first time as decent second time as shite

[Orang Utan]

? que ?

maybe west cornwall then

 

[The Octagon]

Hang on, the new Assault on Precinct 13 was actually a decent film (although unnecessary).

Also, Twelve Monkeys was a good film

I nominate Horror as the main offender in this category - Halloween, Friday the 13th, Last House on the Left, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Hills have Eyes, etc.

And coming soon -
Nightmare on Elm Street
Child's Play

FFS

 

[Griff]

Hang on, the new Assault on Precinct 13 was actually a decent film (although unnecessary).

It had none of the tension of the original, none of Napoleon's one-liners, no kid getting shot by the ice-cream van.

So why call it that, and not just re-title it as something completely different? That's what bothers me.

 

[klang]

Bedazzled.

First time ace with Peter Cook as the devil, second time shite with Liz Hurley (what a cow).

 

[Griff]

Bedazzled.

First time ace with Peter Cook as the devil, second time shite with Liz Hurley (what a cow).

Good call. The original was great.

 

[Badgers]

When Tom Hanks stars as Don Vito Corleone with Tom Cruise as Michael Corleone I will hang up my film boots....

I tend to just ignore the fact that they exist most of the time.
Although I (like others) am guilty with films like Twelve Monkeys as the original it was based on had never come to my attention.
I really like Twelve Monkeys which I know is often not many peoples feeling.

 

[kabbes]

Stepford Wives.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is an interesting one -- the 70s version is much better than the 50s version, then the 80s version is awful.

 

[klang]

the question is - why do they always have to remake perfectly good movies - and screw 'em up??? is it really just to make money?? and if it's fir the money - why not make a good version that will sell in years to come?

 

[Brinxmat]

edit to add the lavender hill mob with tom hanks

I think you mean, The Ladykillers, which would have been my choice for this list.

If anyone, and I do mean anyone, makes a move towards 'updating' The Lavender Hill Mob, I will personally lead the charge to the gun cabinet, the pitchfork cupboard, light the flaming torches myself and lead the posse to the studio before 'unleashing hell'.

So be warned all you studio execs on U75...

 

[kabbes]

They can't remake it properly because there is no way to recapture the essence of what made them so good in the first place. It's a happy combination of circumstances -- script, actors, director, set, the period of time it was made, the style of moviemaking and so on.

Also a lot of great old films were great precisely because they were given time to breathe. These days you can't have a five minute scene without much happening -- it has to have explosions and chases and sex and witty one-liners. But you don't get the real character-driven magic like that.

 

[manalive]

Those recent remakes of day of the dead and dawn of the dead by romero were pretty rubbish

 

[klang]

They can't remake it properly because there is no way to recapture the essence of what made them so good in the first place. It's a happy combination of circumstances -- script, actors, director, set, the period of time it was made, the style of moviemaking and so on.

Also a lot of great old films were great precisely because they were given time to breathe. These days you can't have a five minute scene without much happening -- it has to have explosions and chases and sex and witty one-liners. But you don't get the real character-driven magic like that.

Yes, totaly agree, but I still wish they wouldn't bother!

 

[kabbes]

We all wish they wouldn't bother.

And yet somewhere along the road, I've ended up seeing the remakes of Planet of the Apes, The Italian Job, Stepford Wives, the Ladykillers and most of the others on this thread. So who can I blame?

 

[isitme]

When Tom Hanks stars as Don Vito Corleone with Tom Cruise as Michael Corleone I will hang up my film boots....

I tend to just ignore the fact that they exist most of the time.
Although I (like others) am guilty with films like Twelve Monkeys as the original it was based on had never come to my attention.
I really like Twelve Monkeys which I know is often not many peoples feeling.

the movie twelve monkeys is based on is a short film and it's absolutely nothing like 12 monkeys

 

[belboid]

We all wish they wouldn't bother.

And yet somewhere along the road, I've ended up seeing the remakes of Planet of the Apes, The Italian Job, Stepford Wives, the Ladykillers and most of the others on this thread. So who can I blame?

yourself.

Hollywood has always remade movies, sometimes it does it better, sometimes it does it worse. Sometimes even the worse ones introduce new viewers to the originals, which is better than them never being viewed.

 

[spanglechick]

First one good second shite

The Blues Brothers.

that's a sequel. 'shite sequels' is a whole other predictable pub topic.

 

[spanglechick]

van sant's hack at 'psycho'.

 

[weltweit]

that's a sequel. 'shite sequels' is a whole other predictable pub topic.

is it a sequel? parts of the storyline were quite similar iirc

 

[isitme]

aliens vs predator

 

[kabbes]

One site's view as the worst 25 remakes as at 2007

I can't get very far in their stupid flash countdown though. Anybody able to list them?

 

[kabbes]

Ah, I think I found the list. Or at least A list. Listed from 25th to worst:

Meet Joe Black
Alfie
The Ladykillers
The Truth About Charlie
Poseidon
Planet of the Apes
The Pink Panther
City of Angels
Down to Earth
House of Wax
The Stepford Wives
The Ring Two
All the King's Men
The Hitcher
101 Dalmations
Godzilla
The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Out-of-Towners
Get Carter
When a Stranger Calls
Swept Away
The Wicker Man
The Fog
Rollerball
Psycho

 

[klang]

yourself.

Hollywood has always remade movies, sometimes it does it better, sometimes it does it worse. Sometimes even the worse ones introduce new viewers to the originals, which is better than them never being viewed.

I haven't seen any of them, so don't blame me!

 

[ViolentPanda]

Sleuth.
The original Caine/Olivier film is brilliant. Great dialogue, good acting, and Olivier and Caine spark off one another.

The Law/Caine remake is stodgy, Jude Law (as usual) is dead-faced and has the emotional range of a kangaroo scrotum, and poor old Sir Michael is left hanging by the script having some of the Olivier lines excised in the re-make.

 

[Bakunin]

Sleuth.
The original Caine/Olivier film is brilliant. Great dialogue, good acting, and Olivier and Caine spark off one another.

The Law/Caine remake is stodgy, Jude Law (as usual) is dead-faced and has the emotional range of a kangaroo scrotum, and poor old Sir Michael is left hanging by the script having some of the Olivier lines excised in the re-make.

Well, it could be worse.

At least nobody's going to try and do a remake of Sam Peckinpah's 'Cross Of Iron', which would be a heresy out of all proportion to witchcraft or Satanism, IMHO.

 

[kabbes]

If they really are remaking Rosemary's Baby then I... then I... I'll...

... not see it! I will NOT SEE IT.

Apparently my mum watched Rosemary's Baby when she was about 6 months pregnant with me and she wasn't happy.

 

[krtek a houby]

The Departed
Psycho
Star Wars