Jacob's Ladder ORIGINAL VS REMAKE Movie Reaction Review 1990 / 2019
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I can’t believe they are remaking Jacob’s Ladder. Somethings should never remade because they were perfect.
Richard Aaron I agree, however I’m interested in the outside perspective of the story.
I agree, somethings should be left well alone, I watched the american remake of martyrs the other night and I was so offended!! Biggest load of shit I've ever seen! I love jacobs ladder and I think I can live peacefully knowing I haven't watched this remake!
Emma English Rose Jowitt Girl... same here. The American made Martyrs was just insulting!
Well, i think that's made my mind up about watching the US remake of Martyrs then!
@@stevethomas74 defo dont waste your time! :)
god what a letdown... Jacob's Ladder (1990) is like one of the best psychological horror movies ever made imo
An occultist? Interesting
Then watch the original
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The original Jacob's Ladder was one of the best psychological horror movies ever made. One of Macally Culkin's first roles too.
The original Jacob's Ladder was a huge inspiration to the Silent Hill series as well as horror gaming in general but the remake probably won't be inspiring to anyone! Haha
it inspired me to make sure if i become a director i remake the remake better!!
Not to me, that's for sure
Maybe used as a guideline on how not to do a remake.
Anthony Wheeler I love Silent Hill the game series! I didn’t know
the first film was "Jacob's Afterlife though purgatory"
this movie is "we watched the trailer for some movie called jacobs ladder, and made a movie based on the trailer"
wow great sum up!
More like a Lifetime Channel for Men, after school/after thought special.
Jacob’s Ladder was pretty much the 90’s answer to 1962’s Carnival of Souls.
I love that the demons are also inspired by francis bacon's paintings. Great video as usual❤
Just watched the original again and i'm shook. Tim Robbins does a hell of a job! Doubt i'll be watching the remake so, thanks.
I wasn't even aware that they were remaking this film. I don't think I'm going to be bothering with this one. Why can't they just leave things alone?
Ditto. I could understand if it wasn't that great to begin with or that they took an interesting route with it. But from what I can make out in Emma's review, this just looks like it was made by those people who make all these B-movie thrillers starring Michael Ely!
Because minorities all want to see themselves as the lead in these movies... Rather than create their own ideas and make something genuinely intriguing they just remake an old masterpiece thinking, how can we go wrong? Well you can go wrong by even considering remaking some of these movies, like Jacobs ladder for instance.
Because white films must be blackwashed.
Cuz studios and money, still a very good question
I just watched it it’s really good
The awesome thing about Jacob's ladder is you can watch it a week later, few months later, a year later, a few years later, a decade later and it is still so powerful!
this is actually 5% on rotten tomatoes 😂 that's how bad it is
“As many of you know, the movie is being remade.”
Excuse me-
“In fact, it’s already been released.”
-what!
Jacob's Ladder Remake! From the director of... Fifty Shades Franchise... Hohhh boiii.
If you watch 50 shades as a psychological horror, it makes a lot more sense :)
He didn’t direct the film! They went with someone else which change the entire perspective of making the film.
@@TheCivildecay lol
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All "horror" movies are psychological. However, thanks for the heads up.
And ,wanna hear two movies I reanalysed? "The Ward".(It was Alice through the looking glass or where Alice destroyed everybody in Wonderland. That made it hilarious) And "The Shining".
If you watch the movie from the perspective that "Jack" is actually a ghost in the mind of Wendy and Danny. They are both attempting to put away "jack" (an abusive husband/father out of their psychi. Meaning the overlook was all in Wendy and Danny's mind. Did you notice the area/room they lived in the "hotel" seemed to resemble the original house or place they were living in before making that transition to the hotel? Or that it was Wendy who seemed to be the actual caretaker of the "motel"...You never saw Jack do any work connected to the "hotel". All he did was hang out with other ghosts, sit in that one big room(Jacks Box) just mulling around and terrorizing Wendy and Danny. Everything was from the perspective of Wendy and Danny. Jack just happened to be the main ghost in their life they couldn't break free from. Like in West World, the maze was a metaphor for their minds.
