Hardcore fans of The Crow will never watch this abomination. We already called this movie Trash before its theatrical release. The trailer said it all.
Eric Draven and Brandon Lee is always going to be connected. So, doing a remake, instead of an installment with a different character, was a huge mistake. There's many different novels/versions of the crow that the studio could of turned into a movie.
I was reading an interview with the director where he was patting himself on the back for each and every terrible creative decision he made. I'l be avoiding his work from now on.
Exactly. They take the name of the movie and two main characters and then outside of one line of dialogue do nothing that’s even remotely similar to the 1994 original. Alien Romulus, for example, was able to create a unique story while also paying homage to the movies that came before it. It can be done.
True. I love Bill and he is a wonderful actor. It is almost like these directors are deliberately screwing with great actors and causing their downfall.
The original Crow and Dark City was shot by the same DP, Dariusz Wolski, who I think is genius. One of this most recent films is Napolean. He now works often with Ridley Scott.
Lol, sorry for your pain James but I do love hearing you going off on a bad movie once in a while. Original comic was huge for me as a kid and, like you, the 1994 movie hit right at the perfect time for me and remains a favorite. I think the main thing you see with stuff like this disaster (and I do think it will be both a critical and commercial bomb, without a doubt) is just what a dearth there is of writing and directing talent in mainstream cinema these days. I'm just stunned at how incompetently written and executed so many movies are these days, like... even if you're not a great writer you can at least make your script passable by having some understanding of structure, pace, symbolism, etc., and it feels like even that is beyond many contemporary screenwriters. And then like you said re: the incompetent lighting, how the hell is the blocking, lighting, shot composition, etc. so flat and lackadaisical in a movie costing tens of millions? Yuck! Think I'll watch Dark City tonight since you mentioned it, and I've always loved that one. Btw worst Crow film is unquestionably the one with Ed Furlong. Unbelieeeeevably shit. (But kind of entertaining in how just utterly dogshit it is, so maybe better than this one?) Also, love the idea of you just riffing about games you're playing, books/comics you're reading, etc, in occasional informal videos!
Great thumbnail. Great review. “'The book is the book, the film is the film,' they will tell you, as if they were saying something profound. Then they make the story their own. They never make it better, though. Nine hundred ninety-nine times out of a thousand, they make it worse.” - George R.R. Martin
If i wasnt already a sub, the fact that you brought up Rapid Fire and you liked it, and knew Brandon's story, I would have immediately subbed that very moment.
I had the original Graphic Novel of the Crow and he was left for dead and woke up in the hospital; only imagining talking to a crow and never had super powers. He seeked vengence and was dieing the entire time; running only on adrenaline and passion. Dieing the entire time for Love. I was surprised seeing the Brendon Lee Film and him having super powers. Did the new edition of the book change that???
Really enjoyed your review, it made me laugh 😄 When I saw the cringey trailer for this celluloid anomaly, I knew I would never watch it. I hold the 1994 film and J. O'Barr's masterpiece in the highest of regards. That graphic novel and the Brandon Lee movie were two of the things that got me through the very harsh 1990s for me. The film, soundtrack and book in my opinion helped define the '90s. I was 19 years old when the movie came out, saw it 3 times in theatres and at least 200 times on VHS/DVD since. Every actor/character is unique and memorable, and had Brandon not died, I'm sure he would've had a long successful career playing roles in a wide range of films other than martial arts flicks. It's had such an impact on me that I took the "Draven" last name as my pen name 25 years ago and still use it today. So, yeah, just hearing you go through what goes on in that pathetic excuse of a movie confirms that it should never have been made.
It looked like a blumhouse direct streaming revenge film but with the Crow IP attached. Someone had some blackmail material on the people who made this film. 😂
"Megalopolis"... oeh another marketing fail. Btw, is it just me or... I hate saying it, but I just don't like films Adam Driver stars. He gets picked by old timers / Star Wars, Ferrari by Michael Mann, now Megalopolis by Coppola. Cringe.
As far as crow movies, after the original, was City of Angels. It was passible as a decent-ish movie if you hadn't seen the original. Great atmosphere but the characters started getting a bit generic. Next came Salvation which arguably had the most innovative plot for a Crow movie. Instead of two people being killed and one coming back, it was one blamed for the others death, lawfully executed by the state, then returning to avenge his wrongful execution and her original murder. The acting was sub par and uneven despite some rather large names appearing though. The forth, Wicked Things I think it was called, cast Tera Reid and she was only ONE Of the worst things in the movie. Do I have to say anymore? One of the biggest problems with the 3rd and 4th movies, besides acting talent and a lack of budget, was that they started dropping the ages of the main cast. Where the first 2 movies protagonists were in their mid to late 20's and you could believe that they came back due to true love, the next 2 movies started casting the characters as their early 20's and I think the last movie had the Crow as a teenager. The whole soul mate/ true love bit that compels the crow to bring the spirit back to right the wrong thing just looses its power when your talking about an age group that have had zits that outlast relationships. Cool review dude!!! I'll probably watch the movie anyway, but in the comfort of my own home. Have a great day.
