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Oh no DartDimi I can't agree with you there. Certainly better than the Craig/Kidman version but no.
Well you are definitely right about Body Snatchers! I forgot about that one. Remake is better.
And another note: please don't anyone ever try to remake M*A*S*H or The Shining.
I have seen both and I like The Departed a lot more.
Absolutely spot on.
Henry V by Brannagh was not a remake of Olivier's film, simply a new virsion of the Shakespeare play.
So if someone feels the need to film GWTW, then it will be their interpretation of the original novel. Similar to True Grit I guess.
I find the Siegel one to be a great film - no doubt there. However, Kaufman's is a lot scarier IMHO. There's a particular end scene which I find terrifying but I won't spoil it. :P
mmm, I find the Kauman one tends to drag a bit toward then end, though it is a good ending. Plus it's got Mr Spock in! But for me it can't outdo the original.
Humprey Bogart is the major star we remember and so we remember his version best. But do yourself a favor watch all three if you can. (they are available in a Bogart Boxset).
A remake or rethink are not always that bad. The 2005 King Kong had some great moments and the ape this time was shown to have a heart. A brilliantly done part by Mr. Gollum himself.
I would love to get a new Saint movie or a new Fantomas movie, The Shadow is welcome too.
There have been some great remakes in time:
Philadelphia story - High Society (with Bingm Frank & Satchmo)
The hound of the Baskerville has been done several times and remains a classic in most forms
The Thing by Carpenter was a great remake.
The Shining was remade as a tv-series and made more sense for me, I was not that interested in Kubricks vision. (neither was King)
There are 3 Titanic movies each with their own strengths and weaknesses.
Quite so. Many of the all-time classic movies - or at least the all-time classics of Hollywood - are adaptations from literary sources. Who's to say somebody shouldn't have another stab at filming them again someday?
And, after all, very few stories are actually original... ;)
The thing that was scary about Myers though (at least for me), was the mystery surrounding him, giving him a backstory in the Zombie version sort of ruined that.
I agree with all the films you listed that shouldn't be remade, especially Rocky and the Indy films. I never knew Scarface was a remake.
I prefer Jason too, but I just didn't like the reboot. The original is my favourite, even without Jason.
I agree with you, sir. The original is still the most concise, frightening and original one IMO. Thus, my unconventional top 3 ranking goes as follows:
1) F13
2) FvsJ
3) The Final Chapter
So there's a non-Jason film and a Freddy film before I get to a clean all-Jason movie. ;-)
Mine is pretty similar.
1) F13
2) Freddy vs Jason
3) F13 part III
1. The New Blood
2. Pt III
3. Jason Goes To Hell
Yes, there was intended to be a Pt II to the reboot (and the word was that it was going to be set in a snowy location), Platinum Dunes were going to green light it once the ANOES remake was done. That's come & gone, and there's been no mention of it since.
Les Diabolique (1955) / Diabolique (1996). I've seen bits of the original, but I really liked the remake. Adjani puts in a fine performace as the meek wife.
Just joking. I think a decent reboot outside PD is in order. A new aesthetic needs to be applied. On the one hand, every generation is entitled to their own Jason. On the other hand, the 80s / 90s Jason wouldn't work anymore for the teen crowd and let's face it, slashers are essentially marketed at teens, not at old farts like us. ;-)
All jokes aside, i'd like to see Jason vs Leatherface. Those two would be more evenly matched, so the showdown would be EPIC. I had to type that in caps for full effect. :-\"
I agree the 1983 remake of Scarface was superior to the 1932 with Paul Muni
The Fly 1986 is far superior to the fifties original, though I for one always found the 1986 version extremely depressing
The Magnificient Seven, though good falls short of the classic Kurosawa film
The Thing 1982 is better than it's original. Kudos to Carpenter
Cape Fear 1991 has it's moments. In 1962 they were afraid to touch the real issue that Cady had: he was a pedophile. this subject was not so taboo in the remake. And Scorsese did a good job. Hats off to "Marty" .
I really like the 1962 version of Cape Fear but love the 1991 version also. Being a big fan of Scorsese and De Niro, they did not disappoint. As I've said before, remakes can be great and this one was very much justified. Its just a shame so many others aren't and some classics should be just left alone.
Around the time of PD's reboot of TCM, that's exactly what I thought about. Leatherface, the Thomas Hewitt version, is just brutality personified. There's Gunnar Hansen, but man, there's also Andrew Bryniarski! Imagine THAT Leatherface versus Jason! It'd be like wrestling but with chainsaws and machetes. :P
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Place your bets please, ladies and gentlemen!
My moneys on Jason.
Same here. Bryniarski's Leatherface vs Hodder's Jason. That would have been on hell of a showdown.
Maybe Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3D will lead into Jason vs Leatherface. I doubt it, but one can dream. [-O< Downside is that it won't have Bryniarski or Hodder. But I did like Mears, so it would be Mears' Jason vs Dan Yeager's Leatherface.
The Maltese Falcon (1941) was a remake of The Maltese Falcon (1931). Not many people remember the earlier film.
My Fair Lady was a musical version of Pygmalion. Is the 1964 movie version of My Fair Lady a remake of the 1938 film version of Pygmalion?
This isn't a defense of remakes per se. But there have been times when remakes actually added to, or exceeded, the original versions.
Link doesn't work, Dimi.
I think it's going to be a direct sequel to TCM, albeit set in 2012/2013, possibly ignoring the events of the 3 original sequels, the remake and the prequel.
The RING
THE GRUDGE
THE UNINVITED
SHUTTER
after seeing the American "The Ring" in 2002 I was so scared I never wanted to see the original and compare. I'd say this is a superior remake. How does it stand up to the original? someone who is braver to watch tell me.
I daresay that "The Univited" which is remade from a Korean film, A tale of Two Sisters is probably superior to the original.
"Shutter" and "The Grudge" are very good and practically carbon copies of the originals, just substitute the language and some of the actors.
Yes, detective films starring detectives like Sam Spade, or Philip Marlowe, and of course Sherlock Holmes are high in number, whether they are remakes or what have you, with Sherlock being the most adapted fictional character to the big screen.
Ringu is a great film and many folks seem to enjoy it a lot more than Verbinski's film. However, I will tip the balance ever so slightly in Ring's favour. I saw the Verbinski film before I saw Ringu and I guess that why I'm more in the camp of the remake.
Don't be too sure of that, friend. Emily Browning and Elizabeth Banks are great to look at, but I myself must admit that I find the Korean film scarier.
Which makes them fairly redundant. I overall prefer Ju-On as my favourite of all Japanese horror flicks. IMO, Raimi's film, while scary, isn't quite as good. Things went sour with the remake's sequel, IMO, while Ju-On 2 remains a very scary film.
As for Shutter: I watched the original on DVD and the remake in theatres. Again, the original is better because it came first and the remake simply copied it word for word, scene for scene.
I like your comments. I praise you for your knowledge and interest in good ol' true horror films.
I saw the original Chinese "the Eye" before the jessica Alba remake. I thought that the remake was okay but to coin a phrase, redundant because I knew what was coming. The Chinese original was creepier. I also liked the girl better than Alba.