Just went, and saw Straw Dogs, and thought I'd write up a review.

Synopsis



Straw Dogs is very intense throughout, and the direction and acting are spot on. The characters are all very well written, and there's never a moment when you know whats going to happen next. The film is brutal even in scenes lacking violence, and it captures the passive aggressiveness of small town life perfectly. The climix of the story does not disappoint in the least, and the whole theater was in a commotion at the peak of the climix. I will say though that I might be a bit biased, since I know too well what small town life is like(having grown up in a small town). Some of the cinematography was really kick-ass (especially in the last scenes!). There is one gripe I have, but I'll put that in a spoiler. Overall 9.5/10

I'm not going to read, for fear of spoilers (despite your spoiler tags), but I will say I want to go see it and the 9.5 is good to see. The trailers made it look ala Last House on the Left to me, and that movie was just amazing.

So, I'll let you know what I think when I go see it here in the next couple of days.

Wow, I've never seen the original, but everyone is giving this movie bad reviews, because the original is better I guess. I went into this movie without precedence (as you should).

Everyone says every original movie is better than the remake.

I don't ever see it, I've liked almost every remake more than the original from ridiculous special effects 1980.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/escape-to-the-movies/4289-Straw-Dogs

Be warned that's a spoilerly link.

But basically, people don't like the new version because it replaced the main character with a director self-insert, ruined the meaning and themes of the first one with nothing interesting, and ruined several important scenes (which hurts everything else).

Hmmm ... maybe they should remake The Exorcist, only instead of it being about a conflict of faith, just have the preacher storm in with machine guns or something ...

:blink:

I'm listening, go on...

Hoffman's was better, but thats not saying much. Straw Dogs was always rather band, until the last 10 minutes. Of all the remakes, this and Footloose have to be the most "out there". Not sure why either needed to be remade. The Thing can be lumped in there as well.