Fun fact, the 2024 crow is only 9 minutes longer than the original 1994 The Crow. ▪︎The original movie it wasn't a real estate scheme, they were committing insurance fraud. ▪︎As far as the love story between Eric and Shelly, sometimes less is more. You could empathize with Eric Draven and the flashbacks show you how much they loved each other. ▪︎ That iconic scene of Eric in the old apartment, swinging on the window frame, putting the makeup on... the scene where you see him standing in the window with the crow on his shoulder, that's not Brandon Lee. That's his stunt double, who is now the director of the John Wick movies. There are only 3 scenes in the movie that aren't Brandon Lee, and the scenes in the old apartment had 2 of them.
I just rewatched the only Crow film worth watching. What a wonderful little film. So much heart, style, and substance. This new thing seems utterly hollow.
I have a little "What if" idea about The Crow. The idea centers around the whole plot of the 1994 Crow, but instead of Eric getting the powers to avenge Shelly, the powers are given to Shelly to avenge Eric. It's a bit out there for a fan idea, but it sounds so much better than this abomination.
I love City of Angels and always have despite it being hacked up by the studio. Just wish Tim Pope could get his cut released. In the meantime the fantastic "Second Coming" fan edit is available here elsewhere and is well worth checking out.
my fave films are the planet of the apes reboot Rise, Dawn and War with Andy Serkis as Caesar and i love Kingdom too with Owen Teague as Noa. Those movies are masterpieces and they are criminally underrated and unappreciated . Brandon Lee’s version of the crow is on that list too along with Titanic and Braveheart. 😘🏴
It defeats the whole purpose of the 1994 ending. Revenge was obtained and now the two lover’s souls can be together in peace in the afterlife. This version did some weird shit where you don’t know if none of it ever happened or if they went back in time. Just terrible.
It was a dumb idea to remake the Crow. The original is a true classic and timeless. They could only fail doing a remake, and giving it to the hack director who made the terrible snow white film… asking for trouble
i just bought the original crow on 4k bluray i am fine with that lionsgate didnt lift the review embargo until the release between this and the fake reviews on megalopolis trailer people should show their dissatisfaction with there dollars and not support it instead watch STRANGE DARLING it needs more word of mouth the marketing was not that big i only saw it based on your review yesterday.
It's never over!!! Lol But seriously, The Crow has been my favorite movie since the day it came out and no I was not an edgy teen then, I was 20 when it came out and I proceeded to see it in theaters 17 times! (Many budget theaters, I'm not rich lol) and I'd pay to see it 17 more. Fuck this "reimagining", that was one movie they were beyond foolish to touch. Brandon is, was and will ALWAYS be, The Crow. Period.
They made the right choice making the skull cowboy an actual person like the show and TV movie and having the skull cowboy be the anchor of this movie it was perfect we have a universe that Shelly from the show and TV movie screwed up the universe by leaving heaven this movie is the aftermath and Rupert did it perfectly and really caught what made me love the show and did this perfectly it would have been better if James was this crow
The discourse for this movie on Threads has been amusing. One person pointed to the sequels to the original as evidence of success...sequels nobody know about.
this is one of the most accurate review. thank you for accurately describing this so called remake/adaptation/bs of a called movie. a snoozefest from the beginning with two action sequence and a horrible ending.
Why is anyone saying Bill Skarsgard is a good actor? He is a horrible actor. He ruined this movie with his Whiny voice and stilted performance. Horrible in John Wick. Horrible in Boy Kills world. Horrible in this. Horrible.
I love Brandon Lee’s version of the crow but i also adore the tv show the crow stairway to heaven starring Mark Dacascos as Eric. That show deserved better. Take care 😘🏴
And then we'll be gaslighted with "I don't judge a movie before I see it! I go in with an open mind! I don't just hate!" Hardcore fans if the original know exactly how bad this new one looked before seeing it. We can discern and save our money...and sanity.
i have ZERO interest to see this in the theater as the trailers did nothing for me... i may watch it out of curiosity when it comes to streaming but that's about it... what a disaster...
At least the main poster with the Crow's as wings looks good. If only their aim was not only to gaslight the original story maybe it would have turned out well. I'm still going to cringe my way through it before I make any judgement I guess.
I barely remember the original crow; all i remember is loving it. This movie has inspired me to rewatch the original (I am going to ignore the new one). PS: I feel bad for Bill. He is a great actor and has been choosing bad scripts lately. I hope he bounces back.
