Films You Really Don't Want To See Remakes Of

[tigermilk]

Marry Poppins. Stop killing the classics :'(

Or in a similar vein 'The Wizard of Oz' or Charlie and the Chocolate Factory... Oh wait (little unfair I know the Burton version was ok).

Off Topic: Really like the Juxtaposition of the floating monster thing from Doom and Mary Poppins!

 

[WolfThomas]

Different strokes for different folks I suppose. Personally the Bond films made during my 'cinema viewing lifetime' with a reliance on technology didn't really appeal. Probably why I feel the most recent Casino Royale to be the third best Bond film I have seen (after Goldfinger and Diamonds are Forever).

Huh, well I was expecting a duel at dawn, but I guess civil discourse is an appropriate alternative, also I get to sleep in.

 

[Zac Smith]

There have been some good movies that are remakes:

Scarface
The Maltese Falcon
The Thing
The Departed
Oceans 11

On the other hand, I don't think any of these were great movies originally. I can't think of a single great movie that needs remaking.

Someone however should take all Alfred Hitchcock movies and remove the damn stupid fast forward scenes, they look damn ridiculous nowadays.

Isn't "The Thing" already a remake? Or at least a re-imagining of "Who goes there?" based on the book about a shape-shifting alien?

 

[hurfdurp]

No more remakes ever. I can't take anymore of that lazy debauchery.

 

[the Dept of Science]

There have been some good movies that are remakes:

Scarface
The Maltese Falcon
The Thing
The Departed
Oceans 11

On the other hand, I don't think any of these were great movies originally. I can't think of a single great movie that needs remaking.

Someone however should take all Alfred Hitchcock movies and remove the damn stupid fast forward scenes, they look damn ridiculous nowadays.

Isn't "The Thing" already a remake? Or at least a re-imagining of "Who goes there?" based on the book about a shape-shifting alien?

"There have been some good movies that are remakes"

All the items on that list are remakes of earlier films, a lot of these earlier films have been forgotten completely.

 

[tigermilk]

There have been some good movies that are remakes:

Scarface
The Maltese Falcon
The Thing
The Departed
Oceans 11

On the other hand, I don't think any of these were great movies originally. I can't think of a single great movie that needs remaking.

Someone however should take all Alfred Hitchcock movies and remove the damn stupid fast forward scenes, they look damn ridiculous nowadays.

Isn't "The Thing" already a remake? Or at least a re-imagining of "Who goes there?" based on the book about a shape-shifting alien?

"There have been some good movies that are remakes"

All the items on that list are remakes of earlier films, a lot of these earlier films have been forgotten completely.

Surely all remakes are of earlier films! I would say the original Scarface (Hawks 1932) and Infernal Affairs trilogy (Lau 2002/2003) (The Departed being the remake) are far from forgotten.

 

[the Dept of Science]

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"There have been some good movies that are remakes"

All the items on that list are remakes of earlier films, a lot of these earlier films have been forgotten completely.

Surely all remakes are of earlier films! I would say the original Scarface (Hawks 1932) and Infernal Affairs trilogy (Lau 2002/2003) (The Departed being the remake) are far from forgotten.

Ok, smartarse, I forgive you because your name is Tigermilk. On the other hand I did say "a lot of these earlier films" not "all of them" and secondly, while the original Scarface hasn't been forgotten completely, ask people "what is Scarface?" and 95% of them will say the Al Pacino movie.

I was really just making the point that when people think of remakes, they think of those horrible horror movie remakes of recent times and forget that some great movies are actually remakes.

 

[tigermilk]

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"There have been some good movies that are remakes"

All the items on that list are remakes of earlier films, a lot of these earlier films have been forgotten completely.

Surely all remakes are of earlier films! I would say the original Scarface (Hawks 1932) and Infernal Affairs trilogy (Lau 2002/2003) (The Departed being the remake) are far from forgotten.

Ok, smartarse, I forgive you because your name is Tigermilk. On the other hand I did say "a lot of these earlier films" not "all of them" and secondly, while the original Scarface hasn't been forgotten completely, ask people "what is Scarface?" and 95% of them will say the Al Pacino movie.

I was really just making the point that when people think of remakes, they think of those horrible horror movie remakes of recent times and forget that some great movies are actually remakes.