It gets deeper when you think deeper.
Maybe this should be on a double bill with the American remake of Martyrs. Thanks for suffering for us Emma. I appreciate it.
The remake of martyrs left me soooo offended, won't be watching this remake!
@@emmaenglishrosejowitt1083 Yes I heard that the American Martyrs was so bad that I couldn't even consider watching it. Martyrs is one of my favorite 21st century films.
@@TheAnadromist 1 of mine also along with a dark song, totally underrated x
I'd make it a quintuple bill - I'd include Black Xmas (the 1974 original is brilliant), The Ring (such a fucking stupid remake, Ringu is infinitely superior) and Oldboy (again, the original is infinitely superior).
r/gatekeeping
The original is a masterpiece. Adrian Lynne created an emotional rollercoaster of a ride.
I wasn't going to watch this because Jacobs ladder is one of favourite movies of my teenage years. Thank you for your sacrifice...hugs
A recurring theme of failed horror remakes is the "sterilization" of adult content in order to satisfy the common denominator. Examples: Carrie, Wicker Man and Jacobs Ladder all reduced sexuality, eliminated (female) nudity and softened the overall tone of the originals. Hopefully indie horror film makers like Ari Aster, Robert Eggers and others will help prevent the genre from being a watered down version of its former self. After all, Luca Guadagnino remade Suspiria, and made it even darker with (imho) success.
Yes. Suspiria is one of the few good remakes I've seen, along with Evil Dead
It can be done. John Carpenter's The Thing was so good it's now the first version everyone thinks of when it's brought up.
Fly might be the best remake out there. And is being remade again. Scarface in a good remake being remade but it's hard to remake classic horror movies. And they do tone down the sex and horror of today's movies making it PG-13 for more people to see it.
@@josephsawyer3982 GREAT remakes, along with the above-referenced superb John Carpenter re-imagining of The Thing. The issue is not with the 80's, an absolutely splendid era for film-making, when there was less concern about offending people's sensibilities, but subsequently (probably starting around the late 90's, and particularly since the 2010's).
reel deal Guadagnino was a welcoming surprise! Is first horror movie and was gorgeous! But Ari Aster Reimagining of The 2003 version of Midsommar was quite a downer compared to the original. It was beautifully shot, but had something that didn’t convinced me very much.
The original Jacobs Ladder is pure genius. Like The Wicker Man or Funny Games it is pointless to redo. Laziness.
David Ellis the funny games remake I actually liked I think good example of a remake that the original was amazing and remade in a lazy way is Let The Right One In/Let Me In
Yes, but Funny games...ugh...I kinda liked remake a little bit more because of the actors, but original is really good, don't get me wrong
@@lucasorlando99 ugh! The lazy remakes...Let the right one in and Carrie :/ same actress, same face.
P.s. turns out according to the book this girl from 'Let the right one in' is actually a boy and the book is very sick explaining how 'he' turned into 'she' (serious abuse from a vampire who turned/embraced 'her')...original hints on that when the girl asks the boy if it was okay if she was a boy (or something like that), while remake didn't even bother and was just a boring, bland copy that no one asked for :(
The Wicker Man was not a pointless redo. That movie is comedy gold.
Funny Games was a shot for shot remake done by Haneke - the original director. It’s one of the rare examples of a good remake.
There are just some things you should leave alone: Jacob's Ladder is one of them. The original JL is a work of true artistry and cinematic genius. I won't spend a penny on the swill that is the remake, and I hope it bombs terrifically at the box office😂
Great vid as always, Emma!
Michael Ealy is one of my favorites but I think the actor who played his brother would have done a better job.To be honest,the only actor I see playing in this remake is Michael Fassbender,in all the movies he plays you can see the emotions he is going through on his face.He would have been perfect for this movie.
I can definitely see your point. 👍
I didn’t even know there was a jacob’s ladder remake until this video randomly showed up in my RUclips suggestions...
I consider Jacob's Ladder more of a spiritual movie than a horror movie. It was based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. That and the Fisher King were the two big spiritual movies of the 90s.
