Can I just say, I am really appreciating all the different opinions and perspectives on this! Its great to see some solid points coming through 💜

@thetrasharoundmyplastic6342

4 ай бұрын

So I'm trying to sit through your review and ironically you said that you were going to go and open-minded but yet you're not you're not even letting the whole trailer play out before you start putting in your judgments rather you realize it or not. That is not going in with an open mind. You should have watched the full trailer first and then give your thoughts on it. Let's get over the look of the character and look at the story that's being told cuz it looks like that's what people are missing and why they don't realize that this is closer to the book than the original film.. they're allowing themselves to be distracted by something that they're holding on to instead of letting the movie be what it's supposed to be a remake and not a copy and most likely out of respect to Brandon Lee's version let him have that let this be Bill skarsgard's version. people shitted on the second Crow film and even though it was a different Crow people hated on it but now that's turned around and a lot of people appreciate it and even love it. With that being said since people keep bringing up his appearance as a person who is into all genres of musicwhat you may not realize is that this is not a Mumble rap thing or for a rapper's aesthetic they literally have stole that from the punk scene of today because they're trying to stand out cuz their music is shit. So by making themselves look the oxymoronic opposition of what hip hop is this is what you're now seeing so no this is not a hip hop influence look this is a punk of today look just like the original Crow was taken from the punk / goth scene of that era. For the record I am 50 years old so I have seen a lot I've been in the Goth Punk scene as an African-American I was raised on hip hop before hip hop even existed I was there for its creation. So I'm able to see what's being done here. People need to take this movie compare it to the book and not the original film. Because the one thing that I see in this trailer that it was not present in the original film which is the most important components is the true love relationship that they had for each other. You get it in a little clips of flashbacks here and there. And you feel bad for them only because of the brutality in which their lives were taken. But in this film it looks like you get to actually see it and feel it I lived there loved through them if it is executed correctly. Thuss when they die you'll feel it even more. And you'll be right there with him when he's exacting his revenge. That's what I got from this trailer and it literally touched me as a helpless romantic. And I think people are so blinded or distracted by his appearance not being the same as Brandon Lee's that they're not letting the movie wash over them and seeing the trailer for what it is.

@thetrasharoundmyplastic6342

4 ай бұрын

If you've noticed I've been replying as your video has gone along vs. watching the whole thing. Because I want to make sure that I hit each points when I respond to them. the fact that you think the movie is going to fail. I could be completely wrong but I seriously doubt it who are not biased will see how much closer this is to the comic book versus the original film. Then you have the action sayings that love John wick etc. and the irony of it is I believe that the reason why a lot of people who are hating on this film love the original so much is because they were within the goth community so they felt like this was speaking to them as Goths and they embraced it. And now that they feel that that's been taken away from them they feel betrayed. But unfortunately for them as well as possibly yourself there's not enough of you to make this movie fail. The masses of people that will see this are the people who are more open-minded such as myself the younger generation that have no connection to the original Crow or that may be willing to like both then like I said before you have the John wick action fans the soundtrack also may draw people in if it's a great soundtrack. So at the end of the day this movie will not fail. In fact the negative press may make it do better than people are expecting. I'll put it this way I expected the first transference movie to be such shit that when I saw it I overhyped it. And it wasn't until I pulled back that I realized that movie wasn't as good as I thought it was. So it's possible that the same thing could happen with this.

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

@@thetrasharoundmyplastic6342 i appreciate you taking the time to type this all out, and I am glad that you have muc higher hopes for it than I. Incase you arent familiar, reactionary content like this video tends to be done in this format where the reactions and reviews get recorded through the witnessing as opposed to taking it in as a whole and then reviewing. I will completely openly say that my love of the original movie did indeed create bias in this reaction, however, remakes of well known and well loved movies play on the nostalgia and love of the most popular original media, in this case the Brandon Lee movie. I have read a few of the comics, so i am no expert, but from what everyone is saying, the imagery and what we can see of the story is even further from Eric and Shelley's story than the 1994 movie was. I genuinely hope that it does live up to your expectations. As i said, i hope my appraisal is wrong... But for now I stick by what I said. 💜

@jdpolo8679

4 ай бұрын

This comment is wise. I approve.

@kirstinvincent85

3 ай бұрын

I'm not even going to attempt to watch this. It isn't even the crow. It's nothing like the 90's original. And since when is Shelly coloured in the original 🤦‍♀️. This is a proper insult.

The Crow can bring anyone back. Literally anyone. Why on Earth would they make him Eric Draven. Change the character name and 99% of complaints go away. When you remake something you just invite comparisons. If it wasnt Eric Draven then we cant say "that isnt like the original Eric Draven." or "This doesnt feel like the first one" because it wasnt supposed to be. But this is supposed to be Eric and Shelly. Color me disappointed in this

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

You know i completely agree, change the character name and it become A crow story, not THE crow story

@tacoman2064

4 ай бұрын

I actually like the trailer and will definitely go see it I like it’s more of an action movie now with a slight goth aesthetic but it being a whole new character would really helped it’s credibility

@Marcustheseer

4 ай бұрын

ya if this was not eric but some other guy i wouldnt have much to complain but this just aint eric.