Bill Skarsgard is a terrible Actor. Unless he is dressed as a Clown. And at that point it's really not even him. Who knows how much CGI and editing and voice work it took to make Pennywise a good character. I give no credit to Bill Skarsgard. Every movie he is in, ends up being horrible. Because I don't like the main character. He isn't likable or decent at acting.
I would love to know why you bailed on Wonka during the opening credits. I haven’t seen the movie, but my god what was it that destroys you so quickly?
I’m not going to see the new crow film out of respect for Brandon Lee. He owned the role of Eric Draven. Brandon died making his version of the crow he was only 28 years old and was engaged to be married after shooting the movie. The new one should never have been made. R.I.P. Brandon Lee still missed today ❤️💔😭🤧 Take care 😘🏴
The Crow is a franchise that's been cursed, as it was born from O'Barr's grief and rage over his girlfriend's tragic death. As for The Crow: City of Angels, I'd suggest you look into the production and how badly the Weinsteins butchered the film to the point where the director refused to ever make a movie again (if you want to know how bad it got nearly half the damn movie was taken out). The problem with this movie is that it shouldn't have been about Eric and Shelly because they have no resemblance either appearance or personality wise to the characters of the source material, especially since none of the other characters like Sarah/Sherri, Albrecht/Hook, T-Bird, Top Dollar, Fun Boy, etc... are all left out, so why make it about them? And they really shouldn't have resurrected Shelly at the end. It's amazing how much they missed the point of what made The Crow so cool to the point where even the sequels, stuck in the original's shadow, still seemed to at least understand what made the basic premise so appealing.
How is it even possible to have that much time to develope something of substance and release this turd on film.....? Oh wait, It's Hollywoke 2024. Nevermind
It was an incredible movie bill was fine in this he would have worked better as the carnival worker that is killed and brought back this movie Rupert did a lot and expected us the viewer to pick it up
How is this a slap of the 94 version? It's there, it's unwarm, and it's not going anywhere. This new one didn't work. Oh well, never luck next time. We'll still talk about the 94 version and need to remember this one. Also, we can have any Clark Kents, Bruce Waynes, and Peter Parkers. Why not have several Eric Dravens. Because the leading actor dies. By that logic, no one can play Joker or Dumbledore because the actors are no longer with us. As film fans, we need to understand that the show must go on and that the characters are more significant than any actor.
That shows a fundamental misunderstanding of The Crow as a story, there isn't just one Crow. You can easily make your own story use the original mythology and just let Eric Draven be. Also the comic book Eric had no last name so even if you do want to make a more faithful adaptation just leave out the last name Draven. The comic book creater himself has said that Eric Draven belongs to Brandon Lee, you can call him Eric but Eric Draven is off limits. Also The Crow comics has many different Crows that can be adapted, why always use the very personal story of Eric?
@@alexdoorn234 it's not show friends, it's show business. Plus for the general public Eric Draven is the crow, the crow is Eric Draven is the crow is Eric Draven.
@@YoungMovieReviews Well show business sucks and anyone that wants to adapt The Crow should listen to it's original creator. Besides the name the Eric in this movie has nothing to do with the Eric from the comics or Eric Draven from the first movie. The relationship between Eric and Shelly in this movie sounds like it is nothing like the comics and if you know anything about the original story and why it was created that sucks. All of the personal memories that the writer put in there to cope with the sudden death of his fiancé are just gone. I think any fans of the original movie knows about the original story and about the existance of multiple Crows. Besides I would not have an issue with it if it was a more faithful adaptation of the original story because even the first movie changed the nature of Eric and Shelly's death.
As a 90’s goth kid I am staying far away from this. It’s too late now, but they needed to make movies on some of the other Crows, and let Brandon Lee be the definitive Eric Draven.
It’s a good thing the crow has already been slapped in the face 3 times before this lol. Freaking Edward furlong was the crow if that’s not a slap in the face of Brandon lee idk what is .
I’ve kept going back and forth about seeing this but my interest has really dwindled. I’m not offended about them remaking the original but the film seems like a waste of time. Kneecap just came out in the u.k. this weekend which actually looks filled with passion and energy so will be seeing that instead!
man what a bummer. how can they fuck up this ip so many times. it's literally the perfect kind of ip to crank out hit after hit. like a ready made john wick starter pack hwere the main idea is set up to reinvent over and over. i remember after the first one came out and how me and all my friends were like wow we're gonna get a bunch of these movies set in all different time periods and different versions of the crow and here we are 30+ years later and not a single good one has reemerged. i haven't seen it yet and won't be spending money to see it but god damn them. after leaving alien romulus as we always do me and my movie seeing friends sit in the parking lot and talk movies for an hour and this movie came up so i'm not surprised. our main discussion centered on why the fuck are they remaking it when it's the perfect ip to plug and play a new story centered on new characters with the crow mythos driving it. it's as simple as 2+2 = 4
I don't know, James. You might be onto something here. Lionsgate is putting out Megalopolis sometime in the near future. I wonder if that film will be the proverbial nail in the coffin for Lionsgate. Did you hear the controversy where the trailer for Megalopolis used fake quotes praising the film? Lol. That is beyond embarrassing. I hate that you had to suffer through this turd of a film, but I do love a James Hancock rant.