The orginal Jacobs Ladder went over my head, the remake sounds like it was a different movie that some executive slapped the Jacobs name on it to cash in.
Good review
Never knew there was a 'remake', eek. But, I do love "The Jacket" (2005)!
Thanks for taking this one for the team. If it’s ever on TV, and there’s nothing else on, maybe I’ll watch it. Maybe.
I loved the original . I believe the guy wasn't suffering PTSD. In the 60's ,around the time of MK Ultra, the US Government tested LSD on US troops , I guess to see in advance what might happen if they dosed a Vietnamese village water supply. What follows are insane flashbacks .
Jacob's Ladder without Danny Aiello is a non-starter.
Even your dog seemed disrespected and confused. I guess he was at least expecting a cameo appearance, from the dog in the "actual" original movie?🤔🤣
I didn’t know they’re remaking Jacobs Ladder. Why?! The original is perfect the way it is. It’s like Hollywood is trying to remake every movie. Big mistake.
Considering most horror remakes, I think Gromit is trying to get the taste out of his mouth... 🤔
The dog's reaction tells me everything..
"Yawn"
what's wrong??,you're bored??..
I had no interest (or indeed knowledge of) the remake, but thank you for saving us from our own curiosity.
Adrian Lyne's most commercial movie has to be "Flashdance".
And James Foley is best known for directing "Gengarry Glen Ross".
I usually can't stand the IMDB-rankings, especially when it comes to horror, but 2.5 is, uh... concerning indeed!
For horror on IMDB, I find you can usually add two points to whatever ranking the film got and it will be more indicative of the quality of the film. Not foolproof, but it usually works for me.
Well...to be fair, usually movies below 4 are really bad...
@@jasperfen3754 true, true...not always, but some critics put 4 or 5, when they didn't like something in the movie...but that doesn't mean that you will dislike that 😏
@@jasperfen3754 Very true. Some of my favorite horror movies are at meek 5-6 star ratings on IMDB. I guess it comes down to horror being an extremely divisive genre.
I love the 1990 version of Jacob's Ladder, it's one of the most disturbing movies I've ever seen, that hospital scene in particular is like watching the worst nightmare you could have, plus Tim Robbins performance as Jacob is so heartbreaking to watch. I just rewatched the movie a few days ago for the first time in years, & while I remembered the ending, I'd forgotten just how emotionally devastating it was & I was in tears by the time the credits rolled.
One of my favorite parts of watching movies is when they are good enough that I will think about them while going to sleep with my eyes closed. I find not many people actually do this so I was charmed to hear you say it. So many different ideas are analyzed and explored like this and some of the time I actually figure something out new I hadn't realize while watching the film. You are a treasure, keep up the good work.
The original is the best Horror/Psychological Thriller movie ever made! So good!
Carnival of Souls 1962 was inspiration on this Jacobs Ladder movie. Silent Hill really borrows a lot from this one too
The original owes a lot to "Angel Heart". Adrian Lyne always borrowed a lot from Alan Parker.
Modern Hollywood has almost no respect for previous titles, franchises, or masterpieces. They do however seems to like to spit on the excellent work that others have done, in an attempt to advance whatever the current agenda is.
Gotta remake everything bc they have no original ideas left and they are trying to diversify everything. Take white movies and make them with people of color and take male centric movies with women. All they end up doing is reminding everyone how great the original is and how shitty the remake is.
Had no idea there was a remake. Going to check it out for my own amusement. Thanks for the heads up.
Nooo!!! Don’t do it! Don’t run into that burning house. 😆
Jacob's Ladder was one of the best-made horror movies of all time. It should not be remade.
I absolutely love Joel-Peter Witkin's work.
As well as the original Jacobs's ladder. brilliant film.
Im generally not a fan of remakes, but the Jacob's Ladder remake REALLY surpassed my expectations.
It doesn't top the brilliance of the original, but it's honestly not far behind.
