Name a Remake That's As Good or Better Than the Original

Name a Remake That's As Good or Better Than the Original Mar 11, 2017 23:28:15 GMT

Quote

Post by moviemouth on Mar 11, 2017 23:28:15 GMT

Mar 11, 2017 23:22:21 GMT poelzig said:

Mar 11, 2017 22:49:15 GMT moviemouth said:

No I am not moviekid.

In regards to the original Wonka I wasn't making an argument I was stating why I prefer the remake. I wasn't saying my opinion or preference was right or wrong. I see what Wilder and the film is going for but it just falls flat for me. My taste is more towards the theatrical and OTT than the nuanced and subtle. People often say there is no difference between best and favorite, well if that is the case than the remake is the better movie as far as I'm concerned. Besides, any time someone makes a post asking for people to name remakes that are better than the originals what they are really asking is which remakes do you like more than the originals. I see no one has responded to anyone who has said they prefer the highly mediocre Texas Chainsaw remake to the original and there is a far beigger gap in quality between those movie than there is between the two Wonka movies. Texas Chainsaw 2003 replaces visceral insanity with excessive style where everything is bigger, lauder and more graphic. Bad move. I understand why the MTV generation prefers it though.

I don't think either Wonka movies are anything special but I do slightly prefer the remake because it is more to my taste in style.

The Evil Dead remake is garbage and is a movie that thinks by making the movie an analogy for drug addiction that somehow makes it intelligent. Also, removing Ash is like taking Indiana Jones out of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

You like the Wonka that lures children into his factory, murders most and their parents and then tries to trap his "favorite" with him alone and make sure the child never see's his family again. Click on the Cracked article that another poster provided above. It's spot on and funny at times if a bit too long.

Even if I saw the movie that way it would still work for me. The movie is essentially about an emotionally distant and very disturbed man child that just wants someone to connect to but is going about it the wrong way. He "kills" the parents because of his own hatred of adults because of how he was treated by his own father. All he wanted was to be loved.

Now, it has been a while since I have seen the remake and I have only seen it once but the darkness of it is what I liked.

I think the fact the Wonka movies are family films that most of us saw when we were kids is why people react to what is perceived as slights toward a cherished memory. Also the original TCM is universally considered one of the top5 best horror movies ever so people that prefer the superfluous remake are ignored as wackos.

I don't agree with anyone who prefers the remake of TCM but I certainly don't think they are wackos and I accept their opinions. I never liked the original Willy Wonka that much even when I was a kid so I'm sure that has something to do with it.

Actually talking about it now it makes me realize how similar Wonka in the remake it is to Burton's portrayal of the Penguin. Burton deals with characters who want to make other people suffer the way they have suffered and that is why I connect with the movie. As far as I remember the people he gets rid of in the remake are the shallow and the rich. I'm not saying that is okay behavior but I do understand it.