I was actually really looking forward to the new Rocky Horror remake on Fox. A few years ago I was very against it... but honestly remakes don't make me that mad. That's something that maybe I'll talk about one day... but yeah.
I thought this looked pretty okay and the fact that it was on TV instead of an actual feature length movie... kind of set my expectations there. Its not going to be anywhere as good as the original, or any movie really... but it might be fun to see a different take on the movie.
To be completely honest... I don't love The Rocky Horror Picture Show... its never really been my thing. I like it for the 70s movie aspect of it, I like the edginess, and I like the music, makeup and costumes. And that's kind of enough for me... and I think this movie was missing some of those parts.
The edginess wasn't really there for me. I guess it was raunchy for a show on network television... but it couldn't really go where the first movie went... and that's what I was expecting because of the format... so that's not really disappointing its just an "Okay... here's why they maybe shouldn't have done a remake of this." Type of thing.
The costumes were all really cool. I like that they sort of stuck to the original...but everything looked a little more modern. During the commercials they had a little snippet about the costumes and makeup and I thought that that was kind of cool. They really did a good job of kind of updating that... but they didn't make it too modern because Janet has to be somewhat conservative at the beginning of the film, and then at the end she gets sexy. And of corse Magenta was a maid, and Columbia had sort of a tap dancer type of look.I think Columbia and Magenta were my favorite characters in the original because they had the coolest costumes and I still think they're my favorites here... partially because of the costumes and partially because I really liked Columbia. I thought that actress was funny, she had a lot of personality and she was just really cool.
Same with the makeup. I think they really took some more modern trends along with some of the bright colorful nature of the original. It was pretty cool. I felt inspired for a halloween costume maybe...lol probably not. But still cool!
The music I kind of thought was hit and miss... as much as I love Laverne Cox... her singing voice just isn't as good as Tim Curry's and I was a little disappointed in that. I thought Time Warp could have been a little bit better too... I really love that song and this one didn't really excite me that much. I liked Victoria Justice, I liked Brad at the end too especially and Adam Lambert as Meatloaf was really good. (By Meatloaf I mean Eddie. Lol.)
And the one thing that ultimately ruined this movie is that it still feels too modern. Rocky Horror Picture Show doesn't totally make sense in 2016. Its just so perfect for when they released it... that I think that is the main issue and why so many people didn't really want this remade.
I liked Tim Curry in this and I liked the audience because I've never actually seen Rocky Horror in theaters or on stage... maybe that is part of why I didn't like it that much... but yeah.
So overall... kind of let down by this... I think mostly because of the music because I liked that so much in the original... and while these singers are good... idk the fact that I kind of thought "Meh" to their Time Warp... which is just an excellent song all around... it kinda shows this isn't the best. I had fun watching it, and maybe if they show it during the halloween season I'd still watch it... but meh.
Byeee!
-Shannon
I thought this looked pretty okay and the fact that it was on TV instead of an actual feature length movie... kind of set my expectations there. Its not going to be anywhere as good as the original, or any movie really... but it might be fun to see a different take on the movie.
To be completely honest... I don't love The Rocky Horror Picture Show... its never really been my thing. I like it for the 70s movie aspect of it, I like the edginess, and I like the music, makeup and costumes. And that's kind of enough for me... and I think this movie was missing some of those parts.
The edginess wasn't really there for me. I guess it was raunchy for a show on network television... but it couldn't really go where the first movie went... and that's what I was expecting because of the format... so that's not really disappointing its just an "Okay... here's why they maybe shouldn't have done a remake of this." Type of thing.
The costumes were all really cool. I like that they sort of stuck to the original...but everything looked a little more modern. During the commercials they had a little snippet about the costumes and makeup and I thought that that was kind of cool. They really did a good job of kind of updating that... but they didn't make it too modern because Janet has to be somewhat conservative at the beginning of the film, and then at the end she gets sexy. And of corse Magenta was a maid, and Columbia had sort of a tap dancer type of look.I think Columbia and Magenta were my favorite characters in the original because they had the coolest costumes and I still think they're my favorites here... partially because of the costumes and partially because I really liked Columbia. I thought that actress was funny, she had a lot of personality and she was just really cool.
Same with the makeup. I think they really took some more modern trends along with some of the bright colorful nature of the original. It was pretty cool. I felt inspired for a halloween costume maybe...lol probably not. But still cool!
The music I kind of thought was hit and miss... as much as I love Laverne Cox... her singing voice just isn't as good as Tim Curry's and I was a little disappointed in that. I thought Time Warp could have been a little bit better too... I really love that song and this one didn't really excite me that much. I liked Victoria Justice, I liked Brad at the end too especially and Adam Lambert as Meatloaf was really good. (By Meatloaf I mean Eddie. Lol.)
And the one thing that ultimately ruined this movie is that it still feels too modern. Rocky Horror Picture Show doesn't totally make sense in 2016. Its just so perfect for when they released it... that I think that is the main issue and why so many people didn't really want this remade.
I liked Tim Curry in this and I liked the audience because I've never actually seen Rocky Horror in theaters or on stage... maybe that is part of why I didn't like it that much... but yeah.
So overall... kind of let down by this... I think mostly because of the music because I liked that so much in the original... and while these singers are good... idk the fact that I kind of thought "Meh" to their Time Warp... which is just an excellent song all around... it kinda shows this isn't the best. I had fun watching it, and maybe if they show it during the halloween season I'd still watch it... but meh.
Byeee!
-Shannon
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