Original Jacob's ladder is all I watch I have no desire to see new one
The original with Tim Robbins was in my opinion a beautiful, thought provoking, masterpiece, which gives a different perception and take on the phrase 'life flashing before ones eyes' ...
I won't be watching this remake as I know its probably just an attempt to make a quick buck...
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Tokyo Jacob: 2 Jacob, 2 Ladder
I remember forgetting about this existing. One of the few extras on the DVD of the original has alternate endings. Preferable ones imo.
I'm gonna trust your opinion. I will avoid the remake and rewatch the original.
Cannot believe anyone decided a remake was a good idea .
Considering the subject matter of the original, a lack of SOUL is a big f'cking problem. Screw it, this shit will be a footnote in the longevity of the original's memory
Just finished the Remake, since i didn’t knew it was out 😮
But damn, you speak the truth, PREACH Emma, preach !
Thanks for the review, Emma. It is such a shame that another great psychological horror film gets tainted by a mediocre remake. I remember being frustrated back in 1996 with the remake of Diabolique. My favorite foreign language film gets a poor American remake and that's the film most people have seen.😔
Happens all the time with Japanese and Korean flicks. For years, Hollywood even ripped off set pieces from HK action flicks - Tango and Cash and Rapid Fire both stole sequences from Jackie Chan's Police Story (1985). The entirety of 90's Hollywood action flicks attempted to imitate the John Woo style to no avail, they failed to understand what made his action sequences so brilliant. Even Woo's Hollywood offerings suffered from excessive studio interference...so the action just felt... standard. Face/Off....pffffft what a load of shite.
I actually support remakes. The reason why is because people will inevitably want to compare it with the original and, in order to do that, must watch the original if they've never seen it before. It is at this moment they will clearly see the originals are 9 times out of 10 vastly superior to the remakes. I found the Nutty Professor remake to be very good actually, but not quite as funny as the original with Jerry Lewis.
Dude, when I saw the trailer for the remake of this film it was so painful that I pretty much blocked it all out afterwards.
I appreciate your sacrifice in watching this one so we don't have to xD
I forget about Jacob's Ladder, mostly because it was such a mind bender. One of those films I recommend seeing at least once, but may never watch again.
the problem with most remakes is that they do not want to convey the same type of message or feel of the original. They simply want to take the name and maybe some of the plot elements and "make it their own" but horribly fail while doing so. Part of the things that made movies "classic" especially back in the 80s and 90s is that they were willing to take risks, some of them were horrible and some were great but they took them. Modern movies are either a remake or a sequel for the most part with a few notable exceptions.
I've never seen your videos, but this was so well done. Very well articulated and exactly what I was hoping to find. I will definitely be going back through your channel and looking out for your work in the future.
I wouldn't even bother to watch the remake....it's an insult to one of the best movies ever, have some respect !
The moment I came across this video and found out there was a remake I knew instantly that 1. It would suck real bad and 2. It would be loaded with CGI.
And thank God that I'm not the only one who despises CGI and appreciates practical effects.
Same. It's torture watching films these days.
The one and only good thing about the remake is that perhaps now we might get the original Jacob's Ladder re-released in a bells 'n whistles 4k remaster, as happened with Pet Sematary.
That amazing spinning wheel shot is so heavily used because of this film. I think Adrian Lyne is a master. Bruce Joel Rubin wrote Ghost as well! Talk about having success on back to back films as a screenwriter in the same year! Love your analysis on this one Em! Groms too!
I actually enjoyed the 2019 so much better than the original, but the creepiness and practical effects were done better in the original.
The trailer was enough to tell you that its a waste of time, its a remake nobody asked for or wanted. Go back and watch the first film, see how it inspired Silent Hill. By the way, has anyone seen The Hand with Michael Cane? Its directed by Oliver Stone, its not a horror masterpiece but its decent.
Certainly a better Michael Caine film then Blame It On Rio !
Jw Nj not all of us knew it’s a remake and it was actually really good
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Hi I don't really like horror films and only watched a couple of your reviews .I'm commenting now because I have been disappointed by movies for years before the original Jacobs Ladder ,when I watched it I thought alright they're starting to make actual movies again (I have in fact watched it again just a couple months ago) .Thank you for your review ,I am going to watch the new one anyway but now you have protected me from having to high of hope so I may still enjoy the new one . THANK YOU !!!