@kenschell6542

4 ай бұрын

I was just thinking the same thing. If this was a new character I bet this could have been the best of the sequels.

@rokaanalzeer7148

4 ай бұрын

As goofy as city of angels is, at least they knew they couldn’t do Eric Draven again.

After seeing the trailer I'm pretty sure a lot of people don't understand The Crow in the comics what made Eric and Shelly's death tragic is that it was a random crime not planned by some rich elite. The action and the revenge was never the point it was about Eric's guilt and anger, the white horse the crow and the skull cowboy all represented a part of his broken psyche. The Brandon Lee version kinda detoured from some aspects but in the end it understood the characters this new version just feels like a cheap cash grab for "modern" audiences

@realisticthought1781

4 ай бұрын

Facts

@richrs200810

4 ай бұрын

But it wasn’t a random crime….they wouldn’t take the money to leave the apartment So they were sent to get them out 🤷‍♂️

@user-gothicwing

4 ай бұрын

@@richrs200810 that's the movies plot but in the comic their car broke down in the middle of nowhere and T-bird and his gang happened to stumble upon them as someone wrote it in the comments they were in the wrong place at the wrong time it wasn't planned

@lethellsing

3 ай бұрын

​@@user-gothicwingyup, Eric tells Shelley to lock herself inside the car when the gang stops.

@robertrios1732

2 күн бұрын

Well, it was made like that to have a beginning, middle, and end. Your version doesn't have that. Unless he does what Jason did in the bee keeper and sees the issue of the problems.

This is not The Crow. This is The Pigeon.

@Enkeria

3 ай бұрын

This made me laugh. Im sorry, but yes. This is a different realm. Its not the OG Crow, which is fine. Would be good if hey changed his name though to empower it being a .. non Crow.

@GalShahar

3 ай бұрын

this was exactly my first thought

@realamour2856

3 ай бұрын

I though it would be The Scarecrow but they fuскеd up when they decided to do a remake.

9:25 ironicy funny how brandon lee's Crow inspired Heath ledger's Joker look and now it seems Jared Leto's Joker has inspired Bill Skarsgárd Crow look...

"City of Angels" suddenly looks like a Masterpiece, eh?

@RedakaiCity

3 ай бұрын

Tell me about it...The only reason I never liked City of Angels was because they went with the awful yellow palate.

@MarvynSyn999

3 ай бұрын

@@RedakaiCity yes it was an odd choice (Sodium Arc Lighting), but I think they just wanted to easily differentiate the sequel as soon as you saw any photo or film clip. I thought Vincent Perezt looked and acted great, and that it was a continuation of Sarah's story, and why Ashe wears make-up like Eric really resonated with me. I didn't think "Salvation" was that bad for a Direct-To-Video Release either. Kudos to the filmmakers for picking Eric Mabius to play Alex. Such an Underrated actor. Fred Ward was great as the Main Villain. And we all love Kirsten Dunst, what else can you say? The only really AWFUL film in the series was "Wicked Prayer" IMO...almost a "So Bad It's Good" movie, but...just NO.

@fabolousjada5070

3 ай бұрын

I liked it cause it wasn’t Eric and the line “ nobody is listening “ .. and then he kills the motorcycle guy and the woman says “ Flores para Los muertos Flores “ I gave it a 7.5

@fabolousjada5070

3 ай бұрын

@@RedakaiCityI liked it the director had big plans and Harvey Weinstein changed all of it who I suspect kille Brandon cause he wasnt a casting couch slave

@MarvynSyn999

3 ай бұрын

@@fabolousjada5070 Wow...I never thought about Weinstein being the one behind Brandon's murder! I always thought it was the Triads because Brandon was Hell-bent on finding out who murdered his dad. And I hear he was very close to being able to do just that!

It felt like John Wick, not The Crow

Actually o’Barr was on board for the original reboot that had Jason Momoa taking on the role of Eric Draven, but when that version went into production hell it unfortunately caused the original director and Momoa to drop out of the reboot, from what I heard O’Barr was not consulted in this new version of the reboot so he did not help in anyway….

@Darkcide-tl7kl

4 ай бұрын

I got to meet Mr. O'Barr at a con last month and he confirms that he was not consulted.

@philthemovieguy81

4 ай бұрын

When that reboot was announced I was not board with it and I’ll tell you why. I did not wanna see some super muscular wrestler type go on a revenge journey. What made Brandon Lee the perfect candidate to play Eric Draven was that he was an “every man” type. The way Clint Eastwood played “The Man With No Name” so that any man could see themselves in that character. The way Bruce Willis played John McClane, an every man flawed cop with a rocky marriage who can get hurt. How could I possibly identify with and see myself in a 6’4” 240 lb dude going on a revenge spree to avenge his woman? That would’ve been horrible casting in my personal opinion. Brandon Lee brought so much heart and soul into every one of his performances and every line he spoke. The way he played Eric was something I could identify with. Even the way he played Eric while on his spree was very comical at times and performative. His personality was already larger than his physicality. We wouldn’t have needed a hulking physical presence in Momoa.