Me and my wife went in to make fun of this movie and left still wanting our money back. I left with trauma. So it's funny you say it should be unintentionally funny. Parts were but it was, as you said, Nothing.
I haven’t seen the movie yet but I feel like it’s gonna be another ROBOCOP remake situation where it was the worst theater experience. Such a great cast and totally wasted potential
Hard disagree. I like this one more than the original. Original I loved when I was a kid but repeat viewings as an adult show the movie hasn’t aged well at all.
That game you are playing seems like "Monkey King". I did not try to look up its Chinese name so perhaps it is it. And if it is, then there are several good movies made on the character. Don't confuse "Monkey Man", a recent Indian+English action thrill movie, which I think you should watch. I have a feeling that you might like that. And yes this Crow is pile of nasty garbage in every way.
I enjoyed the og crow with Brandon Lee and tbh i enjoyed the 2024 film, was it perfect no, but no film is and i disagree that the 2024film is boring, though it does lag for a lil too much. But it was entertaining enough for me. I pitty those of you who either couldn't enjoy or wouldn't even give it a chance.
No, it was nothing like the original.... Nor do I think it was trying to be. On its own, it is tremendously bad. The most obvious question to me is.... "Who in Hollywood thought this was a good script?"
I don't think my brain is capable of picturing how horrendous Bradley Cooper would have been as Eric Draven 🤣
“There’s only been one Blade. There’s only ever gonna be one Blade.” I kind of hope he’s right.
Not true. There was the Spike TV series Blade played by that rapper dude.
Works for me! Bring back Snipes for one more Blade in the spirit of 'Logan'.
@@skepticalbadgerSticky Fingaz
Hardcore fans of The Crow will never watch this abomination. We already called this movie Trash before its theatrical release. The trailer said it all.
Agreed.
It was painful to watch the trailer 🤭
I saw the trailer and it depressed me so much I had to immediately watch the original
I'm not even a hardcore fan, just appreciate the original, and the trailer for this one made me squirm and actually pissed me off. Hard pass by me.
At least not in a cinema
Bill skateboard sucks as an actor and nobody is willing to admit it 😊
You can tell everything about the review by the thumbnail and I am here for it!
Lol, many thanks! After a day of gaming, I've recovered from seeing this crummy remake.
My man did not waste no time 😂. Bro I agree with you. It's like these studios are doing this on purpose.
Luckily I have 'Black Myth: Wukong' to help me erase this remake from my brain. Killer gaming experience.
Eric Draven and Brandon Lee is always going to be connected. So, doing a remake, instead of an installment with a different character, was a huge mistake. There's many different novels/versions of the crow that the studio could of turned into a movie.
I keep saying the same thing...
I was reading an interview with the director where he was patting himself on the back for each and every terrible creative decision he made. I'l be avoiding his work from now on.
Exactly. They take the name of the movie and two main characters and then outside of one line of dialogue do nothing that’s even remotely similar to the 1994 original. Alien Romulus, for example, was able to create a unique story while also paying homage to the movies that came before it. It can be done.
Between this and Boy Kills World, hopefully Nosferatu will end Bill's losing streak.
True. I love Bill and he is a wonderful actor. It is almost like these directors are deliberately screwing with great actors and causing their downfall.
Nosferatu looks sensational. I hope you're right.
Boy Kills World is a really fun movie. It’s a shame that it didn’t do well financially.
The original Crow and Dark City was shot by the same DP, Dariusz Wolski, who I think is genius. One of this most recent films is Napolean. He now works often with Ridley Scott.
And Napoleon was terrible, not in photography department, but in all other regards.
I'm guessing some of the Lionsgate executive team won't be employed next month.
Who's surprised? Not me.
Oh dear....i feared it. The Trailer was a slap already for me and my Original Crow love.
It's even worse than the trailer suggested. Mind-numbingly boring.
Lol, sorry for your pain James but I do love hearing you going off on a bad movie once in a while. Original comic was huge for me as a kid and, like you, the 1994 movie hit right at the perfect time for me and remains a favorite.
