Rosemary's remake

 On Sunday (mother's day) part one of the Rosemary's baby remake miniseries aired starring Zoe Saldana and Patrick J. Adams. The reception was pretty much a man of steel- half of the audience being very impressed with the modern update while the other half staying true to the masterful original 1968 movie were massively disappointed. I loved the original movie but at the same time I didn't think the remake was that bad. I will agree with the masses when saying that it was way too long for it's own good (in my opinion they should have just remade it into a movie not a miniseries) and unlike the original does share the expert sense of suspense like the original did to make up for the long running time. Adding to the lack of suspense the miniseries resorts more towards gore and shock, tropes that are probably the biggest problems when it comes to making horror movies.

    Although there were some things I did like, Zoe Saldana is a great and likeable actresses and it shows in the performance, I was invested in what was going on with her enough to care and didn't feel the need to compare her to Mia Farrow's portrayal. I also found Guy much more likeable and much less of a scumbag due to Adam's performance, I really like the Paris Gothic setting that sets a very omnipresent and dark mood for the miniseries. I also liked the revamps Castevet's from a creepy old couple to a charismatic French middle aged couple which draws a lot less attention to who they really were.


   Again holds no candle to the original but I found the miniseries had a couple new changes to offer and in all honesty I wouldn't knock giving it a try... albeit you might want to watch this on a Saturday or a Sunday when you have some free time because it is a long sit through.


   This sort of review on the miniseries as I read back through kind of reflects my own opinion on remakes. Remakes have, in my opinion, a lot to offer such as modern updates we might have never thought of  as well as a new perspective on another directors work by a new fresh face. Heck some of them even surpass the original such as the Dark knight and Scarface ( The Al Pacino version was a remake, go look it up.) I am not one of those people worried about remakes and reboots taking over the movie sphere, we still have enough original content to go around such as neighbors, Grand Budapest hotel and Belle. Plus if it ends up sucking we still have the originals to watch- when my friend watched the Rosemary's baby miniseries she asked if we could watch the original and when it was finished she both loved and was scared shitless by it. So hey Remake's aren't all bad.