How are you supposed to change details that don’t make sense in the film’s new context, while keeping the spirit the same, if you’ve got the original director in to helm your film? It can’t be done.
The man above is Hideo Nakata, director of the original Ringu series, and the original Dark Water. All of these films are classics, but having the person there whose idea this whole endeavour was in the first place is going to hinder your project indubitably. I even have proof – he directed The Ring Two, taking over from Gore Verbinski, which was famously a stinker. While he did write the screenplay to the US remake of Dark Water, he has disappeared off the map somewhat in recent years.
Why is this a bad thing? Well, it smacks of fake authenticity. Just hiring the guy who made the original and placing him slap-bang in the middle of the Hollywood system isn’t a recipe for a great film. It’s a recipe for a disaster, and that disaster is called The Ring Two. If only they’d based it on Ringu 2.
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Published: Jun 26, 2013 01:59 pm