@staticxac

4 ай бұрын

@@philthemovieguy81 actually I was wrong about what reboot o’Barr gave his blessing to, it was the 1st reboot that would have starred Luke Evans that James O’Barr was completely on board with, but once that fell through the cracks James lost interest, I do believe that he saw the test footage of momoa’s performance and was pleaded with it, but funny enough momoa actually got in trouble with Warner bros for losing I think I read nearly %25 of his body weight….. while he was still doing game of thrones….

@rokaanalzeer7148

4 ай бұрын

@@philthemovieguy81I’m with you on that. I love Jason mamoa. I really do. He’s a nice guy and full of charisma but I feel like he would come across as a more bro-y, wingman version of Eric Draven. And on top of that, yeah, he’s 6’5 and like 240 pounds. And the thing with Brandon was that he could blend in. In fact, Brandon was told to lose weight when he got the role because he was bulky and they wanted him to look more stealthy.

In the comics it’s exactly that. One crow was a Native American, another was a Chinese man whose family were taken by triads, another was a woman. There are a few as it’s really an anthology series with the main theme being revenge. Eric was done perfect already they should have went a different direction.

Abashed the Devil stood and felt how awful goodness is

@kandicehope9659

4 ай бұрын

Yessssss. This kind of grit right here is what is missing in this remake!

@jackburton1455

4 ай бұрын

@@kandicehope9659 I doubt they'll even quote Poe in the remake let alone Milton.

Ok, can we talk about one of the most important elements of the original film? Music. "Burn" by The Cure and the tremendous delivery of it in the film was a work of art. I can only hope they can capture even a small portion of that masterpiece.

@a-dent

4 ай бұрын

One of my absolute favorite film moments of all time. It was also groundbreaking. The sequence was shot after Brandon Lee's death. The crew pulled it off with previously shot footage of Lee, a stunt double and creative lighting techniques. Sorry if you knew all of this before, just wanted to share!

@PeterParker-yb1in

3 ай бұрын

Oh it's gonna burn, alright... not in any good way.

the original film is so touching, sensitive. It tells the story of a person who wants revenge and doesn't kill anything in front of him, just the right people. Even the reason Shelly died was an important detail, not because she saw something she shouldn't have, but because she was fighting for a cause. And yes, their deaths were terrible in the original. One thing that really catches my attention is Eric's feelings. In the original he is sensitive, much more sad than angry, and in this reboot they simply made him the angriest person on earth, and details like Eric keeping the ring he gave to Shelly, we won't have that in this new film. We won't have a police friend or a person that Eric and Shelly cared for when they were alive like Sarah's case. We won't have sensitivity, we'll just have a living dead man with a joker complex taking the law into his own hands.

You've seen the Crow. You loved the Crow for decades. Now we give you... The Pigeon! It takes everything that made the Crow iconic and crapped all over it. The Pigeon coming this Summer to crap in a theater near you!

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

I just spat tea everywhere 😂 thankyou for that

@erisptolemy

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂 I almost choked on my root beer. This was perfect 😂

@blinkspacestudio8892

4 ай бұрын

lmao the pigeon I love it

@user-lf4pj6st8x

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@blaxpoitation8528

4 ай бұрын

Dude you made me bust out laughing at work. Bastard lol

The thing I love the most about the original film is, just like in Blade Runner, the city itself is literally one of the main characters. The musical score also goes perfectly with the incredible cinematography. Brandon Lee's Iconic performance and wardrobe are the third ingredient that makes the original untouchable. This new film has none of this cohesion. It could be any other John Wick type revenge flick if you take away the makeup and the names of the characters. Why they didn't at least change the names of the characters is beyond me. Of course, they did it most likely to cash in on people's nostalgia. I think today's Post Malone, LiL Peep kids will probably love it because that's who this is for. Actual fans of the original will HATE it! 😂

Where's the rest of the characters? Where's Sara? Or the cop? They have a huge roll in the original. Why take them out?

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

From what i understand they are remaking it from scratch... So Eric and Shelly are the only recurring characters

@Dragonflower1013

4 ай бұрын

@@thirstandvanity blasphemy!💔

@ethandinchong32

4 ай бұрын

@@thirstandvanitythey might as well have went with a crow comic line, not eric they shot themself in the leg for sure

@rickyward6675

4 ай бұрын

so lets just stuff EVERTHING in the first trailer

@Dragonflower1013

4 ай бұрын

@@rickyward6675 exactly

when a trailer spit on your face

"Hey Ozzys in it, oh f$%k its Post Malone nevermind"

@blaxpoitation8528

4 ай бұрын

I can't stand the music. That auto-tune garbage is so annoying.

@anastasia-fr1gn

4 ай бұрын

You just know they tried to pull us in with Ozzy’s voice but then it all turned to crap as the trailer progressed lmao I thought they would at least get the music correct since it’s a big reason people love the original movie.

@Devianza-ud6xz

4 ай бұрын

Its both, its that song Ozzy did with Post Malone. But that's Ozzy, he's been working with singers from dif genres since the 90's, hell he just did a duet with Elton John a few years back.

