Don't Touch That Film!!

[hennessy]

5 best, worse and ok remakes.

The Good
1) Scarface (1983) - Scarface (1932)
2) Brewster's Millions (1985) - Brewster's Millions (1914)
3) The Magnificent Seven (1960) - Shichinin no samurai (1954)
4) Cape Fear (1991) - Cape Fear (1962)
5) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
(some of the originals are good)


The Bad
1) The Italian Job (2003) - The Italian Job (1969)
2) Get Carter (2000) - Get Carter (1971)
3) Psycho (1998) - Psycho (1960)
4) The Ladykillers (2004) - The Ladykillers (1955)
5) The Assassin (1993) - Nikita (1990)

And The Indifferent
1) I am Legend (2007) - The Omega Man (1971)
2) The Fly (1986) - The Fly (1958)
3) Last Man Standing (1996) - Yojimbo (1961)
4) Scrooged (1988) - Scrooge (1951)
5) Godzilla (1998) - (1954)

[Shaun]

I definitely agree on the Psycho remake - saw it the other night and seriously? Vince Vaughn as the main character? Jesus wept.

[setanta]

Originally posted by Shaun
I definitely agree on the Psycho remake - saw it the other night and seriously? Vince Vaughn as the main character? Jesus wept.

I agree with you there. A real case of "whhyyy"?

Favourite remake of recent years for me has to be 3:10 to Yuma. That was a class film.

[Novo]

Wonder what catergory the king kong remake would come under

I thought it was a great remake

[Tom4784]

I'm not a fan of the King Kong remake, it was overly long and self indulgent. I never knew Scarface was a remake but I still think it's a sucky overrated film.

The best remakes I've seen are Dawn of the Dead, The Thing, and a third one I can't remember.

[setanta]

Forgot about the Thing.... bloody marvellous film. Romero's legacy and value in film has always been lost on me. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy all the films, but I just don't love them.

King Kong was great entertainment, if a tad excessive.

[Shaun]

I'm told last year's The Day The Earth Stood Still was awful.

However, I prefer the modern Freaky Friday to the older one. I also quite liked the King Kong remake.

As for undecided ones, the first that comes to mind is The Parent Trap.

[Braden]

there remaking a nightmare on elm street :)

[Tom4784]

Originally posted by setanta
Forgot about the Thing.... bloody marvellous film. Romero's legacy and value in film has always been lost on me. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy all the films, but I just don't love them.

King Kong was great entertainment, if a tad excessive.

I'm not actually a fan of his, I think his films tend to be a bit dated these days and have lost a lot of their value to time. Zack Snyder did Dawn of the Dead marvellously though.

[setanta]

Originally posted by Dezzy
Originally posted by setanta
Forgot about the Thing.... bloody marvellous film. Romero's legacy and value in film has always been lost on me. Don't get me wrong; I enjoy all the films, but I just don't love them.

King Kong was great entertainment, if a tad excessive.

I'm not actually a fan of his, I think his films tend to be a bit dated these days and have lost a lot of their value to time. Zack Snyder did Dawn of the Dead marvellously though.

Ah, it's just his basic concept has been done to death but yeah, the remake wasn't so bad.

[hennessy]

I missed out loads

[RtooDee2]

The Thing
The Hills have eyes
Texas Chainsaw
Dirty rotten scoundrels
The first half of the Halloween remake was good but then it turned to ****.
oooh and that Assasin film was utter trash! Nikita was 100% better.

[RtooDee2]

oh i forgot PLANET OF THE APES.
That was a poor remake.

[Adamw92]

I like these remakes:

I Am Legend
Halloween
When a Stranger Calls
The Hills Have Eyes
King Kong