I don’t expect all movies to leave a trail of satisfied audiences and awe struck critics in their wake, but I would like to see at least a little creativity. I recently watched the snore fest along the same lines as the other uninspired teen suspense remakes such as The Last House on the Left, Prom Night and When a Stranger Calls. I have unfortunately seen all of these movies because my friends roped me into watching them. In their hay day these movies were successful because they were a new and creative genre, but by today’s standards they are bland and unimaginative. The Stepfather follows a similar story line to that of Disturbia. The thing is Disturbia did almost everything better. It had better actors, better plot and better character development. The only thing separating The Stepfather and Distubia is the bad replacing the new neighbour for the new dad. Both films revolve around troubled teenage boys paranoid about the new man in their life.
The reason I bring this up is because even if your not setting out to make a movie that will change film forever (see Inception, the Godfather, the Wizard of Oz for details) at least try to make it interesting and change something.
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