@anml9962

4 ай бұрын

@@blaxpoitation8528 thank yoouuu

People once believed that Hollywood was where epic stories originated, that when you sat down in a theater your soul would be carried to a land of wonder and dreams. But sometimes, something so bad happens to the stories you love that a terrible sadness is carried with it and your soul can’t rest. Then sometimes, just sometimes, only the original film can bring that soul back to put the wrong things right. If the movies we love are stolen from us, the way to have them live on is to never stop loving the originals. Box offices burn, franchises die, but real love is forever. RIP BL/ED.

@jaredhahn4797

4 ай бұрын

Beautifully put

@seandonnelly2091

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@AngeloBarovierSD

4 ай бұрын

Brilliant.

@marcoadan1

4 ай бұрын

Oh God, plagiarism much?🤣 Jokes aside, absolutely correct. How can you improve a masterpiece? It's like someone repainting the Mona Lisa. It's completely ludacris.

The best way they could’ve saved this film is using a different pair of characters in place of Eric and Shelly. If you take away the names you could make this a functional Crow sequel(?) film. But they’ve also taken away a fairly important part away from this remake. The redemption and letting go. The redemption comes in with Sarah and her mother in the original, sortof Eric forgiving himself for failing to save Shelly. And the acceptance is taking the 30 hours of pain and suffering Shelly suffered before she dies as a penance, giving it away to Top Dollar when he’s accepted that he can let go.

"Devil May Crow"

Agreed! It's difficult to even imagine anyone but Brandon playing Eric. Brandon is Eric, and the film had the support of Brandon's wife and surviving family.

@TV4DAD

4 ай бұрын

It's a shame how many people will watch this movie never having seen the original.

I felt so pissed and nauseous after watching that trailer. And they seriously switched out the cure with some shitty autotune vocals? 👎

They turned an unlucky goth (in the comic it was pure bad luck what happened to Shelly and him, their car broke down in the wrong place at the wrong time) and that's part of how it hits, into a Suicide Squad Joker-alike ex criminal ganger, because..., This shouldn't be a reboot, it shouldn't be Eric, it could work as a "The Next Crow" with another protagonist as a "The Crow".

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

Oh thats interesting, i appreciate the background knowledge, but i agree in part, its a terrible idea to "reboot" in this way

@somersfamily

4 ай бұрын

Go cry about it 😂

@MrTrilbe

4 ай бұрын

@@somersfamily Go try offer something good about the remake

@DamienHataki

4 ай бұрын

​@@MrTrilbe They're actually alot good about the remake. In this version we actually get back story on Shelly & Eric's relationship. We get to see where it started, whilst the original gave nothing except tiny flashbacks. It's a very realistic depiction of a modern relationship which will I turn allow us to connect better to Eric's motive for revenge. It also will give us context to how Eric Draven finds his way back to the land of the living to enact his revenge, which was also never explained in the original story. It feels as though instead of altering the original story/plot they are adding to it. Which in turn will allow for a deeper perspective & performance from each corresponding actor. Now I understand the criticism of the character design choice of Eric but where it lacks in character design it can easily make up for in performance & story development. Since everyone wants to criticize characters choices such as designs why not mention that they changed a white character into a black character?? Or the fact that the villain was a young man but has now been turned to some old dude?? I get the attachment to the old film. It was honestly my favorite movie growing up, but this isn't a 1/1 remake of the original. It's a reboot.

@roarkeorser7911

4 ай бұрын

But it's modern

The Joker meeets The Punisher, what the frick-frack-nick-nack-caddy-whack is this catastrophy

@metalic_r0x

4 ай бұрын

Lol

@kiillabytez

4 ай бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself.

@eatsmylifeYT

4 ай бұрын

You forgot to add "...meets Tom Macdonald". MF looks like like a rapper that turned Goth to look the part, just because he died. Which makes him an effing poser.

The music alone...

I've just wasted the last hour or so discovering this remake, watching the trailer and listening to various peoples opinions on the matter in a stunned sense of bemused horror. My response that I've plastered elsewhere is: There's no sense of the sorrow of the story in this trailer. No shadows. No heartbreaking poetry. Just violence. Just lots and lots of violence. It might be my imagination but I'm pretty sure that each time I see the trailer they turn up the auto-tune on the soundtrack another notch just to keep the pressure on my peace of mind. But after multiple watches I'm beginning to suspect that, if it wasn't trying to be a Crow film, there is the basis of a watchable vampire movie buried in there. Edit: I typed that before I watched the Valen summary and I believe I may have come to the same conclusion.

He has gone from a musician from the original to a criminal in this new version , I loved the camera scenery in the original

@skepticalbadger

4 ай бұрын

"Blue collar worker" in the original comic (most say car mechanic but that's not made clear).

@somersfamily

4 ай бұрын

Do some research. There are different looks, and they added that in the 1st film 😂

@sketchy4383

4 ай бұрын

This pretty much shows! That everyone's knowledge is from the movie. Noone has read the comics. They are taking elements from The Crow Wild Justice. Y'all need to read more

@PsychoKilll42

4 ай бұрын

@@sketchy4383 Personally, it gives more Death and Rebirth vibes. Even then, they shouldn't be calling them Eric and Shelley if it's going to be a different story.

