13
by TC
saw this movie saturday. i loved it and am anxious to see it again. there were certainly things i didn't really understand (what exactly does the hijacking have to do with anything?) and things that seems wholly unnecessary (the whole war angle, and most of the doctor's back story, were head-scratchers and could have shaved plenty of time off this), and i really wish some things were a bit darker (wish they would have made some foreshadowing more ominous and pushed the darkness more), and i kind of hated thom yorke's soundtrack for this, but man i really liked it. tilda is a monster and kills it in the blanc role. really, almost all of the cast is pretty spot on for me. loved the ending.
we watched the original last night as a comparison, since my wife hadn't seen it, and while there are a (very) few good scenes, as a whole it's kind of a laugh fest. i do love the architecture and color palette and goblin soundtrack and wish some more of those elements made it into the remake, but overall, the remake is much more watchable. firstly, it's a movie about witches at a dance studio, and the remake actually features some really compelling dancing and gives said dancing real power. there is one scene of very light dancing in the original. and while budget karen allen is fine in the main role of the original, i can't get past zirconia zsa zsa gabor running the place or how everyone for some reason pronounces the word "AHCK-alt". really, my favorite scenes in the OG have little to do with the film overall (beginning/stained glass scene with cheapo margot kidder, the blind guy/dog scene). while it could have used a little more aggressive editing, the 2018 version is way more enjoyable overall.