The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)

Ok, I went and saw this almost a week ago now, and have been a bloody slack cunt at typing this up.

That might well say a lot.

I'd watched the original on the old moving picture box as a kiddiewink, God knows how or when, and to be fair that didn't scare me then.

This version was much the same.

The original was more implied fear, and almost disturbing, and was scary for the time and context that it came out at.
By today's standards it's not scary, but it's always important to think about the period of originality when watching "classic" films. And yes Mike, you've now got me talking about period pieces, you bastard :P

The remake seems to try to have a lot more shock tactic moments, and for that there are moments when the plot of the original goes out the window and it turns more into a homage based on the idea of rather than a remake;

Cue bloke with chainsaw and mask made of skin.
Cue carnage.
Repeat.

Showing the villain (Leatherface)'s actual face was unexpected, and I don't think it came across well. It didn't make him look grotesque enough, and almost made for sympathy. Not sure if that was the point though, so shall leave it at that.

The whole police footage file scenes annoyed me... and the whole story based on the survivor's account... which y'know explains how the story parts when she wasn't there can be told, yeah?

But hey, I'm just biased against remakes I suppose.

It still weren't a bad film, just nothing special in this day and age.
Yet few things are these days.