I absolutely loved the original. I saw it when I was a young teenager when it came out at the theaters. I had about a years worth of psychedelic drug experiences under my belt at the time and this movie freaked my shit!!!! I didn’t want to do any acid for about a month after seeing this mind-fuck of a movie. It’s a really good movie with an awesome story and all the special effects are done really well. Very realistic dream sequences that will haunt you when you shut your eyes at night just like the reviewer says!!! Do not do acid or mushrooms while watching this film because it will kick off a very bad trip! If you haven’t seen it definitely give it a go-you won’t regret it. Very scary stuff!!! This is the movie nightmare are made from!-and bad trips!!
I was the first person to review this movie on IMDb and your review sounds a lot like mine. Spot on!!
What was the "twist" in the remade version if you don't mind? I keep hearing it's "different" and will "greatly shock" me. I really don't want to waste my money on it as I'm struggling to get by as it is.
Jacobs Ladder is one of those films that are near flawless in the writing, acting, directing etc and also captures a very specific time. Why remake a great film, to do it worse? Would never have even bothered to watch the remake and didn't even know it existed until today. Great review of the original. I give it 9 out of 10 stars. Love that movie!
One of my favourite films. The original of course.
It went from not respecting any of the worlds cultures to not even respecting their own awesome creations of the past...
I would be interested in a remake only if Ari aster or Jordan Peele are the minds behind it. I would also love a remake of silent hill by either of them although I loved the first one.
I prefer the remake more than the original movie but that just me though and I love Karla Souza in the 2019 remake of Jacob Ladder too
As a vet with PTSD the original film helped and still helps me. Your use of the word disrespectful is absolutely fitting for this film. It takes a lot for a movie to actually make me angry but the treatment of the subject matter is so disgusting I was seething in anger. This is a cash grab of the worst kind. Thank you for exposing this trash. I just came across this and was curious why there wasn't so much outrage seeing how much hate films get for much less.
Just watched the remake not knowing about the original. Ive never seen the original, but I was really happy with the remake and it had me really engaged with the plot. What should I expect from the original? (other than it being better, according to many people’s opinions)
So glad your doing this review gonna watch one tonight but all hangs on your review 🤟
I originally saw Jacob’s Ladder in the theaters in a big group in 8th grade. We thought we were so edgy getting into an r rated movie at that age. I didn’t really understand how deep the movie really was at that age, but once I watched it when I was older and after experiencing psychedelics, it quickly became one of my favorites. I don’t believe in a literal heaven and hell, but I do believe you could be confronted by your fears and demons when you die, so obviously this movie really spoke to me philisophically.
Btw - loved the way you reviewed this.. the camera angles you used were great and the way you blended in the speech over to you being on the sofa... great stuff :)
Thank you!
I think the one thing that proved it won't be as good as the original film is the choice for the main actor. Michael Ealy is too good looking for the role of a worn out, traumatized Vietnam vet, and while Tim Robbins can be nice looking to most people, he was still quite average looking than most actors but it's what managed to make us feel related to his distress, because he looks just like everybody else.
Insert badass-funny-weird name here! -You're so right, Michael Ealy is definitely too typically Hollywood good looking for the role. Whereas Tim Robbins on the other hand while an attractive and good looking guy, was good looking in a more relatable non Hollywood sort of way, which along with the characters warmth & shyness made it very easy to care about what happens to him when things get really dark and frightening.
Based on the trailer and the fact that the hook was “ all black cast “ remake . I wrote this Diddy on Facebook
Came up with a skit to perfectly sum up my opinion of the remake of the horror film Jacobs ladder
Exec 1: let’s push That Jacobs ladder remake through
Exec 2: you mean that cult classic from nineties that inspired the silent hill games ? It’s not even that even that old yet
Exec 1it’ll make money through brand name recognition alone if we give it the same title
,
Exec 2: but surely horror fans aren’t nearly that dumb remember platinum dunes ? They wised up real quick
Exec 1: do I have to remind you of the financial success of Texas chainsaw 03?, I have a gimmick that’s relevant and will make money regardless
Exec 2: what’s that sir?
