (Par. 3) The plot of both of these films are the same, a young teenage boy, who is a senior at Bomont High School is living with his aunt, uncle, and cousins. While his first time driving the town, he got pulled over for having his music too loud. Ren did not know that there was rule against dancing and blaring the music too loud. This all happened because high school students were coming home from a dance, and while they were driving home, after drinking a few beers, the Reverend’s son, crashed into a semi and all died. The accident was only shown in the newer version of Footloose, as people only talked about it in the older film. The town then, made a law that dances cannot be held. After a while Ren got the idea to have petition and try to get the town daces back. Ren succeeded and got the dancing back. In the older version of Footloose, Ren and his mother come from Chicago, Illinois to live with his aunt and uncle. It is not ever explained where his dad is. After Ren got pulled over for having his music to loud and dancing, he talks to his mother about why he is trying to change the law. In the 2011 model, his mother did not move with him because she passed away from cancer and his dad is not present in his life. Ren still got pulled over in the new version, and he then talks about dancing with his aunt. He expresses his feeling to her about dancing and how it made his stress go away after making hard decisions about his mother and her cancer. Lulu, his aunt feels bad for him and then decided that his reason is valid. Furthermore, another big difference that set the two movies apart was the opening scene. In the older version, it starts out by Ariel asking her father if she could go hang out with friends. While her and her friends are driving, Chuck drives by and Ariel starts to climb out of the window, while they are both driving, and climbs over to Chuck’s truck. While she is in the midst of climbing, a semi is coming right for the two cars from the opposite direction, Ariel is not paying attention, Chuck is yelling at her to get in as the truck gets close to them. In the remake, Ariel asks if she can go study with her friends, instead Ariel and her friend go to the races to watch Chuck. Ariel is then about to get killed as she rides in the car with Chuck, hanging out the window, flying a flag after he wins the race. The scene where Chuck is trying to show Ren up is also very different. The concept of the scene was the same, but in the newer version, drag races are held with buses. There is a track that they have to go around and whoever runs other buses off the track or starts on fires win. In the older version, Ren and Chuck are using tractors as they are heading towards each other. Chuck gets nervous Ren will not stop, so Chuck decides to take the ditch and roll into the creek. In the end, Ren proceeds to get Ariel to like him instead of Chuck. Towards the middle of the movie, there is an assault that happens. Chuck is furious and bound and determined to have Ariel fall in love with him again. Chuck proceeds to hit Ariel in the face and push her to the ground. In the older version, Ariel goes to find Ren and tell him what happened. Brewer changes the scene slightly At the end of the movie where Ren picks Ariel up for the dance, Ren cannot get his passenger door open on his yellow bug. In the Ross’s edition, Ren goes around to the driver’s door and unlocks it. Ren is very nervous while he is doing this because it is the school dance and he is also bringing the preachers daughter. In Brewer’s film, Ren tries kicking the door and wants to go unjam it, but Ariel tells Ren just to lift her in through the window. The 1984 film shows Ariel’s parents watching the dance from a distance. While they are watching, another spectator scares them and is surprised to see them watching the dance. In the 2011 film, Ariel’s parents are not present at the dance. Reverend, is more excited for Ariel to go to the dance in the newer film than in the older version. As it may be hard for some to notice a minute difference would be the soundtrack. The 1984 film uses songs that were popular then and the 2011 film uses songs that are popular now. Some of the singers who sang the songs in Footloose, are still popular today. Many of the songs do not overlap and multiple sound tracks were used between the two films. According to International Business Time the reason why they decided to do a new soundtrack is because, “The new soundtrack is decidedly different.
It's chocked full of country anthems. While it does boast major artists like Blake Shelton and Cee Lo Green as well as some under the radar gems like Lissie and Ella Mae Bowen, it's unlikely that this CD will define the era. Nor is it likely to get much play, other than on the States' numerous country stations” (Par. 11). Like stated before, the older version had older songs that are not as popular as they are now. “The initial Footloose captured the feeling of mainstream pop in the throes of the Reagan revolution. Perhaps, that is why the soundtrack has aged particularly well. It stayed on top of the Billboard album chart for over two months and generated an astonishing number of hit singles (six). Footloose introduced Deniece Williams' Let's Hear it for the Boy, Bonnie Tyler's Holding Out for a Hero and Mike Reno and Ann Wilson's Almost Paradise, to the world” (Par. 10). Even though both films are highly reviewed, they both follow the same plot, but then have some major and minor differences. Herbert Ross and Craig Brewer directed an outstanding dancing film, that most American’s like looking at the reviews of the
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Musical masterpieces have been tap dancing throughout the years, with its fair share to the cinematic world. These musicals moved out of the theater halls to graze the big screen. With the American Film Institute remembering these legendary works, here is a countdown to the top 10 of the most memorable and truly enchanting movie musicals of all time. 10. What is the difference between a'smart' and a'smart'?
The original was renowned for its superior script writing, so it would be assumed that it would be obvious to take notes from the movie, yet it seems that the reboot had failed to do so to formulate a new identity. In its attempt to validate the new script, it failed to distribute the same emotions and vibe of a character trying to discover who he was. This had been quickly noticed by fans or the originals and its sequels and drew much ire for seeming to have an oppositely polarized wording when compared to the
Film techniques are used extremely effectively in Strictly Ballroom by the director Baz Luhrman. Costume and makeup, camera angles and lighting and also character behaviours were used to influence the portrayal and development of all of the main characters. Without these film techniques, Strictly Ballroom could not have been made into a film as entertaining as it is and the characters personalities and development would not have been portrayed.
