Top 10 Unnecessary Remakes - Movies
I love Pride and Prejudice and the redo Bridget Jones' Diary.
"Though the last Twilight Zone film was an anthology with different directors, this one is a big science fiction action movie with a single freestanding story that is linked to the original series mainly in that it shares that familiarly eerie feel."
The plot of Casablanca is dumb. The actors and their interplay were superb.
A remake of Citizen Kane would make no sense.
I'm not sure how Forrest Gump could be anyone but Tom Hanks.
OTOH I could see other actors doing Gone With The Wind.
No-One but the originals could do Chaplin, Keaton, Laurel and Hardy or the Three Stooges.
@trinity - they will ruin "Sparkle" for future generations. That is my favorite "black" movie from back in the day. I hold it right up there, side by side with "Cooley High".
Amy5 said:
Harley, The Thing isn't a remake. It is a prequel to the original with the same name. I thought the same thing, until I gained clarification through IMDB.
The new version of The Thing is a prequel to the 1980s REMAKE of The Thing (is your head spinning yet). The original The Thing came out in the 1950s and the monster was a plant-like creature. In the 1980s version, John Carpenter changed the creature and the new movie is a prequel with the 1980s creature .
kibbegirl said:
@trinity - they will ruin "Sparkle" for future generations. That is my favorite "black" movie from back in the day. I hold it right up there, side by side with "Cooley High".
I love "Sparkle"! And the soundtrack is one of the best ever...Curtis Mayfield + Aretha Franklin = :X
TRINITY: How many times are they going to remake A Star is Born...I think this will be the third remake!! My favorite is the Judy Garland/James Mason version. Just say :-ss to Beyonce in movies!
arnomation said:
Though I said I'm not a fan of remakes, I'd actually like to see an 'updated' version of WESTWORLD
Good call - me too.
arnomation said:
Though I said I'm not a fan of remakes, I'd actually like to see an 'updated' version of WESTWORLD
You mean Jurassic Park?
arnomation said:
Though I said I'm not a fan of remakes, I'd actually like to see an 'updated' version of WESTWORLD
Ooooh.... that DOES sound good.
A Star is Born - the 1954 Judy Garland/James Mason version (the 2nd of 3 versions, so far). And the original was a classic as well, with Janet Gaynor and Fredric March.
Most pointless remake I've seen - The Haunting (Lili Taylor/Liam Neeson, etc.,) . The original with Julie Harris, directed by Robert Wise (of sound of music fame!) is one of the creepiest movies ever made. Without spilling a drop of blood.
trinity said:
Another one I don't understand is the 70s classic SPARKLE...why????!!!!! Lonette McKee is even up in arms about it.
You bet!
From the film "Sparkle" 1976: "Hooked on Your Love" by the incredible Curtis Mayfield; Lonette McKee sings lead with Irene Cara (Sparkle) and Dawn Smith. I don't think I can bear to see the remake. I saw some still shots which resembled a Vegas strip club act. It was the theme of innocence lost and the sweet musical amateurishness that helped to make the original Sparkle a charmer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_ceVJPgGfE
The Nutty Professor - Eddie Murphy
Psycho - Anne Heche
Planet of the Apes - Mark Walhberger
Time Machine
It's a Wonderful Life - Jim Carey
Arthur - Russell Brand is the worst actor iv'e ever seen
The Omen - The original Damien scared the crap out of me as a kid
arnomation said:
Just read that there's a new Twilight Zone movie in the works.
"Though the last Twilight Zone film was an anthology with different directors, this one is a big science fiction action movie with a single freestanding story that is linked to the original series mainly in that it shares that familiarly eerie feel."
Twilight Zone: The Movie was good because of the true story behind it of the negligence that killed Vic Morrow and 2 child actors. You can't re create that. One of the 4 stories in the movie. Morrow was decapitated along with one of the kids when a prop helicopter crashed on top of them killing all 3 instantly.
Have you seen the new series on HBO?
MarthaS said:
arnomation said:
Though I said I'm not a fan of remakes, I'd actually like to see an 'updated' version of WESTWORLD
Good call - me too.
"Let Me In," the American remake of the wonderful "Let the Right One In", was good. Hard to think of many other remakes that were worthy. There are several old versions of "A Christmas Carol," all good. The 1982 version of "The Thing" was truly scary.
The remake of Psycho was PAINFUL.
I'm a fan of horror (not gore, but scare) and the Carrie remake was pitiful.
Ghostbusters.
And iwas any "remake" ever good,? Okay, True Grit was good.
The Fly, 3:10 to Yuma, The Thing, The Departed... Do you want to count Sergio Leone's remakes of Akira Kurosawa's movies? I mean, there's plenty of good remakes out there alongside the terrible ones, why discount a film just because someone tried to tell that story before?
ridski said:
irl said:Did you see it?
Wish they hadn't remade Magnificent Seven
Is it the subjective power of old impressions, or is there some objective law of gravity that explains how a Brynner, a Bronson, a McQueen, a Coburn, a Wallach or even a Vaughn rivets me in a way that only Washington could in the remake? I couldn't help thinking as the sidekicks and evildoer had their scenes: Is that a mien that could stop me in my tracks? I also agree with a reviewer who preferred not adding a backstory, who preferred leaving the motivation for magnificent deeds unplumbed.
The original "3:10 to Yuma" has long been one of my favorite westerns. Never got a chance to see the remake, though. I'll have to give it a shot. Russell Crowe is one of the mien guys.
Well spoken, well played, well met.