No ways, I love reading books first 😀 That way I have my own idea of what the characters look like instead of being stuck with the movie characters the whole time im reading them. Ill never have the pleasure of imagining what Richard in the Sword of Truth series should actually look like thanks to watch Legend of the Seeker first which was cast terribly 😛 Plus. from the trailers for Catching Fire that I have seen it almost looks like they are changing a lot of the plot around.
Weird. I don't really have that problem. I must have watched Jurassic Park more than 30 times by the time I finally read the book, but in my head, the characters in the book look completely different from the characters in the movie.
Definitely hanging out for Catching Fire, but is anyone else super keen to see World War Z? I'm a sucker for a zombie movie!
Not really. It doesn't look like the kind of zombie movie that I'd wanna watch. It looks like a CGI-heavy action movie. And it's rated PG-13
😛 Not saying it doesn't look interesting, though.
And about the remakes, reboots and sequels...
Generally, I'm not against remakes, as they can be very good indeed, sometimes better than the original. I think a good example for a great remake is John Carpenter's
The Thing. I haven't seen the old one from the 50s (not that it matters much, the movies are based on a story from the 30s anyway), but Carpenter's version is so unique and original. It's one of my favorite movies. But then, some remakes just seem to be made to make more money. They don't really have anything new in them, but since the original title was a success, it's almost guaranteed to attract a number of people, who either liked the original and are curious or who've heard the original is good, so they go see the new one.
Anyway, I think remakes should only be made, if the filmmakers have a good reason. Maybe the original idea was good but badly executed, or maybe they have something new and interesting to add, a whole new vision, like Carpenter. But I don't think movies should be remade just because it's easier than to come up with something original and to make easy money, which I believe is the main reason today.
Same for sequels, or prequels, for that matter. Many are guaranteed to make tons of money, if the predecessor was a success (The Fast & the Furious, Pirates of the Caribbean). But I think, sequels often ruin franchises. A few years ago, I considered the
Indiana Jones series the best trilogy of all time. Now it isn't a trilogy anymore. That beautiful shot in
The Last Crusade where they ride their horses into the sunset was for nothing. However, I don't feel that way about the
Jurassic Park series, which is weird, because
Jurassic Park is my favorite film. The third movie was lame anyway, so a fourth movie can't hurt much. And I have hope that they will make a descent movie. Same with
Star Wars.
But some franchises you just want to see continue. For me, that's, for example,
The Avengers,
Dredd or
Sin City.
