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If first attempt to make movie from book sucks, but book good, then sure. But if first was halfway decent, just watch the first one. Its waste of everybody's time and money to redo with current crop of actors and special effects. There are plenty of stories never made into a movie.
The real reason remakes get done is somebody looking for guaranteed return on investment. A proven concept so to speak. I rather go to a movie with fresh story that turns out horrible than remake of an old beloved film, no matter how well its done.
Taking of Pelham 123-will not watch the 2009 version, to me the original is the only one to watch
Foot loose- they re-made this one I think in 2011 but I refuse to watch it.
Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory they made a similar version with Johnny Depp, but no one can replace Gene Wilder's character.
I agree with all three. I'll also add the original The Bad News Bears was so so good I still haven't seen
the remake with Billy Bob Thornton. Pyscho was another bad remake. I still haven't seen any
of the Halloween remakes either.
I still haven't been able to bring myself to watch the "Ghostbusters" remake. I just can't do it. The original was great, I loved it as a kid, and I have no desire to see it done any differently than it was originally. Nothing against the ladies who starred in the film. All of them are hilarious and I've enjoyed many different movies and shows that they starred in. I just didn't have any desire to see them in a "Ghostbusters" reboot.
I agree with all three. I'll also add the original The Bad News Bears was so so good I still haven't seen
the remake with Billy Bob Thornton. Pyscho was another bad remake. I still haven't seen any
of the Halloween remakes either.
The "Halloween" movies done by Rob Zombie aren't so much remakes. The first one is more an origin story, and the second is just weird. But I still enjoyed them both because I can't help but enjoy most horror movies. Now, the most recent Halloween film that came out was actually done by John Carpenter and was meant to be the end to the story line he created in the first 2 original movies. However, the movie still felt a bit off, because in a previous Moustapha Akkad produced Halloween movie Laurie Stroad was killed off. But in Carpenter's Halloweenaverse, she was still alive so she was brought back for his final movie. That really threw things off for me.
Sometimes it takes awhile before they finally get it right. Before "Tombstone" the O.K. Corral gunfight story was depicted in "My Darling Clementine" (1946), "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" (1957), "Hour of the Gun" (1967), and "Doc" (1969)
The black and white original is much better than the remake, in my opinion.
I can rewatch the original no problem, but if I see the remake on the channel guide....skip.
Yep! Number one on my list for this topic with no others even close. I have the 1951 DVD and watch it often. It is one of the finest movies of any kind ever made. Michael Rennie was so good in it and so perfectly suited to the role that it is, in a sense, difficult to believe that he was actually human.
I agree with all three. I'll also add the original The Bad News Bears was so so good I still haven't seen
the remake with Billy Bob Thornton. Pyscho was another bad remake. I still haven't seen any
of the Halloween remakes either.
More good choices.
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