@blaxpoitation8528

4 ай бұрын

Isn't he a junkie in this movie? And wassup with that haircut?? Bill Sarsgaard is better than this. She's atrocious though. Her acting was an earsore

Did you know that the name Brandon means little Raven and crow. I know this because it's my name. I wonder if Brandon Lee knew that.

@tiaferrandino4881

4 ай бұрын

I didn't know that. Wowsers!

@kiillabytez

4 ай бұрын

In what language did this originate from then? Please let Brandon Fraser know, would you?

@Brandon_Powell

4 ай бұрын

@kiillabytez if I remember correctly, it's either Irish or old English. And I'm afraid you're a little bit mistaken. His name is spelled and pronounced a bit different. It's not Brandon Fraser it's Brendan Fraser.

@kiillabytez

4 ай бұрын

@@Brandon_Powell Brandon is a masculine given name that is a transferred use of a surname and place name derived from the Old English brōm, meaning broom or gorse, and dūn, meaning hill. It is also sometimes a variant of the Irish masculine given name, Breandán, meaning "prince". I really don't know where you got the idea the name was derived from the species of a bird. "I know because it's my name." Someone lied to you. You can do better.

@Brandon_Powell

4 ай бұрын

@kiillabytez I did some digging. Not much at that. The Crow and little Raven meaning comes from the Welsh. I don't need to do better. I did just fine.

So they made an SoundCloud rapper (I’m a big rap head ) the crow 😂😂 I was a teen when the first one came out and I loved it

The original comic was a vice to help James deal with the tragic loss of his fiance at the wheel of a drunk driver. And this director decided to make Eric and Shelly drug addicts. Seems like a spit in the face.

@rain_in_nightcity

3 ай бұрын

Holy shit get with the times😭they added their own twist to it, so fucking what. If they kept it the exact same way I promise you, 90% of yall would STILL find something to complain about

@shanti3310

2 ай бұрын

@@rain_in_nightcityand this is why the Witcher isn’t the succes it could have been. Directors and writers need to stop pissing on the fans and basically saying f you to them

@rain_in_nightcity

2 ай бұрын

@shanti3310 the Witcher was doing fine before they recasted Henry Cavil 💀you aren't the most important people in the world, they aren't solely catering to YOU. Yall need to understand that.

@michaelshane7832

2 ай бұрын

@rain_in_nightcity Well, that in itself is the problem...they SHOULD be catering to US...because WE are the fanbase! There wouldn't be a worthwhile property to exploit if it weren't for US.

@shanti3310

2 ай бұрын

@@rain_in_nightcity the Witcher did not and is not doing fine! Also to change a few things is a total different thing than to pretty much change the feel of a story! The characters, the look etc etc. And I think that’s why this crow won’t be a success! And many don’t care that there is a reboot but the problem is that Bill plays Eric Draven.

Damn, he doesn't look like "The Crow". He looks like "the Bro"

The original with Brandon will never be beaten! Brandon Lee was the crow!!!!

You've made the best point i've seen about this Valen - they're just trying to cash in on the nostalgia of the crow. And it's a shame, because the original crow is A:) a fitting eulogy to Mr. Brandon lee B:) a goth-grunge masterpiece C:) The best halloween movie ever :) when watching the new crow trailer it reminded me of a line from the original crow "Victims, aren't we all?"

Someone saw an early test screening of the movie and about 2 months ago they wrote about it and seeing the trailer, they were spot on with everything they said, he said the movie wasn’t good but the main actor did a good job and it was ultra violent, he even said the look of the title character was inspired by modern day artists like Post Malone to be exact, don’t waste your money seeing it.

@tiaferrandino4881

4 ай бұрын

Oh yeah I def won't watch this crap. I'm sticking with the original.

With a lot of remakes I’m inclined to think that my reaction is just an inevitable part of living for so long: everything you ever cared about gets brutally vandalised beyond recognition, and naturally you loathe it. It is the way of progress. Let the kids have their new fangled crack pigeon messiah, or whatever the freshly percolated fbomb that even is, because it ABSOLUTELY ain’t for us 😅

I watched the original as a teen. Even the sequels weren't up to that first one but tried to maintain what made the first one so iconic. The series was ok for its time (think Highlander and Kung Fu the Legend Continues and go much lower). This new one is, as you say, set up to fail. You are right, it's the aesthetics what I remember most, and the choice of music. The music here puts me off just as much as everything else and if I'm being disgusted auditory as well as visually, I can't take it. It's an offence against all senses. If I ever watch it, it will be when it becomes available for free. And that is if I remember it exists when that happens. It doesn't have any hold in my memory to try.

I think this would make a good Crow movie, a lot of the subsequent comics are excellent... However, making this a retelling of the original story is a huge mistake...

@Marcustheseer

4 ай бұрын

yup if this was another guy not eric i wouldnt have mind the new take but not like this this aint eric.

@paulusandronicus

4 ай бұрын

even then it doesn't capture the feel of The Crow, just looks like any generic action movie, looks like an emo john wick

They could’ve made it where he was just another guy who suffered the same similar situation, so that’s why the similarities to the original, but I wouldn’t have rebooted this I just would’ve added another story to it the original

9:10 that sums up EVERYONE's reaction to this piece of sacrilege disaster.

