The Crow was one of the first movies I watched habitually and led to my interest in all things film (and later all things storytelling). The Crow was just so great. Brandon Lee, RIP, gave a fantastic performance that balanced dark poeticism and gloomy personality. His lanky build and martial arts pedigree gave a very distinct movement. The mix of Gothic architecture a la Batman and pop art 70's dinginess a la Taxi Driver provides an atmosphere and setting that will never be forgetten. And this is just one movie.
The concept of a victim coming back from the dead to avenge the death of himself/herself and his/her loved one(s) is a simple plot line to get. And you could easily go above and beyond the first one in terms of creativity.
The Crow series is such horrible shape that they are even thinking about remaking the first one. The crow isn't even 20 years old. If it was a person it wouldn't be able to drive, and they already want to do it over. Where did they go wrong?
The Crow: City of Angels got creative, but only with the concept, not the story. Too much magic and celestial tampering. Crow Salvation was better than City of Angels, but still too much retread. Darkly poetic boy goes after the murderers of his lover. Plus the acting wasn't that great. Too much to even talk about in The Crow: Wicked Prayer. The acting was horrible. The bad guys were horrible. And again to much magic.
They are going in the wrong direction in my opinion. Do not build upon the concept, build a new storyline around it. I want a female Crow! I want a Prohibition era noir-ish Crow where he's a detective and he's using the clues! I want a group of Crows (What's that called? Oh yeah! A Murder!)! I want two Crows going after each other! Come on Hollywood, you can be better than this. Stop rehashing the concept into b-movie straight to video bullshit. B-Movies are actually embarrassed to consider the Crow sequels members.
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