Movie re-makes

What movie would you like to see re-made?

The Lady Vanishes - Alfred Hitchcock

to be honest, i wish 'they' would think up some original ideas for movies, rather than going the lazy route with remakes. remakes are rarely as good as the original, imho.

John Carpenter's 'The Thing' was good, though.

Originally posted by Zort Boy
What movie would you like to see re-made?

The Lady Vanishes - Alfred Hitchcock

1984 should be re-made.

Drive a stake through my heart all means, but I prefer DeNiro's Cape Fear to Mitchum's Cape Fear.

I thought the first Cape Fear was better. Mitchum just exuded menace.

Perhaps some-one could re -make Pink Flamingoes?

Originally posted by generalissimo
1984 should be re-made.

It's been done twice. You think it needs doing again?

Remakes only make sense if technological advances and an enhanced budget are going to make for a better production. But all too often remakes are about substituting unknown "foreign" actors with well-known American actors, and in those cases the remakes seldom surpass the quality of the originals.

Originally posted by FMF
It's been done twice. You think it needs doing again?

I think it would be better with the special effects and better image we have today.

Originally posted by generalissimo
1984 should be re-made.

...as '2084'. it's not very menacing if we've already moved past the 'use by' date.

Originally posted by Gatecrasher
Remakes only make sense if technological advances and an enhanced budget are going to make for a better production. But all too often remakes are about substituting unknown "foreign" actors with well-known American actors, and in those cases the remakes seldom surpass the quality of the originals.

i'd like to see Antonioni's 'Il Deserto Rosso' remade with Paul Verhoeven directing, Jerry Bruckheimer executive producing, and Tom Cruise and Kate Beckinsale starring.🙄

Forbiden Planet

ok, i''ve thought of some. special effects blockbusters that didn't live up to their potential because of poor acting, script etc.

Independence Day
Jurassic Park
The Poseidon Adventure.

Originally posted by generalissimo
1984 should be re-made.

It's been remade a million times already...just under different names

Originally posted by Blackamp
to be honest, i wish 'they' would think up some original ideas for movies, rather than going the lazy route with remakes. remakes are rarely as good as the original, imho.

John Carpenter's 'The Thing' was good, though.

The problem with remakes is that too many of them are made of movies that were good to begin with. The most critically successful remakes are those that remake older movies with compelling ideas but poor or mediocre execution.

I also do not subscribe to the idea that all narratives are a re-hash of the 3 main plots (or the 7 main plots, or the 36 main plots, etc... depending on how detailed you want to get), and that creativity is dead. This is backwards. People respond more to a limited number of basic motivations, as identified in the main plots, and so more (and more successful) books, screenplays, etc... incorporate them. The creativity lies in the art and craft of refining and intensifying the experience.

Books and movies are not about what they are (ostensibly) about, but how they are about it.