Sean Bean is sex.
OMG, caught the remake of "The Hitcher" opening night (Friday) and holy damn...That was what you call a good time.
*Major SPOILER warning to anyone wanting to check this one out, first...*
Let me start out by saying the first "Hitcher" is one of my favorite horror movies of all time. I've seen it countless times, and I adore the thrilling pace it sets, like a roller coaster that never stops but just keeps building in tension before it slams to a stop back at the passenger station. Even then, like a real roller coaster, it still has you reeling. I simply find Rutger's "John Ryder" to be the perfect villain. Not really crazy as much as a desperate, uncaring loner. You can almost see the gears turning in his sick mind. Awesome movie.
Now on to the remake...For the record, I don't hate remakes. I really don't. I actually like the idea, to be honest. I like to see a re-telling and a re-imagining of an old idea. Problem is, so many studios see this as a way to make a quick buck, and don't always go the extra mile to make a better movie then what they started off with. One could argue you can never do better then the original, yet the point is...You make the effort to outdo those that came before you. Simply put.
That being said, I found this remake a passable effort. I felt it came in far too short, it was over just when the tension was actually beginning to warm up. I was really digging Sean Bean's portrayal of my favorite hitchhiker when it was already the "truck scene" (as I call it, anyway) and I knew it was coming to an end, how sad...
I wasn't too happy with changing the "lone man delivering a car" to the "couple going on spring brake (insert skimpy clothing here)", to me it rings too much of "let's appeal to teen audiences!" then making a good and workable story. Where's the isolation, the desperation and fear? Left behind, my friends.
One thing I did like was that they followed one of my personal rules for remakes, it followed the first one almost to the letter. That's what I want to see. However, a remake should also be it's own movie in that it adds new scenes, goes into detail perhaps and gives you some more "meat" to the bones of the movie's history, so to speak. There was very little that made this remake different from the first, besides the derogatory couple idea expressed above.
In general, I still enjoyed the movie a good deal. It was like watching a modern re-telling of the first, and that's okay. So I actually don't have much to complain about. I'd give it three and one-half stars out of five. Not the greatest movie in the world, but certainly not bad, especially for a remake. And with many a cool and yummy scene, at that.
Okay, now for the real reason of this blog post...This movie turned me the hell on. And that reason; Sean Bean is absolute sex incarnate in this movie.
I always found Sean Bean attractive, don't get me wrong. But it wasn't until ChaosSentinel told me that he would make the perfect Riccardo if HG was ever turned into a movie that I seriously got the absolute hots for the man. Now I can't watch a movie with him in it without dry-humping my television screen.
Add this factor into that he also plays a gun-wielding, unshaven, "sick f*ck lunatic" villain, killing and attempting rape...And you have what you would call "Hazzy's hot pants mixture, just add a scene where he tries to nail a helpless, innocent little heroine and..."
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...Ka-f*cking-boom, baby. ^_^
Actually, the quote in the title of this blog is right before that scene. Like the original, she's lying in bed when he slips in, unnoticed beside her. She thinks it's the protagonist, but when she turns to look, it's John. This time, he runs his hand along her waist, starts to play with her, and she smiles, telling him, "You're making me horny..." To which John grabs her, straddles her, and screams "I'm f*cking horny, too!" OMG, hotness! He tries to nail her, but she gets away. All the while I'm egging him on...Yeah, yeah, get her! Get that ass! GET IT! (How disappointing, a rape scene would have really justified that "R" rating, don't you agree?)
Oh, and when he walked into the gas station, and we see him clearly for the first time...He gives that look, and he is SO goddamn sexy, I think I almost creamed myself on that one. Good Christ, I never expected this movie to be such porn to me. I'm rather sick, aren't I? xD
BTW, I also found Sean Bean to make this movie. Without him, it would be rather boring and unoriginal (I know, a remake is unoriginal to begin with, but I digress) and really not worth watching. His performance is rather different then Rutger's, whom was more believable as a loner with taking the utmost joy from torturing his victims, watching them squirm, but just as ready (and willing) to die himself. Sean's comes off as more of a very unbalanced, mentally disturbed psychopath who plans his kills rather fluidly, (like keeping wedding rings to appear more innocent so that he may lure more victims) but wants to die the next. Rutger's did as well, but he seemed to do so more out of the thrill. Sean's actually seems disheartened when she doesn't pull the trigger in that truck. He's a torn, worn man, and he doesn't really care. He's sick, but he doesn't seem to be playing a game like Rutger's does.
But you know what? That's okay. It's a different movie, different actor, different portrayal. And you know what? I like it. And I am so goddamn turned on, too...Rutger is a good actor, but his performance didn't want to make me jump his bones like it was with Sean.
Anyway, in the end. If you love Sean, or the original, I'd recommend this. It certainly makes for an entertaining evening. Me? I'm getting this baby on DVD when it's out. Where else can you see that hawty driving a Firebird Trans-Am, taking out helicopters and cop cars, looking bad-ass and sexy whilst doing it, eh?
You know, I've got some strange taste in men... xD
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...Going my way?
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