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Post by spooner5020 on Oct 19, 2019 1:24:18 GMT
1. The Blob (1988) 2. King Kong (2005) 3. Maniac (2012) I don’t agree with Maniac. It’s very good don’t get me wrong, but it seemed way more tame than the original. Now mind you I’m not a huge fan of the original and only saw it cause the remake was being announced and wanted to see what the huge deal was. I do like both movies as well. I own both original and remake. I just don’t think one is better than the other cause I wasn’t a huge fan of either movie.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 19, 2019 4:16:02 GMT
The Hills Have Eyes (2006)
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 19, 2019 4:59:04 GMT
The renowned version of The Maltese Falcon is a remake. So is Malick's The Thin Red Line. I prefer the remake of Cape Fear to the original. Same with the 1979 All Quiet On The Western Front. Probably not common views. I also prefer the remake of Cape Fear, but not by a significant margin.
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Post by moviemouth on Oct 19, 2019 5:03:09 GMT
The Hills Have Eyes (2006) That's what I was going to say. I found the original very dull, but the remake was actually intense and disturbing and the characters were solid, so I actually cared what happened to them. The original is marred by bad acting and bad directing. It isn't even remotely scary or suspenseful and I didn't feel anything for any of the characters. In order for their primal actions in the second half to have any impact I have to have cared about them in the first place. The villains aren't even scary, they are just tacky.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2020 21:41:32 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material.
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Post by Feologild Oakes on Jan 11, 2020 21:56:55 GMT
The Ten Commandments (1956)
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Post by spooner5020 on Jan 12, 2020 2:50:06 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material. Which is a readaption which is of in itself a remake. If that’s the case then The Fly is also not a remake cause it’s based on a story from a magazine. So it still stands that YES they are remakes.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jan 12, 2020 5:22:47 GMT
The Thing (1982). I do like the 1951 film, but Carpenter's gore-filled mayhem outclasses it.
The Amityville Horror (2005) is also a pretty well-made haunted house flick, whereas the 1979 original was just dull and uneventful.
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Jan 12, 2020 5:24:15 GMT
John Carpenter's The Thing
Dawn of The Dead (2004)
It - Chapter One & Two
The 2004 version of Dawn of the Dead is brilliant. Wouldn't necessarily consider it superior to the Romero movie, but very much its equal.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 11:11:47 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material. Which is a readaption which is of in itself a remake. If that’s the case then The Fly is also not a remake cause it’s based on a story from a magazine. So it still stands that YES they are remakes. No, because they're not based on the earlier movies, but the source material those movies were also based on.
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Post by senan90 on Jan 12, 2020 14:51:26 GMT
Which is a readaption which is of in itself a remake. If that’s the case then The Fly is also not a remake cause it’s based on a story from a magazine. So it still stands that YES they are remakes. No, because they're not based on the earlier movies, but the source material those movies were also based on. Cry all you like. Those films are remakes, get over it.
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Post by lowtacks86 on Jan 12, 2020 15:08:38 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material. Debatable. Do you consider the Psycho (1998) to be a remake of the original Hitchcock film? The original was also based on a book, but the remake was clearly a shot for shot remake of the Hitchcock film, more inspired by that than the novel. Just because a remake is based on a movie based on a book doesn't necessarily mean the book is the source material.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jan 12, 2020 15:42:35 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material. Debatable. Do you consider the Psycho (1998) to be a remake of the original Hitchcock film? The original was also based on a book, but the remake was clearly a shot for shot remake of the Hitchcock film, more inspired by that than the novel. Just because a remake is based on a movie based on a book doesn't necessarily mean the book is the source material. Exactly!!! The Carrie remake was almost shot by shot and took a lot from the original movie. So I don’t get his response. It can still be a remake.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 19:57:08 GMT
No, because they're not based on the earlier movies, but the source material those movies were also based on. Cry all you like. Those films are remakes, get over it. I'm not crying. I don't give a flying fuck what you think. You're insignificant.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 19:59:43 GMT
The Thing and True Grit aren't remakes. They are just based on the same source material. Debatable. Do you consider the Psycho (1998) to be a remake of the original Hitchcock film? The original was also based on a book, but the remake was clearly a shot for shot remake of the Hitchcock film, more inspired by that than the novel. Just because a remake is based on a movie based on a book doesn't necessarily mean the book is the source material. The basis for the Psycho remake is the original film, so yes. John Carpenter's The Thing isn't based on the older Christian Nyby film The Thing from Another World, but on the story 'Who Goes There?'. Hence no remake.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jan 12, 2020 20:12:06 GMT
Debatable. Do you consider the Psycho (1998) to be a remake of the original Hitchcock film? The original was also based on a book, but the remake was clearly a shot for shot remake of the Hitchcock film, more inspired by that than the novel. Just because a remake is based on a movie based on a book doesn't necessarily mean the book is the source material. The basis for the Psycho remake is the original film, so yes. John Carpenter's The Thing isn't based on the older Christian Nyby film The Thing from Another World, but on the story 'Who Goes There?'. Hence no remake. I honestly don’t believe the directors of the remake go and read the original novel or source material. I think they go by the original movie. I own The Thing on dvd along with the original. John explicitly said he wanted to remake the original Thing from another world.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 20:17:53 GMT
The basis for the Psycho remake is the original film, so yes. John Carpenter's The Thing isn't based on the older Christian Nyby film The Thing from Another World, but on the story 'Who Goes There?'. Hence no remake. I honestly don’t believe the directors of the remake go and read the original novel or source material. I think they go by the original movie. I own The Thing on dvd along with the original. John explicitly said he wanted to remake the original Thing from another world. What's your source, because there are several online websites that prove otherwise, not to mention the audio commentary. "I didn’t want to compete with the old film, which was greatly beloved by me. So I went back to the novella on which both films were based.”
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2020 21:06:42 GMT
I think The Thing From Another World is almost as good as Carpenter's The Thing, though the latter is more faithful to the novella. Both films I have watched several times and enjoy.
The 1978 Invasion of the Body Snatchers is, to me, a much better film than the original, though not nearly as faithful to the Finney novel.
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Post by koskiewicz on Jan 12, 2020 21:06:42 GMT
The Hammer film "Night Creatures" is a superior remake of "Dr. Syn"
Though the original "Cat People" is a superb film, I prefer the very atmospheric remake with Nastasia Kinski
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Post by spooner5020 on Jan 13, 2020 1:31:18 GMT
The Hammer film "Night Creatures" is a superior remake of "Dr. Syn" Though the original "Cat People" is a superb film, I prefer the very atmospheric remake with Nastasia Kinski I didn’t get the love for the remake of Cat People. Then again I didn’t care for the original either.
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