LMI's biggest mistake

[jun2k]

if the producers insisted on doing this remake...

was not getting JAL or Alfredson on board with the project. We knew Alfredson hated the idea, so they should have tried hard to get JAL to work with reeves on the remake. It could have prevented some of the hate and anger from the start.

[jetboy]

I think JAL helped as an advisor.

[rgh]

if the producers insisted on doing this remake...

was not getting JAL or Alfredson on board with the project. We knew Alfredson hated the idea, so they should have tried hard to get JAL to work with reeves on the remake. It could have prevented some of the hate and anger from the start.

It may have helped with some of those who were biased to hate LMI before seeing it, but I doubt it would have gone very far to win the rest over. (Unless something else about the film was changed.) When I saw the film, I wanted to like it, but I left disappointed at the end. Something just didn't click for me the way it did in LTROI. Had I seen LMI first, I know my experience would have been different. Would I have loved LMI the way I do LTROI? Probably not, but who knows.

Edit: I'm not saying I hated LMI, I just didn't love it...but I will still have it and watch it when it comes out in Feb.

[gary13136]

No one knows for sure, but I don't think anything would have made LMI any more popular than it was. After all, it was based on a subtitled Swedish film that very few people ever saw, or ever will see. I'm not saying that either one was a bad movie, even though I prefer the original to the remake. It's just that neither movie is what most of the movie-going public apparently like; lots of graphic violence and action. LMI was obviously more graphic than the original, but it still came up short. I've only spoken with one person who liked the original, and when I mention "subtitles", everyone else just rolls their eyes and walk away. What else could be done to make either one more popular, I have no idea. JAL did like the idea of the remake and had contact with Reeves.

But at least here in the USA, if you mentioned the name "John Ajvide Lindqvist", the response would usually be "Who?"

[abner_mohl]

if the producers insisted on doing this remake...

was not getting JAL or Alfredson on board with the project. We knew Alfredson hated the idea, so they should have tried hard to get JAL to work with reeves on the remake. It could have prevented some of the hate and anger from the start.

There was an interview where Alfredson revealed that he was approached to direct the remake, but turned down the offer.

[ColBlair]

No one knows for sure, but I don't think anything would have made LMI any more popular than it was. After all, it was based on a subtitled Swedish film that very few people ever saw, or ever will see. I'm not saying that either one was a bad movie, even though I prefer the original to the remake. It's just that neither movie is what most of the movie-going public apparently like; lots of graphic violence and action. LMI was obviously more graphic than the original, but it still came up short. I've only spoken with one person who liked the original, and when I mention "subtitles", everyone else just rolls their eyes and walk away. What else could be done to make either one more popular, I have no idea. JAL did like the idea of the remake and had contact with Reeves.

But at least here in the USA, if you mentioned the name "John Ajvide Lindqvist", the response would usually be "Who?"

You never know, maybe in a few years, both films will become popular with the crowd. Without LMI, I don't think I'd ever discover the world of LTROI.

[crazychristina]

Ditto (came to LTROI via LMI). Also I believe TA is working on an English language film (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) so he may become better known to English speaking audiences. I recently watched Nikita (in French) after seeing Leon, an English language film by Luc Besson.

[ColBlair]

Ditto (came to LTROI via LMI). Also I believe TA is working on an English language film (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) so he may become better known to English speaking audiences. I recently watched Nikita (in French) after seeing Leon, an English language film by Luc Besson.

That would be cool to see TA working on an English language film. I seen Nikita as well, along with Leon which was also known as The Proffessonal when I heard of it.

[Imnotazombie]

ALFREDSON DOING THE REMAKE?!?! Now that I'd like to see.

[gary13136]

No one knows for sure, but I don't think anything would have made LMI any more popular than it was. After all, it was based on a subtitled Swedish film that very few people ever saw, or ever will see. I'm not saying that either one was a bad movie, even though I prefer the original to the remake. It's just that neither movie is what most of the movie-going public apparently like; lots of graphic violence and action. LMI was obviously more graphic than the original, but it still came up short. I've only spoken with one person who liked the original, and when I mention "subtitles", everyone else just rolls their eyes and walk away. What else could be done to make either one more popular, I have no idea. JAL did like the idea of the remake and had contact with Reeves.

But at least here in the USA, if you mentioned the name "John Ajvide Lindqvist", the response would usually be "Who?"

You never know, maybe in a few years, both films will become popular with the crowd. Without LMI, I don't think I'd ever discover the world of LTROI.

Absolutely. Should Alfredson make a big splash with another movie, it could cause an interest in his other work. Same thing with Reeves as well.