I think the main thing you see with stuff like this disaster (and I do think it will be both a critical and commercial bomb, without a doubt) is just what a dearth there is of writing and directing talent in mainstream cinema these days. I'm just stunned at how incompetently written and executed so many movies are these days, like... even if you're not a great writer you can at least make your script passable by having some understanding of structure, pace, symbolism, etc., and it feels like even that is beyond many contemporary screenwriters. And then like you said re: the incompetent lighting, how the hell is the blocking, lighting, shot composition, etc. so flat and lackadaisical in a movie costing tens of millions? Yuck! Think I'll watch Dark City tonight since you mentioned it, and I've always loved that one.
Btw worst Crow film is unquestionably the one with Ed Furlong. Unbelieeeeevably shit. (But kind of entertaining in how just utterly dogshit it is, so maybe better than this one?) Also, love the idea of you just riffing about games you're playing, books/comics you're reading, etc, in occasional informal videos!
Great thumbnail. Great review. “'The book is the book, the film is the film,' they will tell you, as if they were saying something profound. Then they make the story their own. They never make it better, though. Nine hundred ninety-nine times out of a thousand, they make it worse.” - George R.R. Martin
It can't rain money all the time.
wtf. Thanks for taking one for the team James.
If i wasnt already a sub, the fact that you brought up Rapid Fire and you liked it, and knew Brandon's story, I would have immediately subbed that very moment.
I loved Rapid Fire!
@@deannamarie8389 I lost count of how many times I watched it with my brother and a buddy of ours.
Literally just walked out of Strange Electric Lady Darling flick, and WOW!
So much better and satisfying ending than Longlegs.
I love the fact that you sit through these crash site movies so we don't have to...💚🇬🇧🌱 Great review dude🤙
I had the original Graphic Novel of the Crow and he was left for dead and woke up in the hospital; only imagining talking to a crow and never had super powers. He seeked vengence and was dieing the entire time; running only on adrenaline and passion. Dieing the entire time for Love. I was surprised seeing the Brendon Lee Film and him having super powers. Did the new edition of the book change that???
Really enjoyed your review, it made me laugh 😄 When I saw the cringey trailer for this celluloid anomaly, I knew I would never watch it. I hold the 1994 film and J. O'Barr's masterpiece in the highest of regards. That graphic novel and the Brandon Lee movie were two of the things that got me through the very harsh 1990s for me. The film, soundtrack and book in my opinion helped define the '90s. I was 19 years old when the movie came out, saw it 3 times in theatres and at least 200 times on VHS/DVD since. Every actor/character is unique and memorable, and had Brandon not died, I'm sure he would've had a long successful career playing roles in a wide range of films other than martial arts flicks. It's had such an impact on me that I took the "Draven" last name as my pen name 25 years ago and still use it today. So, yeah, just hearing you go through what goes on in that pathetic excuse of a movie confirms that it should never have been made.
It looked like a blumhouse direct streaming revenge film but with the Crow IP attached. Someone had some blackmail material on the people who made this film. 😂
A Batman show without Batman? Apparently you never saw the show 'Gotham'...
Isn't Lionsgate distributing... "Megalopolis"?
I'm calling it.. that movie will flop
"Megalopolis"... oeh another marketing fail.
Btw, is it just me or... I hate saying it, but I just don't like films Adam Driver stars. He gets picked by old timers / Star Wars, Ferrari by Michael Mann, now Megalopolis by Coppola. Cringe.
@@magnuskallas i liked him in silence
Lionsgate made Expendables 4 too yikes
Ryan killed it with the borderlands pitch meeting! 💚🇬🇧🌱
Bill Skarsguard is not box office!
The man is pure bank. Hire him and watch the money roll in! Get Bill, go broke!😂
As far as crow movies, after the original, was City of Angels. It was passible as a decent-ish movie if you hadn't seen the original. Great atmosphere but the characters started getting a bit generic. Next came Salvation which arguably had the most innovative plot for a Crow movie. Instead of two people being killed and one coming back, it was one blamed for the others death, lawfully executed by the state, then returning to avenge his wrongful execution and her original murder. The acting was sub par and uneven despite some rather large names appearing though. The forth, Wicked Things I think it was called, cast Tera Reid and she was only ONE Of the worst things in the movie. Do I have to say anymore?
One of the biggest problems with the 3rd and 4th movies, besides acting talent and a lack of budget, was that they started dropping the ages of the main cast. Where the first 2 movies protagonists were in their mid to late 20's and you could believe that they came back due to true love, the next 2 movies started casting the characters as their early 20's and I think the last movie had the Crow as a teenager. The whole soul mate/ true love bit that compels the crow to bring the spirit back to right the wrong thing just looses its power when your talking about an age group that have had zits that outlast relationships.
