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Swan 05-03-2023 08:02 PM

Name a/or some Movie Remakes you actually like/enjoyed?
 
Just watched The Taking of Pelham 123. I enjoyed it a lot.

Also watched, for the 2nd time years later, the Total Recall remake. I really enjoyed it the 2nd time round (after hating it for not being enough like the original).

Zizu 05-03-2023 08:04 PM

All Quiet on the Western Front


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GoldHeart 05-03-2023 08:14 PM

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All Quiet on the Western Front


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Was the hype worth it ?

Zizu 05-03-2023 08:15 PM

Name a/or some Movie Remakes you actually like/enjoyed?
 
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Originally Posted by GoldHeart (Post 11268079)
Was the hype worth it ?


Fabulous !!

I enjoyed it as much as 1917 !


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James 05-03-2023 09:56 PM

The Thomas Crown Affair with Pierce Brosnan and Rene Russo is a really good remake.

Swan 05-03-2023 10:56 PM

I liked the Netflix version of Texas Chainsaw tbh. Not sure is a remake though.

GoldHeart 05-03-2023 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11268080)
Fabulous !!

I enjoyed it as much as 1917 !


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Oh well that's good then

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Originally Posted by Swan (Post 11268105)
I liked the Netflix version of Texas Chainsaw tbh. Not sure is a remake though.

:bored: That movie was the biggest pile of dumpster fire i'd ever seen, wasn't even filmed on location and the whole thing looked like a tv set . dreadful characters and terrible awful storyline. And the disrespect of bringing back 'Sally' just to make her a senile embarrassing mess.... was just insulting to the audience. It made a mockery of the memory of her , she was a classic final girl survivor who should have been left alone, especially since the original actress sadly died . So why bring her back just to make it end like that, after everything the character has been through.

Was ridiculous them replacing her with a random person. That's like Jaime Lee Curtis & Neve Campbell who we've all grown up watching and gotten to know through Halloween & Scream , to then be replaced with random actresses who the audience have no connection with..... to then play Laurie
& Sydney :facepalm:.

Mystic Mock 05-03-2023 11:43 PM

Texas Chainsaw Massacre's 00's Film.

The Hills Have Eyes

Black Christmas 00's Film

Japanese Anime wise Berserk's Golden Age Trilogy is a remake of the 1997 Berserk Anime TV Series if that can count?

user104658 10-03-2023 08:22 AM

The 1980's surreal musical remake of Little Shop of Horrors is an all time classic.

Niamh. 10-03-2023 08:37 AM

I really enjoyed the IT remake, remakes are mostly awful though especially when they take a movie that people loved originally(Point Break & Willy Wonka spring to mind) Why do that? Why not pick one that had good potential but weren't that good originally?

user104658 10-03-2023 09:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Niamh. (Post 11269690)
I really enjoyed the IT remake, remakes are mostly awful though especially when they take a movie that people loved originally(Point Break & Willy Wonka spring to mind) Why do that? Why not pick one that had good potential but weren't that good originally?

True, I can think of loads of Sci-fi movies where the concept was amazing, but the writing was sloppy/production was cheap. Remakes usually miss the mark completely.

Then again, Total Recall springs to mind here - yes, the effects are dated and the writing is cheesy but the whole thing was dull when remade. It turns out,w hat makes the original a classic IS the terrible special effects, cheesy Arnie dialogue, and late-80's Sci Fi aesthetic.

I guess that's what you're saying though - you can just take a well liked film, remake it and expect it to be good... because the "magic" that just happened to come together at the time isn't as simple as the plot or script.

Niamh. 10-03-2023 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy (Post 11269694)
True, I can think of loads of Sci-fi movies where the concept was amazing, but the writing was sloppy/production was cheap. Remakes usually miss the mark completely.

Then again, Total Recall springs to mind here - yes, the effects are dated and the writing is cheesy but the whole thing was dull when remade. It turns out,w hat makes the original a classic IS the terrible special effects, cheesy Arnie dialogue, and late-80's Sci Fi aesthetic.

I guess that's what you're saying though - you can just take a well liked film, remake it and expect it to be good... because the "magic" that just happened to come together at the time isn't as simple as the plot or script.

Yeah, that's especially true for Point Break. They went big with the stunts etc in the remake but what actually made Point Break so loved originally was nothing to do with special effects or stunts, it was the cast and their relationships with each other. It had heart that the remake didn't have. And don't even get me started on the Willy Wonka remake :laugh:

Zizu 10-03-2023 09:51 AM

I really loved 12 Angry Men but the remake was equally as enjoyable imho



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Oliver_W 10-03-2023 10:34 AM

I'd say the "obvious ones" were the movies were broken down and rebuilt from the ground up - The Fly, The Thing (not the 2011 one obviously).

Niamh. 10-03-2023 10:42 AM

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I'd say the "obvious ones" were the movies were broken down and rebuilt from the ground up - The Fly, The Thing (not the 2011 one obviously).

I only ever saw the 80's version of The Fly, it was really creepy though

Oliver_W 10-03-2023 10:47 AM

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I only ever saw the 80's version of The Fly, it was really creepy though

Yeah that's the remake, saw it waaay too young and it gave me nightmares for ages - I'd be eating something, and all my teeth would disintegrate :joker:

The original was a bit ...silly. The scientist and human swapped heads and hands, so there was a man running round with a giant fly head :laugh: here's the iconic (creepy!) ending:


Niamh. 10-03-2023 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Oliver_W (Post 11269735)
Yeah that's the remake, saw it waaay too young and it gave me nightmares for ages - I'd be eating something, and all my teeth would disintegrate :joker:

The original was a bit ...silly. The scientist and human swapped heads and hands, so there was a man running round with a giant fly head :laugh: here's the iconic (creepy!) ending:


omg :laugh2:

bots 10-03-2023 12:00 PM

i don't knowingly watch remakes because they are usually crap


Look at the original fly, it's a masterpiece :laugh:

Vanessa 10-03-2023 12:14 PM

The Fly. It's just brilliant.

Alf 10-03-2023 01:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11269717)
I really loved 12 Angry Men but the remake was equally as enjoyable imho



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:notimpressed::crazy::rant::facepalm::nono:

user104658 10-03-2023 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11269717)
I really loved 12 Angry Men

The remake is called "TiBB"

Alf 10-03-2023 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Zizu (Post 11268077)
All Quiet on the Western Front


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I have the original on dvd. From 1930. 93 years old. It's actually not the oldest film I have on dvd. I have Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" which is 102 years old. From 1921.

Zizu 10-03-2023 05:44 PM

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I have the original on dvd. From 1930. 93 years old. It's actually not the oldest film I have on dvd. I have Charlie Chaplin's "The Kid" which is 102 years old. From 1921.


I loved Charlie Chaplin .. and his granddaughter who starred in Game of Thrones !!


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Mystic Mock 28-04-2023 05:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Soldier Boy (Post 11269776)
The remake is called "TiBB"

:joker:

Zizu 28-04-2023 05:11 PM

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