Different film directors normally intercept works of writing in very different way, one example being the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. The old English was translated to modern english in the 2013 film and there is a minor plot twist in the 1968 version of the film where Romeo talks to Juliet via a tree. However, despite the changes, both films are enjoyable and stick to the
In this paper I am going to write about the movie “Grease.” Specifically, on the two main characters Sandy and Danny. I will be describing and analyzing their interpersonal communication, but mainly on the conflict of their communication.
All four movies had serious changes in them that strayed from the reality of the artist. The movie I chose to watch was La Bamba. I really enjoyed the movie, however I was not as thrilled with changes producers made to the story. In his A.V. Club article Kenneth Partidge writes “In the movie, they get something of a happy ending, as Donna, played by Danielle Von Zerneck, professes her love to Lou Diamond Phillips’ Ritchie just before he leaves on the ill-fated Winter Dance Party Tour. In real life, it couldn’t have been so easy. According to Valens’ official website, Donna’s father forbid her from attending the party Valens’ family threw just before he left on the tour.” This exemplifies how rock music can be an avenue of entertainment, and not art. Rather than express the devastation Donna must have felt from not seeing her lover before he died; producers changed the plot to make it less saddening. This was done for the purpose of engaging and pleasing viewers. If the music of Valens was truly valued as art, his story would have been preserved and cherished perfectly. Now using rock music and artist as entertainment is not necessarily a bad thing. One could argue that by making this minor alteration to Valens story, producers were able to make a more successful movie. By doing this a wider audience is then reached. By compromising the whole truth of Valens story, movie producers
Through life, one must make choices in their personal and professional lives in order to maintain a healthy work-life balance. Through the plays Bull, Waste, Little Eyolf, The Homecoming, and the musical Kinky Boots, it is evident that creating a distinction between one’s personal and one’s professional life is essential to living a healthy life. When one’s personal life and professional life overlap completely, trouble ensues.
...wed this particular component to make differences to such challenges from one dance to the next. This was possible due to Fagan’s approach to choreography that are different compared to another choreography that was designed to other Disney films turned musicals i.e. Beauty and the Beast and Little Mermaid. These two notable musicals have taken the stages of Broadway by storm. However, there is an ingredient missing to those shows that Taymor was able to capture from beginning to end with the Lion King. The Lion King musical gave the critics an idea how actors are moving across the stage, embodying the human and animal aspects of all characters from an animated element. It was a risky challenge that Fagan took by radically going from the negative into the positive using dance and movement vocabulary to balance structure and pacing of the highly successful musical.
What stuck out as being most different between the two versions of the movie were how the characters acted. In the classic version, Juliet is a much more timid girl and seems much less "experienced" than in the newer version. I feel that her shyness makes her more desireable. It makes their romance seem much more innocent and more meaningful at the same time. I feel that the new Romeo is much less shy in the newer version. This makes their love seem much more lustful, rather than meaningful. Another actor that seemes to change drastically is Tybalt. In the original version, he seems to be much more in control. Tybalt in the newer version is extremely bitter and much more controlled by his uncle.
After great success of the 2006 film "Step Up", Touchstone Pictures released the sequel called "Step Up 2: The Streets". After the death of her parents, the main character, Andy, was forced to go to the Maryland School of the Arts to extend the range of her dance techniques. At the same time, Andy was expelled from the street dance team called 4-1-0, so she started her own team with several talented but unsuccessful peers from the School of the Arts, who wanted to compete in an underground dance contest "Streets". The movie was directed by Jon M. Chu, who is also known for directing of "G.I. Joe: Retaliation." The film "Step Up 2" has grossed more than fifteen million dollars while its budget was just twenty-two millions; as a result, it surpassed the original movie and was quite successful.
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Through dance and movement, the storyline were expanded with the assistance of choreographer, Garth Fagan. A well-renowned choreographer...
I have chosen to review the film Boyhood written by Richard Linklater that took twelve years to film. In the movie Boyhood, it illustrates the life of a boy named Mason Jr. through the many stages of his childhood to adolescence to becoming an adult. The movie follows Mason Jr.’s life through his years of kindergarten, middle school, high school, and to college. Through these milestones in his life encounters society with socialization, culture and norms that are exhibited through his family, friends, and others. With factors of social classes, and gender that influence Mason Jr. as he grows and fits into the society that is formed. From the events and milestones in Boyhood, it is able to show human behaviour in society from our
Daniel-Day Lewis portrayed the character, Christy Brown, beautifully in the film, “My Left Foot”, directed by Jim Sheridan. The film focused on the story of Christy Brown, a man born with cerebral palsy, which only allows him to control his left foot and to at first speak in mumbled sounds. Christy was born into a very large and poor Irish family that tries to hide him from the community due to the embarrassment, except for his mother, who sees his true intelligence and potential. As Christy grows older, he begins to complete tasks with his left foot that at first seemed impossible, like writing a word, painting a picture, holding objects, and even kicking the front door to save his mother. A major theme in the film is, “he struggle to overcome extreme obstacles and triumph is a testament to the human spirit”. Even though Christy’s cerebral palsy restricts him from doing selected activities and causes people to view him differently, he eventually finds a way to overcome what he is restricted of accomplishing and makes the most out of what he is capable of.
Has anyone ever stopped and thought about why movie remakes exist? There is always a simple explanation to this conception, and it’s either that Hollywood directors are “lazy” or that Hollywood wants to destroy our childhood scares. For the most part, Hollywood isn’t literally attempting to become futile or destroy the integrity of films, but it’s much for the profit of recreating former popular movies. In addition to that, the revamp graphic quality allows for older movie plots to compete against their modern counterparts, but there still remains an issue. In order to reestablish an older horror film, a newer one has to take its place for the sake of pleasing the current technologically adept generation; however, alterations may completely