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Post by msdemos on Jan 18, 2018 5:06:03 GMT
......that is better than the original ??  SAVE FERRIS |
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Post by bravomailer on Jan 18, 2018 5:09:32 GMT
The Huston/Bogart version of The Maltese Falcon is a remake.
Malick's The Thin Red Line is a remake.
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Post by louise on Jan 18, 2018 5:46:23 GMT
I liked the remake of the Thomas Crowne affair better than the original.
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 18, 2018 6:34:50 GMT
Ben Hur (1959)
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
True Grit (2010)
Ocean's Eleven (2001)
I think Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book is superior in many ways than the original 1967 film, but I've seen others disagree.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jan 18, 2018 9:23:15 GMT
The Thing (1982)
The Fly (1986)
The Departed (2006)
Casino Royale (2006)
Maniac (2013)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)
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Post by sostie on Jan 18, 2018 9:43:04 GMT
Remakes
The Hills Have Eyes
The Blob
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Not actually remakes but considered by some to be
The Thing
The Fly
True Grit
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 18, 2018 11:00:11 GMT
Floating Weeds [1959], Ozu's remake of his own silent A Story of Floating Weeds [1934]
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Post by moviemouth on Jan 18, 2018 11:21:09 GMT
Keeping my answer to a movie that isn't based on a novel or short story
The Hills Have Eyes
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Post by deembastille on Jan 18, 2018 11:49:54 GMT
Thomas Crown. I could not sit through the original. Pierce was fun, sexy and multi dimensional but I could barely stand Rene. (*Gulp*gulp*slurp*belch*)
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Post by marth on Jan 18, 2018 12:26:53 GMT
Not better, but "As good as" category, Let Me In Matt Reeves (2010), really enjoyed it as much as Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson (2008). Love both.
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Post by sostie on Jan 18, 2018 13:21:45 GMT
Not better, but "As good as" category, Let Me In Matt Reeves (2010), really enjoyed it as much as Let the Right One In Tomas Alfredson (2008). Love both. Let The Right One In took me completely by surprise when I first saw it and it will always remain a favourite, but Let Me In did a pretty decent job as well...by no means a bad film. Liked the additional car scene, and a few scenes from the novel that LTROI didn't have (being totally true to the book would have been difficult to film), but was disappointed that they decided not have the same "back story" for Abby as they did in with Eli. |
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Jan 18, 2018 14:12:14 GMT
Sabrina, and this is coming from someone who loves Bogie. I just thought Harrison Ford was more believable in the role, as was Greg Kinnear over William Holden. They seemed more comfortable and relaxed to me. Of course Julia Ormond was no Audrey, but I thought she was fine in the role. I just thought the remake had a much more romantic feel to it than the original had.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 15:16:06 GMT
The Cat and the Canary with Bob Hope.
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Post by maxwellperfect on Jan 18, 2018 15:28:57 GMT
'Cape Fear'
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Post by drystyx on Jan 18, 2018 17:40:20 GMT
The trouble with most remakes, is that idiots and demon worshiping control freaks try to "taint" classics like FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX, WAR OF THE WORLDS, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL, THE WIZARD OF OZ CHARADE, NIGHTFALL (rewritten into a book, then a movie which was a spoiled brat version of the classic, and one of the worst movies ever called NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN).
There are a few "watered down" remakes like EIGHT BELOW for NANKYOKU MONOGATARI. NANKYOKU is a classic, while the remake is routine ho hum.
Some will stay close to the originals and pay "homage" while offering some variances, and these turn out "okay", but usually not as good as the original, e.g. THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE, SAHARA, TRUE GRIT (the only movie that the hack Coen team ever made that wasn't crap, you have to admit) come to mind first.
One might call COME AND SEE a remake of THE NORTHERN STAR, loosely a remake, but THE NORTHERN STAR was actually superior, because it made the point that the actual "freedom fighters" would not be in nearly as much danger as those who stayed in plain sight. Modern movie makers are too cowed of the control freaks to voice that fact. True courage and reality is not acceptable in post 1965 Hollywood.
There is one undeniable exception in DESYAT NEGRITYAT (TEN LITTLE INDIANS) superior to all the previous versions, versions which got worse and worse with every remake, culminating in the worst one with Hugh O'Brien in a role he had to regret if he was sane, until the Russian version put it together nearly perfect.
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Post by spooner5020 on Jan 18, 2018 18:34:23 GMT
3:10 to Yuma
Fright Night,I know I'm in the minority on this one. I still think the original is great,but i just feel like the remake did some things better.
The Wolfman
Pete's Dragon
It 2017
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Post by Larcen26 on Jan 18, 2018 18:41:28 GMT
......that is better than the original ?? SAVE FERRISThe original cast had tons of style, but the remake is a much better film across the board. Dawn of the Dead - The original had better social commentary, but it keeps flipping between ridiculous and dull. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 18:44:39 GMT
Dawn of the Dead - The original had better social commentary, but it keeps flipping between ridiculous and dull. Yeah, that's the drawback to the original - it is pretty dull. I don't know if that was intentional as part of the social commentary though. |
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Post by Archelaus on Jan 18, 2018 19:08:26 GMT
The Thing (1982) The Fly (1986) The Departed (2006) Casino Royale (2006)Maniac (2013) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The 2006 version isn't a remake, but more like another adaptation of the same novel. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 18, 2018 19:11:20 GMT
......that is better than the original ?? SAVE FERRI - The original had better social commentary, but it keeps flipping between ridiculous and dull. Philistine! The remake is good but it's a music video with no soul by comparison. |
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