Exec 1: it’s an all black cast , Get out made money didn’t it ?
Exec 2: yeah but it wasn’t a remake
Exec 1:* laughs * you know Jordon Peeles next film is a remake right ? (Candyman )
Exec 2: *gasp*
Exec 1: I rest my case
I had forgotten they remade this masterpiece. Fuck that shit. Goddamn cash grab riding on the name of a legend.
The 2019 Jacobs ladder was very disappointing. The same scenes in the new one felt cheap and lackluster.
The original Jacobs ladder is still the best. Tim Robbins is so good in it
I actually enjoyed the remake more and you can invest in remake Jacob. Remake Jacob always wanted to have a family with his brother wife and a family with her. Once the twist happened it blow me away. He lost his own son yea his son never died but his son was never alive to him. The original he might of never had a son either I like the remake a tad bit. In his mind he had a wife and in his mind he had a family you can invest in that once he lost it. I think it was a awesome remake.
The original Jacob's ladder is the Silent Hill 2 of cinema, pure psychological horror.
They both sucked.
Hollywood greed at it again and Hollywood please stop rebooting classic movies a perfect movie doesn't need a reboot.
I watched Jacob's Ladder in college for my philosophy of world religions class. It draws heavily on zoroastrianism.
Also to a small extent influenced by an Ambrose Bierce story I wont name because it will immediately spoil the ending.
It's an important, haunting film. And I just dont understand the push for a remake.
I absolutely hate the original because it's so effective and has stuck with me for so many years. I genuinely can't believe someone thought this was a good idea
I love Jacob's ladder so much! I watched it a few months back and never expected to love it so much. Tim Robbins is amazing in it!💗 also the remake is out already?! I thought it was coming out on October
Don't bother with it! You have been warned!
I remember seeing the original at the cinema's when I was in high school.
It was ahead of the game.
The remake lacked the spirit of the original.
The new one may as well have not even been called Jacob's Ladder cause it had absolutely nothing to do with it.
Why, Hollywood??? Why this fear of something original? Why this obsession about ruining classics?
I remember seeing this film when I was 16 and finding it disturbing back then but when I found out about the real life government approved drug experiments which were being carried out on soldiers in the 1960’s in the Vietnam war without their consent I found it even more disturbing.
Thank you for watching this so I didn't have to! Remakes aren't inherently terrible (see John Carpenter's The Thing) and I can ignore most of them, but this seems so egregious. It seems they took everything that made the original so special, moving, and scary (it's one of my favorite films) and stripped it out because...reasons? I've given up trying to figure out why anyone in Hollywood does anything.
I've always thought Jacob's Ladder would make a great double bill with The Changeling, which also focuses on a father dealing with grief.
There are a lot of metaphors and symbolism in the original movie right? Like those tentacle monster things. That was actually his intestines/guts popping out of him right?
even the director gave this video a thumbs up whilst thinking why can't I make videos this good.
bahaha!
id like the bits in the trailer to be in the film,like when the mail bag moves and the train bit..
That is just straight up disrespectful to the original. That's not an art piece, it's an pure product.
Also I don't think the argument that we shouldn't complain about cgi because it is the modern times is a bad one. There are tons of amazing movies that use minimal cgi or none at all. Hereditary, The Void, The Wailing, Climax, Evil Dead, Revenge, just to name a few.
Five minutes of the remake you know it sucks on all levels. So bad. Do not waste your time. Watch the original and try not to blink. Not kidding. Then watch it a few more times because you will blink and miss something. A powerful film with a beautiful ending. No change needed. The remake is very irritating. Why suffer?
Original = A Classic
Remake = A flat steaming bag of pointless dog dirt
The original is 10/10; One of the few perfect horror movies. The remake reminded me of the live action Ghost in the Shell movie.