Cool review dude!!! I'll probably watch the movie anyway, but in the comfort of my own home. Have a great day.
City Of Angels could of been better, if it wasn't for Harvey Weinstein BUTCHERING it!
Was planning on avoiding this movie ever since I saw the trailer that felt more like a tropic thunder parody trailer than a real one lol.
When James o Barr dies, he’s going to come back as the crow to get revenge on the stupid people
Who made this movie.
Just say No to The Crow (2024).
Correction say no to the 2024 and yes to the 1994🐦⬛.
Fun fact, the 2024 crow is only 9 minutes longer than the original 1994 The Crow.
▪︎The original movie it wasn't a real estate scheme, they were committing insurance fraud.
▪︎As far as the love story between Eric and Shelly, sometimes less is more. You could empathize with Eric Draven and the flashbacks show you how much they loved each other.
▪︎ That iconic scene of Eric in the old apartment, swinging on the window frame, putting the makeup on... the scene where you see him standing in the window with the crow on his shoulder, that's not Brandon Lee. That's his stunt double, who is now the director of the John Wick movies. There are only 3 scenes in the movie that aren't Brandon Lee, and the scenes in the old apartment had 2 of them.
Don't forget the TV series with Marc Dacascos!
I just rewatched the only Crow film worth watching.
What a wonderful little film. So much heart, style, and substance. This new thing seems utterly hollow.
I have a little "What if" idea about The Crow. The idea centers around the whole plot of the 1994 Crow, but instead of Eric getting the powers to avenge Shelly, the powers are given to Shelly to avenge Eric. It's a bit out there for a fan idea, but it sounds so much better than this abomination.
I love City of Angels and always have despite it being hacked up by the studio. Just wish Tim Pope could get his cut released. In the meantime the fantastic "Second Coming" fan edit is available here elsewhere and is well worth checking out.
Don’t sugarcoat it. Tell us how you really feel.
The Crow is one of those movies that should not have neither sequels nor reboots.
The soundtracks of the original and city of angels are awesome!🤟🤟
It’s called Hollywood’s new strategy for movie making: by committee.
my fave films are the planet of the apes reboot Rise, Dawn and War with Andy Serkis as Caesar and i love Kingdom too with Owen Teague as Noa. Those movies are masterpieces and they are criminally underrated and unappreciated . Brandon Lee’s version of the crow is on that list too along with Titanic and Braveheart. 😘🏴
That ending... it's like a slap in the face to the fans... SMH, thank you for sparing me from this cash grab B.S.
It defeats the whole purpose of the 1994 ending. Revenge was obtained and now the two lover’s souls can be together in peace in the afterlife. This version did some weird shit where you don’t know if none of it ever happened or if they went back in time. Just terrible.
It was a dumb idea to remake the Crow. The original is a true classic and timeless. They could only fail doing a remake, and giving it to the hack director who made the terrible snow white film… asking for trouble
This wasn't a remake.
@@eaglesandowls symantics….
i just bought the original crow on 4k bluray i am fine with that lionsgate didnt lift the review embargo until the release between this and the fake reviews on megalopolis trailer people should show their dissatisfaction with there dollars and not support it instead watch STRANGE DARLING it needs more word of mouth the marketing was not that big i only saw it based on your review yesterday.
This was not a prediction. It was a spoiler. We all knew what was going to happen.
Worse than Boy Kills World? Skarsgaard acts in one flop after another. #BoxOfficePoison
It's never over!!! Lol But seriously, The Crow has been my favorite movie since the day it came out and no I was not an edgy teen then, I was 20 when it came out and I proceeded to see it in theaters 17 times! (Many budget theaters, I'm not rich lol) and I'd pay to see it 17 more. Fuck this "reimagining", that was one movie they were beyond foolish to touch. Brandon is, was and will ALWAYS be, The Crow. Period.
They made the right choice making the skull cowboy an actual person like the show and TV movie and having the skull cowboy be the anchor of this movie it was perfect we have a universe that Shelly from the show and TV movie screwed up the universe by leaving heaven this movie is the aftermath and Rupert did it perfectly and really caught what made me love the show and did this perfectly it would have been better if James was this crow
The discourse for this movie on Threads has been amusing. One person pointed to the sequels to the original as evidence of success...sequels nobody know about.
this is one of the most accurate review. thank you for accurately describing this so called remake/adaptation/bs of a called movie. a snoozefest from the beginning with two action sequence and a horrible ending.
Jesus. Between Borderlands, The Crow, and Megalopolis, Lionsgate might go out of business before the summer is over.
this needed a narration by h. jon benjamin
its always good when you make a video.
Sooooooo...you didn't like it? 😝
The 1994 movie is still one of my favorite movies. This looks like shit.
