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movie remakes: good ones/bad ones

normnorm Posts: 31,146
edited February 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
what movies that were remade do think are good and which sucked....

good: brewster's millions, heaven can wait

bad: the bead news bears, the longest yard
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Good: Italian Job

    Bad: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    To be honest I cant think of any good remakes

    Update: Oceans 11

    Worst that I can think of right away..........Halloween, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Would list basically all horror movie remakes as terrible but the originals are all terrible as well.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    seems easier to think of the worst rather than the best!

    best: charlie and the chocolate factory
    worst: pink panther. nobody's like peter sellers!
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    A few more
    + = Scarface, 3:10 To Yuma, The Hills Have Eyes, Beauty and The Beast...
    - = Walking Tall, The Amityville Horror, Around the World in 80 Days, Kiss of Death...
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  • JeanieJeanie Posts: 9,446
    Good:

    Gypsy
    The Jazz Singer

    Bad:

    Dr Doolittle
    Miracle on 34th Street
    The Nutty Professor
    The Producers

    That'll do for now. :)
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  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    Good: TITANIC, APOLLO 13

    Bad: KING KONG

    Peace
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,225
    Bad Remakes:
    'Psycho' - Come on... you can't seriouly attempt to remake a Hitchcock classic and expect it to be any good.
    'King Kong' - The Jessica Lange one was a joke... the Peter Jackson was better... but nothing beats that classic.
    'Godzilla' - Godzilla is supposed to attack TOKYO!!! If he attacks New York... rename it to something like, 'Yo! Lizardman!".
    'Planet Of The Apes' - We seen it before... there was no twist at the end.
    'The Pink Pather' - Come on... Peter Sellers is the only one who can pull off Inspector Clouseau.
    'Heaven Can Wait' - The Chris Rock one... the Warren Beatty one was a good remakes of 'Here Comes Mr. Jordan'.
    'Shaft' - I like Samuel L. Jackson... but, he ain't no Shaft.
    'The Posidon Adventure' - A horrible remake of a terrible original... like painting a picture of shit... using shit as your medium.
    Good remakes:
    'Cape Fear' - Deniro was even scarier than Mitchem.
    'War Of The Worlds' - This one I call a draw. The 1950s version was great... the Tom Cruise had great special effects.
    'The Magnificent Seven' - Gets a slight nod over Seven Samurai... mostly because of the Marlboro song.
    'Dracula' - Creepy... like the book. Not so campy as Bela Lougosi.
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    Pardoxically, The Wicker Man is both the worst and the best movie remake I've ever seen, if only for the uncontrollable laughter it induced when I watched it.
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  • Hitch-HikerHitch-Hiker Posts: 2,873
    Good Remakes:

    The Thing
    The Producers
    Oceans 11

    Bad Remakes:

    Everything else.
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  • g under pg under p Posts: 18,196
    Hitch-Hiker wrote:
    Good Remakes:

    The Thing
    The Producers
    Oceans 11

    Bad Remakes:

    Everything else.

    That's the name of that movie I was trying to think of yesterday. It's the one about being up in the North Pole with an alien being right.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Brain of J.LoBrain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    Cosmo wrote:
    Bad Remakes:
    'Psycho' - Come on... you can't seriouly attempt to remake a Hitchcock classic and expect it to be any good.


    'Planet Of The Apes' - We seen it before... there was no twist at the end.
    .


    These were the first two that came to mind. So bad!!
  • jackrabbit slimjackrabbit slim Posts: 561
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Pardoxically, The Wicker Man is both the worst and the best movie remake I've ever seen, if only for the uncontrollable laughter it induced when I watched it.

    You got that right!
    Nic Cage has to be one of the worst actors out there. He has put out some truly dreadful performances.
    I never laughed so hard at a guy getting attacked by bees.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,572
    i tried i just can't think of any at all ...
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • RygarRygar Posts: 8,685
    g under p wrote:
    That's the name of that movie I was trying to think of yesterday. It's the one about being up in the North Pole with an alien being right.

    Peace
    Yeah that is it.
    Good movie.
  • NickyNoochNickyNooch Posts: 629
    Good: Dawn of the Dead

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  • dirtyTdirtyT Posts: 3,620
    Good; Cape Fear, The Manchurian Candidate was all right minus the creepy insinuated romance between mom and son.....gross

    So-So; Red Dragon.....was Manhunter
    The Willy Wonka remake was not very good, but would have been worse if anyone but Tim Burton did it.


    Bad; Texas Chainsaw Massacre
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  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    jackrabbit slim wrote:
    You got that right!
    Nic Cage has to be one of the worst actors out there. He has put out some truly dreadful performances.
    I never laughed so hard at a guy getting attacked by bees.

    So many priceless scenes, right from the beginning when the cop chases the car just to give a girl back her doll. 'You dropped this?'

    'Step away from the bike!'

    'Get that mask off your kid!'

    He runs around in a bear suit, punches countless women in the mouth.. it's just a hilarious movie all the way through. And the old twins! Priceless..
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

    - the great Sir Leo Harrison
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