My problem is that why remake the story and give the main characters the og names if you’re not gonna add that sweet, melancholic tragedy? Literally what made Eric and Shelly’s death so horrible was the fact two innocent lovebirds were brutally, devilishly murdered by a gang of rowdy murders. Whether it was comic tragedy or film tragedy (tho the comic book version was WAY more fucked up cuz fun boy literally freaked Shelly’s dead body). This? This right here? I don’t see any of that innocent love between them; literally it’s like that music video of a couple smoking, sex, then fight then make up. And it’s a shame cuz love Bill, he’s a good actor but he could’ve done great in this if the director decided to make the comic book version come to life or make this into another sequel, cuz the crow itself can resurrect any tragic dead character and pay that sweet justice. In a nutshell: this is a gangster movie

After watching this trailer I pulled out my graphic novel and the original movie because I was so disgusted with what they've chosen to do in this new take on the material, they really should not have used the name Eric Draven...... The Auto-Tune in this trailer clinched it for me that I won't be bothering with this movie at all. It just looks like a John Wick Joker wannabe with The Crow slapped on as a title for name recognition.

What makes the original Brandon Lee movie have awesome staying power for me is the overall atmosphere, the script / quotable lines, the look of pretty much every aspect from characters to locations, Brandon's unfortunate demise and the fact the movie was set to send him to super stardom just like Enter the dragon would have done for his father....then again a fresh perspective? Bill is a good actor....the.....look.....haha....dunno🤷😂

What I loved so much about The Crow ( I wont call it the original cause to me there was only Brandon Lees version) was that Brandon portrayed Eric not just as a vengeful being. He was sad and crazy over the loss. Sad in a way a person who has lost everything yet is still alive Crazy for having all this anger and pain he only knew how to channel it towards his victims. I always felt like revenge movies forgot about that part of the human nature. Yeah sure you are angry that the bad gang killed your wife but where is all that pain and hurt you have inside that feeling of loss. Brandon exuded so many emotions with that character. It was a love note to death and revenge.

@kristacruz7262

Ай бұрын

Agreed. The range of emotion Brandon brought to his character was wonderful. One of my favorite scenes was with him and Sarah in the graveyard where he gives her Shelly's ring and they say their goodbyes. The pain on Eric's face over having to leave Sarah makes me cry. Brandon was so talented. The original was a gem. Every character worth their salt, and made the movie magic. ❤

This Chaos diety is struggling with it. I want to like it.. I want to give it a chance. But I can’t see “Eric” all I see is “Pennywise’s gothic brother Pencewise” 🤣

@erisptolemy

4 ай бұрын

Also that trailer is WAY more graphic than what we got in the US. The one I saw had such minimal details but SO MANY PEW PEW SCENES! So I’m a little more impressed with the trailer you showed us.

No matter how good or bad the movie is the original is always gonna be here to satisfy us

What about Detroit? in the OG version the city was sorta a character in and of itself. Devils night? I saw this trailer and I think they missed the mark on too many things. I know its not supposed to be a "remake" of the 90s version, but they they'te not not even hitting the comic book beats well. The character design is OK is you take aways MOST of the tattoos. Oh and eric draven was a rock musician not a Sound cloud mumble rapper look-a-like lol. And Eric's revival in the OG was more impactful. His litterally digging out from 6 feet under. I don't know, my confidence is pretty low for the new film :(.

I'm going into this new version having learned the lesson from the "Robocop" remake. Treat it as a completely separate movie detached from the source material. That way it'll have some chance of being entertaining. Basically I'm trying to talk myself into it because, bloody hell, this film has none of the soul the original had.

If Twigs & Bill can make me believe their love is strong enough to pull him back from the other world, I'll forgive the mullet.

They always say these remakes are for the new generation but when you actually hear people talking about, even Star Wars, the new generation hates the new shit !

Before, I started watching peoples reactions of this "trailer", I watched it on it's own... And I kid you not, when he said, in his whiny voice, that he is going to kill people, I started laughing. That "movie" is a mockery of itself.

It really is frustrating to see how afraid Hollywood is of making new and original movies. It’s as you said this could be an alright movie if it stood on its own, a modern telling of a tragic death then revenge. That’s compelling on its own. But they had to link it to The Crow so instead of letting it stand on its own and shine with its own merit it’s putting it against something it is fundamentally not. I hope this era of nostalgia ends soon.

Brandon Lee just like Heath those characters that they played make it even more haunting as they’re both passed away in their prime

They appear to be drawing on the love and nostalgia for the original movie, but modifying it for 'modern audiences' who don't have any connection to the original. The Crow was one of the first movies I ever bought on DVD. This almost feels like John Wick with superpowers. "It can't rain all the time"

Brandon’s look, outfit , even his hair just worked! I’ll give the new one a shot but the original was perfect !

This crow looks more like fun boy than the crow.

In the original movie Shelly was taking photos of Draven's band, when she gets bullied by some yobs and he steps in... Now they're both drug using criminals? How about, no.