Why is anyone saying Bill Skarsgard is a good actor? He is a horrible actor. He ruined this movie with his Whiny voice and stilted performance. Horrible in John Wick. Horrible in Boy Kills world. Horrible in this. Horrible.
I love Brandon Lee’s version of the crow but i also adore the tv show the crow stairway to heaven starring Mark Dacascos as Eric. That show deserved better. Take care 😘🏴
Im so sick of these revenge plots. Please stop or at least riff on it a bit.
The storytelling is atrocious.
And some of the clips it looks like Bill Skarsgard is Justin Bieber.
Is that seriously the ending??? The “It was all dream” trope??? Hahahahaha
And then we'll be gaslighted with "I don't judge a movie before I see it! I go in with an open mind! I don't just hate!" Hardcore fans if the original know exactly how bad this new one looked before seeing it. We can discern and save our money...and sanity.
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i have ZERO interest to see this in the theater as the trailers did nothing for me... i may watch it out of curiosity when it comes to streaming but that's about it... what a disaster...
I remember the original and it was okay, but I’d still rather revisit that than watch this.
At least the main poster with the Crow's as wings looks good. If only their aim was not only to gaslight the original story maybe it would have turned out well. I'm still going to cringe my way through it before I make any judgement I guess.
🤑 cash grab alert 🤑......
Nobody seems to like this movie.
Some do
I barely remember the original crow; all i remember is loving it. This movie has inspired me to rewatch the original (I am going to ignore the new one).
PS: I feel bad for Bill. He is a great actor and has been choosing bad scripts lately. I hope he bounces back.
He has a new gig as Pennywise again in the HBO show "Welcome to Derry"
Bill Skarsgard is a terrible Actor. Unless he is dressed as a Clown. And at that point it's really not even him. Who knows how much CGI and editing and voice work it took to make Pennywise a good character. I give no credit to Bill Skarsgard. Every movie he is in, ends up being horrible. Because I don't like the main character. He isn't likable or decent at acting.
Let me fkn film a The Crow movie and let's see...
Man I need to go into Movie directing
I would love to know why you bailed on Wonka during the opening credits. I haven’t seen the movie, but my god what was it that destroys you so quickly?
If you like the Sun Wukong story you should watch one of the Shaw Brothers Monkey King movies, like Cave of the Silken Web.
I’m not going to see the new crow film out of respect for Brandon Lee. He owned the role of Eric Draven. Brandon died making his version of the crow he was only 28 years old and was engaged to be married after shooting the movie. The new one should never have been made. R.I.P. Brandon Lee still missed today ❤️💔😭🤧 Take care 😘🏴
Good video.
The Crow is a franchise that's been cursed, as it was born from O'Barr's grief and rage over his girlfriend's tragic death. As for The Crow: City of Angels, I'd suggest you look into the production and how badly the Weinsteins butchered the film to the point where the director refused to ever make a movie again (if you want to know how bad it got nearly half the damn movie was taken out). The problem with this movie is that it shouldn't have been about Eric and Shelly because they have no resemblance either appearance or personality wise to the characters of the source material, especially since none of the other characters like Sarah/Sherri, Albrecht/Hook, T-Bird, Top Dollar, Fun Boy, etc... are all left out, so why make it about them? And they really shouldn't have resurrected Shelly at the end. It's amazing how much they missed the point of what made The Crow so cool to the point where even the sequels, stuck in the original's shadow, still seemed to at least understand what made the basic premise so appealing.
I'm glad i didn't watch this crow remake
I'm going to rewatch the 94 original as a kid i watched that movie so much
How is it even possible to have that much time to develope something of substance and release this turd on film.....?
Oh wait, It's Hollywoke 2024.
Nevermind
They put a tall man in a lead roll and
Internet gets mangina hurt.
Most movies from 2024 are bad.
It was an incredible movie bill was fine in this he would have worked better as the carnival worker that is killed and brought back this movie Rupert did a lot and expected us the viewer to pick it up
How is this a slap of the 94 version? It's there, it's unwarm, and it's not going anywhere. This new one didn't work. Oh well, never luck next time. We'll still talk about the 94 version and need to remember this one. Also, we can have any Clark Kents, Bruce Waynes, and Peter Parkers. Why not have several Eric Dravens. Because the leading actor dies. By that logic, no one can play Joker or Dumbledore because the actors are no longer with us. As film fans, we need to understand that the show must go on and that the characters are more significant than any actor.
That shows a fundamental misunderstanding of The Crow as a story, there isn't just one Crow. You can easily make your own story use the original mythology and just let Eric Draven be. Also the comic book Eric had no last name so even if you do want to make a more faithful adaptation just leave out the last name Draven. The comic book creater himself has said that Eric Draven belongs to Brandon Lee, you can call him Eric but Eric Draven is off limits. Also The Crow comics has many different Crows that can be adapted, why always use the very personal story of Eric?
