The Lodger remake

[Mike Covell]

The Lodger Remake

View the trailer here,

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=n4sqMLKveAc

I will update this thread with IMDB info on the movie when the website is available.

[sdreid]

Thanks Mike. From that trailer, I'm reserving my excitement. Why is that trailer rated R? Is this a Direct-to-DVD production? I don't see any theatrical release date on IMDb.

[Mike Covell]

It should recieve a cinematic release, anyway, here is the Internet Movie Database, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851530/

Stranger still, why is Tia Barr listed as ...... Annie Chapman, will we see a flashback, or has she got the pocket watch from that awful JTR time travelling movie!!

[spryder]

See if you notice anything "familiar" at 0:46 in that trailer. :-)

[Jeff Leahy]

Inspiring Serial killers those naughty casebook people

[Mike Covell]

See if you notice anything "familiar" at 0:46 in that trailer. :-)

I can see a new tag appearing....

Casebook, Inspiring Serial Killers since The Lodger was Remade.

[Glenn Lauritz Andersson]

I was kind of disappointed to see that they had moved the story to modern times - makes it lacking in atmosphere. In Hitchcock's film the fog and the old english environment plays a pretty important part for the overall cinematic experience.
Not to mention that the set has been moved to USA instead of England - how typical Hollywood.

Seems to me this has become just abother one of those many American serial killer movies, with very little in common with Belloc Lowndes original novel.

Apart from that, the film seems to be better and a bit more interesting than general movies of this type and genre so it might be worthy a watch nevertheless. And I've always liked Molina.

All the best

[jmenges]

A review of The Lodger remake:

http://newsblaze.com/story/20090118105132mill.nb/topstory.html

JM

[jmenges]

Kurt Loder's pretty bad review of The Lodger.

http://tinyurl.com/aolq9u

JM

[retroGAMER]

It's not looking good.

http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/lodger

Will

[jmenges]

Yikes!

The New York Times

http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/movies/23lodg.html?ref=movies

"When not distracted by Street’s playful sweater vests, Chandler is obsessively Googling Ripper Web sites..."

Pretty spot on, I'd say. It looks like the producers did at least some research.



JM

[LTowell]

Loved the tip of the hat to Casebook. But if you notice, the obviously fake pages that come up on Google has one site, right above Casebook's entry, that describes JtR as the "notorious murderer of six prostitutes in Victorian London." Nice.

I agree with the NYT review, although I think Molina did well with what he had and the story tried to be interesting.

[spryder]

Saw the movie today... I went in with really, really low expectations, after reading all the horrible reviews. In the end, I don't think it was as awful as some have made it out to be. Its definitely a B-movie, there are serious plot-holes, some of the acting and writing is bad, but like LTowell said, it tried to be interesting and to keep the viewer guessing. I would say it was "watchable", which is hollow praise to be sure, but certainly a bit more fair than many of the reviews I've read. :-)

[jmenges]

"Watchable" is right.

Did anyone else notice that the film The Lodger flashed the Emily Ruth Chapman photo (one given by the family to Neal Shelden, only to use with permission in a non-exploitive way etc) on the screen during the "hooker" murder that supposedly coincided with the Chapman murder?

Interesting.

JM

[I_AM_JACK]

saw this on the net last week...one word describes it...AWFUL,
bad acting and a terrible script...avoid at all costs