[Jamie89]

I didn't know Little Shop Of Horrors was a remake

Delete the Psycho remake though!

[GiRTh]

Fistful of dollars

[Jason.]

Night of the Living Dead remake is good. I prefer it to the original, although I love both.

[Jason.]

The Hills Have Eyes (although I've yet to see the original)

[karl100589]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

I agree with "The Fly". Also, there's Scarface (I think the original was made in the 30's?)

Other than that, there is, of course, Psycho feat. Vince Vaughan. Hilarious, so much funnier than the original.

I find the 1998 Psycho to be less of a film, but more an experiment in Hollywood remake culture. Here we had Gus Van Sant choose to remake arguably one of the greatest Hollywood horror movies ever, but doing so shot for shot and line for line exactly the same as the original. The theory of course is if the film is exactly the same as the original then it would garner the same sort of positive feedback, and yet these days the film is mocked as a pointless vanity exercise and a pale imitation of the original (despite it being exactly the same). The film goes a long way to demonstrating that the qualities that make a classic film don't come explicitly from shot choice or dialogue, but from the subtle intricacies in a film and how they combine with wider attributes such as camerawork etc. How the unnerving performance of Anthony Perkins becomes hammy and immature in the hands of Vince Vaughn, or how the comparative youth of Anne Heche compared to Janet Leigh leads to her motives being seen less seriously by the viewer.

As an experiment it's fascinating to watch, but as a film in it's own right...

[Amy Jade]

The Blob 1988 is far better than the original.

Piranha 3D I find way more entertaining than the baffling original with the terrible CGI.

I think The Crazies 2010 is better than the original too, infact its a massive step up.

[Jason.]

I don't mind the Halloween remake. Although it's like two hours long and the first hour is just about Michael's backstory which drags. Like we get it, he's a ****ed up child, the original summed that up in the first 5 minutes, no need to spend a whole hour dwelling on it.

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

I think The Crazies 2010 is better than the original too, infact its a massive step up.

Oh yeah this too

[James]

Originally Posted by Daniel.

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was as good as

There was news today that another remake is in the works, this time a prequel - rather than another adaption - that might lead to more films.

http://collider.com/willy-wonka-reboot-warner-bros/

[Firewire]

Hairspray tbh

[Marsh.]

Yeah, the Johnny Depp Chocolate Factory movie was far better than the Gene Wilder one.

Although, obviously both films had very different goals with style etc, Depp's is more in keeping with the book imo.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah, the Johnny Depp Chocolate Factory movie was far better than the Gene Wilder one.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

[Ammi]

...wasn't I Am Legend a remake of The Omega Man..?..I would say though, King Kong was a better remake for me, I liked the connection with Naomi Watts...also Cape Fear and Bram Stoker's Dracula...

[Amy Jade]

Mother's Day (2010) is a remake only in name but I love it and the original is dire.

[Ammi]

Originally Posted by Amy Jade

Mother's Day (2010) is a remake only in name but I love it and the original is dire.

...was Let Me In../Let The Right One In a remake as well, Amy...I can't recall which came first or which was the one I watched so I don't know which was the best......but I did watch one and it was very good.../really helpful information there.....

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Marsh.

Yeah, the Johnny Depp Chocolate Factory movie was far better than the Gene Wilder one.

Although, obviously both films had very different goals with style etc, Depp's is more in keeping with the book imo.

Originally Posted by Shaun

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Yeah I agree. The visual style of the Burton version is, in my opinion, better but the most important part of the story is misunderstood. Depp's Wonka is clearly mentally unstable / insane. The message seems to be that his view of the world is warped or distorted in his madness. Which misses the point entirely... a point that the first film completely nails. Wonka is NOT insane, in fact he is completely sane. He sees the world for exactly what it is and it makes him angry. He is an angry, cynical man who is sick of the world and of people... and he masks it with a smile and passive-aggressive humour. Which is why the first film manages to actually be darker than the remake, without the visual style being dark at all.

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Ammi

...wasn't I Am Legend a remake of The Omega Man..?

There are three; The Last Man on Earth (1964), The Omega Man (1971), I Am Legend (2007)

(All based on the 1950's book "I Am Legend")


The Omega Man is a really strange film (I mean, it has vampire zombies that wear sunglasses) but I would say generally a better film than I Am Legend. I thought the first half of I Am Legend was excellent (Will Smith essentially alone in the city) but it didn't know where to go and flopped towards the end (after the introduction of the "intelligent" enemy and the other human characters, imo). Also the CGI is awful.

[James]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yeah I agree. The visual style of the Burton version is, in my opinion, better but the most important part of the story is misunderstood. Depp's Wonka is clearly mentally unstable / insane. The message seems to be that his view of the world is warped or distorted in his madness. Which misses the point entirely... a point that the first film completely nails. Wonka is NOT insane, in fact he is completely sane. He sees the world for exactly what it is and it makes him angry. He is an angry, cynical man who is sick of the world and of people... and he masks it with a smile and passive-aggressive humour. Which is why the first film manages to actually be darker than the remake, without the visual style being dark at all.

I thought the original film was quite good but I didn't think it was as good as the book. Probably because the book was one of my favourites when I was young, and the film could never live up to that expectation and be how I imagined it.

I haven't really watched the remake properly. I've seen bits of it.

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by Toy Soldier

Yeah I agree. The visual style of the Burton version is, in my opinion, better but the most important part of the story is misunderstood. Depp's Wonka is clearly mentally unstable / insane. The message seems to be that his view of the world is warped or distorted in his madness. Which misses the point entirely... a point that the first film completely nails. Wonka is NOT insane, in fact he is completely sane. He sees the world for exactly what it is and it makes him angry. He is an angry, cynical man who is sick of the world and of people... and he masks it with a smile and passive-aggressive humour. Which is why the first film manages to actually be darker than the remake, without the visual style being dark at all.

[Mokka]

Originally Posted by James

I thought the original film was quite good but I didn't think it was as good as the book. Probably because the book was one of my favourites when I was young, and the film could never live up to that expectation and be how I imagined it.

I haven't really watched the remake properly. I've seen bits of it.

I remember reading the book after having seen the gene wilder movie as a kid... and thinking they were not the same story
Having said that, and while I really actually love both versions of the movie... the original wins for me.

[Marsh.]

Originally Posted by Shaun

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Oh just because you played the part of Violet in the school play and love a good musical.

[Vanessa]

I think Johnny Depp is amazing, but Gene Wilder made that movie really special. He was fantastic and i prefer the original because of him.

[Alf]

Inglorious Basterds
Cape Fear
The Departed

[Jason.]

I enjoy both Charlie and the Chocolate Factory films for different reasons.

[Daniel-X]

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory >>>>>>>> Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.