Thank you for your forgiveness, are you a Belle and Sebastian fan or do you just like the name? I did consider editing my post becasue as you say "a lot of these earlier films" and you are right most people probably think of Al Pacino and "say hello to my little friend", not Paul Muni and a Thompson/Tommy Gun.

I must admit I googled assorted horror remakes (Ring, Nightmare on Elm Street) for the names of 'directors for hire' (as Kubrick distainfully referred to himself as working on Spartacus) when putting director names in the original post. I think most films are awful, just remakes have a higher probability of being bad and annoying people who love the originals.

 

[clipse15]

A Clockwork Orange
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
OldBoy

I'm actually excited for the hopefully still in production remake of Sympathy for Lady Vengence and I despise Fear and Loathing so maybe a remake would turn me around on it.

 

[Samwise137]

Tommy by The Who. In any way

In the same vein, never EVER remake The Wall by Pink Floyd. Ever.

 

[ANImaniac89]

A Clockwork Orange
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
OldBoy

I'm actually excited for the hopefully still in production remake of Sympathy for Lady Vengence and I despise Fear and Loathing so maybe a remake would turn me around on it.

the book is much better
R.I.P. Dr. Hunter S. Thompson you are missed

 

[Evilsanta]

Back to the Future films and Schindler's List...I would kill someone (the directers) if they would make remakes of these moveis.

 

[Oliver Pink]

The Princess Bride.... oh for the love of all that is holy, NEVER remake the Princess Bride.

You can't top perfection.

My name is Inigo Montaya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.
Greatest line in cinema history? I dunno, but the most memorable.

Not that they're likely, but the Lord of the Rings movies. They were the best 'epic fantasy' movies and translated better than you could hope for from the books. And don't go making the Hobbit, either! That was a fine book and had a different style to the LotR which wouldn't really work as a homage to the other movies.

I could be wrong, but I rather think they're already making a Hobbit movie.

 

[Something Amyss]

Or an american hot fuzz *shivers*

Yeah, they'd totally manage to play the entire movie straight.

Or cast Will Ferrell.

By "they," I mean Hollywood, not America. Though it would do 100 million dollars in the first week, justifying people's hate for us as a tasteless nation.

 

[Rachel317]

Anything by David Lynch.

Why does Hollywood insist on taking good films and ruining them?

Now, here's a unique idea that I'm sure nobody (sarcasm) has ever suggested before...why not take a crappy film and make it...less crappy??

Unfortunately, it's all about the moneys. If the titles of the films are common knowledge and a remake is in the works, free advertising is enjoyed by all! *Angry at Hollywood in general*

 

[tigermilk]

"I could be wrong, but I rather think they're already making a Hobbit movie.[/quote]"

It has been put on hold as MGM went into administration I think and has been taken over by another company, no doubt for better or worse it will be made.

edit: Tried not to quote the whole discussion but still have the quote box but I clearly deleted the wrong piece of text.

 

[the Dept of Science]

Or an american hot fuzz *shivers*

Someone would need to have a severe brain disease to think that was a good idea.

The whole point of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead is taking what are generally big budget and "serious" hollywood genres (cop and zombie films) and porting them (remaking in a loose sense of the word) in a quaint Engish setting.

 

[10zack986]

I didn't really like Hot Fuzz as much. Shaun of the Dead was a masterpiece.

 

[tigermilk]

Or an american hot fuzz *shivers*

Someone would need to have a severe brain disease to think that was a good idea.

The whole point of Hot Fuzz and Shaun of the Dead is taking what are generally big budget and "serious" hollywood genres (cop and zombie films) and porting them (remaking in a loose sense of the word) in a quaint Engish setting.

I fear Michael Bay's appreciation of irony is somewhat limited. Sadly it also looks like Edgar Wright has been lost to Hollywood.

 

[the Dept of Science]

I can imagine them making a better version of One Flew Over the Cuckoos nest. If it was directed by someone like Terry Gilliam, and they do it how the book does it, from the perspective of the native american. One of the big things about the book is it has an unrelyable narrator, the Cheif is mad, and so when you see the world through his eyes, it becomes very surreal. Nurse Ratched is almost a supernatural force. The whole hospital has a very menacing power behind it.

The author Ken Kesey hated the film and this was his main reason for doing so.