Post by stephen on Aug 22, 2018 16:22:06 GMT
I know this is a bit of a niche question, but I've always felt that the 1998 film Fallen would've worked even better if it had been fused with 1999's End of Days. Fallen's biggest issue is that it feels so much like a TV movie-of-the-week rather than having a true auteur's flair, whereas I feel End of Days is positively oozing with appropriate mood and atmosphere. With that said, End of Days suffers from having to capitulate to being an Arnold Schwarzenegger shoot-'em-up (and I don't blame Arnie for that; he goes for broke and he's actually not bad, but the film would work so much better with more of an everyman in the role).
So if I could somehow make it happen, I would remix the two films together. I'd keep Denzel Washington as the protagonist, but I'd probably lean more into the apocalyptic atmosphere of End of Days, so rather than having Azazel show up, it's the Devil himself, just as he does in End of Days. Koteas stays (although I think he'd work better less as a possessed man and more of a rabid cultist), Goodman stays . . . but I'm also keeping CCH Pounder and Kevin Pollak from End of Days, because they were ace supporting players who would work very well, and the idea that they would be corrupted and "turned" makes a far more engaging film. As for the "love interest," I'd probably keep Embeth Davidtz because I really wasn't crazy about Robin Tunney's performance in End of Days, but honestly, you could probably flip a coin at this point. And of course, Gabriel Byrne sticks around with his gloriously ham-tastic performance as Old Scratch.
Anyway, what are some other films you think would work better if they'd been remixed with another, similarly lesser movie?
So if I could somehow make it happen, I would remix the two films together. I'd keep Denzel Washington as the protagonist, but I'd probably lean more into the apocalyptic atmosphere of End of Days, so rather than having Azazel show up, it's the Devil himself, just as he does in End of Days. Koteas stays (although I think he'd work better less as a possessed man and more of a rabid cultist), Goodman stays . . . but I'm also keeping CCH Pounder and Kevin Pollak from End of Days, because they were ace supporting players who would work very well, and the idea that they would be corrupted and "turned" makes a far more engaging film. As for the "love interest," I'd probably keep Embeth Davidtz because I really wasn't crazy about Robin Tunney's performance in End of Days, but honestly, you could probably flip a coin at this point. And of course, Gabriel Byrne sticks around with his gloriously ham-tastic performance as Old Scratch.
Anyway, what are some other films you think would work better if they'd been remixed with another, similarly lesser movie?
