The new movie Roadhouse will be released today on Amazon Prime video streaming, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, and Conor McGregor. The question looming over the production is, why would anyone want to remake the 1989 movie Roadhouse? The general consensus was that it was a bad movie, full of stereotypes, cheesy dialogue, and fighting. The fighting was unrealistic as there were so few guns involved, because that would hamper the hand-to-hand combat. But Roadhouse made plenty of money and became a cult favorite anyway, because of Patrick Swayze and ...the fighting.
Roadhouse was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards, but did not win because Star Trek: The Motion Picture dominated that year. However, it did eventually make the Razzies' list of The 100 Most Enjoyably Bad Movies Ever Made. Just ahead of the remake, Screen Junkies takes a 35-year look back at the original Roadhouse and all its flaws that enshrine it in the pantheon of bad movies that people actually watch.
If a movie is financially successful, still talked about many moons later, indeed copied, and has people watch it on TV over and over, how is this a bad movie?
ReplyDeleteWho has the right to say it should of zigged when it zagged. I’m sure there are many people who want predictable, cliché films that are easy to follow without confusing plot twists. Movies should be relaxing entertainment that won’t lose you if you want to do a little kissy face. Let Siskel and Ebert get their own fun.
xoxoxoBruce