I don't think I can rate this higher than the original based on better special effects, because then you're only grading the present state of technology as better. That aspect of this you'll probably find more enjoyable, naturally.
I think also that the original was made for a younger audience being influenced by Buck Rogers and Star Wars, undoubtedly a decision by the studio to cash in on a trend. This new version is slightly freer to be itself.
Where the new version is not freer, however is that it is just the latest action movie, another Godzilla vs Kong, another Transformers. Accordingly, its drama scenes are not as intense as in the original. I think this enabled Lynch to do a better job of explaining the complexities of the plot and he even did so in a shorter runtime.
I think in the end, I enjoyed that the remake is less goofy and has better effects, but I wish it had been better at storytelling. There was something lost in this version on that end which, again, may've been a producer's decision.
I think also that the original was made for a younger audience being influenced by Buck Rogers and Star Wars, undoubtedly a decision by the studio to cash in on a trend. This new version is slightly freer to be itself.
Where the new version is not freer, however is that it is just the latest action movie, another Godzilla vs Kong, another Transformers. Accordingly, its drama scenes are not as intense as in the original. I think this enabled Lynch to do a better job of explaining the complexities of the plot and he even did so in a shorter runtime.
I think in the end, I enjoyed that the remake is less goofy and has better effects, but I wish it had been better at storytelling. There was something lost in this version on that end which, again, may've been a producer's decision.
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