To remake or not to remake....?

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Which movies have been improved by their remakes and which would have been best left alone ?

Or which do you just prefer?

Has your favourite movie been remade to your disgust, to your delight or to your surprise?



To start - one of my favourite movies is Manhunter from the Thomas Harris novel, Red Dragon - the name of the remake movie.

Manhunter - Brian Cox is superb as Hannibal, William Petersen is smoldering as Graham, the sound track is inspired, the general casting is very apt and the lighting and effects are beautiful and reluctantly sexy.

Red Dragon - apart from the accomplished Ralph Feinnes, I wasn't impressed. Not a 'bad' movie but Ed Norton just isn't an FBI agent.
 
Brian Cox.

The REAL Lecter,not that pantomime dame interpretation by Hopkins....

SOTL the scariest film ever?..... :rolleyes:

Manhunter is so far superior its not a contest.
 
I like David Cronenberg's remake of "The Fly."
Imagery from that movie burned itself into my memory when I was a kid.

I find Gus Van Sant's shot-for-shot remake of "Psycho" to be very puzzling... I mean why? Seriously, why?
 
Cape Fear. Original and remake both brilliant. Remake has the edge for me. Also The Thomas Crowne Affair remake is better than the original despite the latter having Steve McQueen. Keith
 
I thought the remake of 'Cape Fear' (1991 Directed by Martin Scorsese) was better than the 1962 version.

Max Cady, played by Robert De Niro was truly a mean, scary man.
 
What was "The Hills Have Eyes" remake like?
(I hadn't planned on watching it, but I'm a little curious now.)

If you're into your horror, think you will really like this. A very visceral, savage update of the original (which I saw after the remake), with a good cast and some genuine shocks. I think it probably plays better without having seen the Craven version first, as you won't therefore be anticipating certain scenes / plot developments.

It does drag slightly in the third act but never outstays its welcome. The trailer trashing scene played on my mind for days after the movie and was genuinely disturbing, even for a horror buff like me. Just disappointed a sequel is in the works, which will only be a rehash no doubt and is probably unwarranted.

My fave horrors are The Thing / The Fog / Texas Chainsaw (original & update) / Prince of Darkness / Exorcist / Omen, so if you like those, maybe your tastes will extend to The Hills.

You can pick up the DVD for
 
Resident Evil(s)

i hated the futuristic, everything bright look about it

the game (from which its based on) was gothic, dark -maybe they just wanted to be different i dunno

Star Trek: Nemesis

it was far too Mission Impossible with dirt buggies. Star Trek doesnt have dirt buggies what the hell they need wheels for they got anti-gravity!!!

mind u i think the director for st: nemesis did actually do mission impossible

i hate to think what the new star trek movie will be like considering they have that lost writter
 
Robert Mitchum was a pussycat on screen & only had one facial expression - boredom.
In real life though he had a few issues!

For me, it's all in the eyes :eek: & De Niro has that in spades.
 
A pussycat on screen?.

You ARE joking?.

Find me a scarier performance than MITCHUM in the classic 'Night of the Hunter'....

That performance makes De Niro's look like a mincing fairyboy....
 
I have a few remakes that make me question the sanity of the 'yes' people...

The Omen - why? The original wasn't exactly supreme movie making, so why remake?

Sabrina Fair - I was horrified when they remade this with Harrison Ford and Julia Ormond. The Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart original was wonderful.

Poseidon - Why? Why? Why? (that's all I can say)

The Wicker Man - the original was creepy and a cult classic...the original just...wasn't!
 
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