Encore, encore!

story by Breyanna Helm≫

Movies come and go each year. They get millions of views and ratings, then everyone forgets them by the next year. Some, on the other hand, will stay with you from your childhood and will always have a place in your heart. Coming in 2017 are several new movies that have a link to the past. Movies that people today still watch as if they were kids all over again.

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast is about a young woman whose father has been imprisoned by a terrifying beast, offers herself in his place, and is unaware that her captor is actually a prince who has been physically altered by a magic spell. The original movie came out in Oct. 29, 1964 as a french romantic fantasy film by Jean Corteau, Jeanne-Marie, and Leprince de Beaumont. It ran about 93 minutes. It also came out in 1991 as an animated film.

On March 17, 2017 a new version of the movie will be released as a live-action remake filmed in London.

Friday the 13th

Friday the 13th originally came out May 9, 1980 and was directed by Sean S. Cunningham and written by Victor Miller. The film tells the story of a group of teenagers who are murdered one by one by an unknown killer while attempting to re-open an abandoned campground. Originally the name was going to be “A Long Night at Camp Blood” but Cunningham believed “Friday the 13th” was better. He had to pay off someone who threatened to sue because there was a previous movie called Friday the 13th: The orphan who had gotten moderate views. In the end, the franchise consisted of 12 movies released between  1980-2009. On Oct. 13, 2017 a new movie will be coming out: “Friday the 13th: Evil Resurfaces,” and will be filmed in the United States.

Jumanji

Jumanji originally came out Dec. 15, 1995 and ran about 104 minutes. It was directed by Joe Johnston and is an adaption of the 1981 children’s book by Chris Van Allsburg. The story centers on young Alan Parrish, who becomes trapped in a board game while playing with his best friend Sarah Whittle in 1969. Twenty-six years later in 1995, siblings Judy and Peter Shepherd find the game, begin playing and then unwittingly release the now-adult Alan. After tracking down Sarah, the quartet resolve to finish the game in order to reverse all of the destruction it has caused. In 2005, a sequel was released titled Zathura that was also an adaption from a Van Allsburg book.

Some people look forward to remaking movies with the new technology but others feel the originally cannot be replaced.

“You can’t remake a movie that doesn’t have Robin Williams in it, it wouldn’t be the same.” Chance Sterba, SR.