"Grifters, aren't we all." -Hollywood

I FULLY agree with you on most points. Especially being that The Crow was indeed the most iconic Goth movie, for akl of us growing up through the 90's. The WORST part of this trailer for me, is the portrayal of Eric Draven. That being said, I can only hope that the reason for the original writers taking this direction is to target young audiences, and bring them something fresh, and hopefully it will at least do justice to the original film. *fingers crossed* I love Bill Skarsgard's work, most of his movies that I've seen were great, and his acting is spot on. I like how the story is a little more in-depth, and kind of gives you a 360 degree look at what really happened, and why the goons went to "collect a debt". However I have to say that most of the characters I've seen don't look "rugged" enough. It seems to polished, and pretty. I will definitely give it a chance, mainly because of who's playing the lead role. But as for how the rest of it looks, I guess only time will tell. btw I love your red suit jacket.

2024 Eric Draven looks like Peso Pluma + Machine gun kelly 😅😅😂😂😂

Jack Sparrow has a KZread channel?

@torquetheprisoner

4 ай бұрын

after Disney soded him over he had do get his rum money some how

@mariusdraculiera3866

4 ай бұрын

Captain. Captain Jack Sparrow.

@MrGiuntoli

4 ай бұрын

@@mariusdraculiera3866 What was I thinking

Is that a Crow reboot I smell crashing and burning at the box office? 🔥 😎

the crow turned hummingbird

That is exactly what has me drawn to liking this version it feels like the TV movie and show

Does everyone forget the reason O' barr wrote The Crow? It was because his fiance'e got killed by a drunk driver. so I don't believe that he would be ok that Eric and Shelly met in a drug rehab.

They're just making it more appealing to the younger public, the looks, the "modern day rap style gangster outfit". Wouldn't be surprised to hear some trap during a fight scene. I bet my young cousing who's into that kind of look and style is going to love it.

100% on point with this review of a movie that basically is made of tropes and plot points from several movies like John Wick, Suicide Squad, The Batman, and Punisher. Instead of the original source material and original movie, which would have been useful in making something fans of The Crow could appreciate. It’s like some baboons in Hollywood decided to shit on the original and want to bask in the glory of their interpretation so that they could make this money grab and like the Fast and the Furious franchise move forward with sequels that are far from what the original was.

honestly you said it all and i couldn't agree more. i have no desire to ever see this movie. it is frustrating watching hollywood continually taking BELOVED characters and franchises and just stealing the name but not honoring the essence of the source material or having any respect for the history and tradition around them. the first time i read the crow it gutted me because of what actually happened and who Eric and Shelly were, just people in the wrong place at the wrong and the injustice of the events would not allow Erics soul to rest. In the trailer there is a point where "time is running out to save her". She didn't need to be saved, he had to avenge and lay to rest everything so that he could go to her. James O'Barrs pain and anguish in dealing with his own personal loss and tragedy poured through every page. While the original movie wasn't 100% accurate to the source, the characters were still largely themselves and felt at least very near to the graphic novel. and you're right, the graphic novels and the movie were hugely influential on and informed by goth culture, a very hand-in-hand sort of experience. where's the melancholy, the dark macabre, the horror? so disappointing.

The only reason I'm giving this a chance is because of how good Bill is an actor. Dude looks massive here making crow look more raw anti hero but i hope they bring the story in a good way. Ntg else in my head 😂

O’Barr actually isn’t involved on this one. He was back about 10 years ago when the idea was to remake the graphic novel and he was on record then as stating that the comic never had last names, so you could remake the original source material while maintaining Draven as sacred to Lee. Similar to how there’s a Bela Dracula and a Francis Ford Coppola Dracula. When they decided to literally resurrect Draven, he bailed and understandably so. It wasn’t an anthology series prior to Lees death and he made it that way after the incident to protect Lee’s legacy. This isn’t the original source material as even the director said it was gonna be. This lil Pep, SoundCloud rapper BS might even be awesome as it’s a modern aesthetic (unfortunately), IF IT WASNT DRAVEN. If they could completely redo Sonic The Hedgehog because the fandom freaked out, simply changing the names of the characters for this would be easy enough and I’d watch it then. 🤷🏻‍♀️

As a super fan of The Crow, I learned one thing about why they haven't successfully made The Crow move over: They have to please two types of fans: gothic and dark love! I am not gothic, but I respect your culture. I support the thin line of darkness between pain and love. I will give it a chance, but I agree with you.

Whenever I hear they do these types of Films for a “Modern Audience” I just envision a Megacorporate Studio person combing a desert in search of this elusive “Modern Audience” with Lawrence of Arabia music playing in the background!🤣

Loved your review. I was incredibly hopeful that things for the Crow in this movie would be a tilt of the hat towards all that we know and love about the original. However from the trailer you can see that all the Darkness/mystique of the character & the Gotham city type of vibe has gone. What made the Crow so iconic of the time was not only the look of the protagonist but also the world/universe the crow lives in. This feels like a generic type of world, devoid of the characters that made it so good. If you remember in certain moments from the original, there was also heart running through all of his motivations. When he gets the ring from the shop.... When he visits funboy and darla then talks to her in the mirror.... The iconic quote in the street "It cant rain all the time"... The list just goes on and on... You can tell from this trailer that unfortunately this is a complete original take on an iconic character that already has a plethora of mythology behind him. Many who love the original material will most likely not enjoy this film unfortunately. However, if I take my Crow glasses off and see this as a film that's not the Crow, I would be able to enjoy it for what it is and not what its trying to represent, and that is the character who we all know and love Eric Draven🙏🙏.

