Movie remakes that you liked.

[agent817]

It has to be said. It seems that we are getting more remakes and I know a lot of movie fans are sick of it. Although I am not usually opposed to them, I am kind of getting sick of them myself. With that being said, I want to know if there are remakes that you liked. I personally try to look at remakes with face value and judge them on their own merits. I will say that I actually liked the Ghostbusters remake that came out this year. I know that a lot of people on social media still bash this movie and I am fine with those who did not like it. Great. But I stand by my own personal opinion of the film. I saw it four times in theaters and I bought the Blu Ray. I liked it that much.

Also, are people aware that Scarface is a remake of the 1932 film of the same name? I know people are bitching about the remake that Antoine Fuqua will direct, but I am actually curious as to how that would be done.

Another one that I didn't mind for the most part was RoboCop. I will say that I paid to see it in theaters for less than a dollar (It was from a rewards pass that I had when I bought the Blu Ray of the original). I thought it was okay for the most part and I borrowed from the library to see how my opinion would hold up now.

I can't think of others. I remember seeing Red Dawn in theaters a few years ago and having fun with it despite how run-of-the-mill it was. But it was a fun time-waster. I haven't seen it since then.

What are some that you liked?

[Ultimo Gallos]

Sticking to horror remakes,there is only 2 that I didn't like.

Nightmare on Elm Street-Jackie Earle Haley was great as Freddy. Too bad the rest of the cast was horrible and lots of the CGI looked like crap.
Prom Night-Horrible watered down horror for kids.

[Mozenrath]

I feel like another RoboCop after that one would be fun. I like the original more, sure, but there've been soooo many robocop things, I'd be down with another.

John Carpenter's The Thing, enough said, really.

Some of this depends on what you consider a remake, and not an adaptation. There was a silent film version of Wizard of Oz, for instance. Remakes and newer adaptations of something already adapted were happening before WW2, even, often only a decade or two at most removed. I guess without VCRs and DVD players, or TV for that matter, it must not have stood out as much.

[Raskovnik]

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was great.

[DSR]

I enjoyed the Crispin Glover-starring WIZARD OF GORE from 2007. And I thought the 1999 HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL was pretty fun. And, of course, THE FLY and THE THING.

[Mozenrath]

Also, just to beat someone to it, I am sure, herp herp Force Awakens herp herp

Seriously, though, seconding The Fly, and while it was not a good movie, Thirteen Ghosts seemed to fit the spirit of its original in that both were pure gimmick.

[Jiren]

I've liked quite alot of em, the ones I dislike

- Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
- A Nightmare On Elm Street
- The Fog (IMO the WORST of the modern horror remakes)
- Halloween
- Psycho
- Planet Of The Apes (2001)
- Rollerball
- Stepford Wives
- Clash Of The Titans
- Prom Night
- April Fools Day
- Arthur
- Annie
- Karate Kid
- Ghostbusters

[Urethra Franklin]

I'm the one guy who liked Gus Van Sant's Psycho.

A super underrated remake is the 1999 version of The Thomas Crown Affair.

[Shai]

I usually bitch about remakes but The Magnificent Seven was a damn good movie and Im a huge fan of both Seven Samurai and the original Mag 7

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

I liked The Karate Kid, they should have called it The Kung Fu Kid though.

I liked Robocop, yeah the original was better, but the remake was actually pretty damn good. It probably would have been better had it been a sequel, with another cop getting the treatment after Murphy's retired. But you had some good acting, the story with him knowing exactly who he is right away and fighting against the programming was a lot better in the movie than the trailers made it out to be, and they still had the satire just aimed at a different target.

[mizerable]

The 1979 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers comes to mind.


The Fly is also a great example.

To me, a remake needs to be able to stand on it's own in it's own unique way, most movies either cannot do this or end up going too far. While the new version of True Grit had some good elements, I still think it didn't have enough material to warrant a remake "closer" to the source material. Jackson's Kong is another one where they just try to fancy up what is an already charming enough movie.

[The 1Watcher Experience]

Cape Fear (1991).

[ZERO]

Zack Snyder's 2004 remake of Dawn of the Dead.

Yes, along with 28 Days Later it started the running zombies thing, whatever your thoughts are on that. Yes, it does away with much of the social commentary of George Romero's original. None of that bothers me, it's still really good.

[SsnakeBite, the No1 Frenchman]

The American The Ring is surprisingly good. Most US remakes of foreign horror films feel utterly pointless because they copy them exactly in the superficial aspects of the plot (except setting everything in the US) but completely miss the major themes and core elements that make the original so great but this one pretty much did the opposite: it kept the core elements but did its own thing with it, which made it a lot more interesting as it felt like an actual continuation of the story by showing a different take on the same concept.

Still not too hot on the colour correction and Samara's face at the end.

[Deleted]

Oceans 11 is quite a lot better than the old one.

[berlynwright]

Maniac was great

Elijah Wood did a fantastic job and remarkably he looked even more creepy than Joe Spinell

['Foretold' Joker]

Off the top of my head

The Thing (1982)
The Fly
A Fistful of Dollars
Godzilla (2014)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (78)
The Departed
Piranha 3-D
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

[Deleted]

The Color Of Money was a decent take on The Hustler.

[Hit Girl]

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[Limity (BLM)]

Oct 16, 2016 9:59:44 GMT -5 @sandman said:

The Color Of Money was a decent take on The Hustler.

Wasn't it a sequel, not a remake?