@@alexdoorn234 it's not show friends, it's show business. Plus for the general public Eric Draven is the crow, the crow is Eric Draven is the crow is Eric Draven.
@@YoungMovieReviews Well show business sucks and anyone that wants to adapt The Crow should listen to it's original creator. Besides the name the Eric in this movie has nothing to do with the Eric from the comics or Eric Draven from the first movie. The relationship between Eric and Shelly in this movie sounds like it is nothing like the comics and if you know anything about the original story and why it was created that sucks. All of the personal memories that the writer put in there to cope with the sudden death of his fiancé are just gone. I think any fans of the original movie knows about the original story and about the existance of multiple Crows. Besides I would not have an issue with it if it was a more faithful adaptation of the original story because even the first movie changed the nature of Eric and Shelly's death.
As a 90’s goth kid I am staying far away from this. It’s too late now, but they needed to make movies on some of the other Crows, and let Brandon Lee be the definitive Eric Draven.
It’s a good thing the crow has already been slapped in the face 3 times before this lol. Freaking Edward furlong was the crow if that’s not a slap in the face of Brandon lee idk what is .
I’ve kept going back and forth about seeing this but my interest has really dwindled. I’m not offended about them remaking the original but the film seems like a waste of time. Kneecap just came out in the u.k. this weekend which actually looks filled with passion and energy so will be seeing that instead!
I hate bill and this movie 🍿
#59th
#1994
Is better
🔝🎥🎯
man what a bummer. how can they fuck up this ip so many times. it's literally the perfect kind of ip to crank out hit after hit. like a ready made john wick starter pack hwere the main idea is set up to reinvent over and over. i remember after the first one came out and how me and all my friends were like wow we're gonna get a bunch of these movies set in all different time periods and different versions of the crow and here we are 30+ years later and not a single good one has reemerged. i haven't seen it yet and won't be spending money to see it but god damn them. after leaving alien romulus as we always do me and my movie seeing friends sit in the parking lot and talk movies for an hour and this movie came up so i'm not surprised. our main discussion centered on why the fuck are they remaking it when it's the perfect ip to plug and play a new story centered on new characters with the crow mythos driving it. it's as simple as 2+2 = 4
I don't know, James. You might be onto something here. Lionsgate is putting out Megalopolis sometime in the near future. I wonder if that film will be the proverbial nail in the coffin for Lionsgate. Did you hear the controversy where the trailer for Megalopolis used fake quotes praising the film? Lol. That is beyond embarrassing.
I hate that you had to suffer through this turd of a film, but I do love a James Hancock rant.
It's ridiculous to call this a remake when Stirway To Heaven was the actual remake.
Are you saying "Journey to the West" is unknown in the Western world? Have you heard of Dragonball?
Me and my wife went in to make fun of this movie and left still wanting our money back. I left with trauma. So it's funny you say it should be unintentionally funny. Parts were but it was, as you said, Nothing.
I haven’t seen the movie yet but I feel like it’s gonna be another ROBOCOP remake situation where it was the worst theater experience. Such a great cast and totally wasted potential
Brandon Lee was killed making the crow here in my home town Wilmington, N.C.
To me The Crow was , is , always be Brandon Lee. Like To me The Blade was , is , always be Wesley Snipes.
Crow 2 really gets crapped on. Lol
Crow Order:
•1
•TV Show
•2
•Remake
•3 (Kirsten D)
•4 (Furlong is the worst)
Hard disagree. I like this one more than the original. Original I loved when I was a kid but repeat viewings as an adult show the movie hasn’t aged well at all.
That game you are playing seems like "Monkey King". I did not try to look up its Chinese name so perhaps it is it. And if it is, then there are several good movies made on the character.
Don't confuse "Monkey Man", a recent Indian+English action thrill movie, which I think you should watch. I have a feeling that you might like that.
And yes this Crow is pile of nasty garbage in every way.
He doesn´t look like a rockstar to begin with.
Rather rewatch KILL
I enjoyed the og crow with Brandon Lee and tbh i enjoyed the 2024 film, was it perfect no, but no film is and i disagree that the 2024film is boring, though it does lag for a lil too much. But it was entertaining enough for me. I pitty those of you who either couldn't enjoy or wouldn't even give it a chance.
Thanks for the review. This is another one for me to skip.
No, it was nothing like the original.... Nor do I think it was trying to be.
On its own, it is tremendously bad.
The most obvious question to me is....
"Who in Hollywood thought this was a good script?"
I’m going to call bull shit the whole movie was a mix of pulling directly from the comic and what mark did