I've said it before, I'll say it again: if it wasn't Eric but Another crow I'd be fine with it, if this was a different couple

This feels like DC joker version original story

This is the fastest I have ever subscribed. The expression of your character is everything. ❤

Re: the makeup/costume, there IS actually a look in the comic that mirrors this look almost exactly. Re: the story, they're basically re-making City of Angels (the 2nd movie). Re: the overall aesthetic, yeah.... I'm with you on that, Valen.

@thirstandvanity

2 ай бұрын

So having now deep-dived the universe, the make-up looks most like the gorgon blood tattoos of Michael Korby. The story seems like a mix of the second movie and the fourth movie (with a psychic girlfriend) with the protagonist of the first.

Literally all they had to do was say that it wasn't Eric Draven, there's plenty of Crows so it didn't have to be him. But no, they had to piss all over it.

I remember everyone said the same thing about Daniel Craig and Casino Royale, who proved himself to be one of, if not THE best Bond in not just one, but two of the best Bond movies made.

I agree with everything you said. This is my first time seeing your channel. Subscribed.

And I’ve come to a realization about something with this trailer there is a character the skull cowboy this trailer is his time with the skull cowboy you can find a deleted scene of him from the Brandon lee movie

It wasn’t just a regular murder. It was being forced to witness the love of your life die and being so absolutely powerless under forces that you can’t even fathom fighting.

Does anyone know when it’s coming out

..."What's the Worse Thing you've Ever Seen...?" 《The CROW: Rehab Skwad》 ..."When someone's Person dies, a CGI Crow carries the Soul to the Land of the Dead...but sometimes, something really really bad happens and the Person's Person's Soul cannot chillax...until you put the badong things rizzight"... ..."You Know that ReMakes Promise only Pain"... ~Top Dollar Store

the colorful parts are probably the flashbacks of their past together. they might have been in a forced rehab program type situation together which makes their deaths even sadder because they got clean and turned their lives around and then they got murdered. also, you hit the nail on the head about the whole nostalgia line. the remake of Conan the Barbarian is a prime example of that.

I feel for you and the true fans even for the first time watching Brandon Lee ‘s version and appreciate it till this day !!

You can be the crow bro 😂😂😂☠️☠️☠️

Would have been better as a Crow story with a different character. It would have actually been well loved if it paid respect to the lore in doing that. If instead you told me that this was a backstory for the Joker himself and that the crow was a hallucination, he survived his death and went mad I'd say "Yeah, I can see that." An eldergoth I can relate to those of us who saw the original when we were growing up. However, I will still watch this one just to see it for an action movie. I won't be going to the theater to see it. I'll wait until it's out on Netflix or something lol.

Gotta say I never watched the original movie and still, I thought that I was watching the trailer for a prequel for The Dark Night :D

The Florida Joker origin story be lookin' tight!

You nailed it simple as

My initial impression and expectations are quite similar to yours Valen, the look and feel of this is so completely different that it does not feel right for me. To your point yes if I knew nothing about the Crow franchise it would feel like a trailer for a DC comics character. To that end it could be Solomon Grundy if they just had a bulked up mobster looking main character and changed a few other details. I would have been okay with that but here we are.

This should have been a different crow, or a totally different action movie. It's not The Crow. If they didn't change the aesthetic I could tolerate more of this. This trailer just makes me want to rewatch the original again.

I completely agree and have said the same thing about it being unaffiliated with the crow it'd do better ticket sales

The funny thing about the whole "new generation" thing in movies is that it failed spectacularly, I'm 30, I should have been the target for this whole reboot crap since star wars, I wasn't impressed, none of my friends were impressed, nobody thought Rey was a good and relatable character and nobody I knew in my own age bracket ever thought it was needed to change the formula that much, this movie seems like it's going to follow the same pattern, a shame since I actually like Skarsgard as an actor.

The Crow can do this for literally any soul. Why they have to rewrite and retcon THE ERIC DRAVEN really pisses me off. If they made this legitimately a different person two decades later that got the same treatment from The Crow this could end up being awesome. But the direction they went with really puts me off.

The new Crow movie is from a different comic book from the 90s.

to be fair the brandon lee crow also look like joker, and its also a jhon wick that cant be killed

Its a modern movie ,we keep going on,another director,another actor,other year ! That doesnt mean it gonna fail,we cant have opinion without see the movie 1st !

Book spoiler Shelly in the book gets GR'd on the side of the road plus fun boy get his turn after half her head is gone.

@thirstandvanity

4 ай бұрын

Oooffff that is even more brutal than the original movie 😭

jason mamoa was gonna star in a remake but he looke like lobo doing a glamour shoot