The Crow (2024) | Review w/ **SPOILERS** | CKV Podcast Ep. 163

[@LadyAxe13]

Dude, the most disturbing thing about this tripe is those MC Hammer pants he is wearing in the trailer!

[@cinekuestvideo]

More MC Hammer pants! 🤣

[@skyevalentine7549]

The reason why Disorder by Joy Division was included is because the song is in the comic book. It is probably the only decision that I happen to agree with.

[@cinekuestvideo]

Did not know that. I have never read the comic. The song still doesn’t make sense with the tone of the movie. It’s unfortunate because it’s a great song.

[@sarahwood8713]

i feel it came through in his acting that Bill didn't even enjoy playing it lol, its like deep down he knew it was gonna be shit, and so he didn't put much effort in

[@cinekuestvideo]

Well this version of “Eric” seemed dumb. Not sure if he was purposely playing him that way because it was bad. Bill is better than this.

[@cc4670]

Some of the scenes were filmed in Chicago. I'm so sad they made the city especially Pilsen look so generic.

[@cinekuestvideo]

Yeah the city had zero character. Sad!

[@dustincongello5802]

I wanna know how the whole shelly comong back to life thing works. It looks like shellys sould went back in time cause she couldnt be revived if she was dead the entire time it took eric to kill everyone.. and erics body is next to her so are the bad guys dead? And if so how? Its makes no damn sense

[@cinekuestvideo]

That ending really made no sense. The whole movie is a hallucination in Eric’s head from him losing oxygen apparently haha! The bad dudes are still alive and still goring to come after Shelley ooopps! Terrible ending.

[@deannamarie8389]

No, nothing in this movie is for Gen Z. My children are Gen Z, they laughed at the music and made me turn it off. And they were actually INSULTED by how the director thought they were all drug addicts. So glad they shit all over Brandon Lee's legacy for this joke of a movie. 😡

[@cinekuestvideo]

Makes me hopeful that gen z isn’t falling for this nonsense. This should have been a sequel instead of a remake, at least they would have been more consistent with how the sequels have gotten progressively worse lol 😂. THANKS FOR WATCHING 🙏

[@edwinrollins142]

They def should've really leaned into the bit, and yeah, as more of a soundcloud mumblerapper Eric, and they should've made Shelly Webster into a really ratchet cookie monster pj's girl, and I would've respected that.

[@cinekuestvideo]

Now that’s the crow remake we can get behind!

[@connorthomas3919]

it seems from this version of the Crow certain elements from the book didn't explain them well to sell in elements from the movie then explain them well and try to do it's own thing at the same time which made this movie into a total mess.let the band Joy Division the original creator of the Crow was a big fan of the band Joy Division and in the book named through the characters after people from Joy Division .

[@cinekuestvideo]

Interesting I wasn’t aware or notice that. I need to look into it further.

[@aldoalcazar6525]

Great video.

[@cinekuestvideo]

Appreciate it! Thank you!

[@deannamarie8389]

FYI- the "young kids" now actually like 90s rock.

[@cinekuestvideo]

That a relief lol! Must be why limp bizkit is have a resurgence

[@cditurisound312]

I haven't seen it yet, but they're probably lucky that Borderlands came out the same year and people are touting that as the worst movie of the year. The Crow may slide under the radar as "one of the worst" rather than the worst for this reason alone.

[@cinekuestvideo]

We are still waiting to watch borderlands

[@cditurisound312]

@@cinekuestvideo I got a free screening pass to Borderlands and saw it. You're in for a real treat. And by real treat I mean that it's absolutely awful.

[@cinekuestvideo]

@cditurisound312 now I’m more curious to see how bad borderlands is

[@dustincongello5802]

What pissed me off the most about this remake was how eric and shelly were killed. Plastic bags over the heads while their hands are free grabbing the the arm of the person suffocating them and didnt even attempt to rip the plastic bag . A small poke to make a hole could have helped them as they tried to fet the arm from around the neck.. idk. Whenevr i see someone killed by a plastic bag over the head while their arms are flailing around instead of ripping the plastic, it always takes he out of the moment . I also have the same complaints as everyone else with the look of eric draven with short hair and hes a drug addict . No fun banter when killing someone like brandon lees crow did mixing poetry and with jis natural wit . Then theres was how helpless this new eric draven was in a fight without a gun or sword. The theres shelly who came off as a selfish drug addict that is jist using eric to escape ger messed up life . And the end, shelly coming back to life. The point of eric coming back to kill theor killers was so his soul could rest and be with shelly eternally. Here eric comes back and kills the people that wanted to kill shelly, and shelly gets to live in peace now while eric is gone forever. No eternal loce cause shelly is young and alive so she will find a new man to love after eric gave his life to save her

[@cinekuestvideo]

Yeah the deaths didn’t seem so “tragic.” The bag over the head was lame. And the story doesn’t make them seem so innocent to where they would need to be avenged. I’m not sure what Bill Skarsgard was attempting to do with this character but he didn’t make him charming, clever or just like-able.

[@SuperCosmicMutantSquid]

Dear god, was the movie from the trailer really it? No wonder it failed, even the music doesn't fit the tone!

[@cinekuestvideo]

100%

[@cinekuestvideo]

We need mumblecore haha

[@MavenCree]

Highly anticipated???

[@cinekuestvideo]

Sarcastically of course

[@RavensOsFan89]

What a mess. I’ve never seen the original and the trailer for this one did nothing for me so I doubt I’ll give it a shot.

[@cinekuestvideo]

The first has a vibe for the time that it was made. The soundtrack for the first is great. But yeah avoid this one. It’s horrendous.

[@JohnJacobSchmidtt]

I've seen where some people are labeling the movie as a romance, so another toxic romance movie out in theaters..... At least that's what a lot of women are saying it is it's a romance. I don't remember the first one being romantic, it had their love of course but it was not romantic

[@cinekuestvideo]

Romance or not they had terrible chemistry

[@terrig.4374]

I'm a huge fan of the original Crow and soundtrack. In an era when we couldn't look up songs on spotify in the 90's, the soundtrack introduced us to a goth/industrial vibe. I appreciate in the 2024 version a nod to the 90's...Joy Division, Gary Newman 'The Killer' by Phil Keiran. Great choices. I was excited they made a reboot. Not a remake. It's not bad. Bill Skarsgard is Awesome and looks Great as the Crow. FKA Twigs is so cute. Their on-screen chemistry is so good! I like that they spent time developing the characters. Building off of his childhood trauma, self harm and depression. Shelly essentially saves him and brings light and meaning to his life. All the more reason for him to go on a killing spree and self sacrifice to save her soul. It's not about avenging her death as the first one. I think it's a great origin story. The movie does drag on, but the action is worth the wait.

[@cinekuestvideo]

I find casual enjoyment of the original film. The soundtrack is superb. In some sense I can appreciate the nod with some of the song choices in this film but still felt they were out of place with the overall vibe of the movie. I can appreciate more character development, generally speaking, but I just don’t feel it made me care about the characters enough to root for them. Thanks for watching and commenting! We appreciate you!

[@thestormkrow6856]

That InFlames shirt